Anu Aga (India) Anu Aga was born into an upper middle-class Parsi family in Mumbai. She graduated in economics and later did postgraduate studies in medical and psychiatric social work at the prestigious Tata Institute of Social Sciences. She married Rohinton Aga, a Cambridge and Harvard Business School educated Indian businessman, who built up his… Continue reading Green Rich List: Anu Aga of Thermax
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A towering icon of India stumbles, raising alarms
In this Nov. 29, 2008 file photo, people sit next to the waterfront in the backdrop of the Taj Mahal hotel, owned by the Tata group, after the completion of an operation against terrorists in attacks that left 164 dead in Mumbai, India. The 141-year-old Tata company, India’s oldest and largest conglomerate whose story is… Continue reading A towering icon of India stumbles, raising alarms
Steel amid adversity: Tata after Mumbai
Ratan Tata was at home in south Mumbai late on November 26 when the call came. On the line was a frantic R K Krishna Kumar, head of the Tata group unit that owns the city’s luxury Taj Mahal Palace and Tower Hotel. The unthinkable had happened, Mr Kumar told the Tata chairman. Terrorists had… Continue reading Steel amid adversity: Tata after Mumbai
Did Ratan Tata Pay Back a Parsi Debt to Gujarat ?
In a sort of coup d’etat Narendra Modi got the Nano Car manufacturing plant to Sanand, Gujarat. I despise Narendra Modi’s politics of hate and his questionable human rights record. However I have been observing how he has made Gujarat into a powerhouse state when it comes to agriculture or industry. Gujarat has prospered a… Continue reading Did Ratan Tata Pay Back a Parsi Debt to Gujarat ?
Ratan Tata’s words of inspiration
Ratan Naval Tata has been called many things. Quiet. Reticent. Humble. A businessman par excellence. Tenacious. And a tiger, when pushed to the wall. As we all witnessed when it looked like the controversy about Singur, where the Tata Nano was to be manufactured, looked like escalating instead of dying down. The 70-year-old roared, “If… Continue reading Ratan Tata’s words of inspiration
Freed Giant Emerges from Chaos
In an article about India’s 61st Independance Day, there is mention of Ratan Tata. This has been bolstered by “reverse colonisation” as Indian entrepreneurs and businessmen began acquiring landmark western conglomerates, outbidding their more established rivals from developed economies. In March, Rattan Tata, who heads the US$29 billion (Dh106.43bn) Tata Group, is one such “Indian… Continue reading Freed Giant Emerges from Chaos
Tata, the headiest brew in the world
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… Continue reading Tata, the headiest brew in the world
