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{{short description|Indian Industrialist}}
{{short description|Indian industrialist (born 1937)}}
{{about|Ratan Tata, the present Chairman Emeritus of [[Tata Sons]]|Sir Ratan Tata, the Philanthropist and son of [[Jamsedji Tata]]|Ratanji Tata}}
{{about|the former chairman of Tata Sons|the philanthropist and grandfather of Tata|Ratanji Tata|the father of J. R. D. Tata|Ratanji Dadabhoy Tata}}
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| honorific_prefix  =
| birth_name        = Ratan Naval Tata
| name              = Ratan Tata
| name              = Ratan Tata
| honorific_suffix  =
| image              = Ratan Tata photo.jpg
| image              = Ratan Tata photo.jpg
| caption            = Ratan Tata
| caption            = Tata in 2010
| birth_name        = Ratan Naval Tata
| birth_date        = {{Birth date and age|1937|12|28|df=yes}}
| birth_date        = {{Birth date and age|1937|12|28|df=yes}}
| birth_place        = [[Bombay]],<ref>{{cite web |last1=Kapor |first1=Uday |title=Oral History of Ratan Tata|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7-ZbWV61uMs&t=2m41s |website=YouTube |publisher=Computer History Museum [live interview 19 January 2017]|access-date=12 September 2018}}</ref> [[Bombay Presidency]], [[British India]] (present-day [[Mumbai]], Maharashtra, [[India]])
| birth_place        = [[Bombay]], [[Bombay Presidency]], British&nbsp;India
| alma_mater        = [[Cornell University]] ([[Bachelor of Architecture|BArch]])
| alma_mater        = [[Cornell University]] ([[Bachelor of Architecture|BArch]])
| occupation        = {{Hlist|Businessman|philanthropist|investor}}
| occupation        = Industrialist
| title              = Chairman Emeritus, [[Tata Sons]] and [[Tata Group]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tata.com/article/inside/tata-sons-chairman-selection-committee|title=Tata Sons Board replaces Mr. Ratan Tata as Chairman, Selection Committee set up for new Chairman via @tatacompanies|last=Tata.com|access-date=24 October 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161024215035/http://tata.com/article/inside/tata-sons-chairman-selection-committee|archive-date=24 October 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| title              = Chairman Emeritus, [[Tata Sons]] and [[Tata Group]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tata.com/article/inside/tata-sons-chairman-selection-committee|title=Tata Sons Board replaces Mr. Ratan Tata as Chairman, Selection Committee set up for new Chairman via @tatacompanies|last=Tata.com|access-date=24 October 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161024215035/http://tata.com/article/inside/tata-sons-chairman-selection-committee|archive-date=24 October 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| term              = (1991–2021) <br />(2016–2017)
| term              = {{ubl|1991–2012|2016–2017}}
| predecessor        = [[Jehangir Ratanji Dadabhoy Tata|JRD Tata]]
| predecessor        = [[J. R. D. Tata]]
| successor          = [[Cyrus Mistry]] (2012) <br /> [[Natarajan Chandrasekaran]] (2017–present)
| successor          = {{ubl|[[Cyrus Mistry]] (2012–2016) | [[Natarajan Chandrasekaran]] (2017–present)}}
| parents            = [[Naval Tata]]
| parents            = [[Naval Tata]]
| relations          = ''See'' [[Tata family]]
| relations          = [[Tata family]]
| awards            = [[Padma Vibhushan]] (2008)<br>[[Padma Bhushan]] (2000)
| awards            = {{ubl|[[Assam Baibhav]] (2021)|[[Padma Vibhushan]] (2008)|[[Maharashtra Bhushan]] (2006)|[[Padma Bhushan]] (2000)}}
}}
}}


'''Ratan Naval Tata''' (born 28 December 1937) is an Indian [[Business magnate|industrialist]], philanthropist, and a former chairman of [[Tata Sons]]. He was also chairman of [[Tata Group]], from 1990 to 2012, and again, as interim chairman, from October 2016 through February 2017, and continues to head its charitable trusts.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/india-business/Ratan-Tata-is-chairman-emeritus-of-Tata-Sonsss/articleshow/17671786.cms | work=The Times of India | title=Ratan Tata is chairman emeritus of Tata Sons }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Masani|first1=Zareer|title=What makes the Tata empire tick?|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/analysis-and-features/what-makes-the-tata-empire-tick-10024897.html|access-date=30 April 2016|work=The Independent (UK)|date=5 February 2015}}</ref> He is the recipient of two of the highest civilian awards of India, the [[Padma Vibhushan]] (2008) and [[Padma Bhushan]] (2000).<ref name="List of Fellows" />
'''Ratan Naval Tata''' (born 28 December 1937) is an Indian Industrialist and former chairman of [[Tata Sons]]. He was also the chairman of the [[Tata Group]] from 1990 to 2012, serving also as interim chairman from October 2016 through February 2017. He continues to head its charitable trusts.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/india-business/Ratan-Tata-is-chairman-emeritus-of-Tata-Sonsss/articleshow/17671786.cms | work=The Times of India | title=Ratan Tata is chairman emeritus of Tata Sons | access-date=11 January 2016 | archive-date=11 February 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160211181424/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/india-business/Ratan-Tata-is-chairman-emeritus-of-Tata-Sonsss/articleshow/17671786.cms | url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Masani|first1=Zareer|title=What makes the Tata empire tick?n;|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/analysis-and-features/what-makes-the-tata-empire-tick-10024897.html|access-date=30 April 2016|work=The Independent (UK)|date=5 February 2015|archive-date=1 June 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160601162559/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/analysis-and-features/what-makes-the-tata-empire-tick-10024897.html|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2008, he received the [[Padma Vibhushan]], the second highest civilian honour in India, after receiving the [[Padma Bhushan]], the third highest civilian honour in 2000.<ref name="List of Fellows" />


Born in 1937, he is a scion of the [[Tata family]], and son of [[Naval Tata]] who was later adopted by [[Ratanji Tata]], son of [[Jamsetji Tata]], the founder of [[Tata Group]]. He is an alumnus of the [[Cornell University College of Architecture, Art, and Planning|Cornell University College of Architecture]] and Harvard Business School through the Advanced Management Program that he completed in 1975.<ref>https://www.tata.com/management-team#//management-team/rnt</ref> He joined his company in 1961 when he used to work on the shop floor of Tata Steel, and was the apparent successor to [[J. R. D. Tata]] upon the latter's retirement in 1991. He got [[Tata Global Beverages|Tata Tea]] to acquire [[Tetley]], [[Tata Motors]] to acquire [[Jaguar Land Rover]], and [[Tata Steel]] to acquire [[Corus Group plc|Corus]], in an attempt to turn Tata from a largely India-centrist group into a global business.
He is the son of [[Naval Tata]], who was adopted by [[Ratanji Tata]], son of [[Jamsetji Tata]], the founder of the [[Tata Group]]. He graduated from the [[Cornell University College of Architecture, Art, and Planning|Cornell University College of Architecture]] with a bachelor's degree in architecture.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tata.com/management-team#//management-team/rnt |title=Leadership Team &#124; Tata group |publisher=Tata.com |date=28 December 2012 |accessdate=10 January 2022 |archive-date=1 May 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200501051021/https://www.tata.com/management-team#//management-team/rnt |url-status=live }}</ref> He joined Tata in 1961, where he worked on the shop floor of Tata Steel. He later succeeded [[J. R. D. Tata]]'s as chairman of Tata Sons upon the latter's retirement in 1991. Under his tenure the Tata Group acquired [[Tetley]], [[Jaguar Land Rover]], and [[Corus Group plc|Corus]], in an attempt to turn Tata from a largely India-centric group into a global business. Tata is also one of the largest philanthropists in the world, having donated around 60–65% of his income to charity.


== Early life ==
== Early life ==
{{Main|Tata family}}
{{Main|Tata family}}
Ratan Tata was born in Bombay, now Mumbai, on 28 December 1937,<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |last1=Hollar |first1=Sherman |title=Ratan Tata |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Ratan-Tata |encyclopedia=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=12 September 2018}}</ref> and is the son of [[Naval Tata]] (born in [[Surat]]). His biological maternal grandmother had been the sister of [[Herabai Tata|Hirabai Tata]], wife of group founder [[Jamshedji Tata]]. His biological grandfather, Hormusji Tata, had belonged to the broader Tata family; Ratan therefore was a Tata by birth. Parents Naval and Sonoo separated in 1948 when Ratan was 10, and he was subsequently raised by the widow of Sir Ratanji Tata, his grandmother, [[Tata family|Navajbai Tata]], who formally adopted him through the J. N. Petit Parsi Orphanage.<ref>{{cite news|title=Ratan Tata rode the tiger economy and now he drives Jaguar|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/personal-view/3556736/Ratan-Tata-rode-the-tiger-economy-and-now-he-drives-Jaguar.html|access-date=31 March 2012|newspaper=[[The Daily Telegraph]]|date=30 March 2008|last=Langley}}</ref> He has a half-brother, [[Noel Tata]] (from Naval Tata's second marriage with [[Simone Tata]]), with whom he was raised. His first language is [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.rediff.com/money/2008/jan/11sheela.htm|title=Thank you, Mr Tata, for thinking of the common man!|date=1 January 2008|publisher=[[Rediff.com]]}}</ref>


He studied at the [[Campion School, Mumbai]] till the 8th class, followed by [[Cathedral and John Connon School]], [[Mumbai]] and at [[Bishop Cotton School (Shimla)|Bishop Cotton School]] in [[Shimla]],<ref name="toitataschool">{{cite news|title=Ratan Tata goes back to school|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-03-31/india/28031551_1_ratan-tata-nie-tata-group|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130725200328/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-03-31/india/28031551_1_ratan-tata-nie-tata-group|url-status=dead|archive-date=25 July 2013|access-date=31 March 2012|newspaper=[[The Times of India]]|date=31 March 2009}}</ref> and, in 1955, graduated from [[Riverdale Country School]] in New York City.<ref>{{Cite web|last1=Philip|first1=Handler|last2=Maddy|first2=Handler|date=June 2009|title=Ratan Tata '59: The Cornell Story|url=https://ecommons.cornell.edu/handle/1813/13622}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://issuu.com/riverdalecountryschool/docs/quadspring2010rev_1_/21|title=QUAD Spring 2010|work=Issuu|access-date=12 March 2018}}</ref> In 1959, he then received a degree in Architecture from [[Cornell University]], and in 1975, attended the seven-week Advanced Management Program of [[Harvard Business School]] — an institution which he has since endowed.<ref>{{cite web|title=Harvard Business School Receives $50 Million Gift from the Tata Trusts and Companies|url=http://www.hbs.edu/news/releases/Pages/tatagift.aspx|access-date=6 November 2018}}</ref><ref name="Tata Hall HBS Named">{{cite web|title=Tata Hall Dedicated at HBS|url=http://harvardmagazine.com/2013/12/tata-hall-at-hbs-dedicated|access-date=6 November 2018|date=10 December 2013}}</ref>
Ratan Tata was born in Bombay, now Mumbai, during the [[British Raj]], on 28 December 1937.<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |last1=Hollar |first1=Sherman |title=Ratan Tata |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Ratan-Tata |encyclopedia=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=12 September 2018 |archive-date=12 September 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180912205527/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Ratan-Tata |url-status=live }}</ref> He is the son of [[Naval Tata]], who was born in [[Surat]] and later adopted into the Tata family, and Sooni Tata, the niece of Tata group founder [[Jamsetji Tata]]. Tata's biological grandfather, Hormusji Tata, was a member of the Tata family by blood. In 1948, when Tata was 10, his parents separated, and he was subsequently raised and adopted by Navajbai Tata, his grandmother and widow of Ratanji Tata.<ref>{{cite news|title=Ratan Tata rode the tiger economy and now he drives Jaguar|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/personal-view/3556736/Ratan-Tata-rode-the-tiger-economy-and-now-he-drives-Jaguar.html|access-date=31 March 2012|newspaper=[[The Daily Telegraph]]|date=30 March 2008|last=Langley|archive-date=4 October 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121004183508/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/personal-view/3556736/Ratan-Tata-rode-the-tiger-economy-and-now-he-drives-Jaguar.html|url-status=live}}</ref> He has a younger brother Jimmy Tata<ref>{{Cite web |last=এক্সপ্রেস |first=বেঙ্গল |date=8 December 2022 |title=দুটা মাত্র ঘর, ব্যাবহার করেন না মোবাইল চিনতে পাচ্ছেন রতন টাটার এই ভাই কে ? |url=https://bengalxpress.in/only-two-houses-dont-use-mobile-phones-can-you-recognize-who-is-ratan-tatas-brother/ |url-status=live |access-date=8 December 2022 |website=Bengal Xpress |language=bn}}</ref> and a half-brother, [[Noel Tata]], from Naval Tata's second marriage with [[Simone Tata]], with whom he was raised. His first language is [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.rediff.com/money/2008/jan/11sheela.htm|title=Thank you, Mr Tata, for thinking of the common man!|date=1 January 2008|work=[[Rediff.com]]|access-date=27 February 2018|archive-date=14 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180714105501/http://www.rediff.com/money/2008/jan/11sheela.htm|url-status=live}}</ref>
 
