Though he headed the House of Tatas, J. R. D. Tata was always considerate of others
J. J. Irani
This edited extract from Doctor Steel: My Life and Times with THE TATAS by J. J. Irani has been reprinted with permission from the publishers (Penguin Business, 2023).
During all the chairmanships that he had of the Tata Group, J. R. D. Tata never made the company spend money on anything for his own personal use, including his office. And since he never spent money on the office, it started looking a bit tatty. I remember Darbari Seth and Sumant Moolgaonkar and his other colleagues, who had far more plush offices in Bombay House, telling JRD that he must do something......