Man of steel Russi Mody passes away

May 17, 2014 10:54

Russi Mody, the former chairman and managing director of Tata Steel passed away last night in Kolkata. He was 96. A Padma Bhushan awardee, Mody joined Tata Steel in 1939 and and became Joint Managing Director in 1972. He was popular particularly among the younger generation of TISCO engineers.

Russi had once accompanied Einstein on piano while Einstein played violin. He is known for wolfing down 16-egg omelettes and dining with workers on the shop floor when he was young. After retiring from Tata Steel in March 1993, the then Prime Minister of India, Shri P V Narasimha Rao appointed Mody as Joint Chairman of Indian Airlines and Air India the man who also made Steel.

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