He studied at the [[Campion School, Mumbai]] till the 8th class. After which, he studied at the [[Cathedral and John Connon School]] in [[Mumbai]], the [[Bishop Cotton School (Shimla)|Bishop Cotton School]] in [[Shimla]], and the [[Riverdale Country School]] in New York City, which he graduated from in 1955.<ref name="toitataschool">{{cite news |date=31 March 2009 |title=Ratan Tata goes back to school |newspaper=[[The Times of India]] |url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-03-31/india/28031551_1_ratan-tata-nie-tata-group |url-status=dead |access-date=31 March 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130725200328/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-03-31/india/28031551_1_ratan-tata-nie-tata-group |archive-date=25 July 2013}}</ref><ref>{{Cite document|last1=Philip|first1=Handler|last2=Maddy|first2=Handler|date=June 2009|title=Ratan Tata '59: The Cornell Story|url=https://ecommons.cornell.edu/handle/1813/13622|journal=|access-date=12 March 2018|archive-date=13 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180313031411/https://ecommons.cornell.edu/handle/1813/13622|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://issuu.com/riverdalecountryschool/docs/quadspring2010rev_1_/21|title=QUAD Spring 2010|work=Issuu|access-date=12 March 2018}}</ref> After graduating from high school, Tata enrolled in [[Cornell University]], from which he graduated with a bachelor's degree in architecture in 1959. In 2008, Tata gifted Cornell $50 Million, becoming the largest international donor in the university’s history.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://csuitespotlight.com/2020/12/02/ratan-tata-62-becomes-cornell-universitys-biggest-international-donor/ | title=Ratan Tata, '62, Becomes Cornell University's Biggest International Donor – C-Suite Spotlight }}</ref>


Promoted to management during the 1970s, Ratan achieved initial success by turning Group company National Radio and Electronics (NELCO) around, only to see it collapse during an economic slowdown.<ref name="BS">{{cite news|last1=Majumdar|first1=Shyamal|title=40 Years Ago... and Now: Ratan Tata increased dare quotient of Tata group|url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/companies/40-years-ago-and-now-ratan-tata-increased-the-dare-quotient-of-the-tata-group-115012000145_1.html|access-date=29 April 2016|work=Business Standard|date=21 January 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Ratan Tata and NELCO Crucible&nbsp;– The untold story.|url=https://vivifychangecatalyst.wordpress.com/2013/10/11/ratan-tata-and-nelco-crucible-the-untold-story/|website=vivifychangecatalyst|date=11 October 2013|access-date=29 April 2016}}</ref> In 1991, [[J. R. D. Tata]] stepped down as chairman of Tata Sons, naming him his successor. When he settled down into the new role, he faced stiff resistance from many companies heads, some of whom had spent decades in their respective companies and rose to become very powerful and influential due to the freedom to operate under JRD Tata. He began replacing them by setting a retirement age, and then made individual companies report operationally to the group office and made each contribute some of their profit to build and use the Tata group brand. Innovation was given priority and younger talent was infused and given responsibilities.<ref name="ChrisDeresky">{{cite book|last1=Christopher|first1=Elizabeth|last2=Deresky|first2=Helen|title=International Management: Managing Cultural Diversity|date=2012|publisher=Pearson Australia|isbn=9781442539679|page=457|edition=Second|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BSfiBAAAQBAJ&pg=PA460|access-date=30 April 2016}}</ref> Under his stewardship, overlapping operations in group companies were streamlined into a synergised whole,<ref>{{cite news|title=The Tata group: Out of India|url=https://www.economist.com/node/18285497|access-date=30 April 2016|work=The Economist|date=3 March 2011}}</ref> with the salt-to-software group exiting unrelated businesses to take on globalisation.
==Career==
In the 1970s, Tata was given a managerial position in the Tata group. He achieved initial success by turning the subsidiary National Radio and Electronics (NELCO) around, only to see it collapse during an economic slowdown.<ref name="BS">{{cite news|last1=Majumdar|first1=Shyamal|title=40 Years Ago... and Now: Ratan Tata increased dare quotient of Tata group|url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/companies/40-years-ago-and-now-ratan-tata-increased-the-dare-quotient-of-the-tata-group-115012000145_1.html|access-date=29 April 2016|work=Business Standard|date=21 January 2015|archive-date=13 May 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160513222040/http://www.business-standard.com/article/companies/40-years-ago-and-now-ratan-tata-increased-the-dare-quotient-of-the-tata-group-115012000145_1.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Ratan Tata and NELCO Crucible&nbsp;– The untold story.|url=https://vivifychangecatalyst.wordpress.com/2013/10/11/ratan-tata-and-nelco-crucible-the-untold-story/|website=vivifychangecatalyst|date=11 October 2013|access-date=29 April 2016|archive-date=11 October 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161011222559/https://vivifychangecatalyst.wordpress.com/2013/10/11/ratan-tata-and-nelco-crucible-the-untold-story/|url-status=live}}</ref> In 1991, [[J. R. D. Tata]] stepped down as chairman of Tata Sons, naming him his successor. Initially, Tata faced stiff resistance from the heads of various subsidiaries, who had a large amount of operational freedom under the senior Tata's tenure. In response, Tata implemented a number of policies designed to consolidate power, including the implementation of a retirement age, having subsidiaries report directly to the group office, and requiring subsidiaries to contribute their profit to building the Tata group brand. Tata prioritised innovation and delegated many responsibilities to younger talent.<ref name="ChrisDeresky">{{cite book|last1=Christopher|first1=Elizabeth|last2=Deresky|first2=Helen|title=International Management: Managing Cultural Diversity|date=2012|publisher=Pearson Australia|isbn=9781442539679|page=457|edition=Second|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BSfiBAAAQBAJ&pg=PA460|access-date=30 April 2016|archive-date=9 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200709192857/https://books.google.com/books?id=BSfiBAAAQBAJ&pg=PA460|url-status=live}}</ref> Under his leadership, overlapping operations between subsidiaries were streamlined into company-wide operations, with the group exiting unrelated businesses to take on globalisation.<ref>{{cite news |date=3 March 2011 |title=The Tata group: Out of India |newspaper=The Economist |url=https://www.economist.com/node/18285497 |url-status=live |access-date=30 April 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160605100103/http://www.economist.com/node/18285497 |archive-date=5 June 2016}}</ref>


[[File:Ratan Tata.jpg|thumb|left|Ratan Tata (right) in Bangladesh, 2005]]
[[File:Ratan Tata.jpg|thumb|left|Ratan Tata (right) in Bangladesh, 2005]]
During the 21 years he led the Tata Group, revenues grew over 40 times, and profit, over 50 times.<ref name="BS"/> Where sales of the group as a whole, overwhelmingly came from commodities when he took over, the majority sales came from brands when he exited.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Aiyar|first1=Shankkar|title=Ratan's Tata|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/tata-group-grows-fourfold-under-ratan-tata-accounts-for-2.4percent-of-gdp/1/206727.html|access-date=30 April 2016|work=India Today|date=24 February 2003}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Goldstein|first1=Andrea|title=The Internationalization of Indian Companies: The Case of Tata|url=https://www.ciaonet.org/attachments/830/uploads#page=36|publisher=Center for the Advanced Study of India, University of Pennsylvania|page=36|date=January 2008|access-date=30 April 2016}}</ref> He boldly got [[Tata Global Beverages|Tata Tea]] to acquire [[Tetley]], [[Tata Motors]] to acquire [[Jaguar Land Rover]] and [[Tata Steel]] to acquire [[Corus Group plc|Corus]]. All this turned Tata from a largely India-centric group into a global business, with over 65% revenues coming from operations and sales in over 100 countries.<ref name="BS"/><ref>Mithas, S. 2015. Making the Elephant Dance: The Tata Way to Innovate, Transform and Globalize (Kindle version is available at https://www.amazon.in/dp/B012G9MSCA{{Dead link|date=June 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}). New Delhi: Penguin Portfolio</ref> He conceptualised the [[Tata Nano]] car.<ref name="ChrisDeresky"/> In 2015, He explained in an interview for the [[Harvard Business School]]'s Creating Emerging Markets project, the development of the Tata Nano was significant because it helped put cars at a price-point within reach of the average Indian consumer.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hbs.edu/creating-emerging-markets/interviews/Pages/profile.aspx?profile=rntata |title=Interview with Ratan Naval Tata |website=Creating Emerging Markets |publisher=Harvard Business School}}</ref>
During the 21 years Tata led the Tata Group, revenues grew over 40 times, and profit over 50 times.<ref name="BS"/> When he took over the company, sales overwhelmingly comprised commodity sales, but at the end of his tenure, the majority of sales came from brands.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Aiyar|first1=Shankkar|title=Ratan's Tata|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/tata-group-grows-fourfold-under-ratan-tata-accounts-for-2.4percent-of-gdp/1/206727.html|access-date=30 April 2016|work=India Today|date=24 February 2003|archive-date=31 May 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160531235635/http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/tata-group-grows-fourfold-under-ratan-tata-accounts-for-2.4percent-of-gdp/1/206727.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Goldstein|first1=Andrea|title=The Internationalization of Indian Companies: The Case of Tata|url=https://www.ciaonet.org/attachments/830/uploads#page=36|publisher=Center for the Advanced Study of India, University of Pennsylvania|page=36|date=January 2008|access-date=30 April 2016|archive-date=2 June 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160602122428/https://www.ciaonet.org/attachments/830/uploads#page=36|url-status=live}}</ref> He had [[Tata Global Beverages|Tata Tea]] acquire [[Tetley]], [[Tata Motors]] acquire [[Jaguar Land Rover]], and [[Tata Steel]] acquire [[Corus Group plc|Corus]]. These acquisitions repositioned Tata from a largely India-centric group into a global business, with over 65% of revenues coming from operations and sales internationally.<ref name="BS"/>  


Ratan Tata resigned his executive powers in the Tata group on 28 December 2012, upon turning 75, appointing as his successor, [[Cyrus Mistry]], the 44-year-old son of Pallonji Mistry of the Shapoorji Pallonji Group, the largest individual shareholder of the group and related by marriage.<ref>{{cite news|title=Cyrus P Mistry to succeed Ratan Tata|url=http://www.timesnow.tv/videoshow/4389699.cms|access-date=23 November 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-01-03/ratan-tata-india-s-corporate-czar-retires-with-a-500-billion-vision.html|title=Ratan Tata, India's Corporate Czar, Retires With a $500 Billion Vision|publisher=Bloomberg|access-date=27 March 2013}}</ref> On 24 October 2016, Cyrus Mistry was removed as the chairman of Tata Sons and Ratan Tata was made interim chairman. The decision went through intense media scrutiny that made many scrutinize the root causes of the sudden removal, and the resultant crisis.<ref>{{Cite web | url =https://theconversation.com/can-indias-mega-conglomerate-tata-sons-survive-its-leadership-crisis-67965| title= Can India's mega-conglomerate Tata Sons survive its leadership crisis?| first=Ranjit | last=Goswami | date = 1 November 2016 | access-date = 25 January 2017|work=The Conversation}}</ref> A selection committee was formed to find a successor. The selection committee consisted of Mr. Tata, [[TVS Group]] head Venu Srinivasan, Amit Chandra of Bain Capital, former diplomat Ronen Sen and Lord Kumar Bhattacharya. All of them, except Mr. Bhattacharya, were on the board of [[Tata Sons]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/company/corporate-trends/big-rejig-ratan-tata-to-replace-cyrus-mistry-as-tata-sons-chairman/articleshow/55031245.cms|title=Cyrus Mistry Replaced by Ratan Tata as Tata Sons chairman – The Economic Times|newspaper=The Economic Times|access-date=24 October 2016}}</ref> On 12 January 2017, [[Natarajan Chandrasekaran]] was named as the chairman of Tata Sons, a role he assumed in February 2017.
He also conceptualised and spearheaded the development of the [[Tata Nano]] car, which helped put cars at a price-point within reach of the average Indian consumer.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hbs.edu/creating-emerging-markets/interviews/Pages/profile.aspx?profile=rntata |title=Interview with Ratan Naval Tata |website=Creating Emerging Markets |publisher=Harvard Business School |access-date=10 December 2017 |archive-date=26 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210126124853/https://www.hbs.edu/creating-emerging-markets/interviews/Pages/profile.aspx?profile=rntata |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="ChrisDeresky" /> [[Tata Motors]] has sinced rolled out the first batch of Tigor Electric Vehicles from its [[Sanand Plant (Tata Motors)|Sanand Plant]] in Gujarat, which Tata has described as "fast-forward[ing] India's electric dream."<ref>{{Cite news |date=9 December 2017 |title=Why Ratan Tata's Tigor rollout is a revolutionary statement |language=en-IN |newspaper=The Economic Times |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/auto/news/why-ratan-tatas-tigor-rollout-is-a-revolutionary-statement/articleshow/61995852.cms |url-status=live |access-date=10 December 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171211063603/https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/auto/news/why-ratan-tatas-tigor-rollout-is-a-revolutionary-statement/articleshow/61995852.cms |archive-date=11 December 2017}}</ref>


