Shantanu Naidu, Ratan Tata’s trusted supervisor who was the industrialist’s shadow in his ultimate years, has introduced the launch of his new ardour challenge.
Shantanu Naidu had penned an emotional tribute to Ratan Tata after the industrialist’s demise.
Bookies, a studying group the place individuals collect at public spots to learn in silence, was first launched by Naidu in Mumbai and has since expanded to Pune and Bengaluru.
Earlier this week, he introduced the launch of Jaipur Bookies, inviting readers to enroll in the upcoming occasion scheduled on Sunday, December 8.
“Jaipur, it’s time. We will see you on Sunday the 8th at Jaipur Bookies.Sign up for the launch below. So excited!” Naidu wrote on LinkedIn, sharing a kind for ebook lovers within the Rajasthan capital to enroll in the occasion.
Naidu plans to take Bookies to different Indian cities, equivalent to Delhi, Kolkata, Ahmedabad and Surat. Naidu hosted a studying session in Bengaluru final month.
“Bookies has always been to bring back reading. It seems that reading is very central to the human experience. And it’s just gone back into the background,” Naidu mentioned as he addressed a giant gathering of younger readers at a Bookies session.
“We used to watch three-minute Reels. We can’t even do 1:30-minutes (of video) anymore.”
Ratan Tata and Shantanu Naidu, a uncommon friendship
Ratan Tata named Shantanu Naidu in his will, highlighting the uncommon bond the visionary chief shared with the 30-something. The need signifies that Tata relinquished his stake in Naidu’s companionship enterprise, Goodfellows, and waived his schooling loans, in response to a Occasions of India report.
After Tata’s demise in October, Naidu penned an emotional notice expressing his grief.
“The hole that this friendship has now left with me, I will spend the rest of my life trying to fill. Grief is the price to pay for love. Goodbye, my dear lighthouse,” he wrote, sharing an image of the 2.
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