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	== Education ==		== Education ==
	Kant completed his education at [[Mayo College\|Mayo College, Ajmer]]. He has a Bachelor of Technology degree from [[Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur\|Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur]], MS in Industry from [[Aston University]] and Honorary D. Sc. from Aston University ~~in July 2008~~. He is the ~~Distinguished Alumnus~~ of IIT Kharagpur~~, where he also serves as the Distinguished Professor~~.		Ravi Kant completed his school education from [[Mayo College\|Mayo College, Ajmer]]. He has a Bachelor of Technology degree from the [[Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur\|Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur]] and an MS in Industry from [[Aston University]], UK. He is a distinguished alumnus of Mayo College, Ajmer, IIT Kharagpur and was conferred Honorary D. Sc. from Aston University. He has received distinguished alumnus awards from these institutions and Aston conferred on him a D.Sc. (Hon). He is an Industrial Professor at the [[University of Warwick\|University of Warwick, UK]]. and a distinguished professor at [[IIT Kharagpur]].

	== Career ==		== Career ==
	Kant ~~served as the Managing Director~~ of Tata Motors ~~Limited~~. He ~~served as Director~~ of ~~Consumer Electronics at~~ [[~~Philips~~\|~~Philips India~~]]; ~~Director of Marketing at LML Ltd~~. and ~~Vice President~~ of ~~Marketing at~~ [[~~Titan Company~~\|~~Titan Watches Ltd.~~]] He ~~served as the President~~ of [[~~Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers~~]]. ~~He serves as Chairman of~~ [[~~Indian Institute of Management Rohtak~~]]; Tata ~~Advance Materials~~ Ltd. and ~~TAL Manufacturing Solutions Ltd~~.		Ravi Kant has nearly 50 years of corporate experience in extractive, consumer durable and automobile industries. He spent 15 years in [[Tata Motors]] where he was the CEO and managing director and later Vice Chairman of the board. He led the acquisition of [[Jaguar Land Rover\|Jaguar Land Rover, UK]]; [[Tata Daewoo\|Tata Daewoo, South Korea]] and established [https://www.tatamotors.com/about-us/facilities/thailand/ Tata Motors, Thailand] and other companies which helped increase the revenue from $1.5 to $ 39 bn. Under his watch, Tata Motors launched [[Tata Ace]] which nearly doubled the size of the commercial vehicle market in India and [[Tata Nano\|Nano]] small car, a case study in Innovation. He has been chairman of several companies like [https://tataadvancedsystems.com/ Tata Advanced Materials], [[Tata Hispano\|Hispano Carrocera, Spain]], [https://www.tmetc.com/ Tata Motors European Technical Centre, U.K], [[Tata Marcopolo]], [https://www.tatamotors.com/about-us/facilities/thailand/ Tata Thailand], [[Tata Daewoo]], etc. and director on several others like [https://www.tata.com/business/tata-industries Tata Industries], [[Voltas]], [[Vedanta Limited\|Vedanta Ltd.]] (one of the largest natural resource companies in the world) and [[Jaguar Land Rover]] etc.

	~~Previously~~, he ~~acted as chairman and~~ director of ~~several~~ [[~~Tata Group~~\|~~Tata companies~~]] ~~in India and abroad~~. He ~~serves as the Chairman~~ at ~~Tata Advanced Materials~~ Limited. ~~He serves as~~ the ~~Non-Executive Vice-Chairman~~ of [[~~Tata Motors~~]] ~~Limited. He served as a Non-Independent Non-Executive Director~~ of [[~~Voltas~~]] ~~Ltd~~. He ~~served as a Director~~ of ~~TAL Manufacturing Solutions Limited until 1 June 2014 and~~ [[~~Tata Group~~\|~~Tata Industries~~]] ~~Ltd~~.		Prior to Tata Motors, he was a director, Consumer Electronics, on the board of [[Philips\|Philips India]]. He has also worked in senior positions at LML Ltd, [[Titan Company\|Titan Watches]], [[Kinetic Engineering Limited\|Kinetic Engineering]], [[Hawkins Cookers\|Hawkins]] and [[Hindalco Industries\|Hindalco Industries Ltd]]. Currently, he is on the board of [[Kone\|Kone Ltd, Helsinki]], one of the top elevator companies in the world, and [[Hawkins Cookers\|Hawkins Cookers Ltd]], a well-known consumer durable company. He is on the Advisory Board of [[Accenture\|Accenture India]].

