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20-513: It was established in 1951 at the initiative of Naval Tata with noted oncologist Dr. D. J. Jussawalla and as India's first voluntary, non-profit, national organization for awareness, detection, and providing cure and treatment for cancer patients in India. Indian Cancer Society is a pioneer institution in fighting cancer across India. The facilities with head office in Mumbai was established in 1951 and

40-457: A branch in Delhi was set up in 1983 at behest of K. K. Mehta . Many noted personalities, corporate and charitable trust like Sir Ratan Tata Trust , A. H. Wadia Trust, Pirojsha Godrej Foundation are associated with organization to fund its activities to provide treatment and rehabilitation to cancer patients at minimum cost. It is associated with Tata Memorial Hospital , which is considered as one of

60-399: A distant branch of the extended Tata family. Hormusji's grandfather, Navroji Tata, was the second-cousin of Jamshedji Tata . Both of them are descended from Bhika Tata. Thus, he was a Tata by birth. His mother was Ratanbai née Rao, daughter of Cooverbai Rao née Daboo, the sister of Hirabai Tata née Daboo, wife of Tata group founder Jamsetji Tata . Hormusji was a spinning master in

80-592: A member of the Labour Panel of the Planning Commission set up by the Union Government. He contributed to sports, was associated with a host of other activities, and held senior offices in social, educational and welfare work. He was President of Indian Hockey Federation for fifteen years and was at helm when Indian hockey team won Olympic Gold in 1948, 1952 and 1956. He served many other institutes like

100-532: Is an Indian businesswoman, and a member of the Tata family . Simone Tata was born in 1930, and brought up in Geneva , Switzerland and graduated from Geneva University . She visited India as a tourist in 1953, where she met Naval H. Tata . They married in 1955, and Simone settled in Mumbai permanently. Simone and Naval are the parents of Noel Tata . Simone is the stepmother of former Tata Group chairman, Ratan Tata , who

120-541: Is from Naval's previous marriage. Simone Tata joined the Lakmé board in 1962, when it was a minor subsidiary of Tata Oil Mills, as managing director in 1961, rising to become its chairperson in 1982, and was non-executive chairman of Trent Limited until 30 October 2006. She was appointed to the board of Tata Industries in 1989. Seeing growth in the retail sector, in 1996, Tata sold Lakmé Cosmetics to Hindustan Lever Limited (HLL), and created Trent Limited with money from

140-493: Is the first and the largest of its kind in Asia and it also established a Rehabilitation centre at Parel, Mumbai , in 1958. The activities of society includes undertaking complete care of poor cancer patients by offering food, medicines, transport, prostheses, colostomy bags, counselling services, social welfare and job placement services and also helping them in self employment, in particular for those coming from rural areas. In addition

160-690: The Indian Institute of Science , the Bombay State Social Welfare Council, Swadeshi League , and the National Safety Council. As a philanthropist, the Indian Cancer Society was established in 1951 by Naval Tata and Dr. D. J. Jussawalla , which is India's first voluntary, non-profit, national organisation for awareness, detection, cure and survivorship of those affected with this disease. He served as Chairman of

180-485: The Advanced Mills at Ahmedabad and died in 1908 when Naval was only four years old. After Naval’s father died, his mother relocated to Navsari , where she struggled to earn for the family. Ratanbai's income was derived from embroidery work. Naval lived at the J. N. Petit Parsi Orphanage to make it easier to raise him. Navajbai, wife of Sir Ratanji Tata, adopted him from the orphanage at the age of 13. Ratanji Tata

200-557: The COVID pandemic. Naval Tata Naval Hormusji Tata (30 August 1904 – 5 May 1989) was an Indian industrialist and philanthropist who was a noted alumnus of the Tata Group . He was the adopted son of Sir Ratanji Tata , and also the father of Ratan Tata , Jimmy Tata and Noel Tata . Naval was born in Surat on 30 August 1904 to a middle-class family. His father, Hormusji Tata, belonged to

