N Chandrasekaran

He used the dividend bonanza to invest nearly ₹1 trillion in group unlisted companies and new ventures, more than its predecessors

Chandrasekaran's exit as Tata Sons chairman marks a major shift for TCS, leaving its leadership to navigate AI disruption without the group chairman's deep expertise

Freeze on Sir Ratan Tata Trust casts shadow on August 18 AGM

Natarajan Chandrasekaran's resignation creates uncertainty over Tata's five-year investment push as Noel Tata weighs a more cautious approach to capital spending

A sentiment knock across the pack was the realistic expectation, said Anirudh Garg, Fund Manager and Partner, INVasset PMS, with the magnitude inversely proportional to succession clarity.

After shedding almost up to 5 per cent a day earlier, most Tata group stocks gained. Titan and Tata Investment Corporation remained the top laggards.

Today's pieces examine Tata Sons' governance, India's compliance maze, the next phase of GST reforms, West Bengal's investment record and a book on entrepreneurial failure

Tata Digital's continuing losses and the long gestation period of the group's semiconductor projects have come under sharper scrutiny amid questions over future funding

Divisions over governance, Tata Sons' listing, the SP Group's exit and mounting business losses eroded the consensus behind Chandrasekaran's proposed third term

Tata Steel more than doubled its Indian capacity through acquisitions and expansion, strengthening cash generation as it pursued a costly restructuring of its European operations

N Chandrasekaran's exit comes as Tata Group faces twin challenges from AI-led disruption at TCS and mounting losses and a delayed turnaround at Air India

Tata Sons must constitute a selection committee to choose its next chairman amid governance disputes at Tata Trusts and unresolved questions over listing and the SP Group

Noel to chair Tata Trusts board on Thursday to discuss next step

N Chandrasekaran's Tata Sons remuneration rose 14.1% annually over eight years, outpacing profit growth at the group's listed companies and Tata Sons

Tata companies' combined adjusted profit rose just 1.2% in FY26, while their combined market capitalisation fell 16.9%, underperforming the Nifty 50.

Air India Group has accumulated losses of about Rs 47,821 crore since its takeover, leaving its prolonged transformation among the biggest unfinished projects of Chandrasekaran's tenure

Stocks could remain under pressure in near term owing to uncertainty around succession, believe analysts

While many business groups in India follow a trust structure, experts said it works as long as the promoter, the board and professional management are on the same page

Listing Tata Sons is expected to limit the control exercised by Tata Trusts on the holding firm of the estimated $400 billion group

The creation of Tata Consumer Products and acquisitions of Capital Foods, Organic India and Soulfull helped the group build a larger, diversified portfolio of consumer brands