Clemson University just recently honored chairman emeritus of India’s Tata Motors Ratan Tata with an honorary Doctorate of Automotive Engineering at the S.C. Automotive Summit. … Frederick Cartwright, executive director of the Clemson University International Center for Automotive Research (CU-ICAR) is proud to have this relationship with Tata and honored by his interest in Clemson University and CU-ICAR. “Mr. Tata epitomizes all that CU-ICAR stands for: international leadership in the advancement of the automotive industry and the fostering of economic development that benefits the local community, state and region,” he said. Link
A few years ago the London School of Economics (LSE) also awarded him an honorary fellowship: “Professor Lord Desai, of LSE’s Centre for the Study of Global Governance, … said: ‘We honour Ratan Tata for his manifold achievements in the fields of entrepreneurship, industrial leadership, building up the knowledge economy in India and, in the larger international context, his work for charity and his humanity. Tata is an iconic name in India and now, thanks to Ratan Tata’s efforts, around the world. He took over Tata Sons and has enhanced the efficiency and economic influence of that century-old firm by innovations and managerial reforms, while continuing to build on the Tata tradition of investing in education.'” Link
Asia Education Summit 2015_ Making India A ‘Knowledge Economy’
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