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Jamsetji Tata saw disciplines such as medicine and science, and industries such as energy and steel as building blocks in the emergence of a brave and bright new country.
Jamsetji Tata and those who followed in his immediate wake set the mandate for the Group: to look beyond the generation of products and profits to serving the communities in which Tata companies functioned.
Jamsetji Tata’s desire to uplift India, to see his country improve and prosper was reflected in the host of endeavours he diligently pursued and, more importantly, in the value systems that have come to define the Group’s operations.
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 Tata Group - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Tata is one of the oldest and best-known groups of companies in India and South Asia.
Tata Motors TELCO (Tata Engineering and Locomotives Ltd) is a company of Tata group of companies which produces automobiles for the Indian Market.
TISCO (Tata Iron and Steel Company Ltd) is India's first private Iron and Steel Company, and also the first company founded by J.N. Tata (the founder of the Tata Groups).
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 Jamshetji Tata - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jamsedji Nusserwanji Tata (March 3, 1839- May 19, 1904) was a Parsi Zoroastrian and a pioneer in the field of modern industry.
Jamsedji Tata is generally accepted to be the "father of Indian industry".
Jamsetji Nusserwanji Tata: The founder of the Tata Empire
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 India's Tata Group: Empowering marginalized communities
As the Tata Group, a leader in Indian business and philanthropy, observes the centenary of the death of founder Jamsetji Tata, the company is riding on a wave of national economic growth that its successes have contributed to in measurable ways.
She maintains that the Tatas are one of the few philanthropic forces in India with the potential, by virtue of their credibility, professionalism, and reach, to play a convening role for collaborative action on the problems that threaten individual, local and national development.
Jamsetji Tata set the tone in the 1860s with his determination to harness his wealth to bring self sufficiency to Indians at a time when its citizens were still laboring under the yoke of British colonial rule.
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 Jamsetji Nusserwanji Tata :: Indian Leader   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
He was the only son of Nusserwanji Tata, who belonged to the family of Parsee priests.
Jamsetji Nusserwanji Tata employed the wealth he created to enrich India and her people.
Sir Jamsetji Nusserwanji Tata was verily the Father of Industrial India.
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 Tata Group | About us | Pioneers | The giant who touched tomorrow
Jamsetji's entrepreneurial career began, in the words of JRD Tata, "when the passive despair engendered by colonial rule was at its peak".
Jamsetji's maiden expedition to England, and others that he made in subsequent years, convinced him that there was tremendous scope for Indian companies to make a dent in the prevailing British dominance of the textile industry.
Jamsetji's philanthropic principles were rooted in the belief that for India to climb out of poverty its finest minds would have to be harnessed.
www.tata.com /0_about_us/history/pioneers/jamsetji_tata.htm   (1958 words)

  
 Sir Dorabji Tata Trust: Established in 1932 by Sir Dorabji Tata   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Sir Dorabji Tata was born on 27 August 1859, the elder son of Jamsetji Tata and Navajbai.
The Sir Dorabji Tata Trust was established in 1932 by Sir Dorabji Tata, the son of Jamsetji Tata, with a vision for the advancement of the country.
The Lady Tata Memorial Trust was established by Sir Dorabji Tata in 1932 in memory of his wife, Lady Meherbai, who died of leukaemia in 1930, at the age of 50.
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 Sir Dorabji Tata: Building on a cherished legacy
Sir Dorabji Tata was born on 27 August 1859, the elder son of Jamsetji Tata and Hirabai.
Jamsetji, a visionary of his time, was clear about what he wanted to do with the wealth he had amassed -- to bring about an industrial revolution in India.
Jamsetji admired his daughter-in-law and in fact he is said to have been responsible for selecting her as Sir Dorabji's companion for life.
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 Who is the founder of the Tata Group?
Jamsetji N Tata is the founder of the Tata Group.
Legend has it that J N Tata was taking a foreigner to a dinner in a hotel, but was stopped at the entrance by the doorman.
Jamsetji Nusserwanji Tata, the Tata Group founder, established the J N Tata Endowment for the Higher Education of Indians in 1892.
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 A tribute by Ratan Tata - Sify.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
If Jamsetji Tata and JRD Tata could transport themselves to today's environment, I think they would be pleased with the Tata Group.
Jamsetji Tata was a nation builder, industrialising India and making it self-sufficient in basic areas.
Jamsetji Tata was remarkable in that he adopted international standards in those days.
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 Taj Hotels & Resorts
Jamsetji Tata was a philanthropist who believed in wealth creation through employment for the good of society.
Jamsetji Tata, was refused admission in a British run hotel.
Tata immediately decided that he would build a hotel in Mumbai the likes of which would never have been dreamt of anywhere in the British Raj.
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 Tata Indicom EBU :: About us   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
The Group was founded by Jamsetji Tata in the mid 19th century, a period when India had just set out on the road to gaining independence from British rule.
The Tata Group is one of India's largest and most respected business conglomerates, with revenues in 2004-05 of $17.8 billion (Rs 799,118 million), the equivalent of about 2.8 per cent of the country's GDP.
Tata Group telecom companies addressed multiple or similar telecom needs of customers and recognised that in view of emerging competition in telecommunication, increased focus would be required to help the Group to maintain market leadership.
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 Tribuneindia... The fact File
Jamsetji Tata was born in 1839 in Navasari, Baroda.
Jamsetji joined his father’s business, but it soon became evident that this young man was quite intelligent and had the desire to achieve much more.
Jamsetji Tata’s accomplishments were the result of his imagination, innovative mind, perseverance and limitless range of interests.
www.tribuneindia.com /1999/99jun19/saturday/fact.htm   (912 words)

