Ratan Tata travels to Pune to see ailing former employee, social media lauds his kindness

Ratan Tata. Pic/AFP

Social media is full of praise for Ratan Tata after the Mumbai-based industrialist quietly travelled to Pune to visit an ailing former employee.

The 83-year-old was photographed at Friends Society in Pune by a LinkedIn user Yogesh Desai, who shared the picture on his profile a day ago. Since then, his LinkedIn post has been flooded with comments from people praising Tata's compassionate gesture.

According to Desai, Tata travelled from Mumbai to Pune to visit a former employee who has been unwell for two years. "No media, no bouncers only commitment towards loyal employees," he wrote on the networking site, in praise of the man.

Desai shared a photograph where the Chairman Emeritus of Tata Sons can be seen with two other people.

Since being shared online a day ago, the post has garnered over 1.6 lakh reactions and 4,000 comments.

"He is a legend, met him several times and you will never meet a more genuine, grounded individual. Example of a truly great leader and great person," wrote one person in the comments section.

"Respect," said another.

Ratan Tata was born in 1937 in Bombay, now Mumbai. He has served as the chairman of major Tata companies, including Tata Motors, Tata Steel, Tata Consultancy Services, Tata Power, Tata Global Beverages, Tata Chemicals, Indian Hotels and Tata Teleservices and during his tenure, the group's revenues grew by leaps and bounds, totalling over 100 billion dollars in 2011-12.