Jehangir Ghandy | |
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Occupation | Businessman |
Awards | Padma Bhushan |
Sir Jehangir Ghandy CIE, Assoc. CStJ (18 November 1896 – 17 April 1972) was an Indian businessperson who is credited with building Tata Steel at Jamshedpur. He was awarded Padma Bhushan in 1958. [1] Invested as a Companion of the Order of the Indian Empire (CIE) in 1941, he was Knighted in 1945. [2] [3] He was made an Honorary Lt. Col. in the Territorial Army in 1952 and an Honorary colonel in April 1957. [4] In 1964, Columbia University conferred on him the Honorary Degree of Doctor of Laws on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the Graduate School of Business. [5]