𝐌𝐫. 𝐑𝐚𝐣𝐞𝐬𝐡 𝐒𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐯𝐚 is a 𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐯𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐧, 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫, 𝐞𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐫, 𝐓𝐄𝐃 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐫, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐛𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐫. He has authored two books: 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝟏𝟎 𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐋𝐢𝐟𝐞-𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐒𝐤𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐬: 𝐆𝐞𝐭 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐦 𝐨𝐫 𝐆𝐞𝐭 𝐀𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝 and 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐑𝐮𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐁𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬: 𝐆𝐞𝐭 𝐀𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐨𝐫 𝐆𝐞𝐭 𝐋𝐞𝐟𝐭 𝐁𝐞𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐝. His books are widely available on Amazon and Flipkart.

Here are three life lessons he learned from Shri Ratan Tata:

1) 𝐀𝐥𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐊𝐞𝐞𝐩 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐞:
Ratan Tata promised to make a car available for one lakh rupees. Although manufacturing costs increased substantially, when the Nano was launched, the standard version was offered at a dealer price of one lakh rupees because, as Ratan Tata explained, “A promise is a promise.”

2) 𝐌𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐃𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐑𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭:
Ratan Tata decided to enter the passenger car market, facing insurmountable challenges. This led Mr. Ford to ask, “When you don’t know anything about passenger cars, why did you start the business?” However, Mr. Tata’s motto in life was, “I don’t believe in making right decisions. I take decisions and then make them right.” He lived up to this dictum, as Tata Motors’ Punch has become India’s top-selling car this year, surpassing Maruti Suzuki’s Wagon R.

3) 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐤 𝐁𝐞𝐲𝐨𝐧𝐝 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐒𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐇𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲:
Following the terrorist attacks on the Taj Mahal Hotel in Mumbai, Mr. Ratan Tata, then chairman of Tata Sons, and Mr. R.K. Krishna Kumar, then vice chairman of the Indian Hotels Company Ltd (IHCL), formed a trust to provide relief not just to the employees of the Taj but to anyone affected by the attacks. The trust also aims to help and rehabilitate those recovering from such tragic events in the future.