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 Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Jamsetji Tata
Jamsetji Tata was born to Nusserwanji and Jeevanbai Tata on 3 March 1839 in Navsari, a small town in South Gujarat.
Tata Steel (formerly TISCO - Tata Iron and Steel Company Limited) is Asia's first and India's largest integrated private sector steel company producing 4 million tonnes of steel annually.
The company started by Jamsetji Tata came to be known as the Tata Group and is today among the largest and most respected companies of India.
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 Tata Group | Media reports | Forerunners in corporate social responsibility
Jamshed Irani, Director, Tata Sons Ltd, says, "The Tata credo is that 'give back to the people what you have earned from them'.
Ages ago when Corporate Social Responsibility was either the government, or charitable organisations headache, the Tatas aggressively worked for the upliftment of the community.
Tata initiated various labour welfare laws, like the establishment of Welfare Department was introduced in 1917 and enforced by law in 1948 or Maternity Benefit was introduced in 1928 and enforced by law in 1946.
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 Tata Group | Tata Sons | Media reports | Tempest in a teapot
Tata, who studied architecture at Cornell University and returned to India at the age of 27 to join the business in 1962, is "probably one of the three or four best business leaders I have ever met," says Henry Schacht, former chairman of Cummins Engine.
Tata Group is blessed with a bounding domestic economy that still provides 77% of sales, but in the past year it has worked to move beyond that.
Ratan Tata also focussed on fixing Tata Steel, one of the largest divisions and central to the group's heritage: Ratan himself had apprenticed at a blast furnace there when he was 28.
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 jamshedpurcity.com
It was in 1822 that one Nusserwanji Tata was born in humble circumstances at Navsari and five years later he was betrothed in accordance with the Parsee rites.
A man of substance and maturity at the age of thirty-five, Jamshetji returned from England in 1874 and immediately devoted himself wholeheartedly to the problems of textile industry in the country.Animated by a spirit of enterprise and adventure and inspired by patriotic fervour he went on to pioneer India's textile industry.
It was now February 1904, Jamshetji was on his way to San Remo, to consult the well-known specialist,      Dr.Nothnagel for his illness when he recieved the tragic news of the death of his wife.
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 The Hindu Business Line : Two parts of the challenge in making steel
Jamshetji was heading to the World's Columbian Exposition, `a celebration of technology and industrial progress'; and Vivekananda went on to make history at the World's Parliament of Religions in Chicago, on September 11, 1893.
Jamshetji's stirrings were to result in the IISc or the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore.
For, Tata had wanted to channelise the `ascetic spirit' for `the establishment of monasteries or residential halls for men dominated by this spirit, where they should live with ordinary decency, and devote their lives to the cultivation of sciences — natural and humanistic'.
www.thehindubusinessline.com /2006/11/05/stories/2006110500261800.htm   (548 words)

  
 History of Jamshedpur, Sakchi, Kalimati or Tatanagar@Jamshedpurlive.com
Jamshetji Nusserwanji Tata : Born on March 3rd, 1839 in a Parsi family at Navasari, Jamshetji was educated at the Elphinstone College, Bombay.
Sir Dorabji Tata : The eldest son of Jamshetji, Dorabji Tata was born on August 27, 1859.
Jehangir Ratanji Dadabhai Tata : JRD Tata assumed the chairmanship of the Tata Sons Ltd. at the tender age of 34.
www.jamshedpurlive.com /i/history.html   (539 words)

  
 The Telegraph - Calcutta : Jamshedpur
Tata Steel was formed when heavy iron ore deposits were found in the central provinces of the British Raj.
In 1924 when the company was on the verge of closing down, Sir Dorab Tata pledged his personal fortune and his wife’s jewellery to obtain a loan from the Imperial Bank.
Jamshetji Tata started the Taj Mahal Hotel in Mumbai after he was refused entry at a Mumbai hotel, reserved for Europeans.
www.telegraphindia.com /1060808/asp/jamshedpur/story_6584434.asp   (959 words)

  
 The Telegraph - Calcutta : Opinion   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Jamshetji Tata was a remarkable person who captured the attention of post-1900 India.
Jamshetji’s tale is not merely one of rapid generation of wealth and of the building of a business empire.
And practically every novel idea of development is attributed to Jamshetji’s vision — ranging from urban development to dairy farming, either as a successful venture or a failed project.
www.telegraphindia.com /1040827/asp/opinion/story_3674356.asp   (440 words)

