The Spirit of J R D Tata “Common people have an appetite for food; uncommon people have an appetite for service”

Quotes :

“Common people have an appetite for 

food; uncommon people have an appetite 

for service”


The Life and Times of  J  R  D  Tata  :

As an industrialist, JRD Tata is credited with placing the Tata Group on the international map. As an aviator and pioneer flier, he brought commercial aviation to India.

As a patron of the arts, he was revered by India's artists, sculptors and performing artists; under JRD's tutelage, the Tatas became the biggest buyers, promoters and supporters of the art world in India.

And as a philanthropist, he was respected for keeping alive and building up the tremendously active Tata charitable trusts.

 J R D Tata in his own words :

• The essence of air transport is speed, and speed is unfortunately one of the most expensive commodities in the world, principally because of the disproportionate amount of the power required to achieve high speed and to lift loads thousands of feet into the air. This is strikingly illustrated by the fact that while an average cargo ship, freight train and transport aeroplane are each equipped with engines totalling about 2,500 H.P., the ship can carry a load of about 7,000 tons, the train 800 tons and the plane only two and a half tons.
•  -  On November 2, 1943, J.R.D. Tata spoke to the Bombay Rotary Club.