Photos: Tata Fellows present their projects to Ratan Tata and Rafael Reif

Chairman of the Tata Trusts and MIT President discuss Tata Center research.

In January, students from the Tata Center had a chance to show their work to MIT president Rafael Reif and Mr. Ratan Tata in an intimate meeting in Mumbai. The meeting was a part of Reif’s tour of India, during which he also met with Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Reif and Tata used the occasion to remark on MIT’s long relationship with India, and the further strengthening of that relationship through the activities of the MIT Tata Center.

Tata Center projects highlighted during the session included water desalination and filtration, mobile health tools, and rural energy/water system planning.

Photos: Ben Miller/MIT Tata Center

Mr. Ratan Tata (center) and President Rafael Reif (center-right) pose with the delegation from the MIT Tata Center.

Ratan Tata, Rafael Reif, R. Venkataramanan, and Robert Stoner listen as Tata Fellow Krithika Ramchander presents her work on low-cost water filters. — Ratan Tata, Rafael Reif, R. Venkat, and Robert Stoner listen as Tata Fellow Krithika Ramchander presents her work on low-cost water filters.

Prof. James Wescoat shares a laugh with Mr. Tata and R. Venkat.

President Reif greets Tata Fellow Shantanu Sinha.

Tata, Reif, Venkat, and Stoner discuss the MIT-India research relationship.

President Reif and Tata Fellow Marianna Novellino get along famously - they're both Venezuelan! — President Reif and Tata Fellow Marianna Novellino shared a chat in Spanish – they’re both native Venezuelans.