Ratan Tata: From TCS to Telco, how did a 54-year-old visionary man take Indian firms to global level? Share October 10, 2024 minutespedia.in Topstory Ratan Tata, the former Tata Group chairman who put a staid and sprawling Indian conglomerate on the global stage with a string of high-profile acquisitions, has died, the Tata Group said in a statement late on Wednesday. He was 86.