Honours, Awards and International Recognition
Ratan Tata serves in senior capacities in various organisations in India and he is a member of the Prime Minister's Council on Trade and Industry. Tata is on the board of governors of the East-West Center, the advisory board of RAND's Center for Asia Pacific Policy and serves on the program board of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation's India AIDS initiative. Ratan Tata's foreign affiliations include membership of the international advisory boards of the Mitsubishi Corporation, the American International Group, JP Morgan Chase and Booz Allen Hamilton. He is also a member of the board of trustees of the RAND Corporation, University of Southern California and Cornell University. He also serves as a board member on the Republic of South Africa's International Investment Council and is a member of the Asia-Pacific advisory committee for the New York Stock Exchange. In 2010, he joined BMB Group as an advisory board member.
In 2009, Tata was knighted as a Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (K.B.E.).
| Year | Name | Awarding organization | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Honorary Degree | The University of New South Wales | |
| 2011 | Hospitality Hall Of Honor Recognizing Taj Hotels. | ||
| 2011 | ABLF Lifetime Achievement Award (India) | Asian Business Leadership Forum Awards | |
| 2010 | Business Leader of the Year | The Asian Awards. | |
| 2010 | Honorary Doctor of Laws | Pepperdine University. | |
| 2010 | Legend in Leadership Award | Yale University. | |
| 2010 | Businessman of the Decade | Federation of Indo-Israel Chambers of Commerce. | |
| 2008 | Honorary Doctor of Science | Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur. | |
| 2008 | Honorary Doctor of Law | University of Cambridge. | |
| 2007 | Honorary Fellow | London School of Economics. | |
| 2007 | Honorary Citizen of Singapore | Singapore government. | |
| 2007 | Carnegie Medal of Philanthropy | Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. | |
| 2005 | Honorary Doctor of Science | University of Warwick. | |
| 2004 | Honorary Degree of Doctor of Technology | Asian Institute of Technology. | |
| 2004 | Honorary Economic Advisor | Hangzhou, China. | |
| 2001 | Honorary Doctor of Business Administration | Ohio State University. |
- FIRST Award for Responsible Capitalism.
- 26th Robert S. Hatfield Fellow in Economic Education, awarded by Cornell University
- Recipient of the 'Global Indian Award' at the NASSCOM Global Leadership Awards 2008
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