	~~After retirement from~~ the ~~corporate~~ world, he is ~~presently contributing as the Chairman~~ of the ~~Advisory~~ Board of ~~Akhand Jyoti Eye Hospital<ref>~~https://www.~~akhandjyoti~~.~~org~~/~~meet-~~the~~-team~~/~~advisory-board~~/~~ravi-kant<~~/~~ref>~~ - ~~a unit of YUGRISHI SHRIRAM SHARMA ACHARYA CHARITABLE TRUST<ref>~~[[~~Shriram Sharma~~]]</~~ref>{{Circular reference\|date=June 2020}} which is~~ the largest eye ~~hospital~~ in ~~Eastern~~ India and ~~one~~ of ~~the top 5 eye hospitals in~~ India ~~working towards eradicating curable blindness~~ from ~~low-income regions~~ and ~~empower rural underprivileged girls~~/ ~~women~~ to ~~achieve this~~.		He was the chairman of [[Audit Bureau of Circulations (India)\|Audit Bureau of Circulations]], [[Advertising Standards Council of India]], [[Automotive industry in India\|Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers]] and executive member of [[Confederation of Indian Industry\|Confederation of Indian Industries]]. He has been conferred several distinguished awards and has been invited to diverse platforms for interaction across the world.

			Mr. Ravi Kant also takes a keen interest in education and health areas. He was the Chairman of [[Indian Institute of Management Rohtak\|IIM, Rohtak]] and Chairman of [[Indian Institute of Information Technology, Allahabad\|IIIT Allahabad]]. He is on advisory boards of business schools at [[IIT Bombay]] and [[IIT Kharagpur\|Kharagpur]]. He was on the Board of [[National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad]] and Centre of Extractive Industry at the [https://www.earth.columbia.edu/ Earth Institute University of Columbia]. and [[National University of Singapore\|CGIO, Business School, National University of Singapore]]. He was on the Advisory Board of [[China Europe International Business School\|China Europe International Business School (CEIBS), Shanghai]] where he is presently a visiting leader. He has been on the board of [https://enactus.org/ Enactus], a non-profit US organisation facilitating college students to think and act like entrepreneurs with social orientation. He has been associated with [[Smile Train]], a US-based non-profit supporting correction of cleft palate and was on the board of New York-based WonderWork active in supporting surgeries for blindness, burns and club foot across the world. He is the Chairman of the Advisory Board of [https://www.akhandjyoti.org/ Akhand Jyoti Hospital], one of the largest eye organisations in India and that of [http://medtherapybiotech.com/ Med therapy India] promoted by doctors from Harvard Medical School and [[Novartis]] to enable gene therapy to be available at a more affordable price for the masses. He is also associated with [https://www.karkinos.in/ Karkinos Healthcare] to enable screening, diagnosis and treatment of cancer to the masses at affordable prices and international quality.

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'''Ravi Kant''' (born 1 June 1944)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mckinsey.com/insights/organization/leading_change_an_interview_with_the_managing_director_of_tata_motors |title=Leading change: An interview with the managing director of Tata Motors |last=Kumra |first=Gautam |date=January 2007 |website=McKinsey & Company |accessdate=5 April 2015}}</ref> is the former vice chairman and a former managing director of [[Tata Motors]].

== Education ==
Kant completed his education at [[Mayo College|Mayo College, Ajmer]]. He has a Bachelor of Technology degree from [[Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur|Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur]], MS in Industry from [[Aston University]] and Honorary D. Sc. from Aston University in July 2008. He is the Distinguished Alumnus of IIT Kharagpur, where he also serves as the Distinguished Professor.

== Career ==
Kant served as the Managing Director of Tata Motors Limited. He served as Director of Consumer Electronics at [[Philips|Philips India]]; Director of Marketing at LML Ltd. and Vice President of Marketing at [[Titan Company|Titan Watches Ltd.]] He served as the President of [[Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers]]. He serves as Chairman of [[Indian Institute of Management Rohtak]]; Tata Advance Materials Ltd. and TAL Manufacturing Solutions Ltd.

Previously, he acted as chairman and director of several [[Tata Group|Tata companies]] in India and abroad. He serves as the Chairman at Tata Advanced Materials Limited. He serves as the Non-Executive Vice-Chairman of [[Tata Motors]] Limited. He served as a Non-Independent Non-Executive Director of [[Voltas]] Ltd. He served as a Director of TAL Manufacturing Solutions Limited until 1 June 2014 and [[Tata Group|Tata Industries]] Ltd.

After retirement from the corporate world, he is presently contributing as the Chairman of the Advisory Board of Akhand Jyoti Eye Hospital<ref>https://www.akhandjyoti.org/meet-the-team/advisory-board/ravi-kant</ref> - a unit of YUGRISHI SHRIRAM SHARMA ACHARYA CHARITABLE TRUST<ref>[[Shriram Sharma]]</ref>{{Circular reference|date=June 2020}} which is the largest eye hospital in Eastern India and one of the top 5 eye hospitals in India working towards eradicating curable blindness from low-income regions and empower rural underprivileged girls/ women to achieve this.

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