He is honoured for his achievements in promoting innovations, exemplary leadership and corporate social responsibility.
Tatas plan to revive, not sell the Port Talbot steel plant. The investment could be as much as $500 million.
Some feel that Tata Steel has put these assets on the block only after exhausting all the options.
The chairmanship of Tata Motors and Tata Steel after Ratan N Tata steps down at the end of 2012 appears to be an open question. It will be up to the new Tata group chairman, Cyrus Mistry, whether he decides to succeed Tata in heading two of the largest group companies or opt for new chairpersons for them.
Which were the five businesses Ratan Tata had great hopes for, but his successor failed to deliver?
RatanTata is the only Indian among five foreigners to be awarded Britian's civilian honour this year.
The deferral of Natarajan Chandrasekaran's re-appointment as Chairman of Tata Sons has sparked questions regarding a previous unanimous resolution by Tata Trusts and potential internal disagreements.
The idea is to create a start-up-like activity with a small business unit.
Media persons mobbed Ratan Tata for comments on the controversy over the small-car project in West Bengal and also on the race to acquire Anglo-Dutch steel giant Corus.
Tata Group Chairman Ratan Tata arrived in Dhaka on Wednesday on a three-day visit during which he will hold discussions with the government about his $2 billion investment plans in Bangladesh.
Arun Maira who worked for 25 years with the Tata Group, remembers his early years with Ratan Tata.
'The quality of a leader should be such that even if the leader is not there, the institution carries on.'
Shares of Tata Group companies on Thursday rose up to 10 per cent, with Tata Chemicals and Tata Teleservices among the major gainers. Tata Sons Chairman Emeritus Ratan Tata, who played a key role in transforming the group into a global conglomerate, passed away late on Wednesday. He was 86. "Investors can pay tribute to Ratan Tata and the great corporate empire he built by buying stocks like TCS, Tata Motors, Tata Steel, Tata Consumer and Indian Hotels.
This was a man who like Buddha transformed himself into achieving the impossible and being an inspiration for many generations to come, says business thinker Mudit Jain.
The $100 billion Tata group conglomerate is a major beneficiary of the decision to open up aviation in India.
Clarity on Tata Sons' position on listing, as of 2025, would help define the future of the group better, irrespective of the RBI stand. As of now, the ball is in the RBI's court, and everyone is watching the space, points out Nivedita Mookerji.
'Ratan had the quality that JRD and Russi Mody had -- they could walk with kings and never lose the common touch.'
Will it be Noel Tata, Ratan Tata's half brother?
India's Ratan Tata aims to transform his once-stodgy conglomerate into a global powerhouse. But can it thrive after he steps down?
Seven listed Tata companies together own 12.1 per cent in Tata Sons with a combined book value worth around Rs 30,700 crore.
While the latest trigger for him stepping down could be the uncertainty around his renewal as a director at the AGM, which is otherwise a routine matter, Chandra may have been contemplating quitting for some time now because of the overall turbulence with the principal shareholder on the leadership issue.
Ratan Tata was the first one to realise that Indian companies had become a prisoner to tradition and needed to radically innovate.
The British government has been under pressure to help a sale process go through after Tata said it would sell its British business.
With the Tatas agreeing to sell its Scunthorpe steel plant in the UK to investment firm Greybull for a nominal one pound, the storied 'British Steel' name will be back in the now-ailing industry.
From politicians to entrepreneurs and change makers, Akash Ambani's wedding had some illustrious guests.
Over the past two years, Tata has invested in over 20 start-ups
Amid suggestions aplenty, including from a former Tata Group veteran to choose someone from within the Tata family to head the conglomerate, incumbent chairman Ratan Tata on Friday said only the best would succeed him.
Tata Steel and Indian Hotels on Wednesday said they have always made all relevant disclosures and have no further comments to offer following comments made by ousted Tata Group chairman Cyrus Mistry that Tata group firms could face a potential USD 18 billion writedown.
Ratan Tata, in his capacity as the chairman of the Investment Commission, has warned that major projects entailing a combined investment of nearly $60 billion are meeting delays and roadblocks for no apparent reason.
For years, critics termed Tata's vehicle business as a millstone around the neck. But Group chairman Ratan Tata on Wednesday flattened their theory by taking the automobile venture to a new plane with the acquisition of British luxury brands Jaguar and Land Rover.
Tata Group is the country's most valuable group and has an estimated 4.1 million shareholders across its various listed companies
Tata Sons cuts retirement age of non-executive directors from 75 years to 70.
Mody, 92, held important positions in Tata group and led Tata Steel till he retired in the early 1990s.
Even as the Tatas face problems in acquisition of land for a car manufacturing plant at Singur in West Bengal, the Orissa government has asked the group to consider setting up an automobile plant in the state.
Meet Arunkumar Ramanlal Gandhi. The head of the M&A activities in the Tata Group, who called up Tata to convey Tata Steel's victory.
