USC Trustee Ratan N. Tata added a new honor to his long list of accomplishments when the prestigious National Academy of Engineering (NAE) inducted him as a foreign associate on Oct. 6.He was admitted for his “outstanding contributions to industrial development in India and the world,” according to the NAE. Tata joins 37 other USC faculty members and trustees who are members of the institution, including USC Viterbi School of Engineering Dean Yannis C. Yortsos and USC President C. L. Max Nikias.
“It is a great pleasure to congratulate Ratan Tata as he joins the National Academy of Engineering,” Nikias said. “His accomplishments as a visionary leader and business innovator are recognized and studied throughout the world. The revolutionary products he has steered to market have redefined 21st-century engineering and manufacturing paradigms, and created a period of unprecedented growth and prosperity that has benefited people all over the globe.”
Standing next to the famous Albert Einstein sculpture in the academy’s garden on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., Tata said, “I’m very privileged and honored to have been given this distinction.”
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