Ratan Tata, the legendary businessman and former Tata Group Chairman Emeritus, left for the afterlife on October 9, at 86. His legacy is going to rewrite Indian education. Through comprehensive philanthropy, millions of students are empowered and laid a strong groundwork for sustainable development across communities across India.
Under the visionary leadership of Tata, India’s largest charitable organization, Tata Trusts, have always ensured educational schemes. So far, several projects initiated by the Trusts have dealt with issues ranging from access to education, research, and others.
One of the gems of Tata’s contributions is a scholarship program for poor students. Tata Trusts have provided scholarship to thousands so that money cannot be an obstacle for students from village and poor backgrounds to pursue higher education. The Tata Education and Development Trust, for instance, set up a $28 million scholarship at Cornell University to make quality education possible for talented young Indians without any financial barriers.
Ratan Tata believed that educational change is for the better, and that education in turn benefits both the individual and the nation. In 2014, Tata Trusts invested ₹750 million in the Centre for Neuroscience at the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore – it supports cutting edge research into Alzheimer’s disease and underlines the integration of education with solutions to health.
The Tata Institute of Social Sciences is an example of commitment to education that Tata has designed and is considered by many as among the best institutions in India for social work and community development, which creates socially responsive leaders who are well-equipped to cope with the real and immediate concerns of society-both rural and urban.
In 2014, Tata was one of the co-founders of the Tata Centre for Technology and Design (TCTD) in collaboration with IIT Bombay, which deals with appropriate design for engineering solutions suited to under-resourced communities. In these efforts, Tata sees the relevance of using technology in solving some of humanity’s most critical problems, based on local realities.
Ratan Tata continued the Tata family’s century-old commitment to education, first launched by Jamsetji Tata in 1892 through the JN Tata Endowment for Higher Education. The loan scholarships granted Indian students of higher education a chance to pursue studies abroad, thereby sowing the seeds of the scholars’ return to India to become contributory agents for the progress of the nation.
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