Founder Profile
J.R.D. Tata
Last reviewed: October 2026 · By Swet Parvadiya
Who is J.R.D. Tata?
J.R.D. Tata is a founder of Tata Motors Limited, which was founded in 1945 with Sumant Moolgaokar. J.R.D. Tata is a founder of Tata Consultancy Services Limited, which was founded in 1968 with F.C. Kohli.
- Companies founded
- Tata Motors Limited and Tata Consultancy Services Limited
- Founded
- 1945
- Co-founders
- Sumant Moolgaokar
Background
An industrialist and aviation pioneer who founded Tata Airlines (later Air India), J.R.D. Tata backed the new computer services unit inside Tata Sons and supported bringing in F.C. Kohli to run it.
Founding Story
J.R.D. Tata chaired the Tata Group from 1938 to 1991 and founded Tata Engineering and Locomotive Company (TELCO) in 1945 to build locomotives and engineering products. Under his chairmanship TELCO entered truck making through a 1954 collaboration with Daimler-Benz, laying the base of what became Tata Motors. J.R.D. Tata was born in 1904.
Sources
This profile does not yet cite a source specific to J.R.D. Tata. The sources below document the company companies rather than the person, so check them against the claims above.
- Tata Motors Limited Q4 and full-year FY26 results (Tata Motors Limited)
- Tata Motors Limited FY2026 annual report (Tata Motors Limited)
- TCS Integrated Annual Report 2025-26 (Tata Consultancy Services Limited)
- TCS Q2 FY2027 results release (Tata Consultancy Services Limited)