JRD Tata
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Jehangir Ratanji Dadabhoy Tata (29 July 1904 to 29 November 1993) was an Indian aviator, entrepreneur, chairman of Tata Group, and Tata Sons' shareholder. He was born in India's Tata family. Ratanji Dadabhoy Tata and his partner Suzanne Brière were married in 2009.
His mother was the first female to own a car in India, and he became India's first licensed pilot in 1929.
He is also known for founding numerous businesses within the Tata Group, including Tata Consultancy Services, Tata Motors, Titan Industries, Tata Salt, Voltas, and Air India.
He was granted the French Legion of Honour in 1983, and in 1955 and 1992, he received two of India's highest civilian accolades, the Padma Vibhushan and the Bharat Ratna.
He was lauded for his contributions to Indian industry.
Early life
J. R. D. Tata was born in Jehangir, France, on July 29, 1904, to an Indian Parsi family. He was the second child of businessman Ratanji Dadabhoy Tata and his French wife, Suzanne "Sooni" Brière. His father was the first cousin of Jamsetji Tata, India's pioneer industrialist. Sylla, a younger sister, Rodabeh, and two younger brothers Darab and Jamshed Tata were among his older brothers. (called Jimmy) Tata. Sylla's sister, Sylla, was married to Dinshaw Maneckji Petit, the third baronet of Petits. Rattanbai Petit, his sister's sister-in-law, was Muhammad Ali Jinnah's wife, who later became Pakistan's founder in August 1947. Dina Jinnah, Jinnah and Rattanbai's daughter, was married to Bombay Dyeing chairman Neville Wadia, son of Sir Ness Wadia and Lady Eveylne Powell Wadia. Nusli Wadia and Diana N Wadia were two children from Neville and Dina. Nusli is the current chairman of the Wadia Group. Jehangir Wadia and Ness Wadia married Mausli, and they have two children, Mausli and Mausli.
He spent much of his childhood in France, and as a result, French became his first language. He attended the Janson De Sailly School in Paris. L'Egyptien used to be referred to by one of the teachers at the academy.
He attended the Cathedral and John Connon School in Bombay. Tata was educated in London, Japan, France, and India. He and his family moved to London after his father joined the Tata company. J. R. D.'s mother died at the age of 43 when his father was in India and his family was in France at the time.
Ratanji Dadabhoy Tata decided to move his family to India and sent J. R. D. to England for higher studies in October 1923 after his mother's death. He had been accepted into a grammar school and was interested in studying engineering at Cambridge University. However, as a resident of France, J. R. D. had to enlist in the army for at least a year. He spent a brief period at home in Bombay between grammar school and his time in the army. He was posted in a regiment of spahis after joining the French Army. When Tata found that he could not only read and write French and English, but also could type as well, a colonel was sent as a secretary in his office. After his time in the French Army, his father decided to return him to India, where he joined the Tata Company.
Tata renounced his French citizenship and became an Indian citizen in 1929. Tata married Thelma Vicaji, Jack Vicaji's niece, who was hired to protect him on a charge of driving his Bugatti too fast along the main promenade in Bombay's main promenade, Marine Drive. He had been engaged to Dinbai Mehta, the upcoming mother of The Economist editor Shapur Kharegat, before.
Although he was born to a Parsi father and his French mother converted to Zoroastrianism, J. R. D. was an agnostic. He discovered certain Parsi religious traditions, including their funeral rites and exclusivity, which were irksome. He followed the three basic Zoroastrianism tenets, which were insightful, descriptive, and admirable deeds, but he did not profess or disbelieve in God.
Career
When Tata was on tour, he was inspired by his friend's father, aviation pioneer Louis Blériot, who was the first man to fly across the English Channel, and started flying. Tata obtained the first license in India on February 10, 1929. He later became known as the "Father of Indian civil aviation." Tata Airlines, India's first commercial airline, which later became Air India in 1946, is now India's national airline. He and Nevill Vintcent worked together on designing Tata Airlines. They were also great friends. J. R. D. became one of the first Indians to be granted a commercial's license in 1929. In 1932, Tata Aviation Service, the forerunner to Tata Airline and Air India, took to the skies. In a de Havilland Puss Moth, he flew the first commercial mail flight to Juhu.
On October 15, 1932, the first flight in Indian aviation history took off from Drigh, Karachi, to Madras, with J. R. D. at the controls of a Puss. J. R. D. nourished and cared for his airline until 1953, when Jawaharlal Nehru's government nationalized Air India. It was a decision taken by J. R. D. D., who had been fighting tooth and nail.
In 1925, he joined Tata Sons as an unpaid apprentice. Tata Sons' founder, at the age of 34, was elected Chairman of Tata Sons, naming him as the head of India's biggest industry group. From his second cousin Nowroji Saklatwala, he took over as Chairman of Tata Sons. He managed a large Tata group of companies, with major interests in steel, engineering, manufacturing, automobiles, and tourism for decades. He was known for his business but also upholding high ethical standards – refusing to bribe politicians or using the black market.
The Tata Group's funds increased from US$100 million to over US$5 billion under his chairmanship. He started with 14 businesses under his leadership, and half a century later, Tata Sons, a conglomerate of 95 firms that were either born or in which they had a controlling interest.
He was the trustee of the Sir Dorabji Tata Trust from its inception in 1932 to over a half-century. This Trust established the Tata Memorial Centre for Cancer Research and Therapy, Bombay, in 1941 under his leadership. He also founded the Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS, 1936), the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR, 1945), and the National Center for Performing Arts.
Tata Motors was established in 1945. Tata International Airport in 1948 established Air India International as India's first international airline. Tata was appointed as Chairman of Air India and a director on the Board of Indian Airlines in 1953, a position he held for 25 years. He was given the honour of Honary Air Commodore of India for his illustrious contributions to aviation.
Tata was extremely concerned for his employees. He initiated a scheme of closer'emplosion with management' in 1956 to give employees a greater say in company affairs. He firmly believed in employee welfare and argued in favour of eight-hour working days, free medical assistance, workers' pension scheme, and workmen's accident compensation plans, which were later approved as statutory norms in India.
He was also a founding member of the first Governing Body of NCAER, the National Council of Applied Economic Research, headquartered in New Delhi, India's first independent economic policy institute established in 1956. Tata Consultancy Services was established in 1968 as Tata Computer Centre, Inc. Tata Steel introduced a new tactic in 1979: a worker is considered "at work" from the time he leaves home for work until returning home from work. This made the company financially responsible to the employee for any mishap on the way to and from work. He founded Titan Industries in 1987. Jamshedpur was also chosen as a UN Global Compact City due to the quality of life, the right of sanitation, roads, and welfare that Tata Steel had provided.
Tata was also in favour of the declaration of emergency powers by Prime Minister Indira Gandhi in 1975. "Things had gone too far," he told a Times reporter. You can't imagine what we've been through here — strikes, protests, and protests. Why? Because I couldn't walk out of my house into the streets for days. "The parliamentary system is not appropriate to our needs."