Tata invested personal savings in [[Snapdeal]] – one of India's leading e-commerce websites –and, in January 2016, [[Teabox]], an online premium Indian Tea seller,<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/companies/ratan-tata-invests-in-teabox-comes-on-board-as-advisor-116012700186_1.html|title=Ratan Tata invests in TeaBox, comes on board as advisor |work=Business Standard| date=27 January 2016 }}</ref> and CashKaro.com, a discount coupons and cash-back website.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2016-01-19/news/69900289_1_kalaari-capital-urban-ladder-venture|title=Ratan Tata invests undisclosed amount in online cashback venture CashKaro.com |work=Economic Times| date=19 January 2016}}</ref> He has made small investments in both early and late stage companies in India, such as INR 0.95 Cr in Ola Cabs.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.livemint.com/Companies/H2QDrDQP5E3UF94wYzz0gM/Decoding-Ratan-Tatas-startup-investments.html |title=Decoding Ratan Tata's start-up investments |publisher=Livemint |date=2 October 2015 |access-date=2 December 2015}}</ref> In April 2015, it was reported that Tata had acquired a stake in Chinese smartphone startup [[Xiaomi]].<ref>{{cite web|last1=Flannery|first1=Russell|title=Ratan Tata Investment Underscores How Xiaomi Defies Odds|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/russellflannery/2015/05/02/ratan-tata-investment-underscores-how-xiaomi-defies-odds/|website=Forbes|access-date=4 May 2015|date=2 May 2015}}</ref> In October 2015, he partnered with [[American Express]], investing in [[Bitcoin]] venture [[Abra (company)|Abra]].<ref name="Forbes">{{cite magazine | last=Shin| first=Laura| title =American Express Invests In Bitcoin Venture, Abra, Which Announces U.S., Philippines Launch| magazine = [[Forbes (magazine)|Forbes]]| date =22 October 2015 | url =https://www.forbes.com/sites/laurashin/2015/10/22/american-express-invests-in-bitcoin-venture-abra-which-announces-u-s-philippines-launch/#3f694193079e| access-date =11 March 2017}}</ref> In 2016, he invested in Nestaway<ref>{{cite news|url= http://www.business-standard.com/article/companies/ratan-tata-invests-in-home-rental-start-up-nestaway-116022800085_1.html|title= Ratan Tata invests in home rental start-up NestAway |date=28 February 2016|work=<nowiki>Business Standard</nowiki>|access-date=28 February 2016|last1= India |first1= Press Trust of }}</ref> an online portal to find fully furnished flats for bachelors which later acquired Zenify to start family rental segment and online pet care portal, [[Dogspot]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/business/Industry/ratan-tata-invests-in-pet-care-portal/article8064365.ece|title=Ratan Tata invests in pet care portal|date=4 January 2016|newspaper=The Hindu|language=en-IN|issn=0971-751X|access-date=28 July 2016}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.livemint.com/Companies/YwlbW7z2551ciSauCZ4XMP/DogSpot-raises-funding-from-Ratan-Tata-others.html|title=DogSpot raises funds from Ratan Tata, others|last=Sahay|first=Priyanka|date=4 January 2016|access-date=28 July 2016}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.businesstoday.in/current/corporate/ratan-tata-invests-in-pet-care-portal-dogspot.in/story/227715.html|title=Ratan Tata invests in pet care portal DogSpot.in- Business News|website=www.businesstoday.in|access-date=28 July 2016}}</ref> [[Tata Motors]] rolled out the first batch of Tigor Electric Vehicles from its [[Sanand Plant (Tata Motors)|Sanand Plant]] in Gujarat, regarding which Ratan Tata said, "Tigor indicates a willingness to fast-forward India's electric dream. The government has set an ambitious target to have only electric cars by 2030."<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/auto/news/why-ratan-tatas-tigor-rollout-is-a-revolutionary-statement/articleshow/61995852.cms|title=Why Ratan Tata's Tigor rollout is a revolutionary statement|date=9 December 2017|newspaper=The Economic Times|language=en-IN|access-date=10 December 2017}}</ref>
Upon turning 75, Ratan Tata resigned his executive powers in the Tata group on 28 December 2012. An ensuing leadership crisis over his succession drew intense media scrutiny.<ref>{{cite web |last=Goswami |first=Ranjit |date=1 November 2016 |title=Can India's mega-conglomerate Tata Sons survive its leadership crisis? |url=https://theconversation.com/can-indias-mega-conglomerate-tata-sons-survive-its-leadership-crisis-67965 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220110210350/https://theconversation.com/can-indias-mega-conglomerate-tata-sons-survive-its-leadership-crisis-67965 |archive-date=10 January 2022 |access-date=25 January 2017 |work=The Conversation}}</ref> The board of directors and legal division of the company refused to appoint his successor, [[Cyrus Mistry]], a relative of Tata and the son of Pallonji Mistry of the Shapoorji Pallonji Group, which was the largest individual shareholder of the Tata group.<ref>{{cite news|title=Cyrus P Mistry to succeed Ratan Tata|url=http://www.timesnow.tv/videoshow/4389699.cms|access-date=23 November 2011|archive-date=25 July 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130725235226/http://www.timesnow.tv/videoshow/4389699.cms|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-01-03/ratan-tata-india-s-corporate-czar-retires-with-a-500-billion-vision.html|title=Ratan Tata, India's Corporate Czar, Retires With a $500 Billion Vision|publisher=Bloomberg|access-date=27 March 2013|archive-date=20 January 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130120055557/http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-01-03/ratan-tata-india-s-corporate-czar-retires-with-a-500-billion-vision.html|url-status=live}}</ref> On 24 October 2016, Cyrus Mistry was removed as chairman of Tata Sons, and Ratan Tata was made interim chairman. A selection committee, which included Tata as a member, was formed to find a successor.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/company/corporate-trends/big-rejig-ratan-tata-to-replace-cyrus-mistry-as-tata-sons-chairman/articleshow/55031245.cms|title=Cyrus Mistry Replaced by Ratan Tata as Tata Sons chairman – The Economic Times|newspaper=The Economic Times|access-date=24 October 2016|archive-date=26 October 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161026020828/http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/company/corporate-trends/big-rejig-ratan-tata-to-replace-cyrus-mistry-as-tata-sons-chairman/articleshow/55031245.cms|url-status=live}}</ref> On 12 January 2017, [[Natarajan Chandrasekaran]] was named as the chairman of Tata Sons, a role he assumed in February 2017. In February 2017, Mistry was removed as a director for Tata Sons.<ref name=":0">{{cite web |title=Cyrus Mistry back in the waiting line as Supreme Court stays order allowing him to be reinstated as Tata Sons Chairman |url=https://www.businessinsider.in/business/corporates/news/sc-stays-nclat-order-reinstating-cyrus-mistry-as-tata-sons-chairman/articleshow/73184404.cms |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200126225230/https://www.businessinsider.in/business/corporates/news/sc-stays-nclat-order-reinstating-cyrus-mistry-as-tata-sons-chairman/articleshow/73184404.cms |archive-date=26 January 2020 |access-date=24 January 2020 |website=Business Insider}}</ref> The [[National Company Law Appellate Tribunal]] later found in December 2019 that the removal of Cyrus Mistry as the chairman of Tata Sons was illegal, and ordered that he be reinstated.<ref name=":0" /> On appeal, India's Supreme Court upheld the dismissal of [[Cyrus Mistry]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Tatas making Cyrus chairman wrong decision of lifetime:Supreme Court |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/india-business/tatas-making-cyrus-chairman-wrong-decision-of-lifetime-sc/articleshow/81715818.cms |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210331033439/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/india-business/tatas-making-cyrus-chairman-wrong-decision-of-lifetime-sc/articleshow/81715818.cms |archive-date=31 March 2021 |access-date=31 March 2021 |website=[[The Times of India]]|date=27 March 2021 }}</ref>


=== Tata Sons vs. Cyrus Mistry ===
Tata has also invested in multiple companies with his own wealth. He has invested in [[Snapdeal]] – one of India's leading e-commerce websites. In January 2016, he invested in Teabox, an online premium Indian Tea seller,<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/companies/ratan-tata-invests-in-teabox-comes-on-board-as-advisor-116012700186_1.html|title=Ratan Tata invests in TeaBox, comes on board as advisor|work=Business Standard|date=27 January 2016|access-date=27 January 2016|archive-date=10 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220110210329/https://www.business-standard.com/article/companies/ratan-tata-invests-in-teabox-is-on-board-as-advisor-116012700186_1.html|url-status=live}}</ref> and CashKaro.com, a discount coupons and cash-back website.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2016-01-19/news/69900289_1_kalaari-capital-urban-ladder-venture|title=Ratan Tata invests undisclosed amount in online cashback venture CashKaro.com|work=Economic Times|date=19 January 2016|access-date=7 June 2016|archive-date=25 May 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160525105959/http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2016-01-19/news/69900289_1_kalaari-capital-urban-ladder-venture|url-status=live}}</ref> He has made small investments in both early and late stage companies in India, such as INR 0.95 Cr in Ola Cabs.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.livemint.com/Companies/H2QDrDQP5E3UF94wYzz0gM/Decoding-Ratan-Tatas-startup-investments.html |title=Decoding Ratan Tata's start-up investments |publisher=Livemint |date=2 October 2015 |access-date=2 December 2015 |archive-date=7 December 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151207171328/http://www.livemint.com/Companies/H2QDrDQP5E3UF94wYzz0gM/Decoding-Ratan-Tatas-startup-investments.html |url-status=live }}</ref> In April 2015, it was reported that Tata had acquired a stake in Chinese smartphone startup [[Xiaomi]].<ref>{{cite web|last1=Flannery|first1=Russell|title=Ratan Tata Investment Underscores How Xiaomi Defies Odds|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/russellflannery/2015/05/02/ratan-tata-investment-underscores-how-xiaomi-defies-odds/|website=Forbes|access-date=4 May 2015|date=2 May 2015|archive-date=5 May 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150505220936/http://www.forbes.com/sites/russellflannery/2015/05/02/ratan-tata-investment-underscores-how-xiaomi-defies-odds/|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2016, he invested in Nestaway an online real-estate portal that later acquired Zenify to start the online real-estate and pet-care portal, [[Dogspot]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/business/Industry/ratan-tata-invests-in-pet-care-portal/article8064365.ece|title=Ratan Tata invests in pet care portal|date=4 January 2016|newspaper=The Hindu|language=en-IN|issn=0971-751X|access-date=28 July 2016|archive-date=10 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220110210330/https://www.thehindu.com/business/Industry/Ratan-Tata-invests-in-pet-care-portal/article13980760.ece|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.livemint.com/Companies/YwlbW7z2551ciSauCZ4XMP/DogSpot-raises-funding-from-Ratan-Tata-others.html|title=DogSpot raises funds from Ratan Tata, others|last=Sahay|first=Priyanka|date=4 January 2016|access-date=28 July 2016|archive-date=12 August 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160812013030/http://www.livemint.com/Companies/YwlbW7z2551ciSauCZ4XMP/DogSpot-raises-funding-from-Ratan-Tata-others.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.businesstoday.in/current/corporate/ratan-tata-invests-in-pet-care-portal-dogspot.in/story/227715.html|title=Ratan Tata invests in pet care portal DogSpot.in- Business News|website=www.businesstoday.in|date=4 January 2016 |access-date=28 July 2016|archive-date=7 August 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160807233111/http://www.businesstoday.in/current/corporate/ratan-tata-invests-in-pet-care-portal-dogspot.in/story/227715.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=28 February 2016 |title=Ratan Tata invests in home rental start-up NestAway |work=<nowiki>Business Standard</nowiki> |agency=Press Trust of India |url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/companies/ratan-tata-invests-in-home-rental-start-up-nestaway-116022800085_1.html |url-status=live |access-date=28 February 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160229095832/http://www.business-standard.com/article/companies/ratan-tata-invests-in-home-rental-start-up-nestaway-116022800085_1.html |archive-date=29 February 2016}}</ref> Tata also launched India's companionship startup for senior citizens, Goodfellows, in a bid to encourage intergenerational friendships."<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/ratan-tata-launches-indias-1st-companionship-startup-for-senior-citizens-3259672|title=Ratan Tata Launches India's 1st Companionship Startup For Senior Citizens|date=16 August 2022|newspaper=NDTV|language=en-IN|access-date=16 August 2022|archive-date=17 August 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220816143103/https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/ratan-tata-launches-indias-1st-companionship-startup-for-senior-citizens-3259672|url-status=live}}</ref>
In one of the most dramatic developments in the recent past, the board of directors of Tata Group on 24 October 2016 voted for the removal of its chairman [[Cyrus Mistry]] with immediate effect and made Ratan Tata the interim chairman, and in February 2017, Mistry was removed as a director for Tata Sons.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.businessinsider.in/business/corporates/news/sc-stays-nclat-order-reinstating-cyrus-mistry-as-tata-sons-chairman/articleshow/73184404.cms|title=Cyrus Mistry back in the waiting line as Supreme Court stays order allowing him to be reinstated as Tata Sons Chairman|website=Business Insider|access-date=24 January 2020}}</ref> The National Company Law Appellate Tribunal(NCLAT) had decided in December 2019 that the removal of Cyrus Mistry as the Chairman of Tata Sons was illegal and that he should be reinstated.<ref name=":0" /> India's Supreme Court heard an appeal by the $111-billion conglomerate to quash the NCLAT order that directed the Tata group to rehire the man it fired as chairman. Ratan Tata is personally leading the charge in the case, and filed a separate petition challenging the ruling in the Supreme Court.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/company/corporate-trends/ratan-tata-fights-to-save-legacy-after-cyrus-mistry-court-ruling/articleshow/73116771.cms?from=mdr|title=Ratan Tata fights to save legacy after Cyrus Mistry court ruling|date=6 January 2020|work=The Economic Times|access-date=24 January 2020}}</ref> The Supreme Court has stayed the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) order that allowed Cyrus Mistry to be reinstated as Tata Sons chairman in January 2020.<ref name=":0" /> However the [[Supreme Court of India|Supreme Court]] upheld the dismissal of [[Cyrus Mistry]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/india-business/tatas-making-cyrus-chairman-wrong-decision-of-lifetime-sc/articleshow/81715818.cms | title=Tatas making Cyrus chairman wrong decision of lifetime:Supreme Court | access-date=31 March 2021}}</ref>


