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Pathway
to progress
Tata Realty and Infrastructure has set
its sights on building up fast in a booming market
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Good
to great
At Voltas, it is time for newer beginnings.
And taking it to newer heights is Megavol, a dream
plan to steer the company into the Rs10,000 crore
league by 2010-11 |
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Tata
Steel and its subsidiaries, associates and joint
ventures ensure that steel in every form reaches
the customer easily. The ingenuity and steel in
those behind the show have made it a Tata Steel
century.
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Where
relationships matter
By making a success of connecting to dealers and
customers, Tata Motors has got into cruise
control in a critical sphere of its business
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Ploughing
back the profits
CEO and executive director of Rallis India,
Veeramani Shankar, speaks about the key initiatives
Rallis has launched to support the farming community
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Spanning
the Indian sky
Tata Sky has become a millionaire in less
than one year. The company has had the distinction
of notching the fastest one million direct-to-home
(DTH) connections in the history of the industry
anywhere in the world
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Free
but fettered
Engineering business success, seeding corporate
governance principles and displaying fortitude
in the face of regressive economics — the
Tata Group showed there was life before
liberalisation
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Only
the fittest survive
By cutting the flab and toning up muscle, the
Tata Group has overcome the challenge of
change to emerge stronger than ever
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Well
begun
The defining characteristics of the Tata Group
were born of the beliefs and qualities inculcated
by those who came before, writes Dwijendra Tripathi
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A
time to cope and hope
The post-independence years leading up to liberalisation
were a struggle for the Tatas and for private
industry as a whole, says Ashok Ganguly, but there
would be light at the end of this tunnel too |
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Leading
the way
The Tata Group has played a lead role in
enhancing the brand appeal of India Inc, says Tarun
Das, just as it has in staying true to the competitive
spirit of the post-liberalisation years |
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From the people, for the people
The
legend — 'Improving the quality of life' —
derives meaning from a heritage of doing business
for a wider purpose, writes Kishor Chaukar, member
of GEO and GCC, and managing director, Tata Industries |
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Where ideas take hi-tech wings
The
innovation labs of TCS demonstrate to customers
the miracles achievable by technology |
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Tatas in China
The
Tatas are once again focusing on China as a priority
country in their drive to internationalise. With
significant growth opportunities, the potential
to leverage China as a low-cost manufacturing or
sourcing hub is enormous, says Alan Rosling, executive
director, Tata Sons, and member, Tata Group
Corporate Centre |
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Titans
all the way
The precision engineering division of Titan
is setting new benchmarks for style and substance
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Viva Trattoria
For
the past 25 years Trattoria has laid out an Italian
table for the connoisseurs, making the fare finer
and richer by the day |
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Project Disha from Tata BP Solar
Tata
BP Solar has embarked on an extensive retail
distribution network, named Project Disha, to reach
out to customers across the country and overseas |
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Redi,
steady, go!
Taking over a dysfunctional plant at Redi in January
2006, Tata Metaliks has turned it around
remarkably quickly. The company is well on its
way to become the world's largest pig iron producer
by end-2007
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Electronics
for you, me and them
It
is India's first country-wide chain of consumer
electronics and durables. Croma, managed by Tata
Group's Infiniti Retail, aims to offer its
customers a unique shopping experience |
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Being a Tata person
The
quality and values that the Tata marque stands
for, are also the characteristics of a true-blue
Tata person, says Dr JJ Irani |
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Around the world in five years
Contrary
to conventional wisdom, miracles do happen. That
is what anyone would conclude after seeing the fairytale
story of Videsh Sanchar Nigam Ltd (VSNL)
over the last five years. As it celebrates its fifth
anniversary on 13 February 2007, India's new telecom
MNC, VSNL, has some lessons for the pundits |
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In pursuit of future leaders
The
Tata Business Leadership Awards (TBLA) endeavour
to pick out the best business acumen and create
awareness of the Tata brand among management students.
