One year on, the void remains in India Inc.

On , India paused to mourn the passing of , the man who shaped not just the Tata Group, but also the moral backbone of Indian industry. A year later, his absence is still felt—from factory floors in Jamshedpur to the boardrooms of Mumbai and campuses across the globe. He was 86.

Born on , into one of India’s most iconic industrial families, Ratan Tata was not born into power—he earned it. When appointed him as chairman of in 1991, many doubted his ability to lead a federation of 80-odd companies, each run almost autonomously by powerful veterans. The quiet, soft-spoken Ratan Tata seemed an unlikely unifier.

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But he proved them wrong.

Within a decade, he

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