Mr. Ratan Tata refused a job with one of the following companies to join Tata Steel in 1962. Which company was it?
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- IBM
- HUL
- Siemens
- SKF International
The Correct Option is A
Solution and Explanation
Ratan Tata turned down a job offer from IBM in 1962. After completing his studies in architecture and structural engineering at Cornell University in the United States, Ratan Tata received a job offer from IBM. On the advice of JRD Tata, who felt that working for a company with no manufacturing presence in India did not serve the country's interests, Ratan Tata declined the IBM offer and returned to India to join the Tata Group, starting his career on the shop floor of Tata Steel (then Tata Iron and Steel Company) in Jamshedpur.
HUL, or Hindustan Unilever, Siemens, and SKF International are all established companies with long operating histories in India, but none of them is linked to this specific episode from Ratan Tata's early career. The documented account of his decision to skip a corporate job abroad and instead begin at Tata Steel points specifically to IBM as the company whose offer he declined.
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