Saturday, March 10, 2012

Tata launches HBS classroom at Taj Lands End


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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