  
 Saklatvala Chapter 3
Jamsetji Tata was one of those rare men who dreamed splendid dreams and translated them into magnificent reality.
There can be no doubt that Jamsetji Tata was a supremely colourful and powerful personality who was capable of making people share his enthusiasms and to work at his side with a dedication and tirelessness almost equal to his own.
This was the birth of the Tata Iron Company.instead of a bunch of exploration reports; and these ores were prevented from going to the Bengal Iron Company; I was working as a member of the family in the family's firm, in hopes of permanent remunerative interest for the future.
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 Sir Ratan Tata Trust - Information
The founder of the Tata Empire, Jamsetji Tata, was a true nationalist who foresaw the significance of the industrial revolution for India.
Sir Ratan Tata, the younger of the two sons of Jamsetji Tata, was born on 20th January 1871.
Thus, the Tata Iron and Steel Co. Ltd., the three Hydro companies and the four Textile Mills were considered by the public as examples of India's national effort at industrial development.
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 Spotlight Radio:
Jamsetji Tata is the man who started the great Indian industrial group that still has his name, Tata.
Jamsetji Tata's father was a wealthy man. He was a merchant banker, lending money for trade.
Tata wrote that the town should be a beautiful place for people of all religions to share.
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 The founder and pioneers of The Tata Iron & Steel Company Ltd   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
J N Tata had exhorted to his sons to pursue and develop his life’s work; his elder son, Dorab Tata carried out the bequest with scrupulous zeal, and distinction.
Thus, even though it was Jamsetji Tata who had envisioned the mammoth projects, it was in fact Dorab Tata who actually brought the ventures to existence and fruition.
He assumed Chairmanship of Tata Sons Limited at the young age of 34; but his charismatic, disciplined and forward-looking leadership over the next 50 years and more, led the Tata Group to new heights of achievement, expansion and modernisation.
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 Tata Group | About us | History | Pioneers | Standing tall
Jamsetji Tata continues to occupy a unique and unrivalled position in the annals of Indian industry.
As for Jamsetji's corporate citizenship, suffice it to say that even though he contributed to charity and religious causes, it was education that he looked upon as the most deserving field for corporate support.
Jamsetji's approaches to business ideas, strategies and ethics set the pattern for the business behaviour of the House of Tatas, and his legacy has continued to influence subsequent generations of its leaders.
indica.co.za /0_about_us/history/pioneers/standing_tall_tripathi.htm   (1024 words)

  
 TACO Group > Tata Group
Founded by Jamsetji Tata in the 1860s, the Tata Group's early years were inspired by the spirit of nationalism.
The Tata Group is increasingly focusing on new technology areas, and has the largest footprint in the information technology and communication sector in India.
Thus, nearly two-thirds of the equity of Tata Sons, the Tata Group promoter company, is held by philanthropic trusts, which have created a host of national institutions in science and technology, medical research, social studies and the performing arts.
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 The Hindu Business Line : The steelman who made silk
Jamsetji sought out a suitable site with a fairly temperate climate and selected Bangalore where he had observed mulberry trees.
Tata and Sir Thomas Wardle should have gone, one to Japan and the other to France, in search of their models for India.
Jamsetji was not interested in it for the sake of business as a follow-up to textiles.
www.thehindubusinessline.com /2004/05/19/stories/2004051900551000.htm   (1080 words)

