Ratan Tata, Chairman Emeritus of Tata Sons has been conferred with Australia’s highest civilian honour for his efforts to strengthen the bilateral relations between India and Australia.
He has been conferred with Order of Australia (AO) a month after he was appointed as an Honorary Officer in the General Division of the Order of Australia. He is said to have fostered Indo-Australian ties in the spheres of trade, investment and philanthropy.
Australia’s High Commissioner to India, Barry O’ Farrell, shared the images of the ceremony on Twitter and commented that Ratan Tata has made a big impact on Australia.
The 85 year old Ratan Tata batted for the 2022 India-Australia Economic Cooperation and Trade Agreement and Tata Consultancy Services is said to have on its rolls around 17,000 Australian employees which is the biggest Australian workforce in any Indian firm.
