Ratan Tata’s assistant, Shantanu Naidu is often considered his closest friend. Naidu who is the youngest manager at Tata Industries also serves as the General Manager at Tata Group. He also advised Tata about investing into startups. Shantanu Naidu was born in Pune in 1993 and graduated with a Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering from Savitribai Phule Pune University in 2014.