FOCUS ON FOCUS

               FOCUS ON FOCUS 

Once I read Ratan Tata’s interview. He was asked about his
success and failures. He said, “Oh yes, there were many
moments when I felt frustrated, stressed up, and
disappointed, especially when Telco suffered a loss of 600
crores. Everybody had written me off. I tried to convince
people that inspite of the fall, their market share is still
the same. “

The automobile industry as a whole was going down.
During that phase, there was a terrible labour dispute.
It was a difficult time for him. But even in that situation,
he was focused on the company and the growth of
the Tata Corporation. At that time, he was in the auto
market with Indica and faced a failure in the initial run.
Everybody suggested Ratan Tata to withdraw from the
Indica project. But Ratan was absolutely adamant.
Everybody regarded the failure of Indica as the personal
failure of Ratan Tata. But Ratan Tata was involved in
modernization, in expansion, and in diversification of the
corporation. In fact, Indica was the cause of the problem
but fortunately it was only Indica which turned around
the company. Ratan Tata today is truly a brand
ambassador of India in the corporate world. Recently,
he acquired Jaguar and Land Rover, which was with Ford
before.