This year the winner of TBLA 2007 was Indian Institute
of Management, Lucknow (IIML) |
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Arunodaya — a Tata BP Solar initiative
Launched
in December 2004, Arunodaya aims to popularise
the use of solar energy at homes and other establishments
with its various educational and outreach programmes |
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2006: a year of growth
The
year gone by saw the Tata Group take further
steps towards becoming a global player in the world
economy. It was marked with new overseas acquisitions,
collaborations and JVs, new product launches, awards
and a wider recognition for excellence |
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As you save, so shall you reap
VP
Chaturvedi, MD, Tata Asset Management, shares
some valuable tips on managing your finances intelligently |
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Three Rs for a smile
Muskaan,
with the help of the Sir Ratan Tata Trust,
is rehabilitating children in the urban slums of
Bhopal through holistic, sustainable and collaborative
initiatives |
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Building a new life
Nirman,
an NGO supported by the Sir Dorabji Tata Trust,
is working to improve the lot of construction workers
in Mumbai and Navi Mumbai through skill development,
health and education programmes |
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Blockbuster magic
Visual
Computing Labs is a name to reckon with in the Indian
graphics industry. This division of Tata Elxsi
is creating magic on the silver screen within India
and in Hollywood |
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Jewels of India
In
the branded jewellery segment, Tanishq has
established its leadership position and built a
persona which is premium, stylish, exquisite and
pure |
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Here
comes the sun
While
the world is reeling under the burden of soaring
oil prices, Tata BP Solar has been quietly
and efficiently harnessing the tremendous potential
of solar energy for India's cities and villages |
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Leading
with thread and needle
With
a little help from Tata Chemicals' community initiative,
TCSRD, the rural women of Okhamandal have
utilised their ancestral skills to bring colour
into their own as well as others' lives |
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Retail
revolution
Organised
retail players who can aggressively scale-up their
operations could target Rs 40,000-crore in organised
retail business in India by 2015, says Pankaj Gupta,
practice head — consumer and retail, Tata
Strategic Management Group |
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The
right chemistry
The
UK-based Brunner Mond Group, which joined the Tata
Chemicals family last December, boasts of a
distinguished lineage and a history of a pioneering
approach to business, which sits well in the Tata
Group |
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Tata's
first greenfield project in China
Tata
Refractories is on its way to establish what
would be the first Tata Group greenfield project
in China |
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Grooming
global managers
Tata
Consultancy Services' Learning and Development
Centre prepares new recruits to take on the formidable
challenges that lie ahead. A look at the fascinating
programme, and how it helps shape young graduates
into professionals |
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Vision
of the future
Chairman Ratan Tata
and senior Tata executives look into the future
and what it holds for the Tata Group and its companies |
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Reaching
out to rural India
The rural landscape
is changing. Helping this transformation are a clutch
of Tata companies which are offering quality products
and services at affordable prices |
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Living
the urban dream
When citizens prefer
a company to run their city, and not an elected
body, the company must be on the right track. Jamshedpur
Utilities and Services Company has made urban
dreams come alive for the people of Jamshedpur |
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Spirit
of the skies
For two generations
and more, JRD Tata epitomised a way of life and
a culture of business that cared, without thought
of reward or riches, for the country and its people.
We pay tribute to this Tata pioneer on the 102nd
anniversary of his birth |
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Forging ahead
The Telco Construction
Equipment Company has set gobal benchmarks in
manufacturing heavy equipment for the construction,
earthmoving and mining industries, while playing
a significant role in realising India's infrastructure
dreams |
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Building brands, brewing success
Tata Tea is
constantly evolving its product and marketing strategy
in its effort to give the Indian tea drinker a more
delectable hot cuppa |
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Something
old, something new
Alan Rosling*, executive director, Tata Sons,
and member of the Group Executive Office, on the
evolving Tata culture for an international future
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The future is
bright
Tata companies have
lent a helping hand to less privileged communities,
giving them a voice and a chance for a better
tomorrow
The
Cycle of life
A
prize catch
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The
Empire strikes back
From steel mills and
grand hotels to call centers and car production,
the saga of a great business dynasty charts India's
Raj to riches journey.The Times Magazine
profiles Ratan Tata, the enigmatic industrialist
who is driving the country's economic miracle |
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Leading
the way
TCS chieftain S. Ramadorai
explains how the company nurtured the ecosystem
that has enabled India to make hay in the IT sun,
and what it will take to continue shining in the
future |
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Brand
new way
Reworking its brand
strategy and product mix has worked wonders for
Tata Tea, and given its new brands a remarkable
fillip |
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Business
without borders
With about $2 billion
invested in cross-border acquisitions in the last
five years, the Tata Group is aggressively taking
the M&A route to going global |
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Style
in steel
steeljunction, the new
steel retail outlet from Tata Steel, combines
innovation, functionality and style, to offer a
never-before range in steel lifestyle products |
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Royal
montage
Embodying an era of
tradition and hospitality, the architectural wonders
— the Taj Palace Hotels — continue
the legacy of regal indulgence |
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The highs of tea
Millions of tea
drinkers across the country have put their faith
in Tata Tea, a company whose products have
consistently lived up to their promise |
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Flavour
of a nation
From humble beginnings to being one of the country's
most trusted brands, Tata Salt has transcended
many a barrier to keep its promise of purity
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Timing
it right
Titan has rewritten the rules of watch making
to emerge as the brand of choice for Indians of
all ages and from every strata of society
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Twinkle,
twinkle, shining star
With its emphasis on credibility, design quality
and purity, Tanishq has transformed the market
for jewellery in India |
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Luxury
à la carte
With stunning properties and sterling service, it
is little wonder that Taj Hotels, Resorts
and Palaces has won renown not just in India but
the world over |
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Driving
the dream
By keeping customer needs in focus, Tata Motors'
commercial vehicles business unit has scripted an
automobile revolution that has secured triumph for
the company and recognition for the country |
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In
the fast lane
Pathbreaking R&D and imaginative promotion have
combined to transform one man's dream — the
Indica — into India's second-largest
selling car |
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A
brand apart
The Tata brand
is the legacy of an exceptional set of qualities
that were embedded from birth into an institution
that has matured into something unique |
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The
right candidate
Tata Consultancy
Services is expanding its bouquet of products.
