JRD Tata ,
Industrialist , Civil Aviation Pilot , Educationist and Philanthropist was born
on July .29.1904 at Paris , France. He completed formal education at Paris and Bombay
and served as Officer in The Sepoys of The French Army between 1924 to 1925 .
He served successively as Assistant Director
(1925-1926) , Director (1926-1938) , Chairman (1938- 1991 ) and Chairman
Emeritus (1991-1993) of Tata & Sons Group of Companies at Bombay
JRD Tata died on Nov.29.1993 at Geneva.
Switzerland.
Industrialist
JRD Tata headed for over five decades the
Tata Group of Companies which included over 75 companies in diverse fields such
as Iron and Steel, Chemicals, Oil Mills
, Electricals , Locomotives , Motors , Computers , Hotels , and Airlines etc.
Civil
Aviation Pilot
JRD Tata became the First Indian Civilian
Air Pilot on 01 February 1929 when the Federation Aeronautiques Internationale British Empire granted
him the License No.1
He headed the Tata Airlines from 1932 to
1946 and subsequently Air India from 1946 to 1978 . Under his leadership new aircrafts
and new air routes were introduced which earned him the title - Father of
Indian Civil Aviation.
The Indian Air Force made him Honorary
Group Captain in 1948 , Honorary Air Commodore in 1966 and Honorary Air Vice
Marshall in 1974.
Educationist
JRD Tata presided over the Governing
Councils of Indian Institute of Science .Bangalore, Tata Institute of Social
Science, Tata Memorial Centre & Hospital , Tata Institute of Energy Science
,Tata Institute of Fundamental Research ,National Centre for Performing Arts ,
Bombay & National Institute of Advanced Studies. Bangalore.
He was the Chancellor of University of Hyderabad
from 1991 to 1993.
Philanthropist
JRD Tata chaired the JRD Tata Trust , Sir
Jamsedji Tata Memorial Trust , Sir Dorabhji Tata Memorial Trust, JN Tata
Endowment , Homi Bhaba Fellowships Council , Bharat Yuva Sakthi trust
He presided the Auroville Foundation
and National Family Planning Foundation
He was a member of Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Trust , Kasturbha Gandhi Memorial Trust and Jawaharlal Nehru
Memorial Fund
He was a member of Atomic Energy
Commission , National Population Council and National Integration Council.
Honours
and Awards
The Government of India bestowed the
Padma Vibhushan in 1958 and Bharat Ratna in 1992. He is the first and only
industrialist to be honoured with the Bharat Ratna
The United Nations honoured him with
the UN award for Civil Aviation in 1986 and Population in 1992
The
Government of France in 1954 & 1983, Vatican in 1964 and West Germany in
1978 honoured him with their National Orders
He is a recipient of Dadabhai Naoroji
award , Jannus award ,Warner award ,Bessemer award and David Guggenheim
award
He received Honorary Doctorates form the
Universities of Allahabad (1947), Benares (1980),Bombay (1981) and Roorkee.
Biography
Amar Chitra Katha published a pictorial biography of JRD Tata in 2004 .
Beyond the
Last Blue Mountain by R.M.Lala is an
official memoir
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