JRD TATA'S biography contributions Awards & Resignations MANAGEMENT VS JRD

1. MY HERO
Anuroop vs

2. Never start with
“Diffidence” 
Always start with
“Confidence” 

3. J. R. D. Tata
Father of Indian Civil Aviation

4. Introduction
Jehangir Ratanji Dadabhoy "J. R. D." Tata
J.R.D. Tata was born in Paris, France 29 July 1904
second child of Parsi father Ratanji Dadabhoy Tata
Mother – Suzanne Sooni Briere (French citizen)
 Popularly known as “Jeh” among his friends

5.  Education in France, Japan and England
 Joined French army after education
 Joined Tata as an unpaid apprentice in
in December 1925
 At the age of 25, JRD surrendered his
French citizenship to embrace India as his
workplace
 In 1929, he became the first Indian to pass

6.  He established “Tata Airlines”, which later
on became “Air India”
 At the age of 34, JRD was made the
Chairman ofTata Sons
 He married toThelma in 1930.
 He passed away in Geneva,
Switzerland on 29th November, 1993 at the
age of 89

7. Contributions by J.R.D

8. Entrepreneurship
He started with 14 enterprises and after half a
century, when he left, Tata & Sons was a
corporation of 95 enterprises.
Tata Motors, TCS, Titan, Voltas, Tata Tea, Tata
Communications are some of the giants started
under his leadership.

9. Aviation
• Formed theTata Aviation Service in 1932
• Launched “Air India International” as India's
first international airline
• Director on the Board of IndianAirlines for 25-
years
• Bestowed with the title of Honorary Air
Commodore of India

10. Social Responsibility
• Trustee of Sir DorabjiTataTrust from
its inception
• Established Asia's first cancer
hospital, theTata Memorial
Center for Cancer, Research and
Treatment, Bombay, 1941.

11. • Founded theTISS(Tata Institute of Social Sciences) in 1936,
Tata Institute of Fundamental Research in 1945 and the National
Center for Performing Arts

12. Employee Welfare
• J.R.D.Tata initiated a program of closer
"employee association with management"
• Believed in employee welfare
• Initiated the principles of an eight-hour
working day, free medical aid, workers'
provident scheme, workmen's accident
compensation schemes

13. • Tata SteelTownship, selected as a UN Global Compact City
because of the quality of life, conditions of sanitation, roads
and welfare that were offered byTata Steel

14. J.R.D vs
mananagemnt
• Courageous
• Diplomat
• Committed to
Values
• Realistic
• Charismatic
• Compassionate
• Supportive towards
innovation
• Approachable

15. Awards &
recognitions

16. 1948
honorary rank of Group Captain by the Indian
Air Force
Air Vice Marshal1974
1985
Edward Warner Award of the
International Civil Aviation

17. 1955 Padma Vibhushan
Bharat Ratna1992
1992
UnitedNations
Population Award

18. Uncommon thinkers
“reuse”
what the common
thinkers “refuse”