Its recent foray into drug discovery solutions has
set it apart from its IT competitors |
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When
less is more
Tata Chemicals'
Babrala fertiliser division has achieved remarkable
success with its excellence initiative — Manthan |
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At
home with the Taj
The Taj Wellington
Mews Luxury Residences promise its guests superlative
luxury and the comfort and warmth that only a home
can provide |
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Supply-side
success
The unseen star of Titan's
achievements in securing and retaining customer
trust is its supply-chain methodology |
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Deconstructing
success
Project management
is the lifeblood that keeps Tata Consultancy
Services in the pink of health, and the company's
clients satisfied
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Cracking
the code
In an industry rendered
turbulent by market forces, Tata Chemicals
is looking to ride the wave of competition
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Mark
of a Titan
There's much more to
design than styling and surface aesthetics. The
artists at Titan's design hub in Bangalore
mould their creativity to capture the many moods
of consumers |
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Foreign
factor
Resting on the laurel
of being India's top automotive manufacturer is
not an option for Tata Motors, which is looking
to increase its footprint in the international market
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Values
are forever
The principles he grew
up by have been the guiding light to professional
achievement for Pauroos Karkaria, the chief
financial officer of Tata Infotech |
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Been
there, doing that
Tata Steel has
always thought big. The company has donned its thinking
cap once more to conquer bigger, brighter dreams |
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Men
of steel
Chetan Tolia, Koushik
Chatterjee and T. V. Narendran, three achievers
from Tata Steel, recall their voyage in a company
that offers its people the world |
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Flying
high
What does it take to
be a leader? How can enterprises reach for the stars
in today's turbulent world? Offering some answers
Bhaskar
Bhat and Sunil
Sinha |
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Vaulting
back
Vision and fortitude
were the essential ingredients in the Voltas
revival, but it was leadership that defined and
drove the comeback |
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O
captain, my captain
B. Muthuraman,
the managing director of Tata Steel, is a natural-born
mentor and a doggedly determined achiever. Little
wonder, then, that he cuts such a fine leadership
figure |
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A
century of grace
The Taj Mahal Palace
and Tower is more than a hundred years old,
but age, rather than withering this grand old lady,
is adding to her allure and elegance |
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Not
waiting to exhale
Being a woman was incidental
to Sangeeta
Talwar, Shirin
Batliwala and Elizabeth
Matthan in their journey to becoming winners |
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A
world to win
Globalisation was never
meant to be a
mandate every Tata enterprise had to blindly follow,
says Group chairman Ratan Tata. Rather, it
should be up to each company to evaluate according
to its capability |
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Long-distance
call: Acquisition time for Tata companies
Tata companies have
been in acquisition mode for a while now, and their
efforts on this front have been gathering pace |
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The
Sagely touch
Jeffrey D. Sage,
the chief operating officer of Tata Technologies,
explains how the company is strengthening its position
at the top of India’s engineering and design,
and IT services pyramid |
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Reframing
the farming matrix
The Tata Kisan Sansar
is a Tata Chemicals initiative that has evolved
and improved to stay in step with the changing needs
of Indian farmers |
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Fuelling
Karthikeyan’s dream run
The Tata Group has been
supporting Narain Karthikeyan from long before
he became the first Indian to participate in a Formula
One race |
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More
bang for the shopping buck
Trent, the company
that scripted the Westside success story, has gone
hyper with the launch of its Star India Bazaar model
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Year’s
looking at 2004
For the Tata family
of people and companies, the year gone by was a
call to remembrance as much as it was a time for
achievements and accolades |
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Helping
rebuild shattered lives
The
Tata Group has committed people, material and other
resources to helping the many families devastated
by the Indian Ocean tsunami |
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JRD
— The eternal icon
On
the occasion of JRD Tata’s death anniversary, which
falls on November 29, Tata Services managing director
T. R. Doongaji remembers the legendary chairman
of the Tata Group |
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Surging
ahead
Different
Tata companies with different objectives embraced
the singular path of innovation to achieve breakthroughs
and triumphs. Perspectives on how innovation worked
wonders for Tata
Steel,
Tata
Motors,
Voltas,
Titan,
Tata
Tea,
Tata
Ryerson,
Tinplate
Company of India, Tanishq,
Rallis
and Tata
Metaliks |
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All
in a day’s work
Employee
empowerment is the latest buzzword in business and