==Philanthropy==
==Philanthropy==
Tata is a supporter of education, medicine and [[rural development]], and considered a leading philanthropist in India.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.scoopwhoop.com/inothernews/charitable-indians/#.4gfi7ecfz |title=You'll Respect These Indians More After You Find Out How Much They Donate To Charity|last=ScoopWhoop|date=13 May 2015}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tatatrusts.org/|title=Tata Trusts|website=www.tatatrusts.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Tata Trusts: A role model for philanthropy|url=https://www.theweek.in/theweek/cover/2018/10/05/tata-trusts-a-role-model-for-philanthropy.html|access-date=15 October 2020|website=The Week|language=en}}</ref> Tata supported [[University of New South Wales]] [[UNSW Faculty of Engineering|Faculty of Engineering]] to develop [[capacitive deionization]] to provide improved water for challenged areas.<ref>{{cite web |title=UNSW looks to solar-powered desalination to help bust droughts josh |url=https://reneweconomy.com.au/unsw-looks-to-solar-powered-desalination-to-help-bust-droughts-josh-39604/ |website=RenewEconomy |language=en-AU |date=18 April 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Duong |first1=Cecilia |title=Solar powered desalination offers hope of a global shift in agriculture |url=https://newsroom.unsw.edu.au/news/science-tech/solar-powered-desalination-offers-hope-global-shift-agriculture |website=UNSW Newsroom |date=17 April 2019}}</ref>
Tata is a supporter of education, medicine and [[rural development]], and considered a leading philanthropist in India.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.scoopwhoop.com/inothernews/charitable-indians/#.4gfi7ecfz|title=You'll Respect These Indians More After You Find Out How Much They Donate To Charity|last=ScoopWhoop|date=13 May 2015|access-date=13 November 2017|archive-date=13 November 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171113165550/https://www.scoopwhoop.com/inothernews/charitable-indians/#.4gfi7ecfz|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tatatrusts.org/|title=Tata Trusts|website=www.tatatrusts.org|access-date=13 February 2020|archive-date=16 January 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200116051450/https://www.tatatrusts.org/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Tata Trusts: A role model for philanthropy|url=https://www.theweek.in/theweek/cover/2018/10/05/tata-trusts-a-role-model-for-philanthropy.html|access-date=15 October 2020|website=The Week|language=en|archive-date=26 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201026153342/https://www.theweek.in/theweek/cover/2018/10/05/tata-trusts-a-role-model-for-philanthropy.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Tata supported [[University of New South Wales]] [[UNSW Faculty of Engineering|Faculty of Engineering]] to develop [[capacitive deionization]] to provide improved water for challenged areas.<ref>{{cite web |title=UNSW looks to solar-powered desalination to help bust droughts josh |url=https://reneweconomy.com.au/unsw-looks-to-solar-powered-desalination-to-help-bust-droughts-josh-39604/ |website=RenewEconomy |language=en-AU |date=18 April 2019 |access-date=18 April 2019 |archive-date=18 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190418103758/https://reneweconomy.com.au/unsw-looks-to-solar-powered-desalination-to-help-bust-droughts-josh-39604/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Duong |first1=Cecilia |title=Solar powered desalination offers hope of a global shift in agriculture |url=https://newsroom.unsw.edu.au/news/science-tech/solar-powered-desalination-offers-hope-global-shift-agriculture |website=UNSW Newsroom |date=17 April 2019 |access-date=18 April 2019 |archive-date=18 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190418015502/https://newsroom.unsw.edu.au/news/science-tech/solar-powered-desalination-offers-hope-global-shift-agriculture |url-status=live }}</ref>
 
Tata Hall<ref>{{cite web|title=Tata Hall: About named building|url=https://blink.ucsd.edu/sponsor/advancement/advancement-services/stewardship/named-buildings/Tata%20Hall.html|access-date=30 June 2021|website=blink.ucsd|archive-date=26 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210926143652/https://blink.ucsd.edu/sponsor/advancement/advancement-services/stewardship/named-buildings/Tata%20Hall.html|url-status=live}}</ref> at the [[University of California, San Diego]] (UC San Diego), opened in November 2018, houses facilities for the biological and physical sciences and is the home of the Tata Institute for Genetics and Society. The Tata Institute for Genetics and Society is a bi-national institution that coordinates research between UC San Diego and research operations in India to assist in societal and infrastructure development in the area of combating vector-borne diseases. Tata Hall is named in recognition of a generous $70 million gift from Tata Trusts.{{Citation needed|date=October 2021}}
 
Tata Education and Development Trust, a philanthropic affiliate of Tata Group, endowed a $28&nbsp; million Tata Scholarship Fund that will allow [[Cornell University]] to provide financial aid to undergraduate students from India. The scholarship fund will support approximately 20 scholars at any given time and will ensure that the very best Indian students have access to Cornell, regardless of their financial circumstances. The scholarship will be awarded annually; recipients will receive the scholarship for the duration of their undergraduate study at Cornell.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://admissions.cornell.edu/apply/international-students/tata-scholarship|title=Tata Scholarship &#124; Undergraduate Admissions|website=admissions.cornell.edu|access-date=16 May 2019|archive-date=4 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190604102457/https://admissions.cornell.edu/apply/international-students/tata-scholarship|url-status=live}}</ref>
 
In 2010, [[Tata Group]] companies and Tata charities donated $50&nbsp;million for the construction of an executive center at [[Harvard Business School]] (HBS).<ref name="HBS TH">{{cite web|title=Harvard Business School Receives $50 Million Gift from the Tata Trusts and Companies|date=14 October 2010 |url=http://www.hbs.edu/news/releases/Pages/tatagift.aspx|access-date=14 January 2017|archive-date=13 January 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170113230938/http://www.hbs.edu/news/releases/Pages/tatagift.aspx|url-status=live}}</ref> The executive center has been named Tata Hall, after Ratan Tata (AMP '75), chairman ''emeritus'' of [[Tata Sons]].<ref name="Tata Hall HBS Named">{{cite news|title=Tata Hall Dedicated at HBS|newspaper=Harvard Magazine |url=http://harvardmagazine.com/2013/12/tata-hall-at-hbs-dedicated|access-date=6 November 2018|date=10 December 2013|archive-date=13 August 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180813113828/https://harvardmagazine.com/2013/12/tata-hall-at-hbs-dedicated|url-status=live}}</ref> The total construction costs have been estimated at $100&nbsp;million.<ref name="HBS 100M">{{cite web|title=HBS Tops Off Tata Hall|url=http://www.thecrimson.com/article/2012/9/25/HBS-Tops-Tata-Hall/|access-date=14 January 2017|archive-date=18 January 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170118033238/http://www.thecrimson.com/article/2012/9/25/HBS-Tops-Tata-Hall/|url-status=live}}</ref> Tata Hall is located in the northeast corner of the HBS campus, and is devoted to the Harvard Business School's mid-career Executive Education program. It is seven stories tall, and about 155,000 gross square feet. It houses approximately 180 bedrooms, in addition to academic and multi-purpose spaces.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hbs.edu/about/campus-and-culture/campus-built-on-philanthropy/Pages/tata-hall.aspx|title=A campus built on philanthropy – Tata Hall|website=Harvard Business School -About us|access-date=19 June 2016|archive-date=22 June 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160622202327/http://www.hbs.edu/about/campus-and-culture/campus-built-on-philanthropy/Pages/tata-hall.aspx|url-status=live}}</ref>
 
The Tata Innovation Center at [[Cornell Tech]] is named after Ratan Tata, and mixes academics and industry in a building on the Roosevelt Island campus. The seven-floor structure is meant primarily as a business incubator for students, faculty, and staff,[40] with 70% of the building being commercially leased and 30% devoted to academic space. [[Tata Consultancy Services]] is a tenant in the space.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://news.cornell.edu/stories/2017/12/cornell-tech-inaugurates-tata-innovation-center | title=Cornell Tech inaugurates Tata Innovation Center }}</ref>
 
[[Tata Consultancy Services]] (TCS) has given the largest ever donation by a company to [[Carnegie Mellon University]] (CMU) for a facility to research cognitive systems and autonomous vehicles. TCS donated $35&nbsp;million for this grand 48,000 square-foot building that is called TCS Hall.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.cmu.edu/news/stories/archives/2017/april/tcs-hall-groundbreaking.html |title=Carnegie Mellon and Tata Consultancy Services Break Ground on Global Research Facility in the U.S. – News – Carnegie Mellon University |last=University |first=Carnegie Mellon |date=1 April 2017 |access-date=29 November 2018 |language=en |archive-date=30 November 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181130030253/https://www.cmu.edu/news/stories/archives/2017/april/tcs-hall-groundbreaking.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
 
In 2014, [[Tata Group]] endowed the [[Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay]] and formed the Tata Center for Technology and Design (TCTD) to develop design and engineering principles suited to the needs of people and communities with limited resources. They gave ₹950&nbsp;million to the institute which was the largest ever donation received in its history.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tatacentre.iitb.ac.in/|title=Tata Centre for Technology and Design|website=www.datacentre.iitb.ac.in|access-date=2 May 2019|archive-date=13 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190513101331/http://www.tatacentre.iitb.ac.in/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/education/news/IIT-Bombay-receives-largest-ever-donation-for-research-and-development/articleshow/40467119.cms|title=IIT-Bombay receives largest ever donation for research and development – Times of India|website=The Times of India|date=22 August 2014 |access-date=2 May 2019|archive-date=3 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190303175812/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/education/news/IIT-Bombay-receives-largest-ever-donation-for-research-and-development/articleshow/40467119.cms|url-status=live}}</ref>
 
Tata Trusts under the Chairmanship of Ratan Tata provided a grant of ₹750 million to the Centre for Neuroscience, [[Indian Institute of Science]] to study mechanisms underlying the cause of Alzheimer's disease and to evolve methods for its early diagnosis and treatment. This grant was to be spread over 5 years starting in 2014.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://iisc.ac.in/major-benefactors|title=Indian Institute of Science, Major benefactors|website=iisc.ac.in|access-date=30 September 2021|archive-date=30 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210930122236/https://iisc.ac.in/major-benefactors/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.deccanherald.com/content/422235/tata-grant-iisc-materialises-five.html|title=Tata grant to IISc materialises five years after promise|date=28 July 2014|access-date=30 September 2021|archive-date=30 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210930122225/https://www.deccanherald.com/content/422235/tata-grant-iisc-materialises-five.html|url-status=live}}</ref>


