OCTOBER 11, 2024
By Nandini Tyagi
Oct 11, 2024
Ratan Naval Tata was among the most celebrated Indian businessmen and philanthropists. Take a look at his academic achievements and contributions
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Ratan Tata was born in Mumbai in 1937 where he attended the Campion School till Class 8
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After Class 8, Tata shifted to Cathedral and John Connon School, followed by Bishop Cotton School and finally the Riverdale Country School in New York City, where he graduated from high school in 1955
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Continuing his studies in New York, he attended the Cornell University obtained a Bachelor’s degree, graduating in 1959
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Tata donated $50 million to Cornell University, becoming the largest international donor in the university’s history
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Tata also extended his support to the Faculty of Engineering at University of New South Wales to develop capacitive deionization to provide improved water for challenged areas
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Additionally, the Tata group contributed $50 million for the construction of an executive centre at Harvard Business School
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In 2014, the Tata group donated Rs 950 million to IIT Bombay and established the Tata Center for Technology and Design (TCTD)
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Adding to the list of contributions, Tata group also formed the MIT Tata Center of Technology and Design at Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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