<p>An exhaustive and unforgettable portrait of India's greatest and most respected industrialist. Written with J.R.D. Tata's co-operation, this superb biography tells the J.R.D. story from his birth to 1993, the year in which he died in Switzerland. The book is divided into four parts: Part I deals with the early years, from J.R.D's birth in France in 1904 to his accession to the chairmanship of Tatas, India's largest industrial conglomerate, at the age of thirty-four; Part II looks at his forty-six years in Indian aviation (the lasting passion of J.R.D's life) which led to the initiation of the Indian aviation industry and its development into one of India's success stories; Part III illuminates his half-century-long stint as the outstanding personality of Indian industry; and Part IV unearths hitherto unknown details about the private man and the public figure, including glimpses of his long friendships with such people as Jawaharlal Nehru, Mahatma Gandhi, Indira Gandhi and his association with celebrities in India and abroad.</p>

Beyond The Last Blue Mountain

Lala, R. M

Teen & Young Adult

India Penguin

Jamsetji nusserwanji tata was born in 1839, and in his lifetime india remained firmly under british rule yet the projects he envisioned laid the foundation for the nation's development once it became independent more extraordinary still, these institutions continue to set the pace for others in their respective areas 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 the scale of the projects required abilities of a high order in some cases it was sheer perseverance that paid off-as with finding a suitable site for the steel project in others, such as the indian institute of science, it was his exceptional persuasive skills and patience that finally got him the approval of a reluctant viceroy, lord curzon in for the love of india, rm lala has drawn upon fresh material from the india office library in london and other archives, as also jamsetji's letters, to portray the man and his age it is an absorbing account that makes clear how remarkable jamsetji's achievement truly was, and why, even now, one hundred years after his death, he seems like a man well ahead of the times

For the Love of India

Biographies & Memoirs

Penguin/Portfolio

<p>When Jamsetji Tata started a trading firm in 1868, few could have guessed that he was also opening an important chapter in the making of modern India. Jamsetji saw that the three keys to India's industrial development were steel, hydroelectric power, and technical education and research. A century and a half later, the Tatas can claim with justice to have lived up to the vision of their founder. But the road to success has never been smooth. Appearing for the first time in this edition is the story of how the Tatas, with Ratan Tata at the helm, have had to grapple with change in the post-1992 era of economic reforms. In a frank epilogue, Ratan Tata talks about the difficulties he faced in implementing change, including resistance from his colleagues. The Creation of Wealth is R.M. Lala's best-selling account of how the Tatas have been at the forefront in the making of the Indian nation not just by their phenomenal achievements as industrialists and entrepreneurs but also by their signal contributions in areas like factory reforms, labour and social welfare, medical research, higher education, culture and arts, and rural development.</p>

Creation Of Wealth

Professionals & Academics

India Portfolio

Creation of wealth

Business & Money

Economics

PENGUIN RANDOM HOUSE INDIA PVT.LTD.

This is the biography of J.R.D. Tata, the patriarch of the biggest industrial house in India, comparable in stature to Forbes, Rockefeller or Du Pont. He pioneered aviation in India, and presided over the development of the country's steel, cement, truck and vegetable oils industry.

Beyond the last blue mountain: A life of J.R.D. Tata

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