* Tata Hall <ref>{{Cite web|title=Tata Hall: About named building|url=https://blink.ucsd.edu/sponsor/advancement/advancement-services/stewardship/named-buildings/Tata%20Hall.html|url-status=live|access-date=30 June 2021|website=blink.ucsd}}</ref> at the University of California, San Diego ([[UC San Diego]]), opened in November 2018, houses facilities for the biological and physical sciences and is the home of the Tata Institute for Genetics and Society. The Tata Institute for Genetics and Society is a binational institution that coordinates research between UC San Diego and research operations in India to assist in societal and infrastructure development in the area of combating vector-borne diseases. Tata Hall is named in recognition of a generous $70 million gift from Tata Trusts.
[[Tata Group]], under the leadership of Ratan Tata formed the MIT Tata Center of Technology and Design at [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]] (MIT) with a mission to address the challenges of resource-constrained communities, with an initial focus on India.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://innovation.mit.edu/resource/tata-center/|title=Tata Center for Technology + Design|website=MIT Innovation Initiative|access-date=26 January 2019|archive-date=6 February 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200206120708/https://innovation.mit.edu/resource/tata-center/|url-status=live}}</ref>
*Tata Education and Development Trust, a philanthropic affiliate of Tata Group, endowed a $28&nbsp;million Tata Scholarship Fund that will allow [[Cornell University]] to provide financial aid to undergraduate students from India.  The scholarship fund will support approximately 20 scholars at any given time and will ensure that the very best Indian students have access to Cornell, regardless of their financial circumstances.  The scholarship will be awarded annually; recipients will receive the scholarship for the duration of their undergraduate study at Cornell.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://admissions.cornell.edu/apply/international-students/tata-scholarship|title=Tata Scholarship &#124; Undergraduate Admissions|website=admissions.cornell.edu}}</ref>
* In 2010, [[Tata Group]] companies and Tata charities donated $50&nbsp;million for the construction of an executive center at [[Harvard Business School]] (HBS).<ref name="HBS TH">{{cite web|title=Harvard Business School Receives $50 Million Gift from the Tata Trusts and Companies|url=http://www.hbs.edu/news/releases/Pages/tatagift.aspx |access-date=14 January 2017}}</ref> The executive center has been named Tata Hall, after Ratan Tata (AMP '75), chairman ''emeritus'' of [[Tata Sons]].<ref name="Tata Hall HBS Named" /> The total construction costs have been estimated at $100&nbsp;million.<ref name="HBS 100M">{{cite web|title=HBS Tops Off Tata Hall|url=http://www.thecrimson.com/article/2012/9/25/HBS-Tops-Tata-Hall/ |access-date=14 January 2017}}</ref> Tata Hall is located in the northeast corner of the HBS campus, and is devoted to the Harvard Business School's mid-career Executive Education program. It is seven stories tall, and about 155,000 gross square feet. It houses approximately 180 bedrooms, in addition to academic and multi-purpose spaces.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.hbs.edu/about/campus-and-culture/campus-built-on-philanthropy/Pages/tata-hall.aspx |title=A campus built on philanthropy – Tata Hall|website=Harvard Business School -About us|access-date=19 June 2016}}</ref>
* [[Tata Consultancy Services]] (TCS) has given the largest ever donation by a company to [[Carnegie Mellon University]] (CMU) for a facility to research in cognitive systems and autonomous vehicles. TCS donated $35&nbsp;million for this grand 48,000 square-foot building that is called TCS Hall.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.cmu.edu/news/stories/archives/2017/april/tcs-hall-groundbreaking.html |title=Carnegie Mellon and Tata Consultancy Services Break Ground on Global Research Facility in the U.S. – News – Carnegie Mellon University |last=University|first=Carnegie Mellon |date=1 April 2017|access-date=29 November 2018 |language=en }}</ref>
* In 2014, [[Tata Group]] endowed the [[Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay]] and formed the Tata Center for Technology and Design (TCTD) to develop design and engineering principles suited to the needs of people and communities with limited resources. They gave ₹950&nbsp;million to the institute which was the largest ever donation received in its history.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.tatacentre.iitb.ac.in/|title=Tata Centre for Technology and Design|website=www.tatacentre.iitb.ac.in|access-date=2 May 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/education/news/IIT-Bombay-receives-largest-ever-donation-for-research-and-development/articleshow/40467119.cms|title=IIT-Bombay receives largest ever donation for research and development – Times of India|website=The Times of India|access-date=2 May 2019}}</ref>
* [[Tata Group]], under the leadership of Ratan Tata formed the MIT Tata Center of Technology and Design at [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]] (MIT) with a mission to address the challenges of resource-constrained communities, with an initial focus on India.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://innovation.mit.edu/resource/tata-center/|title=Tata Center for Technology + Design|website=MIT Innovation Initiative}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://tatacenter.mit.edu/|title=MIT Tata Center – Bringing rich technical talent and experience to bear on the persistent and emerging challenges of the developing world.}}</ref>
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== Board memberships and affiliations ==
== Board memberships and affiliations ==
He was the interim chairman of [[Tata Sons]]. He continues to head the main two Tata trusts [[Sir Dorabji Tata Trust]] and [[Sir Ratan Tata Trust]] and their allied trusts, with a combined stake of 66% in Tata Sons, Tata group's holding company.
Ratan Tata was the interim chairman of [[Tata Sons]]. He continues to head the main two Tata trusts [[Sir Dorabji Tata and Allied Trusts]] and [[Sir Ratan Tata Trust]] and their allied trusts, with a combined stake of 66% in Tata Sons, Tata group's holding company.
 
He has served in various capacities in organizations in India and abroad. He is a member of Prime Minister's 'Council on Trade and Industry' and the 'National Manufacturing Competitiveness Council'. He is on the jury panel of [[Pritzker Architecture Prize]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.pritzkerprize.com/sites/default/files/file_fields/field_files_inline/2013_juror_news-release.pdf |title=The Pritzker Architecture Prize Adds Two New Jurors: Kristin Feireiss of Germany and Ratan N. Tata of India |website=Pritzkerprize.com |access-date=2 December 2015 |archive-date=24 September 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924110139/http://www.pritzkerprize.com/sites/default/files/file_fields/field_files_inline/2013_juror_news-release.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>&nbsp;– considered to be one of the world's premier architecture prizes.


He has served in various capacities in organizations in India and abroad. He is a member of Prime Minister's 'Council on Trade and Industry' and the 'National Manufacturing Competitiveness Council'. He is on the jury panel of [[Pritzker Architecture Prize]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pritzkerprize.com/sites/default/files/file_fields/field_files_inline/2013_juror_news-release.pdf |title=The Pritzker Architecture Prize Adds Two New Jurors: Kristin Feireiss of Germany and Ratan N. Tata of India |website=Pritzkerprize.com |access-date=2 December 2015}}</ref>&nbsp;– considered to be one of the world's premier architecture prizes.
Over the years Tata has served on the [[Cornell University]] Board of Trustees, personally advising the school's administration in matters of international involvement, particularly regarding projects connected to India. More broadly, Tata has served on the board's Academic Affairs, Student Life, and Development Committees. In 2013 he was named Cornell Entrepreneur of the Year.<ref>{{cite web |title=Ratan Tata named Cornell Entrepreneur of the Year |url=https://news.cornell.edu/stories/2012/08/tata-named-2013-cornell-entrepreneur-year |website=Cornell Chronicle |access-date=27 January 2023}}</ref>


He is a director on the boards of [[Alcoa]] Inc., [[Mondelez International]]<ref>{{cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/india-business/Ratan-Tata-nominated-to-the-board-of-Mondelez-International/articleshow/19363357.cms|title=Ratan Tata nominated to the board of Mondelez International |work=The Times of India | date=3 April 2013}}</ref> and Board of Governors of the [[East-West Center]]. He is also a member of the board of trustees of [[University of Southern California]], Harvard Business School Board of Dean's Advisors, X Prize<ref>{{cite web|author=Ray |url=http://spaceprizes.blogspot.in/2008/06/ratan-tata-and-michael-boustridge-join.html |title=Space Prizes: Ratan Tata and Michael Boustridge Join X PRIZE Foundation Board of Directors |website=Spaceprizes.blogspot.in |date=1 June 2008|access-date=2 December 2015}}</ref> and Cornell University. He is a member on the board of International Advisory Council at [[Bocconi University]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.unibocconi.it/wps/wcm/connect/Bocconi/SitoPubblico_EN/Navigation+Tree/Home/About+Us/Organization/International+Advisory+Council/International+Advisory+Council_Monzini+2010+05+06+04+28 |title=Archived copy |access-date=21 June 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160804143951/https://www.unibocconi.it/wps/wcm/connect/Bocconi/SitoPubblico_EN/Navigation+Tree/Home/About+Us/Organization/International+Advisory+Council/International+Advisory+Council_Monzini+2010+05+06+04+28 |archive-date=4 August 2016 }}</ref>
He is a director on the boards of [[Alcoa]] Inc., [[Mondelez International]]<ref>{{cite news |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/india-business/Ratan-Tata-nominated-to-the-board-of-Mondelez-International/articleshow/19363357.cms |title=Ratan Tata nominated to the board of Mondelez International |work=The Times of India |date=3 April 2013 |access-date=23 March 2014 |archive-date=3 October 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131003232254/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/india-business/Ratan-Tata-nominated-to-the-board-of-Mondelez-International/articleshow/19363357.cms |url-status=live }}</ref> and Board of Governors of the [[East–West Center]]. He is also a member of the board of trustees of [[University of Southern California]], Harvard Business School Board of Dean's Advisors, X Prize<ref>{{cite web |author=Ray |url=http://spaceprizes.blogspot.in/2008/06/ratan-tata-and-michael-boustridge-join.html |title=Space Prizes: Ratan Tata and Michael Boustridge Join X PRIZE Foundation Board of Directors |website=Spaceprizes.blogspot.in |date=1 June 2008 |access-date=2 December 2015 |archive-date=8 December 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151208060610/http://spaceprizes.blogspot.in/2008/06/ratan-tata-and-michael-boustridge-join.html |url-status=live }}</ref> and Cornell University. He is a member on the board of International Advisory Council at [[Bocconi University]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.unibocconi.it/wps/wcm/connect/Bocconi/SitoPubblico_EN/Navigation+Tree/Home/About+Us/Organization/International+Advisory+Council/International+Advisory+Council_Monzini+2010+05+06+04+28 |title=International Advisory Council – Bocconi University |access-date=21 June 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160804143951/https://www.unibocconi.it/wps/wcm/connect/Bocconi/SitoPubblico_EN/Navigation+Tree/Home/About+Us/Organization/International+Advisory+Council/International+Advisory+Council_Monzini+2010+05+06+04+28 |archive-date=4 August 2016 }}</ref>


He is also a member of the Harvard Business School India Advisory Board (IAB) since 2006 and previously a member of the Harvard Business School Asia-Pacific Advisory Board (APAB) 2001–2006.{{citation needed|date=February 2020}}
He is also a member of the Harvard Business School India Advisory Board (IAB) since 2006 and previously a member of the Harvard Business School Asia-Pacific Advisory Board (APAB) 2001–2006.{{citation needed|date=February 2020}}


In 2013, he was appointed to the Board of Trustees of the [[Carnegie Endowment for International Peace]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Ratan N. Tata Joins Carnegie Board of Trustees |url=https://carnegieendowment.org/2013/09/18/ratan-n.-tata-joins-carnegie-board-of-trustees-pub-53028 |publisher=Carnegie Endowment for International Peace |access-date=28 November 2018 |location=Washington, DC |date=13 September 2013}}</ref>
In 2013, he was appointed to the board of trustees of the [[Carnegie Endowment for International Peace]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Ratan N. Tata Joins Carnegie Board of Trustees |url=https://carnegieendowment.org/2013/09/18/ratan-n.-tata-joins-carnegie-board-of-trustees-pub-53028 |publisher=Carnegie Endowment for International Peace |access-date=28 November 2018 |location=Washington, DC |date=13 September 2013 |archive-date=29 November 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181129012824/https://carnegieendowment.org/2013/09/18/ratan-n.-tata-joins-carnegie-board-of-trustees-pub-53028 |url-status=live }}</ref>


In February 2015, Ratan took an advisory role at Kalari Capital, a venture capital firm founded by [[Vani Kola]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Sharma |first1=Samidha |title=Ratan Tata Turns Advisor to VC Fund |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/india-business/Ratan-Tata-turns-adviser-to-VC-fund/articleshow/46181587.cms |access-date=28 November 2018 |newspaper=The Times of India |date=10 February 2015}}</ref>
In February 2015, Ratan took an advisory role at Kalari Capital, a venture capital firm founded by [[Vani Kola]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Sharma |first1=Samidha |title=Ratan Tata Turns Advisor to VC Fund |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/india-business/Ratan-Tata-turns-adviser-to-VC-fund/articleshow/46181587.cms |access-date=28 November 2018 |newspaper=The Times of India |date=10 February 2015 |archive-date=16 August 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180816131553/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/india-business/Ratan-Tata-turns-adviser-to-VC-fund/articleshow/46181587.cms |url-status=live }}</ref>


In October 2016, Tata Sons removed Cyrus Mistry as its chairman, nearly 4 years after he took over the reins of the over $100&nbsp;billion conglomerate, Ratan Tata made a comeback, taking over the company's interim boss for 4 months. On 12 January 2017, [[Natarajan Chandrasekaran]] was named as the chairman of Tata Sons, a role he assumed in February 2017.
In October 2016, Tata Sons removed Cyrus Mistry as its chairman, nearly 4 years after he took over the reins of the over $100&nbsp;billion conglomerate, Ratan Tata made a comeback, taking over the company's interim boss for 4 months. On 12 January 2017, [[Natarajan Chandrasekaran]] was named as the chairman of Tata Sons, a role he assumed in February 2017.


