RATAN TATA AWARDED WITH NIGHT GRAND CROSS BY BRITISH QUEEN

RATAN TATA HONOURED WITH THE HIGHEST CIVILIAN AWARDS GIVEN BY BRITISH QUEEN

Ratan Tata , the former chairman of the Tata Group which is one of the largest employers in Britain, has been honoured by Queen Elizabeth with a GBE ( Knight Grand Cross), one of the UK's highest civilian awards. 

Tata, 76, is the only Indian among five foreigners to be awarded as part of the 'Honorary British Awards to Foreign Nationals' for 2014, others including Japanese and Greek nationals for services to economic and cultural ties with the UK. 

Besides his business contributions, Ratan Tata is also recognised for his contributions across various fields in the UK including academia. 

The Tata Group has since revived the fortunes of the company and also emerged as one of the largest employers in Britain, employing nearly 60,000 people across the country.

British Prime Minister David Cameron, whose office would be behind this year's honour recommendations to the Queen, has often praised the Tatas for single-handedly lifting Britain's manufacturing fortunes.

Earlier this year, he hailed JLR as a "great story" of the 500 million pounds investment by Tata Motors 

( BSE -1.75 % )in a new plant in the West Midlands region.

The Sir Ratan Tata Fellowship, now in its 18th year, works in collaboration with the London School of Economics to offer an eight-month fellowship to scholars in the social sciences with experience of research on South Asia to work at the LSE Asia Research Centre (ARC). 

A hearty congratulations to Sir Ratan Tata for this great achievement.And we as Indians are proud of Sir Tata.How do you congratulate this great business tykoon ,, you can write your wishes in the comment section below.