Jamsetji Tata, the founder of the Tata Group laid the foundation for what is today the Tata Group philosophy on ‘Corporate Social Responsibility’ (CSR).

"The wealth gathered by Jamsetji Tata and his sons in half a century of industrial pioneering formed but a minute fraction of the amount by which they enriched the nation. The whole of that wealth is held in trust for the people and used exclusively for their benefit. The cycle is thus complete; what came from the people has gone back to the people many times over." - J.R.D. Tata

This has formed the framework on which the philosophy of Tata Motors’ Corporate Social Responsibility is based...the philosophy of ‘giving back to the community’. It has chartered the course that Tata Motors has adopted in its relationship with the community in which it operates.