Ratan Tata

“So that's why, you know, Bombay house until today has a kennel for dogs on the ground floor.”

“He made sure that he personally met the families of every person who had lost his or her life in the Taj.”

“He himself led the globalization of the group, the acquisition of global brands such as Jaguar Land Rover, Chorus. Tetley. Those were global acquisitions which, ah, you know, Where pioneering acquisitions had never happened before that in the history of India.”

“From what he did for startups and from how passionately he spoke about startups, I could see that he believed that the future of India, a large part of the future of India would come through startups that young people like you are setting up within this countr…”

“Made sure that the Taj public welfare trust was established within 15 days.”

“Of course, the police would not permit him entry into the Taj, but he stood outside on the pavement for around three days.”

“He put in place what is now called the BBP, the Brand Equity and Business Promotion Program. And companies had to sign on to be able to use the Tata brand. And if they wish to use the Tata brand, they had to commit to the Tata business excellence model, and th…”

“So he established what was called the GRDQV program, which later became the Tata Business Excellence Model, which required companies of the Tata Group to go through what is called a Tata Business Excellence Model Assessment. Where each company of the group is …”

“Mr. Atantata launched a full-fledged cancer care program in the Tata Trust, which included a cancer awareness program, which included investment in new cancer hospitals, many of them in conjunction with state governments of the different states in India and wh…”

“And when he came to India, he had a job offer from IBM at that time. But then J.R.D. Tata, who was the chairman of the Tata Group at that time, persuaded Ratan Tata to join the Tata Group.”

“When he decided not to go to London to receive an award from Prince Charles at that time, because one of his dogs was unwell, that was a mark of care and compassion.”

“During the 20 years that he was the chairman of the Tata group, the revenues of the group grew from six billion US dollars to hundred billion US dollars.”

“When he created the Taj Public Service Welfare Fund after the 26 11 terror attacks at the Taj, Ah, and ensured that this fund took care not just of the families of the Taj employees who had lost their lives, but of every family in Bombay who had lost someone i…”