100 Years of iconic Bombay House- headquarters of Tata Group
100 Years of iconic Bombay House- headquarters of Tata Group
The Bombay House has clocked 100 years of its existence.
From momentous landmark to modern challenges, the Iconic Headquarters of Tata Group stands as a guiding light of integrity and leadership
The fourth floor of the Bombay House was exclusively for the Directors of Tata Sons, the parent company of the Tata Group with a fully equipped Taj pantry. The other floors houses the flagship companies like Tata Industries, Tata Steel, Tata Motors, TCS, Tata Power, Tata Chemicals etc Many notable directors like J R D Tata, Col. Leslie Sawhny, Naval Tata, Ratan Tata, Simone Tata, Noel Tata, Nani Palkhivala, Russi Mody, Dr J J Bhabha, Sharokh Sabavala, Dr J J Irani, Sumant Moolgaokar, D S Seth, F C Kohli had there office in Bombay House.
Many important decisions like creating Air India in 1932, forming TCS & Voltas as part of Tata Sons to forming Lakme, Tata Press and acquiring Tetley by Tata Tea, Corus, that was formerly British Steel, acquired by Tata Steel were taken in the Board Room of Bombay House. It also witnessed transfer of power from Nowroji Sakalatwala to J R D Tata and later from J R D Tata to Ratan Tata. It was also privy to tussles between Russi Mody with the Tata Group in the year 1993 and later in the year 2016, between Tata Sons and Cyrus Mistry.
Many incidences disturbed Bombay House like Greenpeace activists gheraoing Bombay House protesting construction of Port Dhamra in Orissa in 2008 or attack on the Hotel Taj Mahal on 26/11, fire in Bombay House on February 9th, 2011, or the financial fiasco in Tata Finance. Bombay House, however, always stood like a lighthouse to show the path. It accepted challenges gracefully. Refunding all investors’ money with interest in-case of Tata Finance proved the integrity of Bombay House towards its stakeholders. Times may have changed but Bombay House has never compromised on its values inculcated by the founder J N Tata. Hence, Bombay House even in today’s world stands as a Temple of Trust.
News Edit K.V.Raman