a variety of Tata companies are working overtime
to place their people in the driver’s seat |
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The
new money-go-round
Tata
companies in the financial services sector are using
innovative thoughts, processes, approaches and strategies
to spur economic growth |
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Upper
crust
At
the Taj Group, India’s cultural diversity
and changing times is best reflected in its multi-speciality
cuisine offerings. And the proof lies in its ever
evolving taste and texture |
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The
innovation equation
This
special segment features opinions from the corporate
world and beyond on what innovation means in the
Indian context |
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One
for the stay
indiOne,
the no-frills hotel recently launched by Indian
Hotels, promises to redefine the domestic hospitality
industry with its unique price-and-value proposition
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Spirit
of the skies
On
the occasion of his birth centenary, his contemporaries
and others remember JRD Tata
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One
hundred years of fortitude
Ratan
Tata, the chairman of the Tata Group, pays his
tributes to Jamsetji Tata, JRD Tata and Naval
Tata |
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Changing
the learning curve
The Tata Management
Training Centre is shifting focus to better
align itself with the requirements of the Tata Group
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Shopping
without stopping
The Westside
chain has carved a niche for itself in the booming
retail segment by reaching out to customers and
listening to what they have to say |
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Taking
on the world
Is globalisation
an imperative in today's business? What are the
challenges that define this path? Ratan
Tata, J.
J. Irani,
R.
Gopalakrishnan,
Kishor
Chaukar,
Satish
Pradhan and
Bharat
Vasani share their
views on the subject |
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Towards
new frontiers
Leading the charge
of the Indian brigade in the new world business
order is a clutch of Tata Group enterprises. We
chronicle the stories of
TCS, Titan,
Tata
International,
Tata Honeywell,
TACO,
Tata
Steel, Tata
Motors, Indian
Hotels, Tata
Tea, Tata
Technologies and
Tata
BP Solar |
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Looking
back, looking forward
The Tata Group hit
the high note in 2003 as its stalwart companies
recorded standout performances. We review the thoroughbreds:
TCS,
Tata
Steel,
Tata
Motors,
Tata
Teleservices,
Titan,
Tata
Tea,
Tata
TD Asset Management and
Trent |
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Tata
brand holds the high ground
The latest edition
of a long-term survey involving a cross section
of Indians reveals the Tata marque soaring ahead
of rivals |
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Five-star
favourite
Recently voted the
best business hotel in Asia, Taj Lands End
epitomises the class and quality that is intrinsic
to every Taj Group property |
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Coorg
diary
Resting in the lap
of the gods, Tata Coffee’s kingdom in Coorg
is a throwback to times past, when the cultivation
of the divine bean was a calling rather than a career,
when the bond between humans and the land they farmed
was indelible |
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Wired
for victory
The Tata Steel Wires
Division has made an amazing comeback after
getting tangled up in an industry slowdown. It has
now shifted its focus from diversification to consolidation
of its core business |
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The
transformation of TCS
Tata Consultancy
Services is preparing to enter the league of
extraordinary information technology enterprises
with its ambitious new transformation programme
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Some
like it hot
Tata Ryerson
has been
making outstanding progress in a business where
customisation is king. We chart the dramatic rise
of the pioneer in the Indian steel-service industry
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Glittering
again
Tanishq
has registered a sparkling turnaround during the
past three years, after initial years of the
business blues. Let’s hear it for a rise-and-shine
story that’s a case study of resilience preceding
reward |
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High
on life
The Taj Bengal
celebrates Kolkata and its people in a style that
embraces the best from here, there and everywhere.
No wonder guests from near and far are bewitched
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Watch
and wait
Titan is
considering new strategies to face the threat posed
by multinational players in the wake of WTO, and
to make the best of the opportunities the new order
is bound to throw up |
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Future
perfect
Tata AIG
is among the leaders in India’s private general
insurance segment and Dalip Verma, the company’s
managing director, intends to keep it that way in
a potentially rich business environment |
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Dishing
out a winner
The delectable crockery
created by Tata Ceramics adorns stylish dining
tables across the world. While retaining its focus
on exports, the company is now aiming for enhanced
domestic sales |
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The
Knowledge Corporation
Successful companies
pay as much attention to the search for newer forms
of knowledge as to their application. We look at
Tata
Motors, Tata
Consultancy Services,
Tata
Steel and
Rallis
— four companies that
have made significant strides in research and development
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Nerves
of steel
Tata Steel
is well on its |
