New Delhi/Mumbai, Oct 9 (PTI) Ratan Naval Tata, the former Tata Group chairman who transformed a staid group into India's largest and most influential conglomerate with a string of eye-catching deals, has died. He was 86. Tata, who was chairman of the salt to software group for more than two decades, breathed his last at south Mumbai's Breach Candy Hospital at 11.
30 pm on Wednesday. Also Read | Ratan Tata Dies: Chairman Emeritus of Tata Sons Passes Away at 86 in Mumbai Following Age-Related Health Conditions. A Padma Vibhushan recipient, Tata, had been in intensive care at the hospital since Monday.
A top official of the Mumbai police was the first to inform of his death, followed by a confirmation by Tata Group chairman Natarajan Chandrasekaran who called Tata "a truly uncommon leader whose immeasurable contributions have shaped not only the Tata Group but also the very fabric of our nation". Also Read | Skill Impact Bond Milestone: Over 29,000 Youths Enabled Since 2021 Under NDSC With Skills Training and Jobs; 60% Women Beneficiaries (See Pics and Video). Educated at Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, the veteran industrialist worked on the shop floor at the family-run group after returning to India in 1962.
He gained experience in several Tata Group firms before being named director in charge of one of them, the National Radio and Electronics Co. in 1971. He became chairman of Tata Industries a decade later and in 1991 took over as the chairman of the Tata Group from hi.
