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Tributes from industry leaders, politicians and the public at large poured in for Ratan Tata, the former chairman of India's Tata Sons, who passed away on Wednesday, aged 86.

India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi in a post on X called Tata "a visionary business leader, a compassionate soul and an extraordinary human being ... his contribution went far beyond the boardroom."

Google and Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai recalled his meeting with Tata where they discussed Google's self-driving car project.

"He leaves an extraordinary business and philanthropic legacy and was instrumental in mentoring and developing the modern business leadership in India," Pichai wrote on X.

Tata, who is credited with taking his business house global via several high-profile acquisitions including that of Jaguar-Land Rover in 2008, was reportedly in intensive care in a Mumbai hospital.

"Ratan Tata's passing away is a big loss, not just to the Tata Group, but to every Indian," Mukesh Ambani, India's richest person and chairman of the oil-to-retail conglomerate Reliance Group, said in a post on X.

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