Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi praised Tata as "a visionary business leader", saying he's "extremely pained" by the death. Tata ran the conglomerate for over20 years as chairman.

Reuters reports that Ratan Tata, the former chairman of the large Indian conglomerate Tata Group, has passed away at the age of 86. The conglomerate he led employed one million people. "It is with a profound sense of loss that we bid farewell to Mr.

The funeral has taken place in Mumbai of Ratan Tata, the chairman of one of India’s biggest conglomerates, Tata Group, who died on Wednesday aged 86. Business leaders, politicians and celebrities were among thousands of people who paid their last respects at the centre where his body lay in state before being cremated.