New Delhi, Oct. 12 -- Butterfly, a kitchen appliance brand, has offered a heartfelt tribute to former Prestige group chairman TT Jagannathan, who died on Friday at the age of 77 in Bengaluru. The rival brand extended its condolences on Facebook to 'The Kitchen Mogul', calling him "the dreamer who led with conviction, a mind that shaped industry, a spirit that turned ideas to impact, and a thinker who saw beyond his time."

Jagannathan, who transformed a modest cookware company into Prestige, one of India's most beloved homegrown brands, is survived by his wife, Latha Jagannathan, and sons T.T. Mukund and T.T. Lakshman.

An IIT Madras engineer with a master's from Cornell University, Jagannathan returned to India in the early 1970s to stab...