*Ratan Tata joined the Tata Group in December 1962. He started working in Tata Steel, Jamshedpur. He worked on the shop floor with the other workers, where he shovelled coal into the blast furnaces.
*Ratan Tata in February 2007 flew a Boeing F-18 Super Hornet combat aircraft at the Aero India show in Bangalore, just a day after he flew an F-16 jet. After the flight, he said it was an 'unbelievable experience and a terrific, terrific ride.'
*Ratan Tata graduating from Cornell University with a degree in Architecture and Structural Engineering. He also completed a Advanced Management Program at Harvard Business School.
*The Tata Group comprises 98 operating companies in seven business sectors: information systems and communications; engineering; materials; services; energy; consumer products; and chemicals. The Group was founded by Jamsetji Tata in the mid 19th century, a period when India had just set out on the road to gaining independence from British rule.
*Ratan Tata will step down as chairman of the Tata group in 2012 at the age 75. Tata group revised the retirement age to 65 years for executive and whole time directors whereas the retirement age for the non-executive directors has been extended to 75 years.
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