Ratan Tata lauds business icons of Aurangabad

MUMBAI: Tata Group Chairman Ratan Tata today lauded the business icons of Aurangabad for their role in growth of the region and also Maharashtra.

Congratulating the business icons of Aurangabad for their proud achievements and prosperity, Tata appealed to them to "spread this prosperity to the whole country".

The noted industrialist was speaking after launching Lokmat's coffee-table book, `Business Icons of Aurangabad', which honours 64 eminent personalties from that city in Central Maharashtra.

"There are many people in Aurangabad and in the country who are not as fortunate or lucky as we are. It will thus be a mandate for all us to play a role in spreading the prosperity we enjoy, to others, because a prosperous India will be one whose future will be assured," Tata said in a statement here.

Videocon Chairman Venugopal N Dhoot also congratulated the business icons and said "It is because of them that Aurangabad has become so prosperous."

Aurangabad today represent a wide gamut of industry and trade segments such as automobile, education, real estate, white goods, pharma, steel, textiles and agro-products.

The city is home to eminent corporates such as Bajaj Auto, Wockhardt, Videocon, Garware, Siemens, Nirlep, Skoda Auto India and RL Steels, among others.

Apex software industry body NASSCOM has included Aurangabad in the list of top 50 potential IT cities in India. Aurangabad's IT and ITES industries today provide employment to nearly 5,000 people.