Naval Tata (original) (raw)

Naval Hormusji Tata (30 August 1904 – 5 May 1989) was an adopted son of Sir Ratanji Tata and a noted alumni of the Tata Group. He is the father of Ratan Tata, Jimmy Tata and Noel Tata. The Naval Tata Hockey Academy in Jamshedpur (joint initiative of Tata Trusts and Tata Steel) and Odisha Naval Tata Hockey High Performance Centre in Bhubaneswar (three-pronged program between Tata Trusts, Tata Steel and Government of Odisha) are named in honour of Naval Tata's contribution to the development of hockey in India.