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Watch: Tata Trust's youngest GM Shantanu Naidu guides Ratan Tata's hearse on motorcycle

Watch: Tata Trust's youngest GM Shantanu Naidu guides Ratan Tata's hearse on motorcycle
NEW DELHI: Shantanu Naidu, a long-time associate of Ratan Tata, on Thursday bid adieu to his boss Ratan Tata. In the morning, everybody saw Naidu riding out of Tata's house on a Yezdi motorcycle, leading the truck carrying his boss' mortal remains.In a video shared on social media, the 30-year-old, can be seen riding a bike in front of the ambulance among multiple police vehicles escorting his hearse to NCPA.Watch the video below:
Philanthropy to partnership: Shantanu Naidu's journey with Ratan TataNaidu started a small business venture called 'Motopaws' that put reflective collars on stray dogs to help motorists avoid hitting them on the street in the dark.In 2014, Naidu, a fifth generation Tata employee, wrote to the philanthropist billionaire seeking his help with his initiative. Pay your tributes hereTo his surprise, Tata wrote back to him two months later and invited him to Mumbai to work for the Tata group.Naidu moved to the US to pursue an MBA at Cornell University, just like his mentor, but promised to return to India and work for Tata Trust.Keeping his promise, Naidu accepted an offer to be Tata's assistant after he completed his MBA and came back home.

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