JRD TATA - THE LEGACY

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Abhijeet S
HERE IS SOME GREAT INFORMATION ABOUT A GREAT PERSONALITY...

JRD TATA



JEHANGIR RATANJI DADABHOY TATA
  • known as the ‘MAN OF ALL SEASONS’.
  • He and his family
  • His love affair in Paris
  • His major achievements

ACHIEVEMENTS

  • Owned India’s largest private business house.
  • Famous for his degree of discipline & perfection
  • Owner of Tata Air lines ‘Air India’.
  • he was awarded the Bharat Ratna award in 1992.
  • He Helped in setting up ‘Tata Memorial Hospital’, ‘TISS’, ‘TIFR’, etc.

AMBITION
  • From the tender age of five, J.R.D. was interested in flying planes.
  • He then bought two planes ‘Puss Moth’ and flew solo from Karachi to India
  • This is how he gave birth to India’s first airline services.
  • This is how he accomplished his goal / ambition for flying. Starting with just a desire to fly plane inspired by his neighbor to starting with his own airlines company


ABOUT JRD TATA

  • J.R.D was a very self disciplined man with great stewardship.
  • He was very ambitious and was stubborn in achieving his goals.
  • In spite of all the fame his feet were always on ground.
  • The core of his life’s philosophy was embedded in: “Never start with diffidence, Always start with confidence.”
  • He also believed in pursuing his passion with compassion by stating that: “To be a leader, you’ve got to lead human beings with affection.”

  • He was more comfortable with French than English.
  • He found himself as a fine business man after his father’s death. Therefore he joined Tata steel with his first salary of Rs.750.
  • Later he took over the Taj Mahal hotel and thus gave us The Taj Group of Hotels that we know of today.
  • Then later he started with the first airline company of India.
  • On July 1938 he was unanimously elected as the chairman of Tata industries.
  • He had an empire of 95 companies under him at one point time. Under his leadership TATA had revenues to the tune of Rs.10000 crores +,



MORE ACHIEVEMENTS

  • In 1958-59 he was elected as the chairman of I.A.T.A.
  • He was made air commander of I.A.F.
  • He was then made the vice president of I.A.F.
  • J.R.D was then presented with Tony Jannus award.
  • In 1986 he was awarded with the “Bessemer Medal Of the Institution of Metals”, London.
  • In 1988 he was awarded with Daniel Guggenheim medal.
  • In 1992 he was also awarded with the UN population award.

SOME DRAWBACKS OF JRD TATA

  • His leadership style shouted out ‘It’s my way or the high way’.
  • He never let others participate in the decision making and hence played a one man show in the company.
  • J.R.D. never made any comprehensive succession plan. And therefore Tata group of industries suffered lose after his death

:SugarwareZ-240:
 
HERE IS SOME GREAT INFORMATION ABOUT A GREAT PERSONALITY...

JRD TATA



JEHANGIR RATANJI DADABHOY TATA
  • known as the ‘MAN OF ALL SEASONS’.
  • He and his family
  • His love affair in Paris
  • His major achievements

ACHIEVEMENTS

  • Owned India’s largest private business house.
  • Famous for his degree of discipline & perfection
  • Owner of Tata Air lines ‘Air India’.
  • he was awarded the Bharat Ratna award in 1992.
  • He Helped in setting up ‘Tata Memorial Hospital’, ‘TISS’, ‘TIFR’, etc.

AMBITION
  • From the tender age of five, J.R.D. was interested in flying planes.
  • He then bought two planes ‘Puss Moth’ and flew solo from Karachi to India
  • This is how he gave birth to India’s first airline services.
  • This is how he accomplished his goal / ambition for flying. Starting with just a desire to fly plane inspired by his neighbor to starting with his own airlines company


ABOUT JRD TATA

  • J.R.D was a very self disciplined man with great stewardship.
  • He was very ambitious and was stubborn in achieving his goals.
  • In spite of all the fame his feet were always on ground.
  • The core of his life’s philosophy was embedded in: “Never start with diffidence, Always start with confidence.”
  • He also believed in pursuing his passion with compassion by stating that: “To be a leader, you’ve got to lead human beings with affection.”

  • He was more comfortable with French than English.
  • He found himself as a fine business man after his father’s death. Therefore he joined Tata steel with his first salary of Rs.750.
  • Later he took over the Taj Mahal hotel and thus gave us The Taj Group of Hotels that we know of today.
  • Then later he started with the first airline company of India.
  • On July 1938 he was unanimously elected as the chairman of Tata industries.
  • He had an empire of 95 companies under him at one point time. Under his leadership TATA had revenues to the tune of Rs.10000 crores +,



MORE ACHIEVEMENTS

  • In 1958-59 he was elected as the chairman of I.A.T.A.
  • He was made air commander of I.A.F.
  • He was then made the vice president of I.A.F.
  • J.R.D was then presented with Tony Jannus award.
  • In 1986 he was awarded with the “Bessemer Medal Of the Institution of Metals”, London.
  • In 1988 he was awarded with Daniel Guggenheim medal.
  • In 1992 he was also awarded with the UN population award.

SOME DRAWBACKS OF JRD TATA

  • His leadership style shouted out ‘It’s my way or the high way’.
  • He never let others participate in the decision making and hence played a one man show in the company.
  • J.R.D. never made any comprehensive succession plan. And therefore Tata group of industries suffered lose after his death

:SugarwareZ-240:

Hey abhi, thanks for sharing such a nice information on JRD TATA (1904-1993) and as we know that he was one of the great Indian entrepreneur. Well, i am also going to share some more information about JRD Tata and would like you to check it.
 

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