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    J.R.D Tata was India's first licensed pilot and built one of the largest industrial houses in India. He founded several iconic Indian companies including Tata Motors, Tata Communications, Tata Tea, and Titan Industries. As chairman of Tata & Sons for over 50 years, he grew the company from 14 enterprises to over 95 enterprises. He was a pioneer in aviation and established India's first international airline, Air India. J.R.D Tata received many honors in his lifetime including the Bharat Ratna, India's highest civilian award.

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    J.R.D Tata was India's first licensed pilot and built one of the largest industrial houses in India. He founded several iconic Indian companies including Tata Motors, Tata Communications, Tata Tea, and Titan Industries. As chairman of Tata & Sons for over 50 years, he grew the company from 14 enterprises to over 95 enterprises. He was a pioneer in aviation and established India's first international airline, Air India. J.R.D Tata received many honors in his lifetime including the Bharat Ratna, India's highest civilian award.

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    J.R.D Tata was India's first licensed pilot and built one of the largest industrial houses in India. He founded several iconic Indian companies including Tata Motors, Tata Communications, Tata Tea, and Titan Industries. As chairman of Tata & Sons for over 50 years, he grew the company from 14 enterprises to over 95 enterprises. He was a pioneer in aviation and established India's first international airline, Air India. J.R.D Tata received many honors in his lifetime including the Bharat Ratna, India's highest civilian award.

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    J.R.

    D TATA

    PRESENTATION BY V.BHANUTEJA

    INTRODUCTION
    Jehangir Ratanji Dadabhoy Tata (29 July 1904 29 November 1993) was a French-born Indian aviator and businessman. One of the most enterprising Indian entrepreneurs and was India's first licensed pilot. A pioneer aviator and built one of the largest industrial houses of India. Former Chairman of Tata Group. Founder of TCS, Tata Motors, Titan Industries, Tata Communications, Tata Tea & Voltas.

    CAREER
    He was educated in France, Japan and England before being drafted into the French army for a mandatory one-year period. JRD Tata joined Tata & Sons as an unpaid apprentice in 1925. He had great interest in flying. On February 10, 1929, JRD became the first Indian to pass the pilot's examination. With this distinctive honor of being India's first pilot, he was instrumental in giving wings to India by building Tata Airlines, which ultimately became Air India. His passion for flying was fulfilled with the formation of the Tata Aviation Service in 1932.

    CAREER(contd..)
    In 1938, at the age of 34, JRD was elected Chairman of Tata & Sons making him the head of the largest industrial group in India. He started with 14 enterprises under his leadership and half a century later on July 26, 1988, when he left , Tata & Sons was a conglomerate of 95 enterprises which they either started or in which they had controlling interest. In 1948, JRD Tata launched Air India International as India's first international airline. In 1953, the Indian Government appointed JRD as Chairman of Air-India and a director on the Board of Indian Airlines-a position JRD retained for 25-years. For his crowning achievements in Aviation, JRD was bestowed with the title of Honorary Air Commodore of India.

    EMPLOYEE MANAGEMENT
    In 1956, JRD Tata initiated a program of closer "employee association with management" to give workers a stronger voice in the affairs of the company. He firmly believed in employee welfare and espoused the principles of an eight-hour working day, free medical aid, workers' provident scheme, and workmen's accident compensation schemes, which were later, adopted as statutory requirements in India. JRD Tata cared greatly for his workers. In 1979, Tata Steel instituted a new practice; a worker is deemed to be "at work" from the moment he leaves home for work till he returns home from work. Tata Steel Township was also selected as a UN Global Compact City because of the quality of life, conditions of sanitation, roads and welfare.

    ENTREPRENEURSHIP SKILLS
    A Leader and Motivator Professionalism Quality First Benign Boss

    AWARDS
    He received the Padma Vibhushan in 1957 on the eve of silver jubilee of Air India. He also received the Guggenheim Medal for aviation in 1988. In 1992, because of his selfless humanitarian endeavors, JRD Tata was awarded India's highest civilian honor, the Bharat Ratna- one of the rarest instances in which this award was granted during a person's lifetime. In the same year, JRD Tata was also bestowed with the United Nations Population Award for his crusading endeavors towards initiating and successfully implementing the family planning movement in India, much before it became an official government policy. JRD Tata died in Geneva, Switzerland on November 29, 1993 at the age of 89. On his death, the Indian Parliament was adjourned in his memory- an honor not usually given to persons who are not Members of Parliament.

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