Jamsetji N. Tata
Jamsetji N. Tata (1838-1904)
In building the infrastructure of India's industrial development through science and technology, the pioneering efforts of the doyen of Indian industrialist Jamsetji Nusserwanji Tata were invaluable. His initiative and assistance in setting up the Indian Institute on Science at Bangalore, the hydroelectric power schemes and the iron and steel work at Jamshedpur shall remain a significant landmark in India's research and development.