  
 The Taj: 100 years of hospitality!
xactly a century ago, Jamshetji Nusserwanji Tata's dream was concretised when the Taj Group's first hotel, The Taj Mahal Palace and Tower, Mumbai, was opened on December 16, 1903.
century, Tata is said to have taken a foreigner to a dinner in a hotel, only to be stopped at the entrance by the doorman.
That rebuff was enough to make Jamshetji decide to build a grand hotel in India that would be a matter of pride and awe the world over.
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 Tata Sponge Iron Limited :: Sponge Times | November 2002
The second Vidya Shakti Nite was organized on Sunday, 6th October 02 at TATA Park, TSIL Township with marked geity.
with the garlanding of Jamshetji Tata’s statue by Mrs.
The crowd gradually thickened around the TATA park and comprised of visitors from Joda, Jhiling, Barbil, Noamundi and many nearby areas, besides employees and their families.
www.tatasponge.com /ST1102/VidyaShakti.htm   (254 words)

  
 IIPM Publication, IIPM Editorials, IIPM New Delhi, IIPM India
Jamshetji Nusserwanji Tata is one of the most prominent business pioneers, memorable for the way he sought economic self-dependence under the British Raj, and negotiated for favourable policies for Indian businesses with the highly skeptical Lord Curzon.
Jamshetji Nasserwanji Tata (1839-1904) had comprehended much earlier that India’s future was bleak without industrialisation.
To honour this great legend of modern India in 1919 Lord Chemsford named the city where the Tatas set up their steel plant ‘Jamshedpur’, and needless to add, the city is a fitting tribute to all that Jamshetji stood for.
www.iipm.edu /iipm-editorial-495.html   (1387 words)

  
 Background: Indian multinational Tata group continues to expand
While Ratan Tata may be a family name, the group's businesses that together employ more than 200,000 people have been run by professional managers for several decades now.
Its steel plant in Jamshedpur was built from scratch in the jungle by the company's founder Jamshetji Tata, grandfather of Ratan Tata, in 1912 when India was a British colony.
The ethical values of the company are evident in that Tata Steel has not had a workers' strike for 75 years - despite the fact that the workforce was cut down from 78,000 in 1991 when Ratan Tata took over to the current 45,000.
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 SPJIMR   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
T.R. Doongaji, MD, Tata Services, talked to the students of SPJIMR on the values of Tata, and addressed a packed audience on the philosophy and achievements of the Group — the ever-radiant star of Indian Industry.
Tata has come to be associated with trust, patriotism and philanthropy.
JRD Tata assumed the chairmanship of Tata Sons Ltd. at the tender age of 34.
www.spjimr.org /media/events/ceo_full_article.asp?evcode=47   (1016 words)

  
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In an excerpt from his forthcoming biography of Jamsetji Tata, For the love of India (Penguin), R M Lala reveals his vision of Venice in the heart of Juhu.
‘‘Jamshetji Tata loved his city and had boundless faith in its growth.
But what is unpublished, unknown and fascinating is a record of Jamsetji’s forays into land and reclamation schemes, by Jamshedji E Saklatvala, land and estate agent of Mr Tata from 1899 to 1904.
www.expressindia.com /print.php?newsid=31575   (372 words)

  
 The Sunday Tribune - Books
But while paying high honour to the Tatas it merely lists their achievements without saying anything about how such achievements came about when very few of their contemporaries were able to do as much.
It also does not say how the Tatas were able to escape the pernicious touch of socialistic politics that killed many an enterprise and led to the emergence of the rule-manipulating entrepreneur.
The considerable vision and missionary zeal shown by the Tatas in conceiving and helping set up institutes like the Tata Memorial Hospital in Mumbai also is another reason for the nation to be grateful to the House of Tata.
www.tribuneindia.com /2004/20041003/spectrum/book6.htm   (655 words)

  
 Take a BrainSip   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
'''Jamshetji Tata''' (1839-1904) was a pioneer in the field of modern industry.
His son J.R.D. Tata founded India's first commercial airline, Tata Airlines, in 1932, which in 1946 became Air India.
Jamshetji Tata was a Zoroastrian and from an Parsee (Persian) descent.
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 Tata
Tata is one of the oldest and best-known groups of companies in India.
Tata Power has a presence in all areas of power sector generation (thermal, hydro, solar and wind) transmission and distribution.
Inspired by a powerful vision, the founders of Tata Power pioneered the generation of electricity in India with the commissioning of India’s first large hydro-electric project in 1915.
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 Tata Motors :: tata motors india, tata motors ltd, tata motors limited, r tata motors
Tata Motors Limited is India's largest private automobile and commercial vehicle manufacturing company.
Tata Motors was first listed on the NYSE in 2004.
Tata Motors is a company of the Tata and Sons Group, founded by Jamshetji Tata.
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 || Businessworld - Play the game ||
It is said that the swami told Tata that there were two parts to the challenge - manufacturing technology and the science of steel.
The year Tata wrote the letter was to mark the end of a period of modest - but volatile - growth in the Indian economy.
Tata was visiting America and England for technology and capital.
www.businessworldindia.com /jan0504/coverstory02.asp   (2226 words)

