Karan Billimoria and Earthsoul’s replacement products for plastics claim to consume less fossil fuels and emit low greenhouse gases. At a time when the issue of global warming is attracting the attention of big businesses all over the world, some small initiatives are charting the course ahead in India. In one such initiative, Mumbai-based Earthsoul… Continue reading Sustainable solutions for plastic problems
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Steeled to succeed: Ratan Tata
Steeled to succeed With his aggressive bidding for Corus, the low-profile Ratan Tata has catapulted Tata steel to the fifth-largest steel manufacturing unit in the world. It seems for this trained pilot, the sky is the limit. Shiv Kumar profiles the tycoon who has finally emerged out of the patriarch JRD’s shadows Ratan Tata with… Continue reading Steeled to succeed: Ratan Tata
Tata – integral part of Indian life
We also make steel. This was the triumphant punch line of a happy Tata Steel television commercial not very long ago. The commercial wasn’t wide of the mark. If you wake up in India, you are likely to sip Tata tea, make early morning calls on your Tata mobile phone and take a Tata sedan… Continue reading Tata – integral part of Indian life
From Parsi Priests to Profits: The TATA Story
Like his devout Zoroastrian ancestors, Ratan Tata avoids conspicuous consumption. Yet he has guided his company through India’s economic boom to revenues of more than £10bn a year and his takeover of Corus will make it the fifth largest steel manufacturer in the world. The chances are most Britons have never heard of the Tata… Continue reading From Parsi Priests to Profits: The TATA Story
Corus deal: Lord Bilimoria chips in for Tatas
In a boost to Tatas’ bid for Corus, UK lawmaker of Indian origin, Lord Karan Bilimoria asked shareholders of the Anglo-Dutch steel maker Corus to keep in mind the reputation of Tatas before voting on any rival offer, reports CNBC-TV18. Bilimoria, Co-Chairman of the Indo-British Partnership, has said that the Tatas have a reputation going… Continue reading Corus deal: Lord Bilimoria chips in for Tatas
The shy architect: Ratan Tata
Ratan Tata has transformed India’s biggest company, and done it alone CASTING about for someone to run a big family firm when a successful tyrant is due to retire is usually a troublesome business. When the firm is still controlled by the same family that founded it back when John D. Rockefeller was gobbling up… Continue reading The shy architect: Ratan Tata
Investing in Gujarat: Parsi Connection
It is stupid if you are not in Gujarat: Ratan Tata “It is stupid if you are not in Gujaratâ€, this is how the Tata Group chairman Ratan Tata described the advantage of investment in Gujarat. He recalled the association of Parsi community with Gujarat from the beginning of arrival of Parsis in the country… Continue reading Investing in Gujarat: Parsi Connection
India’s Tiger : Ratan Tata
Ratan Tata turned a sleepy firm into a global power by targeting the low end of the market It’s not that Ratan Tata finds the rich uninteresting–after all he’s one of them. No, it’s more the case that he finds the opportunities to be richer at the bottom end of the consumer universe. “Everyone is… Continue reading India’s Tiger : Ratan Tata
NRI Karan Billimoria felicitated
Describing him as a “role model” for the Indian community, London-based India International Foundation has felicitated Karan Billimoria, founder of Cobra Beer, for becoming the first Parsi and youngest member of the House of Lords. Three other newly appointed NRI members of the Lords, Lord Kamlesh Patel, Lord Mohammed Sheikh, Baroness Sandip Varma also attended… Continue reading NRI Karan Billimoria felicitated