== Honours and awards ==
== Honours and awards ==
[[File:The President, Smt. Pratibha Devisingh Patil presenting the Padma Vibhushan to Shri Ratan Naval Tata at Civil Investiture-II Ceremony, at Rashtrapati Bhavan, in New Delhi on May 10, 2008.jpg|thumb|The President, Smt. Pratibha Devisingh Patil presenting the Padma Vibhushan to Shri Ratan Naval Tata, at Rashtrapati Bhavan, in 2008.]]
[[File:The President, Smt. Pratibha Devisingh Patil presenting the Padma Vibhushan to Shri Ratan Naval Tata at Civil Investiture-II Ceremony, at Rashtrapati Bhavan, in New Delhi on May 10, 2008.jpg|thumb|President [[Pratibha Patil]] presenting the [[Padma Vibhushan]] to Ratan Tata, at the [[Rashtrapati Bhavan]], in 2008]]
Ratan Tata received the [[Padma Bhushan]] in 2000 and [[Padma Vibhushan]] in 2008, the third and second highest civilian honours awarded by the Government of India.<ref name="Padma Awards">{{cite web |url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |title=Padma Awards |publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India |date=2015 |access-date=21 July 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/6U68ulwpb?url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |archive-date=15 November 2014 }}</ref>
Ratan Tata received the [[Padma Bhushan]] in 2000 and [[Padma Vibhushan]] in 2008, the third and second highest civilian honours awarded by the Government of India.<ref name="Padma Awards">{{cite web |url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |title=Padma Awards |publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India |date=2015 |access-date=21 July 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151015193758/http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |archive-date=15 October 2015 }}</ref> Along with national civilian honours, Tata has also received various state civilian honours like '[[Maharashtra Bhushan]]' in 2006 for his huge work in the public administration in [[Maharashtra]] and  '[[Assam Baibhav]]' in 2021 for his exceptional contribution towards furthering cancer care in [[Assam]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Assam CM Announces 'Assam Baibhav' Award To Industrialist Ratan Tata |url=https://www.sentinelassam.com/amp/north-east-india-news/assam-news/assam-cm-announces-assam-baibhav-award-to-industrialist-ratan-tata-565897 |access-date=18 December 2021 |work=The Sentinel |date=12 December 2021 |archive-date=18 December 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211218050335/https://www.sentinelassam.com/amp/north-east-india-news/assam-news/assam-cm-announces-assam-baibhav-award-to-industrialist-ratan-tata-565897 |url-status=live }}</ref>


