{"id":8065,"date":"2019-03-01T15:35:46","date_gmt":"2019-03-01T15:35:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.styledeals.co.uk\/blog\/warwick-manufacturing-group-founder-dies\/"},"modified":"2019-03-01T15:35:46","modified_gmt":"2019-03-01T15:35:46","slug":"warwick-manufacturing-group-founder-dies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.styledeals.co.uk\/blog\/warwick-manufacturing-group-founder-dies\/","title":{"rendered":"Warwick Manufacturing Group founder dies"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div property=\"articleBody\">\n<figure class=\"media-landscape has-caption full-width lead\"><span class=\"image-and-copyright-container\"><\/p>\n<p>                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"js-image-replace\" alt=\"Professor Lord Bhattacharyya\" src=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/320\/cpsprodpb\/A2C1\/production\/_105856614_lord2.jpg\" width=\"976\" height=\"549\"\/><span class=\"off-screen\">Image copyright<\/span><br \/>\n                 <span class=\"story-image-copyright\">WMG\/University of Warwick <\/span><\/p>\n<p>            <\/span><figcaption class=\"media-caption\"><span class=\"off-screen\">Image caption<\/span><br \/>\n                <span class=\"media-caption__text\"><br \/>\n                    Professor Lord Bhattacharyya was &#8220;a force of nature&#8221;, the university said<br \/>\n                <\/span><br \/>\n            <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"story-body__introduction\">The founder of Warwick Manufacturing Group, a man who &#8220;encouraged many firms to locate in Britain&#8221;, has died. <\/p>\n<p>Professor Lord Bhattacharyya, 78, who started WMG in 1980, played a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/uk-england-birmingham-16130932\" class=\"story-body__link\">key role in enabling car giant Tata to take over Jaguar Land Rover<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The University of Warwick said he &#8220;set the standard&#8221; for how universities should work with industry.<\/p>\n<p>Business Secretary Greg Clark said the research and education group&#8217;s chairman had been a &#8220;heroic figure&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Clark said: &#8220;Through the WMG (Warwick Manufacturing Group)&#8230;  and through his extraordinary energy and tenacity Kumar encouraged many firms to locate and expand in Britain. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Hundreds of thousands of people in Britain owe their livelihoods to Kumar Bhattacharyya.&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"media-landscape has-caption full-width\"><span class=\"image-and-copyright-container\"><\/p>\n<p>                 <span class=\"off-screen\">Image copyright<\/span><br \/>\n                 <span class=\"story-image-copyright\">WMG\/University of Warwick <\/span><\/p>\n<p>            <\/span><figcaption class=\"media-caption\"><span class=\"off-screen\">Image caption<\/span><br \/>\n                <span class=\"media-caption__text\"><br \/>\n                    The University of Warwick said the WMG chairman &#8220;set the standard&#8221; for how universities should work with industry<br \/>\n                <\/span><br \/>\n            <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Lord Bhattacharyya came to Birmingham from Bangladesh in his 20s and became an influential authority on economic and industrial policy.<\/p>\n<p>Birmingham City Council leader Ian Ward <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BrumLeader\/status\/1101474050310848512\" class=\"story-body__link-external\">said on Twitter<\/a> his &#8220;ability to transcend party politics and to be respected by all sides is testament to his great understanding and knowledge of business and industry&#8221;.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"story-body__unordered-list\">\n<li class=\"story-body__list-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/live\/uk-england-birmingham-47320159\" class=\"story-body__link\">Latest news from the West Midlands<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>University Council chair and pro-chancellor Sir David Normington said he knew of him &#8220;as an adviser to successive Prime Ministers and Secretaries of State&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Sir David said he was &#8220;a force of nature&#8221;, who &#8220;pushed at boundaries&#8221; and &#8220;changed lives&#8221;. <\/p>\n<p>He added: &#8220;Most of all, for so many of us, he was also a kind and generous friend.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The university said Lord Bhattacharyya passed away after a short illness. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"media-landscape no-caption body-width\"><span class=\"image-and-copyright-container\"><\/p>\n<p>            <\/span><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p><i>Follow BBC West Midlands on <\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/MidlandsBBC\/\" class=\"story-body__link-external\">Facebook<\/a><i>, on <\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bbcmtd\" class=\"story-body__link-external\">Twitter<\/a><i>, and <\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/m.me\/MidlandsBBC?ref=website\" class=\"story-body__link-external\">sign up for local news updates direct to your phone<\/a><i>.<\/i><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"http:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/uk-england-coventry-warwickshire-47416967\">Source<\/a> by <a href=\"\">[author_name]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Image copyright WMG\/University of Warwick Image caption Professor Lord Bhattacharyya was &#8220;a force of nature&#8221;, the university said The founder of Warwick Manufacturing Group, a man who &#8220;encouraged many firms to locate in Britain&#8221;, has died. 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