Ratan Tata is a trained pilot. He flew the advanced F/A-18 Super Hornet at Aero India 2011 in Bangalore.
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Ratan Tata was the man who dreamt about Nano, the cheapest car in the world.
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Tata retired from all executive responsibility in the Tata group in December 2012 is succeeded by Cyrus Mistry, the 44-year-old son of Pallonji Mistry and MD of Shapoorji Pallonji Group.
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Ratan Tata has always maintained a very controversy-free personal life.
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Ratan Tata also led the development of Indica, the country's first indigenously developed car.
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Ratan Tata has served in various capacities in organisations in India and abroad. He is a member of the Prime Minister's Council on Trade and Industry.
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Tata has received the Padma Bhushan in 2000 and Padma Vibhushan in 2008 and Lifetime Achievement Award awarded by prestigious Rockefeller Foundation in 2012.
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Under his leadership Tata motors acquired Jaguar Land Rover, Tata Tea acquired Tetley, and Tata Steel acquired Corus.
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Tata began his career in the Tata group in 1962. Initially worked on the shop floor of Tata Steel, shovelling limestone and handling the blast furnace.
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Ratan Naval Tata was born in 28 December 1937 and became the chairman of the Tata Group in 1991.