Other notable awards include:
Other awards include:
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|Honorary [[Doctor of Business Administration]]
|Honorary [[Doctor of Business Administration]]
|[[Ohio State University]]
|[[Ohio State University]]
|<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.osu.edu/universityawards/dsa/honorary.html |title=Honorary Degree&nbsp;— University Awards & Recognition&nbsp;— The Ohio State University |website=Osu.edu |access-date=2 December 2015}}</ref>
|<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.osu.edu/universityawards/dsa/honorary.html |title=Honorary Degree&nbsp;– University Awards & Recognition&nbsp;– The Ohio State University |website=Osu.edu |access-date=2 December 2015 |archive-date=10 December 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151210204132/https://www.osu.edu/universityawards/dsa/honorary.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
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|2004
|2004
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|International Distinguished Achievement Award
|International Distinguished Achievement Award
|[[B'nai B'rith]] International
|[[B'nai B'rith]] International
|<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bnaibrith.org/uploads/7/8/5/9/7859990/bbi_past_award_honorees_list.pdf |title=B'Nai B'Rith International : Past Award Honorees |website=Bnaibrith.org |access-date=2 December 2015}}</ref>
|<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bnaibrith.org/uploads/7/8/5/9/7859990/bbi_past_award_honorees_list.pdf |title=B'Nai B'Rith International : Past Award Honorees |website=Bnaibrith.org |access-date=2 December 2015 |archive-date=18 December 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151218203353/http://www.bnaibrith.org/uploads/7/8/5/9/7859990/bbi_past_award_honorees_list.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>
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| 2005
| 2005
| Honorary [[Doctor of Science]]
| Honorary [[Doctor of Science]]
| [[University of Warwick]].
| [[University of Warwick]].
|<ref>{{cite news|work=London School of Economics|title=University of Warwick confers Honorary Doctor of Science on Ratan Tata|url=http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/newsandevents/pressreleases/ne1000000109101/|date=March 2005}}</ref>
|<ref>{{cite news|work=London School of Economics|title=University of Warwick confers Honorary Doctor of Science on Ratan Tata|url=http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/newsandevents/pressreleases/ne1000000109101/|date=March 2005|access-date=28 June 2011|archive-date=25 July 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130725230604/http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/newsandevents/pressreleases/ne1000000109101/|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|2006
|2006
|Honorary Doctor of Science
|Honorary Doctor of Science
|[[Indian Institute of Technology Madras]]
|[[Indian Institute of Technology Madras]]
|<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.hindu.com/2006/07/29/stories/2006072912901000.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081006135509/http://www.hindu.com/2006/07/29/stories/2006072912901000.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=6 October 2008 |title=Young engineers should stay back to serve the nation, says Ratan Tata&nbsp;— TAMIL NADU |date=2 July 2006|newspaper=[[The Hindu]] |access-date=2 December 2015}}</ref>
|<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.hindu.com/2006/07/29/stories/2006072912901000.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081006135509/http://www.hindu.com/2006/07/29/stories/2006072912901000.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=6 October 2008 |title=Young engineers should stay back to serve the nation, says Ratan Tata&nbsp;– TAMIL NADU |date=2 July 2006|newspaper=[[The Hindu]] |access-date=2 December 2015}}</ref>
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|2006
|2006
|Responsible Capitalism Award
|Responsible Capitalism Award
|[[For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology]] (FIRST)
|[[For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology]] (FIRST)
|<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/companies/ratan-tata-wins-responsible-capitalism-award-106120300005_1.html |title=Ratan Tata wins responsible capitalism award &#124; Business Standard News |website=Business-standard.com |access-date=2 December 2015}}</ref>
|<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/companies/ratan-tata-wins-responsible-capitalism-award-106120300005_1.html |title=Ratan Tata wins responsible capitalism award &#124; Business Standard News |newspaper=Business Standard India |date=3 December 2006 |access-date=2 December 2015 |agency=Press Trust of India |archive-date=24 November 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151124141254/http://www.business-standard.com/article/companies/ratan-tata-wins-responsible-capitalism-award-106120300005_1.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
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|2007
|2007
| [[Honorary Fellowship]]
| [[Honorary Fellowship]]
|[[The London School of Economics and Political Science]]
|[[The London School of Economics and Political Science]]
|<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.lse.ac.uk/newsAndMedia/news/archives/2007/RatanTataHonoraryFellow.aspx |title=Ratan Tata becomes an LSE honorary fellow – 2007 – News archive&nbsp;— News&nbsp;— News and media&nbsp;— Home |website=Lse.ac.uk |access-date=2 December 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151208071058/http://www.lse.ac.uk/newsAndMedia/news/archives/2007/RatanTataHonoraryFellow.aspx |archive-date=8 December 2015 }}</ref>
|<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.lse.ac.uk/newsAndMedia/news/archives/2007/RatanTataHonoraryFellow.aspx |title=Ratan Tata becomes an LSE honorary fellow – 2007 – News archive&nbsp;– News&nbsp;– News and media&nbsp;– Home |website=Lse.ac.uk |access-date=2 December 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151208071058/http://www.lse.ac.uk/newsAndMedia/news/archives/2007/RatanTataHonoraryFellow.aspx |archive-date=8 December 2015 }}</ref>
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| 2007
| 2007
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| Honorary [[Doctor of Law]]
| Honorary [[Doctor of Law]]
| [[University of Cambridge]]
| [[University of Cambridge]]
|<ref>{{cite news|work=University of Cambridge|title=University of Cambridge confers doctorate on Ratan Tata|url=http://www.cam.ac.uk/research/about/awards-announcements-and-prizes/honorary-degrees/|date=March 2008}}</ref>
|<ref>{{cite news|work=University of Cambridge|title=University of Cambridge confers doctorate on Ratan Tata|url=http://www.cam.ac.uk/research/about/awards-announcements-and-prizes/honorary-degrees/|date=March 2008|access-date=28 June 2011|archive-date=2 July 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110702011557/http://www.cam.ac.uk/research/about/awards-announcements-and-prizes/honorary-degrees/|url-status=live}}</ref>
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| 2008
| 2008
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| Honorary Doctor of Science
| Honorary Doctor of Science
| [[Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur]]
| [[Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur]]
|<ref>{{cite news|work=Economic Times |title=IIT Kharagpur confers doctorate on Ratan Tata|url=http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2008-03-19/news/28415749_1_doctorate-iit-kharagpur-honorary-degree|date=March 2008}}</ref>
|<ref>{{cite news|work=Economic Times|title=IIT Kharagpur confers doctorate on Ratan Tata|url=http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2008-03-19/news/28415749_1_doctorate-iit-kharagpur-honorary-degree|date=March 2008|access-date=28 June 2011|archive-date=15 July 2012|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120715234919/http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2008-03-19/news/28415749_1_doctorate-iit-kharagpur-honorary-degree|url-status=live}}</ref>
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| 2008
| 2008
| [[Honorary Citizen Award]]
| [[Honorary Citizen Award]]
| [[Government of Singapore]]
| [[Government of Singapore]]
|<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/latest-headlines/story/singapore-confers-honorary-citizenship-on-ratan-tata-29065-2008-08-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151208155245/http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/Singapore+confers+honorary+citizenship+on+Ratan+Tata/1/14155.html|url-status=dead|title=Singapore confers honorary citizenship on Ratan Tata|agency=Indo-Asian News Service|date=29 August 2008|archive-date=8 December 2015|website=India Today}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mom.gov.sg/newsroom/press-releases/2008/singapore-confers-prestigious-honorary-citizen-award-on-mr-ratan-n-tata-and-tan-sri-frank-tsao|title=Singapore Confers Prestigious Honorary Citizen Award on Mr Ratan N. Tata|publisher=www.mom.gov.sg |date=2 August 2008}}</ref>
|<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/latest-headlines/story/singapore-confers-honorary-citizenship-on-ratan-tata-29065-2008-08-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151208155245/http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/Singapore+confers+honorary+citizenship+on+Ratan+Tata/1/14155.html|url-status=dead|title=Singapore confers honorary citizenship on Ratan Tata|agency=Indo-Asian News Service|date=29 August 2008|archive-date=8 December 2015|website=India Today}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mom.gov.sg/newsroom/press-releases/2008/singapore-confers-prestigious-honorary-citizen-award-on-mr-ratan-n-tata-and-tan-sri-frank-tsao|title=Singapore Confers Prestigious Honorary Citizen Award on Mr Ratan N. Tata|publisher=www.mom.gov.sg|date=2 August 2008|access-date=25 January 2016|archive-date=30 January 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160130170831/http://www.mom.gov.sg/newsroom/press-releases/2008/singapore-confers-prestigious-honorary-citizen-award-on-mr-ratan-n-tata-and-tan-sri-frank-tsao|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|2008
|2008
|Honorary Fellowship
|Honorary Fellowship
|[[The Institution of Engineering and Technology]]
|[[The Institution of Engineering and Technology]]
|<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.theiet.org/resources/library/archives/institution-history/hon-fellows.cfm |title=IET Honorary Fellows |publisher=The IET |date=2 October 2015|access-date=2 December 2015}}</ref>
|<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.theiet.org/resources/library/archives/institution-history/hon-fellows.cfm |title=IET Honorary Fellows |publisher=The IET |date=2 October 2015 |access-date=2 December 2015 |archive-date=8 December 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151208160854/http://www.theiet.org/resources/library/archives/institution-history/hon-fellows.cfm |url-status=live }}</ref>
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|2008
|2008
|Inspired Leadership Award
|Inspired Leadership Award
|The Performance Theatre
|The Performance Theatre
|<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.theperformancetheatre.com/about/inspired-leadership-award/ |title=The award |publisher=The Performance Theatre |access-date=2 December 2015}}</ref>
|<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.theperformancetheatre.com/about/inspired-leadership-award/ |title=The award |publisher=The Performance Theatre |access-date=2 December 2015 |archive-date=8 December 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151208144140/http://theperformancetheatre.com/about/inspired-leadership-award/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
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|2009
|2009
|[[Honorary Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire]] (KBE)
|[[Honorary Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire]] (KBE)
|[[Elizabeth II|Queen Elizabeth II]]
|[[Elizabeth II|Queen Elizabeth II]]
|<ref>{{cite news|url = http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2014-05-05/news/49634105_1_tata-sons-tata-group-chairman-emeritus-ratan-tata|title = GBE: Ratan Tata receives one of UK's top civilian honours|date = 5 May 2014|newspaper = [[The Economic Times]]|access-date = 20 June 2015}}</ref>
|<ref>{{cite news|url = http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2014-05-05/news/49634105_1_tata-sons-tata-group-chairman-emeritus-ratan-tata|title = GBE: Ratan Tata receives one of UK's top civilian honours|date = 5 May 2014|newspaper = [[The Economic Times]]|access-date = 20 June 2015|archive-date = 20 June 2015|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150620090333/http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2014-05-05/news/49634105_1_tata-sons-tata-group-chairman-emeritus-ratan-tata|url-status = live}}</ref>
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| 2009
| 2009
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|[[Order of Merit of the Italian Republic|Grand Officer of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic]]
|[[Order of Merit of the Italian Republic|Grand Officer of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic]]
|[[Government of Italy]]
|[[Government of Italy]]
|<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.governo.it/Presidenza/onorificenze_araldica/onorificenze/documenti/anno%202008.pdf |title=Presidenza Del Consiglio Dei Ministri : Collocati A Riposo (Art: 7) |website=Governo.it |access-date=2 December 2015}}</ref>
|<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.governo.it/Presidenza/onorificenze_araldica/onorificenze/documenti/anno%202008.pdf |title=Presidenza Del Consiglio Dei Ministri : Collocati A Riposo (Art: 7) |website=Governo.it |access-date=2 December 2015 |archive-date=27 September 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150927073739/http://www.governo.it/Presidenza/onorificenze_araldica/onorificenze/documenti/anno%202008.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>
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|2010
|2010
| Honorary Doctor of Law
| Honorary Doctor of Law
|[[University of Cambridge]]
|[[University of Cambridge]]
|<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cam.ac.uk/news/honorary-degree-2010-nominations-announced |title=Honorary degree 2010 nominations announced &#124; University of Cambridge |website=Cam.ac.uk |date=1 March 2010|access-date=2 December 2015}}</ref>
|<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cam.ac.uk/news/honorary-degree-2010-nominations-announced |title=Honorary degree 2010 nominations announced &#124; University of Cambridge |website=Cam.ac.uk |date=1 March 2010 |access-date=2 December 2015 |archive-date=8 December 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151208095543/http://www.cam.ac.uk/news/honorary-degree-2010-nominations-announced |url-status=live }}</ref>
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| 2010
| 2010
| Hadrian Award
| Hadrian Award
| [[World Monuments Fund]]
| [[World Monuments Fund]]
|<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wmf.org/event/2010-hadrian-award-gala |title=2010 Hadrian Award Gala &#124; World Monuments Fund |website=Wmf.org |date=1 October 2010|access-date=2 December 2015}}</ref>
|<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wmf.org/event/2010-hadrian-award-gala |title=2010 Hadrian Award Gala &#124; World Monuments Fund |website=Wmf.org |date=1 October 2010 |access-date=2 December 2015 |archive-date=8 December 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151208220853/https://www.wmf.org/event/2010-hadrian-award-gala |url-status=live }}</ref>
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| 2010
| 2010
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| Legend in Leadership Award
| Legend in Leadership Award
| [[Yale University]]
| [[Yale University]]
|<ref>{{cite news|work=Yale University |title=Yale Chief Executive Leadership Institute to Honor Tata Sons Chairman Ratan Tata with "Legend in Leadership Award"|url=http://celi.som.yale.edu/news-events/in-the-news/10/10/271|date=September 2010}}</ref>
|<ref>{{cite news|work=Yale University|title=Yale Chief Executive Leadership Institute to Honor Tata Sons Chairman Ratan Tata with "Legend in Leadership Award"|url=http://celi.som.yale.edu/news-events/in-the-news/10/10/271|date=September 2010|access-date=28 June 2011|archive-date=25 September 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110925173758/http://celi.som.yale.edu/news-events/in-the-news/10/10/271|url-status=live}}</ref>
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| 2010
| 2010
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| Business for Peace Award
| Business for Peace Award
| [[Business for Peace Foundation]]
| [[Business for Peace Foundation]]
|<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.iccwbo.org/News/Articles/2010/Seven-secure-Oslo-Business-for-Peace-Awards-for-2010/ |title=Seven secure Oslo Business for Peace Awards for 2010 &#124; ICC&nbsp;— International Chamber of Commerce |website=Iccwbo.org |access-date=2 December 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160109102343/http://www.iccwbo.org/News/Articles/2010/Seven-secure-Oslo-Business-for-Peace-Awards-for-2010/ |archive-date=9 January 2016 }}</ref>
|<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.iccwbo.org/News/Articles/2010/Seven-secure-Oslo-Business-for-Peace-Awards-for-2010/ |title=Seven secure Oslo Business for Peace Awards for 2010 &#124; ICC&nbsp;– International Chamber of Commerce |website=Iccwbo.org |access-date=2 December 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160109102343/http://www.iccwbo.org/News/Articles/2010/Seven-secure-Oslo-Business-for-Peace-Awards-for-2010/ |archive-date=9 January 2016 }}</ref>
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| 2010
| 2010
| Business Leader of the Year
| Business Leader of the Year
| [[The Asian Awards]].
| [[The Asian Awards]].
|<ref>{{cite news|work=[[The Times of India]] |title=Winners of the Asian Awards 2010|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-10-27/top-stories/28220308_1_asian-awards-lifetime-achievement-award-sunil-mittal|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121104051214/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-10-27/top-stories/28220308_1_asian-awards-lifetime-achievement-award-sunil-mittal|url-status=dead|archive-date=2012-11-04|date=October 2010}}</ref>
|<ref>{{cite news|work=[[The Times of India]] |title=Winners of the Asian Awards 2010|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-10-27/top-stories/28220308_1_asian-awards-lifetime-achievement-award-sunil-mittal|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121104051214/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-10-27/top-stories/28220308_1_asian-awards-lifetime-achievement-award-sunil-mittal|url-status=dead|archive-date=4 November 2012|date=October 2010}}</ref>
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| 2012
| 2012
| [[Honorary Fellow]]<ref name="List of Fellows">{{cite web|url=http://www.raeng.org.uk/about-us/people-council-committees/the-fellowship/list-of-fellows |title=List of Fellows&nbsp;— Royal Academy of Engineering |website=Raeng.org.uk |access-date=2 December 2015}}</ref>
| [[Honorary Fellow]]<ref name="List of Fellows">{{cite web |url=http://www.raeng.org.uk/about-us/people-council-committees/the-fellowship/list-of-fellows |title=List of Fellows&nbsp;– Royal Academy of Engineering |website=Raeng.org.uk |access-date=2 December 2015 |archive-date=8 June 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160608094405/http://www.raeng.org.uk/about-us/people-council-committees/the-fellowship/list-of-fellows |url-status=dead }}</ref>
| [[The Royal Academy of Engineering]]<ref name="List of Fellows"/>
| [[The Royal Academy of Engineering]]<ref name="List of Fellows"/>
|<ref>{{cite web|author=Lucie George |url=http://blogs.fco.gov.uk/science-innovation-network-india/2012/08/07/spotlight-on-engineering |title=Spotlight on engineering &#124; Foreign Office Blogs |website=Blogs.fco.gov.uk |date=7 August 2012 |access-date=2 December 2015}}</ref>
|<ref>{{cite web |author=Lucie George |url=http://blogs.fco.gov.uk/science-innovation-network-india/2012/08/07/spotlight-on-engineering |title=Spotlight on engineering &#124; Foreign Office Blogs |website=Blogs.fco.gov.uk |date=7 August 2012 |access-date=2 December 2015 |archive-date=23 March 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140323151432/http://blogs.fco.gov.uk/science-innovation-network-india/2012/08/07/spotlight-on-engineering/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
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| 2012
| 2012
| Doctor of Business ''honoris causa''
| Doctor of Business ''honoris causa''
| [[University of New South Wales]]
| [[University of New South Wales]]
|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://newsroom.unsw.edu.au/news/general/indian-industrialist-ratan-tata-honorary-degree/ |title=Indian industrialist Ratan Tata honorary degree &#124; UNSW Newsroom |website=Newsroom.unsw.edu.au |date=2 November 2012|access-date=2 December 2015}}</ref>
|<ref>{{cite web |url=https://newsroom.unsw.edu.au/news/general/indian-industrialist-ratan-tata-honorary-degree/ |title=Indian industrialist Ratan Tata honorary degree &#124; UNSW Newsroom |website=Newsroom.unsw.edu.au |date=2 November 2012 |access-date=2 December 2015 |archive-date=8 December 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151208224835/https://newsroom.unsw.edu.au/news/general/indian-industrialist-ratan-tata-honorary-degree |url-status=live }}</ref>
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| 2012
| 2012
| Grand Cordon of the [[Order of the Rising Sun]]
| Grand Cordon of the [[Order of the Rising Sun]]
| [[Government of Japan]]
| [[Government of Japan]]
|<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.in.emb-japan.go.jp/Press_Releases_Embassy/PR08-2012.html |title=Conferment of Japanese Decoration on Mr. Ratan N. Tata, Chairman of Tata Group |website=Embassy of Japan in India |date=29 April 2012 |access-date=31 July 2016}}</ref>
|<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.in.emb-japan.go.jp/Press_Releases_Embassy/PR08-2012.html |title=Conferment of Japanese Decoration on Mr. Ratan N. Tata, Chairman of Tata Group |website=Embassy of Japan in India |date=29 April 2012 |access-date=31 July 2016 |archive-date=14 July 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170714220638/http://www.in.emb-japan.go.jp/Press_Releases_Embassy/PR08-2012.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
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| 2012
| Lifetime Achievement Award
| [[Rockefeller Foundation]]
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Ratan Tata receives lifetime achievement award |url=https://news.cornell.edu/stories/2012/06/ratan-tata-receives-lifetime-achievement-award |website=Cornell Chronicle |access-date=27 January 2023}}</ref>
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| 2013
| 2013
| Foreign Associate
| Foreign Associate
| National Academy of Engineering
| National Academy of Engineering
|<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www8.nationalacademies.org/onpinews/newsitem.aspx?RecordID=02072013|date = 7 February 2013|website = The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering & Medicine|title = National Academy of Engineering Elects 69 Members And 11 Foreign Associates}}</ref>
|<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www8.nationalacademies.org/onpinews/newsitem.aspx?RecordID=02072013|date = 7 February 2013|website = The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering & Medicine|title = National Academy of Engineering Elects 69 Members And 11 Foreign Associates|access-date = 19 March 2014|archive-date = 14 July 2014|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140714194254/http://www8.nationalacademies.org/onpinews/newsitem.aspx?RecordID=02072013|url-status = live}}</ref>
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| 2013
| 2013
| Transformational Leader of the Decade
| Transformational Leader of the Decade
| Indian Affairs India Leadership Conclave 2013
| Indian Affairs India Leadership Conclave 2013
|<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.indiainfoline.com/article/bwnewswire/dr.-mukesh-batra-dr.-mukesh-hariawala-dilip-surana-of-microlabs-upinder-zutshi-of-infinite-computers-dr.-ravindranath-of-global-hospitals-ratan-tata-priyanka-chopra-among-others-declared-winners-at-4th-annual-india-leadership-conclave-2013-35744_1.html|title=Dr. Mukesh Batra, Dr. Mukesh Hariawala, Dilip Surana of Microlabs, Upinder Zutshi of Infinite Computers, Dr. Ravindranath of Global Hospitals, Ratan Tata, Priyanka Chopra Among Others Declared Winners}}</ref>
|<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.indiainfoline.com/article/bwnewswire/dr.-mukesh-batra-dr.-mukesh-hariawala-dilip-surana-of-microlabs-upinder-zutshi-of-infinite-computers-dr.-ravindranath-of-global-hospitals-ratan-tata-priyanka-chopra-among-others-declared-winners-at-4th-annual-india-leadership-conclave-2013-35744_1.html|title = Dr. Mukesh Batra, Dr. Mukesh Hariawala, Dilip Surana of Microlabs, Upinder Zutshi of Infinite Computers, Dr. Ravindranath of Global Hospitals, Ratan Tata, Priyanka Chopra Among Others Declared Winners|access-date = 17 May 2017|archive-date = 10 January 2022|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220110210342/https://www.indiainfoline.com/article/bwnewswire/dr.-mukesh-batra-dr.-mukesh-hariawala-dilip-surana-of-microlabs-upinder-zutshi-of-infinite-computers-dr.-ravindranath-of-global-hospitals-ratan-tata-priyanka-chopra-among-others-declared-winners-at-4th-annual-india-leadership-conclave-2013-35744_1.html|url-status = live}}</ref>
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| 2013
| 2013
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| Honorary Doctor of Business Practice
| Honorary Doctor of Business Practice
| [[Carnegie Mellon University]]
| [[Carnegie Mellon University]]
|<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cmu.edu/commencement/keynote_honorees/index.html |title=Keynote & Honorees-Commencement Weekend&nbsp;— Carnegie Mellon University |website=Cmu.edu |access-date=2 December 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151202082317/http://www.cmu.edu/commencement/keynote_honorees/index.html |archive-date=2 December 2015 }}</ref>
|<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cmu.edu/commencement/keynote_honorees/index.html |title=Keynote & Honorees-Commencement Weekend&nbsp;– Carnegie Mellon University |website=Cmu.edu |access-date=2 December 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151202082317/http://www.cmu.edu/commencement/keynote_honorees/index.html |archive-date=2 December 2015 }}</ref>
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|-
| 2014
| 2014
| Honorary Doctor of Business
| Honorary Doctor of Business
|[[Singapore Management University]]
|[[Singapore Management University]]
|<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.smu.edu.sg/news/2014/03/19/mr-ratan-tata-receives-honorary-doctorate-smu |title=Mr Ratan Tata receives honorary doctorate from SMU &#124; News &#124; Singapore Management University |publisher=SMU |date=1 March 2014|access-date=2 December 2015}}</ref>
|<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.smu.edu.sg/news/2014/03/19/mr-ratan-tata-receives-honorary-doctorate-smu |title=Mr Ratan Tata receives honorary doctorate from SMU &#124; News &#124; Singapore Management University |publisher=SMU |date=1 March 2014 |access-date=2 December 2015 |archive-date=8 December 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151208191743/http://www.smu.edu.sg/news/2014/03/19/mr-ratan-tata-receives-honorary-doctorate-smu |url-status=live }}</ref>
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| 2014
| 2014
| [[Sayaji Ratna Award]]
| [[Sayaji Ratna Award]]
|[[Baroda Management Association]]
|[[Baroda Management Association]]
|<ref>{{cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/vadodara/BMA-to-confer-Sayaji-Ratna-Award-on-Ratan-Tata/articleshow/33321140.cms |title=BMA to confer Sayaji Ratna Award on Ratan Tata |work=The Times of India |date=6 April 2014 |access-date=21 August 2014}}</ref>
|<ref>{{cite web |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/vadodara/BMA-to-confer-Sayaji-Ratna-Award-on-Ratan-Tata/articleshow/33321140.cms |title=BMA to confer Sayaji Ratna Award on Ratan Tata |work=The Times of India |date=6 April 2014 |access-date=21 August 2014 |archive-date=10 April 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140410081321/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/vadodara/BMA-to-confer-Sayaji-Ratna-Award-on-Ratan-Tata/articleshow/33321140.cms |url-status=live }}</ref>
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|2014
|2014
| [[Honorary Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire]] (GBE)
| [[Honorary Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire]] (GBE)
|[[Elizabeth II|Queen Elizabeth II]]
|[[Elizabeth II|Queen Elizabeth II]]
|<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/business-news/touched-for-being-awarded-gbe-by-uk-ratan-tata/article1-1209537.aspx |title=Touched for being awarded GBE by UK: Ratan Tata &#124; business |newspaper=Hindustan Times |date=1 April 2014|access-date=2 December 2015}}</ref><ref name=GBE>{{cite web|url=https://www.gov.uk/government/world-location-news/sir-james-bevan-presents-gbe-knight-grand-cross-to-ratan-tata |title=Sir James Bevan presents GBE (Knight Grand Cross) to Ratan Tata&nbsp;— News articles |publisher=GOV.UK |date=5 May 2014 |access-date=7 October 2015}}</ref>
|<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/business-news/touched-for-being-awarded-gbe-by-uk-ratan-tata/article1-1209537.aspx |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140418124001/http://www.hindustantimes.com/business-news/touched-for-being-awarded-gbe-by-uk-ratan-tata/article1-1209537.aspx |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2014 |title=Touched for being awarded GBE by UK: Ratan Tata &#124; business |newspaper=Hindustan Times |date=1 April 2014|access-date=2 December 2015}}</ref><ref name=GBE>{{cite web |url=https://www.gov.uk/government/world-location-news/sir-james-bevan-presents-gbe-knight-grand-cross-to-ratan-tata |title=Sir James Bevan presents GBE (Knight Grand Cross) to Ratan Tata&nbsp;– News articles |publisher=GOV.UK |date=5 May 2014 |access-date=7 October 2015 |archive-date=9 January 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160109102342/https://www.gov.uk/government/world-location-news/sir-james-bevan-presents-gbe-knight-grand-cross-to-ratan-tata |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
|-
| 2014
| 2014
| Honorary [[Doctor of Laws]]
| Honorary [[Doctor of Laws]]
| [[York University, Toronto|York University, Canada]]
| [[York University, Toronto|York University, Canada]]
|<ref>{{cite web|title=Ratan Tata gets honorary doctorate from York University of Canada|url=http://news.biharprabha.com/2014/06/ratan-tata-gets-honorary-doctorate-from-york-university-of-canada/|work=IANS|publisher=news.biharprabha.com|access-date=22 June 2014}}</ref>
|<ref>{{cite web|title=Ratan Tata gets honorary doctorate from York University of Canada|url=http://news.biharprabha.com/2014/06/ratan-tata-gets-honorary-doctorate-from-york-university-of-canada/|work=IANS|publisher=news.biharprabha.com|access-date=22 June 2014|archive-date=23 June 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140623111007/http://news.biharprabha.com/2014/06/ratan-tata-gets-honorary-doctorate-from-york-university-of-canada/|url-status=live}}</ref>
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| 2015
| 2015
| Honorary Doctor of Automotive Engineering
| Honorary Doctor of Automotive Engineering
| [[Clemson University]]
| [[Clemson University]]
|<ref>{{cite web|url=http://myscma.com/public_docs/2015_Automotive_Summit_Agenda.pdf |title=2015 SC Automotive Summit & SC Auto Week Agenda |website=Myscma.com |access-date=2 December 2015}}</ref>
|<ref>{{cite web |url=http://myscma.com/public_docs/2015_Automotive_Summit_Agenda.pdf |title=2015 SC Automotive Summit & SC Auto Week Agenda |website=Myscma.com |access-date=2 December 2015 |archive-date=4 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304024713/http://myscma.com/public_docs/2015_Automotive_Summit_Agenda.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>
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| 2015
| 2015
| [[Sayaji Ratna Award]]
| [[Sayaji Ratna Award]]
| Baroda Management Association, Honoris Causa, [[HEC Paris]]
| Baroda Management Association, Honoris Causa, [[HEC Paris]]
|<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hec.edu/News-Room/News/Ratan-N.-Tata-receives-honoris-causa-degree-from-HEC-Paris |title=HEC Paris &#124; Ratan N. Tata receives honoris causa degree from HEC Paris |website=Hec.edu |date=2 April 2015|access-date=2 December 2015}}</ref>
|<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hec.edu/News-Room/News/Ratan-N.-Tata-receives-honoris-causa-degree-from-HEC-Paris |title=HEC Paris &#124; Ratan N. Tata receives honoris causa degree from HEC Paris |website=Hec.edu |date=2 April 2015 |access-date=2 December 2015 |archive-date=9 January 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160109102342/http://www.hec.edu/News-Room/News/Ratan-N.-Tata-receives-honoris-causa-degree-from-HEC-Paris |url-status=live }}</ref>
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| 2016
| 2016
| [[Commander of the Legion of Honour]]
| [[Commander of the Legion of Honour]]
| [[Government of France]]
| [[Government of France]]
|<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ambafrance-in.org/Highest-French-civilian-distinction-Commandeur-de-la-Legion-d-Honneur-conferred |title=Highest French civilian distinction, Commandeur de la Légion d'Honneur conferred on Shri Ratan Tata |website=France in India: French Embassy in New Delhi |date=18 March 2016 |access-date=31 July 2016}}</ref>
|<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ambafrance-in.org/Highest-French-civilian-distinction-Commandeur-de-la-Legion-d-Honneur-conferred |title=Highest French civilian distinction, Commandeur de la Légion d'Honneur conferred on Shri Ratan Tata |website=France in India: French Embassy in New Delhi |date=18 March 2016 |access-date=31 July 2016 |archive-date=4 August 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160804123354/http://www.ambafrance-in.org/Highest-French-civilian-distinction-Commandeur-de-la-Legion-d-Honneur-conferred |url-status=live }}</ref>
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| 2018
| 2018
| [[Honorary Doctorate]]
| [[Honorary Doctorate]]
| [[Swansea University]]
| [[Swansea University]]
|<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://businessnewswales.com/swansea-university-set-for-new-partnerships-in-india/|title=Swansea University Set for New Partnerships in India|date=3 October 2018|website=Business News Wales}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www-2018.swansea.ac.uk/press-office/news-archive/2018/tataemerituschairmanratantataawardedhonorarydoctorate.php|title=Tata Emeritus Chairman Ratan Tata awarded Honorary Doctorate|website=www-2018.swansea.ac.uk}}</ref>
|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://businessnewswales.com/swansea-university-set-for-new-partnerships-in-india/|title=Swansea University Set for New Partnerships in India|date=3 October 2018|website=Business News Wales|access-date=8 April 2020|archive-date=10 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220110210334/https://businessnewswales.com/swansea-university-set-for-new-partnerships-in-india/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www-2018.swansea.ac.uk/press-office/news-archive/2018/tataemerituschairmanratantataawardedhonorarydoctorate.php|title=Tata Emeritus Chairman Ratan Tata awarded Honorary Doctorate|website=www-2018.swansea.ac.uk|access-date=8 April 2020|archive-date=10 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220110210319/https://www-2018.swansea.ac.uk/press-office/news-archive/2018/tataemerituschairmanratantataawardedhonorarydoctorate.php|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
|2022
|Honorary Doctorate of Literature
|[[HSNC University]]
|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.loksatta.com/photos/todays-photo-3/2968887/industrialist-ratan-tata-and-governor-bhagat-singh-koshyari-attend-convocation-ceremony-of-hsnc-university-in-mumbai-photos-kak-96/ |title=industrialist ratan tata and Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari attend convocation ceremony of HSNC University in mumbai photos &#124;Photos : रतन टाटांनी वाढवले विद्यार्थ्यांचे मनोबल; विद्यापीठाच्या दीक्षांत समारंभात लावली हजेरी |publisher=Loksatta |date= |accessdate=14 June 2022}}</ref>
|}
|}