220-861: The Indian Cancer Society for over 30 years. He was also the President of the Auxiliary Forces Welfare Association and trustee of several philanthropic trusts. He was President of the Employers Federation of India for several years. Having been associated with the organisation for four decades, on his retirement as its president, he was made its "President Emeritus". He differed in opinion with his cousin and long standing colleague, JRD Tata . While JRD wanted to steer clear of politics, Naval stood as an independent candidate from South Bombay in 1971 but lost elections. Naval

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240-717: The International Labour Organisation for over three decades was very fruitful for India. Naval holds the record of being elected to the governing body of the International Labour Organization thirteen times. He was founder of ILO's family planning programme. He is author of reports like — In Pursuit of Industrial Harmony: An Employer's Perspective by Naval H. Tata (1976), A Policy for Harmonious Industrial Relations (1980), On Wage Problem and Industrial Unrest by Naval H. Tata, C. V. Pavaskar, B. N. Srikrishna (1982) In 1966, he had been appointed

260-730: The Secretary to the Aviation Department and five years later, he joined as an executive in the Textiles Department. In 1939 he became the Joint Managing Director of the Tata Mills ;— the controlling company of the textile mills run by Tatas and became its managing director in 1947. On 1 February 1941, he became a Director of Tata Sons . He took over as the managing director of Tata Oil Mills Co Ltd in 1948. He

280-399: The best cancer hospitals in India providing treatment and rehabilitation programs for cancer survivors. They also do research and publish data on types of cancer patients in India. India's national anti-cancer association, the Indian Cancer Society, was established in 1951, as a registered public trust under Bombay Public Trust Act,1950 and the society's Registration Act, 1860. The institution

300-413: The society also undertakes programmes and projects which educates general public about the factors relevant for cancer and conducts relevant educational training for doctors. In September 2020, BIG FM and Indian Cancer Society had launched ‘Together against Cancer’ month-long campaign which was aimed at creating awareness about the dreadful disease and help raise funds for those suffering from cancer during

320-546: Was Sooni Commissariat; they had two sons, Ratan and Jimmy. Both sons never married or had children. The couple separated in the mid-1940s. Naval later married Simone Dunoyer , a businesswoman from Switzerland, they got married in 1955. Noel Tata is their son. In 1930, he joined the Tata Sons as a despatch clerk-cum-assistant secretary and soon rose to be the Assistant Secretary of Tata Sons Ltd. In 1933, he became

340-607: Was also the chairman of the Ahmedabad Advance Mills, a Tata Group company based at Ahmedabad . Over the years he became chairman of the other textile mills and the three electric companies . From an active director he later became the Deputy Chairman of Tata Sons. He was directly responsible for the management of the three Tata electric companies, the four textile mills and the Sir Ratan Tata Trust . He

360-697: Was awarded the Padma Bhushan by the President of India on Republic Day, 1969. The same year he was given recognition for his role in industrial peace and awarded the Sir Jehangir Ghandy Medal . He was conferred the life membership of the National Institute of Personnel Management . He died on 5 May 1989 due to cancer in Bombay . Simone Tata Simone Naval Tata ( née   Dunoyer )

380-564: Was his maternal uncle because Naval's maternal grandmother and Ratanji's mother were sisters. Naval later graduated from Bombay University in Economics and proceeded to London for a short course in Accounting. He never forgot his past and once remarked: "I am grateful to God for giving me an opportunity to experience the pangs of poverty, which more than anything (else) moulded my character in later years of my life." Naval's first wife

400-501: Was the longest serving colleague and close associate of JRD Tata on board of Tata Sons . He also served as a director of Bank of Baroda with Tulsidas Kilachand , Rameshwar Das Birla , Arvind Mafatlal and others. Naval Tata went on to become an internationally recognised authority in labour relations, becoming a member of the International Labour Organization 's governing body in 1949. His involvement with

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