Mumbai,
Mar 9 - Tata Group Chairman Ratan Tata today inaugurated the first classroom of
the famed Harvard Business School (HBS) in the country here.
The chairman of the salt-to-software
conglomerate had granted USD 50 million to the American university in October,
2010 for the purpose.
The classroom can accommodate 82 students and
is located in the Tata-led Indian Hotels property Taj Lands End at the Bandra
suburb of the metropolis, a statement from HBS said.
The Tata Group chairman, who retires later
this year, is one of the most famous alumni of the institute in the country.
The USD 50-million gift made through the
group's philanthropic bodies Sir Dorabji Tata Trust and the Tata Education and
Development Trust was the largest from an international donor in the school's
over century-old history at that time, it said.
The school's dean Nitin Nohria was present for
the inauguration of the amphitheatre-styled classroom.
The HBS faculty will
offer programmes in business, government and academia on a wide range of
subjects such as corporate social responsibility, building global enterprise,
and case writing and course development, it added.
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