  
 TATA's international range of trucks and Buses - Page 2 - World Affairs Board
Tata Motors was selected as the "preferred bidder" for acquiring the Korean company in November, last year, out of 10 auto makers who are believed to have expressed interest in acquiring DWCV.
Tata Motors is also looking at setting up a base in China for trucks, and has been in negotiations with possible Chinese partners, though no deal has been signed.
Tata Motors today announced it was acquiring a 21 per cent stake in Hispano Carrocera (HC), a Spanish bus manufacturing company, for ¤12 million (Rs 70 crore), with an option to acquire the entire equity of the foreign company later.
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 Jamshetji Tata
Jamshedji Tata (1839-1904) was a pioneer in the field of modern industry.
He is known as the father of Indian Industry.
He was the founder of the Tata Iron and Steel company, the first establishment of what was to become a large empire now known as the Tata Group.
www.starrepublic.org /encyclopedia/wikipedia/j/ja/jamshetji_tata.html   (102 words)

  
 User Reviews and comparison blog on Tata Group Of Industries - Business Groups by PROFBBMOHANTY on MouthShut.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
TATA, its image as a Group of Industries is very high, both in India and abroad.
JRD Tata is also to be remembered for his enterprising spirits.
The Tata Sumo is a very sturdy vehicle, which any one would like to have.
www.mouthshut.com /review/Tata_Group_Of_Industries-28855-1.html   (408 words)

  
 Tata Sponge Iron Ltd: Social Concern
TSIL's corporate philosophy governing public responsibilities and social obligations flows out of the vision and foresight of Jamshetji Nusserwanji Tata, the founder of Tata group.
Tata Sponge Iron Limited accepts its responsibility to make numerous endeavors of goodwill and welfare for the less privileged, to enable their growth through self-empowerment.
Through close knit operations with educational institutions, TSIL helps in propagating knowledge, both at the grass root level and to the ageing illiterate population of the surrounding villages, through its non-formal education programme.
www.tatasponge.com /Company/SocialConcern.htm   (538 words)

  
 Beyond the Bottom Line
Tata's founder was a visionary, one of the most forward looking of India's industrial pioneers.
Jamshetji Tata (1839-1904), after whom Jamshedpur is named, held that India should walk tall in the family of nations.
Two groups of workers battled for union control on the shop floor of this major Tata enterprise, which makes three quarters of all the commercial vehicles on India's roads and is one of the world's largest truck manufacturers.
www.cauxinitiativesforbusiness.org /btbl/human.htm   (1515 words)

  
 CareerAge - Leadership Digest Vol 2
Jamshetji Tata was born on 3rd march, 1839 and such people take birth once in a century.
The foundation of good Human Resource Management, in India was laid by J N Tata in his scheme of things for the Jamshedpur TISCO plant.
The Tata group owes its HRM excellence to the vision of J N Tata.
www.careerage.com /leadership/vol2/art4.shtml   (450 words)

  
 TAAR SANSAR
Directed by the well known filmmaker Zafar Hai, this masterpiece took us back in time on an adventurous and breathtaking trip in the lives of these magnificent, magnanimous and majestic men of steel and their tryst with destiny.
Jamshetji Tata's visionary foresight in laying the foundation of an industrial revolution transformed India into a nation filled with confidence in its own strength.
Tata Steel, as it basks in the glory and grandeur of the successes of this indomitable visionary, whose benchmark achievements we celebrate today, stands tall and very strong among the global steel giants both technologically and ethically thanks to the blueprint of the roadmap left behind by our beloved Founder.
www.tatawire.com /taar_sansar/taar_sansar_feb-mar06/page_01.htm   (523 words)

  
 Talk:Tata Steel - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Tata Nagar or Jamshedpur is named after him.
Re: 1) Jamsetji is a variant spelling of Jamshedji, as is Jamshetji.
All are acceptable since I've just checked and found that Tata Steel's official site uses all the spellings, for example here.
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 Jamshedpur - Industrial City of Jharkand - Jamshedpur Profile
The standard of living in a city that is almost isolated from the mess in the rest of the country is quite good.
Despite a large steel plant located right at the centre of the city, thanks to the environment management efforts of Tata Steel, the city gleams with greenery and the air is much purer that most other industrial cities.
Jamsetji Nusserwanji Tata had created an edifice that is today a robust company and it is not about profits and about valuation.
www.jamshedpurbusiness.com /jamshedpur.php?file=jamshedpur.html   (509 words)

  
 Jamshedpur City Guide, Travel Guide of Jamshedpur Jharkhand, Jamshedpur Tours, Jamshedpur Tourism, Jamshedpur Steel City
It was Jamshetji Tata's vision that saw Bihar in the steel map of the world.
The park was presented by the Tata Steel Company to the citizens of Jamshedpur, in its Golden Jubilee Year.
To commemmorate the birth anniversary of the founder of the huge Tata empire, on the 3rd of March every year, the resplendent fountains are illuminated that attract tourists from all over the world.
www.indiantravelportal.com /jharkhand/jamshedpur   (883 words)

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