'It comes full circle now': Ratan Tata's close aide Shantanu becomes GM of Strategic Initiatives at Tata Motors

'I remember when my father used to walk home from the Tata motors plant, in his white shirt and navy pants, and I would wait for him in the window. It comes full circle now,' Shantanu wrote in the post.

Shantanu Naidu, a long-time associate of Ratan Tata, has shared about the beginning of his new journey with Tata Motors as a General Manager.

Taking to his LinkedIn account, he shared this happy news and expressed how it came "full circle now".

Sharing a picture of him wearing formals, and standing beside the popular Tata Nano, Shantanu wrote in the post, "I'm happy to share that I'm starting a new position as General Manager, Head - Strategic Initiatives at Tata Motors!"

He then narrated how his father would come back home from Tata Motors plant after work, while he waited by the window for him.

"I remember when my father used to walk home from the Tata motors plant, in his white shirt and navy pants, and I would wait for him in the window. It comes full circle now," he added.

Shantanu Naidu, longtime associate of Ratan Tata, used to compare his boss to a "lighthouse".

It was the mutual love and concern for dogs which had formed a bond between Tata and Naidu, a Pune-based youngster who had started working for a Tata group company.

Pained by the sight of a stray dog's death, Naidu created a reflective collar to help motorists notice the strays quicker and wrote to Tata about the same.

Tata replied with much more than an acknowledgement. Naidu received an investment from Tata for this venture and an enduring bond.

Naidu soon went to the US for his masters and on the return, and was placed in the Office of RNT, the private office of the industrialist post his stint as Tata Sons Chairman.

(With PTI inputs)