Jamshed Jiji Irani

Dr. Jamshed Jiji Irani, K.B.E., FREng is an Indian industrialist. Educated in Metallurgy, he joined British Iron and Steel Research Association. Later he joined Tata Steel where he was elevated to chief post gradually from which he retired in 2007. Later served on boards various Tata group and other companies. He received Padma Bhushan in 2007.

Life

He was born on 2 June 1936. He completed B.Sc. from Science College, Nagpur in 1956 and M.Sc. in Geology from the Nagpur University in 1958. He completed Masters in Metallurgy in 1960 and PhD in Metallurgy in 1963 from Sheffield University, UK. He joined British Iron and Steel Research Association as a senior scientific officer in Sheffield in 1963. He was elevated as the head of Physical Metallurgy Division there. Later he returned to India and joined The Tata Iron and Steel Company (now Tata Steel) in 1968 as an assistant to the Director in-charge of Research and Development. He was promoted as the general superintendent in 1978, general manager in 1979, president in 1985, Director in 1998 and Managing Director in 1992. He retired from the Tata Steel in 2001.

He joined the board of Tata Motors in June 1993 and also served as the director with Tata Sons. The government in 2004 appointed him as He was appointed as the Chairman of the Expert Committee for formation of the new Companies Act of India. He retired from all the post of Tata companies in 2011. He is the Chairman of Board of Governors at Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow.

Awards

He was conferred with the Honorary Knighthood by Elizabeth II in 1997. He received Padma Bhushan in 2007 from Government of India. He was appointed an International Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering in 1996.