Vientiane (Laos), October 10 (ANI): EAM Dr S Jaishankar on the demise of Ratan Tata said that he was really a remarkable person. Further, he added that he was a man ahead of his time. EAM Dr S Jaishankar said, "I first met him when I was a kind of middle level in the government. At that time, we started the CEO forum with the United States. He was a natural choice as a person who was to lead it. So those years we used to work together quite closely, travel together to the US...He was really a remarkable person. I think if you look at the outpouring today of feeling, of affection, of respect, I can't remember anybody, in the world of industry who's evoked this kind of emotion among people across a very wide cross section. I mean, it is truly seen as a national loss. He was a man ahead of his time. He took the Tata group abroad in a way...."