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Detailed explanation-1: -Q. Ratan Tata launched a companionship startup that helps senior citizens make friends, it is called as? Notes: Industry leader Ratan Tata, launched Goodfellows, a senior companionship startup that provides companionship services to senior citizens.

Detailed explanation-2: -Industrialist Ratan Tata launched India’s companionship startup for senior citizens, Goodfellows, in a bid to encourage intergenerational friendships. Shantanu Naidu, an MBA from Cornell University, founded the Goodfellows startup.

Detailed explanation-3: -This startup will offer support and friendship to the elderly. Recently, Tata Sons’ chairman emeritus Ratan Tata has made a seed investment in a startup called “Goodfellows” that aims to help the elderly by pairing them with young and educated graduates for meaningful companionship.

Detailed explanation-4: -It is a bond between a mentor and a mentee. Meet 84-year-old industrialist Ratan Tata and his special friend 28-year-old Shantanu Naidu who share their passion for the society. As Tata attended Shantanu’s start-up ‘Goodfellows’ inaugural ceremony, we revisited the bond between the two.

Detailed explanation-5: -"The startup hires young graduates with the right empathy and emotional intelligence skills to ‘work’ as the senior citizen clients’ companions and ease the day for them with any tasks or just talk with them,” said Naidu.