Name the first Indian Pilot

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He started his career as a member of the Squadron in a regiment called Le Saphis in the French Army. Being well educated young Tata knew how to speak, read and type in French and English—a detail that got him posted as a secretary in the office of the colonel.

After completing his one year of compulsory service in the French Army he wanted to go to Cambridge for further education, but fate had other plans for him.

His father, who had been working in Tata Company in India wanted his son to join him. He joined Tata & Sons as an unpaid apprentice in 1925.

Tata loved flying form a young age and had been greatly inspired by the pioneer Louis Bl�riot. He became an Indian citizen in 1929 and also obtained the first pilot license issued in India.

In July 1932, he formed the Aviation department of Tata & Sons which came to be known as Tata Airlines and later became Air India. It was once the largest airlines in the Indian subcontinent.

He was elected the chairman of Tata & Sons in 1938 when he was just 34 years old. He became the head of the largest industrial group in India and led his group to great financial success while maintaining high ethical standards.

He served as the trustee of the Sir Dorabji Tata Trust from 1932 and helped to establish the Tata Memorial Center for Cancer, Research and Treatment in 1941.

In 1945 he founded Tata Motors, a locomotive manufacturing company by forming a joint venture with Daimler-Benz of Germany. This company dominated the commercial vehicle market in India for years before entering the passenger vehicle market.

The Government of India appointed him as the Chairman of Air India and a director on the Board of Indian Airlines in 1953. He would serve in these positions for the next 25 years.

He was greatly concerned about the welfare of his workers and initiated a program in 1956 to give workers a stronger voice in the affairs of the company. He provided his employees with good working conditions, free medical aid and accidental compensation.

Over the next several years, he greatly expanded the Tata Empire. He founded the Tata Tea Limited in 1964, Tata Consultancy Services in 1968 and Titan industries in 1987.