The Year of the Rabbit, according to the Chinese calendar, began on Sunday, January 22.
Chandrasekaran served TCS for three decades as it rose to become the largest IT company in the country and also the crown jewel for Tata Sons
Further stimulus measures are expected in the upcoming Budget where the focus is likely to be on reforms, including some structural measures such as reducing red tape and boosting foreign direct investment. The meeting with industrialists is in the series of discussions that Modi has had during the last couple of weeks to seek suggestions to revive growth.
Invests $50 mn in 11 entities in just over a year, commits $25 mn more; prefers putting money in firms trying to solve India-specific problems
Tata Group overall commands market capitalisation of over $125 billion
Tata has already said, as days go by, he would focus his attention on "specific areas where value can be added to enhance the quality of life of rural citizens".
Ratan Tata, who is credited with the phenomenal growth of the Tata group in the past decade, has been named as Forbes' 'Asian Businessman of the Year'.
The company, which is a leading player in the Indian wearables market, is backed by angel investors like Shriram Nene and his wife and Bollywood actress Madhuri Dixit Nene and WhatApp's Neeraj Arora
Start-ups don't care that mad-money funding comes to a hard stop after an IPO, observes Debashis Basu. As a listed entity, corporate actions have to take the interests of all shareholders, especially minority shareholders, into account. So far, we are not seeing any sign of it, observes Debashis Basu.
Singapore Airlines first approached the Tatas, its old choice for a venture in India, and was aware of AirAsia negotiations.
Backed by veteran industrialist Ratan Tata, auto portal CarDekho.com, has been revving up its operations in regions like South Asia.
Mistry's intention of selling ailing steel maker Corus, Tata's so-called feather in the cap, was one reason for his ouster
Mistry calls sacking illegal, says wasn't given any freedom
Tatas selected West Bengal for Rs 1 lakh small car Nano's plant on May 18, 2016.
'We look at firms that can be regional or global leaders.'
The Defence Ministry on Friday inked a nearly Rs 20,000 crore contract with Airbus Defence and Space of Spain to procure 56 C-295 medium transport aircraft which will replace Avro-748 planes of the Indian Air Force.
The Jain brothers' $300 mn-worth Girnar Software has really humble roots.
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.
Tata group chief Ratan Tata on Tuesday submitted to the Supreme Court that despite being a public figure he has the right to privacy and the media cannot violate it by publishing or telecasting his private conversations contained in Radia tapes.
Sources in the Tata group said they could not attend as they were travelling.
Half a dozen names are doing the rounds as replacement for Cyrus Mistry as the chairman of the Tata Group.
'Science and technology keep moving ahead and so you can keep making investment.'
Tata, whose latest investment was in Ampere, a start-up that produces electric two-wheelers and three-wheelers from Coimbatore.
Tata was speaking to reporters after he, along with Singapore Airlines CEO Goh Choon Phong and Tata-SIA Airlines Chairman Prasad Menon, met the minister.
Cyrus Pallonji Mistry, 43, currently the Deputy Chairman of Tata Sons has been a director of Tata Sons since 2006.
Corporate houses like Tata Sons and Wipro have not only seen growth in India but have created a name in global markets too.
On Wednesday, chairman emeritus of Tata Sons Ratan said that while driving from the airport through Rajarhat, he came across beautiful buildings but it looked like a countryside under development with no signs of industrialisation.
Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) has planned a capital expenditure of Rs 1,300 crore (Rs 13 billion) this financial year, Group chairman Ratan Tata said at the company's annual general meeting in Mumbai.
India Inc very keen to do business in Gujarat.
With a large gathering of corporate leaders in attendance at the function in Mumbai even as the master blaster played his last test match at the nearby Wankhede Stadium, the Finance Minister said, "Ratan (Tata) is as big a draw as Sachin."
CNBC-TV18 News reports that it has been able to confirm that the insurance giant is firmly backing Tata Sons. There is thus no possibility that the insurer will exit the group.
Ratan Tata on Friday told the Supreme Court that the tapped telephonic conversations between corporate lobbyist Niira Radia and top politicians, bureaucrats and businessmen, including himself, were leaked to the media because of corporate rivalry.
Noel, Ratan Tata's half-brother and Mistry's brother-in-law, was a contender for the top position when Mistry was chosen as chairman in 2011.
Tata Motors, however, will not be able to meet this small demand and keep the Nano alive from October next year, when safety regulations for existing car models kick in.
Corporate leaders say economy going through troubled phase which is raising concern among global investors about investing in India.
The US CEOs accompanying Obama discussed with their Indian counterparts, different issues relating to business environment and challenges in the two countries.
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.
Ratan Tata appears to be unusually prone to the misfortune of being "misquoted" or "quoted out of context", from being pressured to bribe a minister to British managers and Mukesh Ambani's display of opulence.
While Team Indus had backing from Nandan Nilekani, Ratan Tata and Flipkart founders Sachin and Binny Bansal, it could not even muster half of the Rs 4.5 billion it required for the mission to the moon.
Tata Motors' Nano may be struggling to survive, but Renault Nissan alliance Chairman and chief executive officer Carlos Ghosn is glad the group followed the lead of "visionary" Ratan Tata's dream project
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