tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-40493000088430937302024-03-06T14:50:48.325+05:30india presentNitin galavehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14762005565973602325noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4049300008843093730.post-59547946136390064192009-01-02T21:29:00.003+05:302009-01-05T11:51:05.774+05:30RATAN TATA, Chairman, Tata Group<span style="font-weight: bold;">Controls India's largest Business Conglomerate, the Tata group, with</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"> sales of over Rs250,000 crore</span><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgD413xp-8-7ujybLgHXnlUPQ1qcMD2brx1xRzzlCFkoA_60eQ43W_iLhu06z5Hstf57jVowRklvKWU_owJfg3k-M4l0X5uVPIXq8XQVDFpJW4Lbg21f4zadJqTc2jPA88AhrQFWlaW6TI/s1600-h/ratan+tata.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5286726757507360226" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; width: 222px; height: 320px; text-align: center;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgD413xp-8-7ujybLgHXnlUPQ1qcMD2brx1xRzzlCFkoA_60eQ43W_iLhu06z5Hstf57jVowRklvKWU_owJfg3k-M4l0X5uVPIXq8XQVDFpJW4Lbg21f4zadJqTc2jPA88AhrQFWlaW6TI/s320/ratan+tata.jpg" border="0" /></a>Ratan tata, 71, Dominated the head lines moer than any other business<br />figure in India in 2008.Admitedly , he could have done with out some of the Publicity But if 2007<br />was about steel for Tata, 2008 was about cars. The best of the year was perhaps the beginning , When<br />he rode in to the Delhi Auto Show in a Nano, the much- awaited 'Rs1 Lakh Car'. The Car<br />which was slarted to hit the roads by the end of the year, however, met more than its fair share of pothols<br />as Bengal politician Mamata Banerjee led a 'People's Movement' against the acquisition of land for the factory<br />Two other cars -- British icons Jagaur and Land Rover -- too brought<br />much cheer when they were acquired in March, but the Economic slowdown has been the sales of one plummet.<br />Tighter credit conditions have made the acquisitions costlier than expected ,even as a sharp dip in steel prices has streched cash flows at the<br />group's steel business. Perhaps , the terrorist attack on taj , the group's flagship hotel un Mumbai, best showcased the two sides of Ratan Tata's 2008<br />-- Unexpected challenges and his will to overcome them.<br /><div><strong></strong></div>Nitin galavehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14762005565973602325noreply@blogger.com1