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Shantanu Naidu: Who is 31-year-old Shantanu Naidu? Ratan Tata considered him as his friend and son, the veteran businessman had full faith in him, this attachment was the reason for the friendship between the two

Shantanu Naidu is not related to any member of Ratan Tata’s family. Despite this, Ratan Tata considered him as his friend and son. Shantanu always stayed with Ratan Tata like a shadow.

Ratan Tata’s friend Shantanu Naidu (Photo: PTI)

The mortal remains of veteran industrialist Ratan Tata were immersed in the five elements on Thursday evening. The last rites were performed with state honors at Worli crematorium in Mumbai. Hundreds of dignitaries attended the last journey. Among them was 31-year-old Shantanu Naidu. He was walking in the front row. This young man is being discussed a lot these days. Let’s find out what was Shantanu’s relationship with Ratan Tata?

Who is Shantanu Naidu 
Shantanu Naidu was born in 1993 in a Telugu family in Pune, Maharashtra. Shantanu is not related to any member of Ratan Tata’s family. Despite this, Ratan Tata considered him as his friend and son. Shantanu always stayed with Ratan Tata like a shadow. Even though he was much younger than Ratan Tata, he still used to give him all kinds of advice in business.

He used to give business tips to Ratan Tata for investing in startups. Today, Shantanu Naidu is not only known for his different understanding in the business world, but his sensitivity towards society also gives him a distinct identity. Shantanu is an entrepreneur and also the founder of Good Fellows Startup. According to Shantanu’s LinkedIn profile, he is the General Manager in Ratan Tata’s private investment company RNT Office.

How has been Shantanu’s career

1. Shantanu took admission in Savitribai Phule Pune University in the year 2010 and completed his Bachelor of Engineering (BE) from here in 2014.
2. Shantanu started working as an automobile design engineer at Tata Elxsi in Pune in the year 2014.
3. Shantanu worked at Tata Elxsi from September 2014 to July 2016.
4. After this Shantanu moved to America. Here he studied MBA from 2016 to 2018 at Cornell Johnson Graduate School of Management in New York.
5. In July 2018, Shantanu was made Deputy General Manager of the Chairman’s Office in Tata Trusts.
6. In May 2022, he became the General Manager in Ratan Tata’s private investment company RNT Office.

How did the friendship with Ratan Tata happen? 
Shantanu Naidu is known for social service and love for animals. He loves animals immensely. Ratan Tata was also known for his love for animals. One of the major reasons for his friendship with Shantanu Naidu was his love for animals. Shantanu met Ratan Tata in the year 2014, when he was working as an automobile design engineer at Tata Elxsi in Pune. While passing through the highway late at night in Pune, Shantanu used to see dead bodies of dogs on the road, who died after being run over by high-speed vehicles.

Shantanu got very upset seeing the death of dogs every day by collecting donations and making dog collars 
. He started thinking how the lives of these dogs can be saved. Shantanu told in an interview that he met people who were injured in road accidents because of stray dogs. Many dogs lost their lives in these accidents. The injured people told that most of the accidents happened due to low light at night and not being able to see anything because of dogs suddenly coming on the road.

Shantanu said that since I was an automobile engineer, I thought of making a collar for dogs. So that the dogs can be seen even without street lights at night. Shantanu was only 23 years old at that time, he did not have that much money to make a dog collar. He collected money by collecting donations and made a dog collar. Shantanu Naidu had formed an organization named Motopaws for the service of animals and especially dogs. Shantanu and his organization started making the animals roaming on the streets wear denim collars specially made for them. These collars had reflectors, so that as soon as the light of the vehicle fell on them at night, the driver would know that there is an animal in front. Because of this collar, many animals are also being saved from becoming victims of road accidents. Under the leadership of Naidu, Motopaws expanded to 17 cities and hired 250 employees in 8 months.

When Ratan Tata came to know about Shantanu’s work, 
this work of Shantanu reached Tata Group and Ratan Tata, who himself was very fond of dogs. This noble work of a young man was written about in the newsletter of Tata Group companies and it came to the attention of Ratan Tata. One day in the year 2014, Shantanu got an invitation from Ratan Tata to meet him at his office in Mumbai. Tata expressed great love for Shantanu’s work because he too loved street dogs very much.

After this association, Shantanu remained in touch with Ratan Tata and often took advice and guidance from him. In this way, the friendship between the two grew. Shantanu had told in the interview that one day I told Ratan Tata about my plan to do MBA from Cornell. As soon as I got admission in Cornell, I told Tata that I would return to India after graduation to look for an opportunity to contribute to Tata Trust. When Shantanu returned with his degree, Ratan Tata asked him to join his office. Shantanu has been associated with Tata Trust since June 2017. He has also mentioned this in his LinkedIn profile. Shantanu Naidu is the fifth generation of his family to work in the Tata Group.

The emptiness that this friendship has created inside me now…
On Thursday, when Ratan Tata’s body was being taken from Breach Candy Hospital to Mumbai’s National Center for Performing Arts Hall, Shantanu Naidu was seen at the forefront of his journey. With teary eyes, Shantanu Naidu was leading Ratan Tata’s last journey on a bike. He also shared an emotional post in the morning. Shantanu Naidu wrote about his friendship in his LinkedIn post and said that I will spend the rest of my life trying to fill the emptiness that this friendship has created inside me now. One has to pay the price of sorrow for love. Goodbye, my beloved lighthouse. He also shared an old photo in which both of them are seen together.