'You'll Always Remain In My Heart': Mukesh Ambani On 'Dear Friend' Ratan Tata's Death

Reliance Industries chairman and managing director Mukesh Ambani said his “dear friend” Ratan Tata’s death is a “sad day for India and India Inc”. He said the veteran industrialist’s death has personally affected him, and he extended his condolences to the Tata family and Tata Group, adding “Ratan, you will always remain in my heart”.

“It is a very sad day for India and India Inc. Ratan Tata’s passing away is a big loss, not just to the Tata Group, but to every Indian,” he said in an official statement released soon after the death of the 86-year-old.

Recalling his interactions with Ratan Tata, Ambani said he has “lost a dear friend”. “At a personal level, the passing of Ratan Tata has filled me with immense grief as I lost a dear friend. Each of my numerous interactions with him left me inspired and energised and enhanced my respect for the nobility of his character and the fine human values he embodied,” he said.

He further said Tata was a “visionary industrialist and a philanthropist, who always strove for society’s greater good” and India has lost one of her most “illustrious and kind-hearted sons”.

“With the demise of Mr Ratan Tata, India has lost one of her most illustrious and kind-hearted sons. Mr Tata took India to the world and brought the best of the world to Bharat. He institutionalised the House of Tata and made it an international enterprise growing the Tata group over 70 times since the time he took over as Chairman in 1991,” he added.

Saying ‘Om Shanti’ at the end of his message, Ambani further said: “On behalf of Reliance, Nita and the Ambani family, I send my heartfelt condolences to the bereaved members of the Tata family and the entire Tata Group. Ratan, you will always remain in my heart”.

Tata died in Mumbai’s Breach Candy Hospital late on Wednesday (October 9). He was hospitalised on October 7 after a sudden drop in blood pressure and was in the intensive care unit.