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1 Mr Ratan N Tata –
Chairman
Mr Tata holds a B.Sc. (Architecture) degree in structural
engineering from Cornell University, USA, and completed the
Advanced Management Program at Harvard Business School,
USA. He joined the Tata Group in 1962 and in 1991, Mr Tata was
appointed Chairman of Tata Sons Limited. He currently holds the
Chairmanships of major Tata companies. Mr Tata is associated
with various organizations in India and overseas significant being
Alcoa, Mitsubishi Corporation, the American International Group,
JP Morgan Chase and Rolls Royce. Mr Tata is also affiliated with
the Indian Institute of Science, the Tata Institute of Fundamental
Research and is the Chairman of the two of the largest private
sector promoted philanthropic trusts in India. During his tenure,
the combined revenues of Tata entities have grown over ten-fold
to annualized revenues of over US$100 billion.
The Government of India honoured Mr Tata with its second
highest civilian award, the Padma Vibhushan, in 2008. Earlier, in
2000, he had been awarded the Padma Bhushan. Mr Tata has also
been conferred honorary doctorates in business administration by
the Ohio State University, in technology by the Asian Institute of
Technology, Bangkok, in science by the University of Warwick and
a fellowship of the London School of Economics.
Mr Tata joined the Company’s board in 1981, became Executive
Chairman in 1988 and was appointed as the Non Executive
Chairman in 2001. Mr Tata is actively involved with product
development and other business strategies pursued by the
Company. Under his leadership, the Company has transformed
from being a leader in the domestic commercial vehicle market to
being India's largest automobile company, with strong businesses
in both commercial vehicles and passenger cars and a growing
international footprint. Some of his achievements include the
design and development of India’s first indigenously produced car,
the Indica, and the Nano, among the world’s cheapest cars and the
acquisition of Jaguar Land Rover.
2 Mr Ravi Kant –
Vice-Chairman
Mr Kant had his education at the Mayo College, Ajmer, the
Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur and did his Masters in
Management (Industry) from the Aston University, UK. He was
conferred with an Honorary D.Sc. by the Aston University, UK and
is an Honorary Industrial Professor at the University of Warwick,
UK. Mr Kant has extensive experience in the manufacturing and
marketing fields, particularly in the automobile industry. Prior to
joining the Company, he was with Philips India Limited as the
Director of the Consumer Electronics business.
He was awarded the BMA (Bombay Management Association)
Management Man of the Year Award 2008-09. The Indian
Institute of Metals conferred him with the Honorary Membership
of the Institute in the year 2010. He is also on the governing
Board of Vale Columbia Center on Sustainable International
Investment, SIFE Worldwide, the National Institute of Design,
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