  
 Indian Steel Company Remains Unique - Newsweek: International Editions - MSNBC.com
Tata is shifting out of tea production in India by selling majority stakes in its plantations to its workers, who as owners now pick on average 50 bushels a day, up from 30 before.
Tata is a trend breaker among Asian family conglomerates, a breed whose incestuous flaws were exposed during the regionwide financial crisis of 1998.
One reason Tata has worked, says Ratan, is that it has been professionalizing its management for decades: he insists that, if anything, his status as a Tata landed him the worst assignments at "troubled companies," like textile mills, where he honed skills as a turnaround artist.
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 The Telegraph - Calcutta : Opinion   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Frank Harris, the biographer of Jamsetji Tata, wrote that for twenty five generations, the names of the family ancestors of Jamsetji were written on the priestly rolls.
He established the J.N. Tata Endowment Scheme in 1892, at least a decade before the Carnegie and Rockefeller Trusts were established in the 20th century.
For 135 years, the Tata “river” has flowed on, exhibiting the characteristics of the great rivers of the world — long traction, turbulence, overcoming obstacles, growing might, and sharing its might for the happiness and prosperity of those on the banks of the river.
www.telegraphindia.com /1040303/asp/opinion/story_2962373.asp   (1046 words)

  
 IndianMetals.com | News | Portraits
Jamsetji was a true nationalist who foresaw the significance of the industrial revolution for India and spelt out the three basic ingredients necessary to attain it: Steel was the mother of heavy industry; hydroelectric power was the cheapest energy to be generated; and technical education, coupled with research, was essential for industrial advancement.
For these endeavours, JRD Tata was awarded the country’s highest civilian honour, the Bharat Ratna, in 1992 -- one of the rare instances when the award was granted during a person’s lifetime.
However it is to Ratan Tata's credit that he came through this extremely testing ordeal without losing his grip over the group and managed to steer the company to new heights.
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 India - Finance - India's Tryst With Industry Comes Alive At House Of Tatas   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Among the many initiatives of the Tata empire's founder was the first endowment for sending students abroad for higher education.
Another interesting exhibit is the Mumbai office room of JRD Tata, which has been replicated to the minutest detail at the instance of group chairman Ratan Tata.
The idea of having a repository of Tata records was the brainchild of JRD Tata.
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 The Hindu : Life Delhi : A peek into the world of Tatas
From Jamsetji Tata's little-known third son to Mumbai's favourite urban legend about the Taj Hotels, the exhibition provides the human face behind a company that occupies a prominent place in the industrial history of India.
One of the first few successful "swadesi" companies, the Tatas have managed to leave a mark on the pages of Indian history, but not only for their profitability.
And in true Tata style the exhibition has travelled to all the places that have a special place for the company.
www.hindu.com /lf/2005/01/11/stories/2005011100680200.htm   (550 words)

  
 The Hindu : Book Review : `A man of destiny'
Towards meeting the annual expenditure, Jamsetji's endowment was the cornerstone with £ 8,000 and he appealed to the princes then, of whom, Mysore came forward.
Incidentally, J. Tata's will dated December 16, 1896 makes very interesting reading in which a large part is devoted to the foundation of the university.
Yet another great contribution of Jamsetji was the founding of the Tata Steel Company, in spite of tremendous obstacles on the way.
www.hindu.com /br/2004/11/30/stories/2004113000141400.htm   (549 words)

  
 Tata Incorporated - Jamsetji Nusserwanji Tata   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Jamsetji Nusserwanji Tata: The Founder of the House of Tata
Born in Navasari, India, in 1839, Jamsetji Nusserwanji Tata is considered the Founder of the House of Tata.
Jamsetji Tata set into motion a series of projects that changed the face of India.
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 Indiaclub.com: For the Love of India - The Life and Times of Jamsetji Tata : Biography
Jamsetji Nusserwanji Tata was born in 1839, and in his lifetime India remained firmly under British rule.
For, among his many achievements are the Indian Institute of Science in Bangalore, which has groomed some of the country’s best scientists, the Tata Steel plant in Jamshedpur, which marked the country’s transition from trading to manufacturing, his pioneering hydro-electric project and the Taj Mahal hotel in Mumbai, one of the finest in the world.
In these as in other projects he undertook, Jamsetji revealed the unerring instinct of a man who knew what it would take to restore the pride of a subjugated nation and help it prepare for a place among the leading nations of the world once it came into its own.
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 Tata Group | About us | Pioneers | The quotable Jamsetji Tata
The wealth gathered by Jamsetji Tata and his sons in half a century of industrial pioneering formed but a minute fraction of the amount by which they enriched the nation.
He sought no honour and he claimed no privilege, but the advancement of India and her myriad peoples was with him an abiding passion.
While many others worked on loosening the chains of slavery and hastening the march towards the dawn of freedom, Jamsetji dreamed of and worked for life as it was to be fashioned after liberation.
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 Find in a Library: Jamsetji Nusserwanji Tata; a chronicle of his life,
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