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If you have been to India, you recognize the name. In fact, you might be forgiven for thinking they own the place. But the gentleman to the right was honored recently precisely because of the means by which the company’s business interests intersect with national interests, which is largely through its commitment to the communities within which they operate.  We (the many Cornellians among us but especially the 150 or so who staff and manage Raxa Collective’s base in south India, where these values of Tata are well known) join in applause and awe.  Click the image to the right for the story:

Since the Tata Group’s founding in 1868, the company’s mission has included returning wealth to the communities in which it operates. Two-thirds of Tata Sons is owned by philanthropic trusts that were founded more than 120 years ago.

At Cornell, the Tata Group has established the Tata Scholarship for Students from India to make Cornell accessible for talented Indian students with limited means, as well as the Tata-Cornell Initiative in Agriculture and Nutrition to create programs in India to increase crop yields, introduce new agricultural technologies and improve livelihoods.