Shantanu Naidu: Industrialist Ratan Tata cast his vote at a polling booth in Colaba, Mumbai, on Monday during the fifth phase of the Lok Sabha elections. Six Lok Sabha seats in Mumbai were up for voting in the national election on that day.
The chairman emeritus of Tata Sons Ltd. displayed his finger marked with indelible ink after casting his ballot. His assistant, Shantanu Naidu, accompanied him to the polling station. The renowned business leader and philanthropist was also seen interacting with a polling official. Here is everything about Shantanu Naidu, Ratan Tata’s millennial friend. The bond between the 86-year-old Tata and the 30-year-old Naidu blossomed through their mutual love for animals.
At the age of 31, a young man Shantanu Naidu has achieved a position in the business industry which has always remained a dream for many people. According to reports, Shantanu Naidu gives Business tips to Ratan Tata for investing in startups.
Shantanu Naidu was born in 1993 in Pune Maharashtra. He is a famous Indian businessman, engineer, junior assistant, DGM, social media influencer, author, and entrepreneur. Shantanu Naida is very popular across the country as a deputy general manager of Tata Trust.
GoodfellowsIn 2021, Shantanu Naidu launched another venture, Goodfellows, aimed at providing support to the elderly. The startup developed an anti-poaching device for tigers in India and reflective dog collars made from scrap materials, reducing animal-related night accidents by 37 per cent. Under Naidu's leadership, Motopaws expanded to 17 cities and hired 250 employees in eight months.
Shantanu Naidu, an MBA from Cornell University is the fifth generation of his family to be working in the Tata Group. According to his LinkedIn profile, Shantanu has been working in the Tata Trust since June 2017. Apart from this, Naidu has also worked as a Design Engineer at Tata Elxsi.
Industrialist Ratan Tata cast his vote on Monday, May 20, 2024, at a polling booth in Mumbai's Colaba during the fifth phase of the Lok Sabha elections. On this day, six Lok Sabha seats in Mumbai were up for voting in the national election.
Shantanu Naidu's BookNaidu also published a book in 2021 titled "I Came Upon a Lighthouse" under HarperCollins.
Shantanu Naidu And Ratan Tata Friendship Since 2018, Naidu has served as a manager in Ratan Tata’s office and has remained close to him, becoming a trusted millennial friend.
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Shantanu Naidu’s dream came true when Ratan Tata invited him for a meeting after seeing his Facebook post about dog collars with reflectors for stray dogs, designed to help drivers spot them on Mumbai’s roads.
“Word spread and our work got featured in the Tata newsletter,” Shantanu Naidu wrote in his post.
As a student organization, they initially lacked sufficient funding to create the collars. They decided to use denim pants as the base material, collecting them from various households. They made 500 reflective collars in Pune and fitted them on 500 dogs.
Soon Naidu's work started getting all attention and it was highlighted in the Tata company’s newsletter which got him an invitation to Mumbai from Ratan Tata himself, the former chairman of the Tata group and an animal activist.
In 2016, Shantanu Naidu went to pursue his MBA at Cornell University, in the US. When he finished his degree and came back in 2018, he joined Tata Trusts as the Deputy General Manager in the chairman's office.
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