In A First, Niira Radia Shares Why Ratan Tata Decided To Build The Nano

New Delhi: 

Former corporate public relations professional Niira Radia in her first media interview in over 12 years and the first ever on the Tata group shared snippets from the time she worked with industrialist and philanthropist Ratan Tata, who died at 86 on October 9.

The launch of Tata Motors’ hatchback Indica, the big-ticket acquisition of the steel major Corus, the purchase of Jaguar Land Rover from Ford, and the launch of the ‘Rs 1 lakh car’ Nano, among others – Ms Radia shared stories behind these milestones of the Tata group as a global enterprise headquartered in India.

“He was a dreamer and a visionary. India was his national pride. He loved his country, the people. He’d say it was so important to globalise. ‘The only reason why I need to go global is to bring technology to India and upgrade our own companies to make better platforms’, Ratan Tata would say,” Ms Radia told NDTV in an exclusive interview today.