Parsi Khabar

An Indian Giant Tea, cars, steel, IT… Tata, the headiest brew in the world India’s extraordinary conglomerate has found unique solutions to many of its problems. But it’s still unclear what will happen when the boss retires The favourite boast of executives of the Tata Group is that it accompanies the average Indian throughout the [...]

By Simon Robinson Since Ratan Tata first suggested building a car that could sell for 100,000 Indian rupees ($2,500) four years ago, rival automakers have sniggered. “If you think about the direction that safety and environmental standards are going in India, you can’t sell a car for that kind of price,” said Osamu Suzuki, head [...]

The words used most often to describe Ratan Tata are shy and loner. The 71-year-old chairperson of the Tata Group shuns the media spotlight. Quiet and unassuming, the Indian business baron drives himself to work in an unremarkable Tata sedan. His beachfront bachelor pad is found in the hippest tip of south Mumbai, but Ratan [...]

“Chairman of Corporate India” By William Langley It is tempting to look at Ratan Tata, the Indian tycoon whose company last week took over Land Rover and Jaguar, as a symbol of a nation’s headlong charge towards economic superpowerdom. This, we suspect, is how it tends to be with those pesky, nouveau riche Asians; one [...]

That is the title of a wonderful article by Govindraj Ethiraj. It is the only sensible arguement I have read amongst all the people who are gunning for Ratan Tata for creating more traffic and chaos on Indian roads. Ratan Tata is chairman of Tata Motors. He is passionate about cars. Not just driving or [...]

Ratan Tata was one of the 13 people who have been conferred with the nation’s second highest civilian award, the Padma Vibhushan. It is a testament to the Tata House of Industry that successive chairmen have gone on to get the nation’s highest awards. J R D Tata was awarded the Bharat Ratna in 1992 [...]

LONDON — When Ratan Tata visited the home of the designer Ralph Lauren last autumn, the two auto enthusiasts spent much of their time in the garage, admiring Mr. Lauren’s extensive car collection, including the Batmobile-esque 1955 Jaguar XKD. Now Mr. Tata is poised to take over Jaguar itself. Tata Motors said Thursday that it [...]

Tata Group chairman Ratan Tata turns 70 today (December 28, 2007). Among Asia’s business titans, Ratan N. Tata stands out for his modesty. The chairman of the Tata Group – India’s biggest conglomerate, with businesses ranging from software, cars, and steel to phone service, tea bags, and wristwatches – usually drives himself to the office [...]