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Harvard University President Drew Faust said Tata knows
"firsthand the transformative educational opportunities"
offered through the School's Executive Education programmes.
"Thanks to this generous gift, HBS will be able to expand
its already robust offerings in Executive Education, deepening
ties with leaders across the country and around the globe."
Boston Mayor Thomas Menino, who joined Tata and Nohria
for the announcement today, said the 50 million dollar gift
will help create jobs in the city.
HBS launched the Advanced Management Programme, the
world's first Executive Education programme, in 1945.
More than 9,000 business leaders from around the world
enroll in the Executive Education programmes at HBS as well as
in off-campus locations each year, participating in a range of
comprehensive and custom programmes.
Currently, more than 50 per cent of participants are from
outside the US and enroll in over 75 open enrolment Executive
Education programmes and more than 60 custom programmes.
Tata earned a degree in architecture from Cornell
University in 1962. He had given an endowment of USD 50
million to Cornell in 2008 for agriculture and nutrition
programmes and for the education of Indian students at
Cornell.
He was named one of the 30 most respected CEOs in the
world by Barron's magazine in 2007, the same year the Tata
Group was awarded the Carnegie Medal of Philanthropy.
In 2008, he was named one of Time magazine's 100 Most
Influential People. PTI YAS
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