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They were also good friends. In 1929, J. R. D. became one of the first Indians to be granted a commercial's license. In 1932 Tata Aviation Service, the forerunner to Tata Airline and Air India, took to the skies. [citation needed] That same year he flew the first commercial mail flight to Juhu, in a de Havilland Puss Moth. [10]
The first flying licence was issued by RACIB to J.R.D. Tata in 1929. Tata would go on to make India's first commercial flight on 15 October 1932. Tata donated the plane used to make the flight to the Aero Club of India in 1985. Today, it is displayed, suspended from the ceiling, at the ACI's headquarters at Safdarjung Airport. [5]
The J. R. D. Tata Center for Ecotechnology, (1998) The Sir Dorabji Tata Center for Research in Tropical Diseases, (2000) The Tata Agricultural and Rural Training Center for the Blind. The International Institute for Population Sciences. Sir Dorabji Tata Centre for Research in Tropical Diseases at the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, 1912
The Tata Management Training Centre (TMTC) was established by JRD Tata in the year 1966. [1] Located in Pune, it was awarded the Golden Peacock National Training Award (2007–08) in the field of Training & Development. [ 2 ]
Her son Jehangir, better known as J. R. D. Tata, took over his father's business and was the first man in India to get a pilot license, and both her daughter's were the first women to get a pilot license in India. Her daughter Sylla was married to businessman Sir Dinshaw Maneckji, the 3rd baronet, and Rodabeh was married to Leslie Sawhny.
The Bombay Flying Club is the oldest flying club in India, established in 1928, located at Juhu aerodrome, Mumbai. [1] At present, the Bombay Flying Club's College of Aviation offers programs such as pilot training, Aircraft Maintenance Engineer, and cabin crew, approved by the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), and also BSc Aviation and BSc Aeronautics programs with affiliation ...
The Heartbeat of a Trust - The story of the Sir Dorabji Tata Trust; 1st published in 1984; ISBN 0-07-463246-9; In Search of Ethical Leadership - Includes Business Ethics of J.R.D. Tata; 1st published in 1986; ISBN 978-81-7094-631-1; Beyond the Last Blue Mountain - A Life of J.R.D. Tata; 1st published in 1992 was a bestseller; ISBN 978-0-14-016901-0
He joined Tata Sons as an unpaid apprentice in 1925. In 1938, at the age of 34, JRD was elected Chairman of Tata Sons making him the head of the largest industrial group in India. Under his chairmanship, the assets of the Tata Group grew from US$100 million to over US$5 billion. [8]