Tata honoured for contribution to Indo-British partnership

London, Sept 2 (PTI) Ratan Tata, Chairman of one of
India's largest business conglomerates, the Tata Group, has
been awarded by the U.K. India Business Council for his
significant contribution to Indo-British business partnership.

S Anwar Hasan, Managing Director of Tata Limited,
received the award on behalf of Tata from British High
Commissioner to India, Sir Richard Stagg, at a Gala Dinner
organised to celebrate the first anniversary of the U.K. India
Business Council here last night.

Sir Stagg lauded Ratan Tata's contribution to the U.K.
economy by employing 50,000 people since he acquired the Corus
Group, an Anglo-Dutch steel and aluminium producer and the
Jaguar and Land Rover from Ford Motor company.

The dinner attended by prominent entrepreneurs including
Hinduja Group President, G P Hinduja and Kingfisher owner
Vijay Mallya, was hosted by the Lord Mayor Alderman David
Lewis, who said he would raise 3.5 million pounds to support
the cause of blindness prevention in India.

Ratan Tata was awarded the Padma Vibhushan, the second
highest civilian decoration in India in January this year.

Recipient of a honorary doctorate from the London School
of Economics, Ratan Tata was listed among the 25 most powerful
people in business named by Fortune magazine in November 2007.

In May this year Tata made it to the Time magazine's 2008
list of the World's 100 most influential people. On August 29,
this year, Singapore Government conferred its honorary
citizenship on Ratan Tata in recognition of his abiding
business relationship with the island nation and his
contribution to the growth of high-tech sectors in Singapore.