==Personal life==
==Personal life==
In 2011, Ratan Tata stated, "I came close to getting married four times and each time I backed off in fear or for one reason or another."
Tata has never married and has no children. In 2011, Ratan Tata stated, "I came close to getting married four times and each time I backed off in fear or for one reason or another."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/india-business/Came-close-to-getting-married-four-times-Ratan-Tata/articleshow/7972929.cms|title=Came close to getting married four times: Ratan Tata |website=[[The Times of India]] |date=14 April 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180830144052/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/india-business/Came-close-to-getting-married-four-times-Ratan-Tata/articleshow/7972929.cms|archive-date=30 August 2018 |url-status=live}}</ref>
Ratan Tata stated recently that he loved one girl in Los Angeles while working there. As his family member was ill, so he had to return to India but the parents of the girl didn't allow her to come to India with Tata. So Tata stood by his commitment and never married.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/india-business/Came-close-to-getting-married-four-times-Ratan-Tata/articleshow/7972929.cms|title=Came close to getting married four times: Ratan Tata – Times of India â–º|website=The Times of India|access-date=20 January 2019}}</ref>


== In popular culture ==
== In popular culture ==
''Mega Icons'' (2018-2020), an Indian [[Television documentary|documentary television series]] on [[National Geographic (Indian TV channel)|National Geographic]] about prominent Indian personalities, dedicated an episode to Ratan Tata's contributions.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Mega Icons Season 2 Episode 2|url=https://www.hotstar.com/in/tv/mega-icons/1260000382/ratan-tata/1260041494|url-status=live|access-date=2021-06-12|website=[[Disney+ Hotstar]]|language=en}}</ref> He has also appeared ''[[Rendezvous with Simi Garewal|Rendevouz with Simi Garewal]]'' an informal chat show hosted by Indian actress [[Simi Garewal]].<ref>{{Citation|title=Rendezvous with Simi Garewal SPECIAL 1st Season Grand Finale|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l4aW3xfJ7KM|language=en|access-date=2021-06-12}}</ref>
''Mega Icons'' (2018–2020), an Indian [[Television documentary|documentary television series]] on [[National Geographic (Indian TV channel)|National Geographic]] about prominent Indian personalities, dedicated an episode to Ratan Tata's contributions.<ref>{{cite web|title=Mega Icons Season 2 Episode 2|url=https://www.hotstar.com/in/tv/mega-icons/1260000382/ratan-tata/1260041494|access-date=12 June 2021|website=[[Disney+ Hotstar]]|language=en|archive-date=1 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201101092121/https://www.hotstar.com/in/tv/mega-icons/1260000382/ratan-tata/1260041494|url-status=live}}</ref>  


== References ==
== References ==
{{Reflist}}
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== Bibliography ==
* {{Cite book|last=Naidu|first=Shantanu|title=[[I Came Upon a Lighthouse|I Came Upon a Lighthouse: A Short Memoir of Life with Ratan Tata]]|publisher=[[HarperCollins India]]|others=Sanjana Desai|year=2021|isbn=978-9390327522}}


== External links ==
== External links ==
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* [https://web.archive.org/web/20081011093757/http://www.tata.com/aboutus/articles/inside.aspx?artid=uBZjT+%2FooH8%3D Ratan Naval Tata's chairman profile at Tata Group]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20081011093757/http://www.tata.com/aboutus/articles/inside.aspx?artid=uBZjT+%2FooH8%3D Ratan Naval Tata's chairman profile at Tata Group]
* [https://www.theguardian.com/business/2008/mar/28/automotive.mergersandacquisitions?INTCMP=SRCH Profile] at ''[[The Guardian]]''
* [https://www.theguardian.com/business/2008/mar/28/automotive.mergersandacquisitions?INTCMP=SRCH Profile] at ''[[The Guardian]]''
* {{YouTube|qxnHEM0hQrk|"Ratan Tata '59: The Cornell Story"}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20120809025540/http://www.charlierose.com/view/interview/12440 Interview on Charlie Rose]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20120809025540/http://www.charlierose.com/view/interview/12440 Interview on Charlie Rose]
* [http://www.hbs.edu/businesshistory/emerging-markets/pages/profile-detail.aspx?profile=rntata Creating Emerging Markets Interview] at the [[Harvard Business School]]
* [http://www.hbs.edu/businesshistory/emerging-markets/pages/profile-detail.aspx?profile=rntata Creating Emerging Markets Interview] at the [[Harvard Business School]]
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