Ratan Tata is a trained pilot. He flew the advanced F/A-18 Super Hornet at Aero India 2011 in Bangalore.
2/10
Ratan Tata was the man who dreamt about Nano, the cheapest car in the world.
3/10
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.
4/10
Ratan Tata has always maintained a very controversy-free personal life.
5/10
Ratan Tata also led the development of Indica, the country's first indigenously developed car.
6/10
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.
7/10
Tata has received the Padma Bhushan in 2000 and Padma Vibhushan in 2008 and Lifetime Achievement Award awarded by prestigious Rockefeller Foundation in 2012.
8/10
Under his leadership Tata motors acquired Jaguar Land Rover, Tata Tea acquired Tetley, and Tata Steel acquired Corus.
9/10
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.
10/10
Ratan Naval Tata was born in 28 December 1937 and became the chairman of the Tata Group in 1991.