JRD celebrations marked by Youth, Children and Health Care activities

birth anniversary

 

Tata Steel’s tribute to JRD Tata, on his birth anniversary each year, attempts to cover the entire spectrum of issues which were close to his heart, especially population stabilisation. This year’s programme had the social welfare agencies once again reach out to railway station porters through health checkups as well as discuss “Teenager Health


District Collector, East Singhbhum, pays homage to J R D Tata

in Jharkhand - Future Planning”. The Sports Department organised a football match for bustee youth, a run for the cadets of the Tata Athletic Academy and school children of Jamshedpur, as well as the JRD Tata Invitational Half Marathon for India’s foremost athletes.

Through an exhibition on JRD Tata, a film on aviation and a quiz for school children, his wide range of interests as well as his impact on Indian industry and the country, were highlighted.

Events highlighting JRD’s Interests
  • JRD Tata Invitational Half Marathon
      
  • Run for TAA cadets and school children
      
  • Discussion on “Teenagers Health in Jharkhand - Future Planning”
      
  • Health check-up for railway porters
      
  • Exhibition on JRD Tata
      
  • Aircraft exhibition at Sonari Aerodrome
      
  • Quiz for school children

Porters at the Tatanagar Railway
Station get a free medical checkup

What JRD means to me

Excerpted from an article by Mr N R Narayana Murty, Chairman, Infosys published on J R D’s birth anniversary in The Times of India

The people at Infosys have been unabashed admirers of JRD Tata, who sought excellence in everything and pioneered the notion that ethical business is possible in India. A tribute by N R Narayana Murthy on JRD’s 101st Birth Anniversary.

A few years ago, my daughter, studying in the US, wanted to profile an industrialist as part of her course on leadership. I suggested she profile Ratan Tata. Sudha and I took her to meet Ratan. The perfect gentleman that he is, Ratan gave her two hours as against the scheduled half an hour. During this talk, we asked if ever he saw JRD abandon his principles, even slightly. Ratan was unequivocal. He said the old man always come on the right side of every issue no matter how tough the choices. That, to me, is JRD - a man who had simple values and stuck to them everytime. We at Infosys, have been unabashed admirers of what he stood for. In fact, the first hi-tech conference room we built in our heritage building, was named the JRD Hall. Of course, we had the privilege of Ratan inaugurating our, even more impressive and perhaps, Asia’s most advanced corporate conference room named after Jamsetji N Tata, a hero to many of us, but particularly to my colleague, Nandan and Sudha.

JRD sought excellence in everything he did. When I irritate my colleagues with my insistence on excellence, I have sought refuge in JRD’s words - I confess to being excessively intolerant of slipshod work and irritatingly insistent on pursuing excellence even in tasks which hardly demand it.
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