R. M. Lala

Editor, publisher, author, Russi M. Lala graduated with History Honours from Bombay University. He became a journalist at the age of nineteen and entered book publishing in 1951, establishing and managing the UK division of Asia Publishing House, the first Indian publisher to be established in London. In 1964 he became co-founder of the newsmagazine Himmat Weekly, which he edited for the next decade. R.M. Lala was also the Director of Sir Dorabji Tata Trust, Tata’s premier charitable foundation, for eighteen years and is the co-founder of the Centre for the Advancement of Philanthropy; he was its chairman from 1993 to 2008. His first book, the best-selling The Creation of Wealth: The Tata Story, was followed by Encounters with the Eminent; The Heartbeat of a Trust; In Search of Ethical Leadership; Beyond the Last Blue Mountain: A Life of J.R.D. Tata (which was also a best-seller); The Joy of Achievement: Conversations with J.R.D. Tata; Celebration of the Cells: Letters from a Cancer Survivor; and A Touch of Greatness (the updated version of Encounters with the Eminent). His most recent work is The Romance of Tata Steel. His books have been translated into many other languages, including Japanese.