He is focussing on tightening the belt of the conglomerate left bloated by explosive growth under his predecessor.
Unprecedented bribery charges, farewells, separation, failed union, monumental mergers and record-breaking IPOs, along with a healthy dose of online happenings in the form of spat and lessons in customer care, corporate India saw it all in 2024.
When Pritish Nandy passed into the ages, both journalists and film folk expressed their genuine sorrow. Many took to social media to pay their heartfelt condolences.
Tata Group chairman Ratan Tata was in Kolkata on May 18, 2006, the day Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee started his second innings as chief minister of West Bengal, to announce the Nano small car project.
In the past, Tata Motors gave India its many first - country's first indigenous car (Tata Indica), first sports utility vehicle (Safari), first micro truck (Ace) or a Rs 100,000 car for the common citizen (Nano). After JLR's acquisition, however, the company has failed to connect with Indian car buyers.
Stating that his role is for the short term so as to ensure stability and continuity at the group, Tata asked top executives of the USD 100 billion conglomerate to act as leaders in respective markets and focus on enhancing returns to shareholders.
Tata said, "Please disassociate Tatas from Nandigram. We are not in Nandigram. We are in a place called Singur. The two places are contiguous to each other."
Sources familiar with the developments say the growing consensus in the committee set up to find a successor to chairman Ratan Tata is that an internal candidate should be the preferred option.
Ratan Tata, in his capacity as the chairman of the Investment Commission, has warned that major projects entailing a combined investment of nearly $60 billion are meeting delays and roadblocks for no apparent reason.
Sources in the Tata group said they could not attend as they were travelling.
Vistara'a launch, the steel plant at Kalinganagar and e-commerce venture are the ones most awaited for
Tata Group Chairman Ratan Tata on Friday met Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah and expressed his desire to expand his group's activities in the state.
Citing partnership between Tatas-owned JLR and China's Cherry Automobile, he said the Chinese bring ingenuity and creativity to their job.
India's two big car manufacturers, Maruti and Tata, hinted that they plan to manufacture hybrids in the coming future.
In an attempt to allay concerns of the US-based hospitality chain, Indian Hotels Co Ltd vice-chairman R K Krishna Kumar, in a letter to Lovejoy, said the Tata group firm would like to engage in a constructive dialogue.
Tata Motors is trying hard to popularise the car and increase it sales. Will the renewed efforts deliver?
Tata Group chairman Ratan Tata has dubbed as "completely untrue" critical comments against Prime Minister Manmohan Singh attributed to him in an interview and apologised for "any embarrassment".
Tata has moved up the ladder in a list of the world's most-valued brands.
A naturally reclusive nature and a conviction for the work to do the talking meant there was very little known about Mistry even during his time at the helm of Tata Sons. He did not do a single media interview from Bombay House.
Differing with some of the leading corporate voices against perceived policy paralysis in the government, industrialist Ratan Tata on Thursday said there is no need to be pessimistic because of the global uncertainties as India's economic fundamentals are strong.
A committee would consider candidates inside and outside the conglomerate to succeed Ratan Tata.
The gift from the Tata Trusts will allow Cornell to establish and expand partnerships with Indian scientists that build on its strength in applied agriculture research. The endowment will also be used to set up a scholarship fund to bring more Indian students, who may be discouraged by Cornell's price tag, to the university. The gift could eventually help support as many as 25 Indian undergraduate and graduate students at a time.
Ratan Tata, the 71-year-old Indian industrial patriarch whose Tata group now owns Jaguar and Land Rover, had personal experience of the importance of Jaguar's "heritage"during a visit to the British company in mid-July.
Tata Steel on Thursday revived its mega Rs 2,500 crore (Rs 25 billion) project to produce titanium dioxide from ilmenite mined from beach sands of Tirunelveli and Tuticorin districts in south Tamil Nadu.
Ratan Tata, chief of Tata Group, on Friday said the ambitious Rs 100,000 car will be manufactured from three-four places, including West Bengal and Uttaranchal.
The Tata group may consider launching its small car Nano in a new avatar in another country like Indonesia, where it doesn't have the 'stigma' of being 'the cheapest car', and bring it back to India for a fresh start with a new image, according to Chairman Emeritus Ratan Tata.
Tata, who stepped down as head of the Tata group on December 28 after 21 years at its helm, was replying to a query about the biggest challenge for his successor.
The MP asked authorities to keep focus of investigation on scam to weed out the lobbyists from the telecom sector.
The Tatas don't want any court to pass any ex-parte orders without hearing their side of the story
The Indian information technology (IT) industry will need to move up the value chain to tackle competition from countries like China, Philippines and Vietnam, said Ratan Tata. The Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) chairman was addressing the 15th annual general meeting (AGM) of the company.
Mistry calls sacking illegal, says wasn't given any freedom
The "CBI's heart beats for the Tatas", 2G scam accused Shahid Usman Balwa alleged in court today, questioning the agency's portrayal of the group as a "victim" of A. Raja's spectrum allocations.
Tata Group overall commands market capitalisation of over $125 billion
Half a dozen names are doing the rounds as replacement for Cyrus Mistry as the chairman of the Tata Group.
Since Ratan Tata , the patriarch of India's Tata Group, decided to splash out $13.1bn early in 2007 on Anglo-Dutch Corus, he has spent a lot of time with smooth-talking Frenchman Philippe Varin , who has run Corus for five and a half years.
The speech, short, crisp and delivered with feeling, saw Tata take head-on all the criticism targeted at him and Tata Motors in the four years that the car was under development. It ended on a triumphant note as Tata emphasised that he had delivered on his promise to provide a car that was more affordable than any other in the world.
Tata Sons cuts retirement age of non-executive directors from 75 years to 70.
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