“Jamshed J Irani, known as the steel man of India, and stager and former MD of Tata Steel died in Jamshedpur late Monday night” , Tata Steel told . He was 86.
Irani worked with Tata Steels for over four decades. Giving this much time of your life with full dedication and loyalty is not an easy task.
Besides Tata Steel and Tata Sons, Irani was also a Director of numerous tata companies like Tata Motors and Tata Teleservices.
His family included his wife Daisy Irani and his three children, Zubin, Niluofer and Tanaaz.
He’ll always be remembered as a visionary leader who led Tata Steel during India’s profitable and political restrictions in the early 1990s, devoted his donation to the growth and development of the steel assiduity in India.
Born on June,1936 in Nagpur to father Jiji Irani and mother Khorshed Irani.
He completed his Bachelors of Science from Nagpur in 1965 and master degree in Geology from Nagpur University in 1958.
He secured a Masters in Metallurgy in 1960 and a PhD in Metallurgy in 1963.
He started his professional career with the British Iron and Steel Research Association in 1963. He always tried to contribute to Nation’s development and hence came back to India to serve the nation.
He was the National President of the Confederation of Indian Industry.
He was awarded with several honors, including his appointment as an International Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering in 1996 and an memorial Knighthood by Queen Elizabeth II in 1997 for his donation to Indo- British Trade and Co-operation.
In 2004, the Center appointed Irani as the Chairman of the Expert Committee for the conformation of the new Companies Act of India.
He was awarded the Padma Bhushan in 2007. In 2008 he was awarded with the Continuance Achievement Award by the Government of India.
He enabled Tata Steel to resuscitate itself with a focus on quality and client satisfaction.
He started the Tata Education Excellence Program in 2003 to ameliorate the quality of academic facilitation through a calibrated approach espoused from the famed Malcolm Baldrige Performance Excellence criteria.
He played and followed justice until his last and had a passion for stamp and coin collection.
His love for the megacity of Jamshedpur has led to several crucial developments that will continue to profit its citizens.
