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Interviews
with GCC members
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The
making of the Nano
Ratan Tata rolls the window down and talks
about the vision and conviction, the innovation
and improvisation, and the leap of faith that
went into creating the
People's Car
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In
step with the nation
Tata Sons Chairman Ratan
Tata elucidates the Tata Group’s engagement
with the idea of India, his team-over-individual
doctrine and his hopes for a fair deal from history |
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The
quintessential TAS-man
If TAS wants a brand
ambassador, it need look no further than the Tata
Sons board: RK Krishna Kumar, director, and
member of the Group Corporate Centre, is a shining
exemplar of TAS's success |
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A
grand brand
The Tata name has
consistently stood for integrity, values, ethics
and quality. R Gopalakrishnan, executive
director, Tata Sons, explains the Group's strategies
for taking it global
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Finance
finesse
Ishaat Hussain,
finance director, Tata Sons, talks about finance
in the era of globalisation, the Group's recent
M&As and the new areas on the Tata radar
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The
internationalisation imperative
As the Tata Group
is poised to become India's first true multinational
enterprise, Alan Rosling, executive director,
Tata Sons, reveals the thinking underpinning its
internationalisation efforts
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Vision
of the future
Group Chairman Ratan
Tata speaks on a wide range of issues concerning
the Tata Group and its place in a world changing
more dramatically than ever before
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A
never-ending journey…
Dr JJ Irani,
as chairman of Tata Quality Management Services,
is piloting the Group's business excellence initiative
across Tata companies |
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Stairway
to the top
To be a leader
is every manager's dream. J J Irani, director
of Tata Sons, shows how one can achieve it |
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The
twain does meet
Nature
enthusiast Alan Rosling, the executive director
of Tata Sons, shares his trysts with geographical
and cultural India and his long association with
the Tata Group |
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Treating
the customer as king
A brand can establish
itself in the minds of its customers only if it
can successfully gain their loyalty and trust. Ratan
Tata, chairman of the Tata Group, expands
on his vision of what Tata companies must do to
create a unified brand that is a class apart from
the competition |
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Trust
is the mantra
R. Gopalakrishnan
talks about
leadership, the Tata way of doing business, and
more |
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Globalisation
and after
R
K Krishna Kumar,
chairman of the Tetley group, vice chairman of Tata
Tea, and managing director of the Taj Group of Hotels,
discusses the impact of globalisation and the challenges
involved in making a sensible and successful whole
of the Tata-Tetley venture |
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Doctor
Steelheart
Dr
JJ Irani
is the prime reason why Tata Steel has been rated
the world's top steel enterprise. An interview with
the mastermind who turned a weary workforce into
an enviable asset and a tired company into an absolute
winner |
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Grooming
new leaders
''With people-related knowledge resources
becoming a key competitive advantage in today's
world, the Tata Group has felt the need to refocus
its attention on leadership development,'' says
R Gopalakrishnan, executive director
of Tata Sons, and member of the Group Corporate
Centre, detailing the group's new initiatives in
developing human resources |
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We
took major steps to become cost effective,
agile and lean
JJ Irani, managing director, Tata
Steel, explains how the 93-year-old Tata Steel transformed
itself from an old-economy bricks and mortar company
to an IT-savvy, globally competitive enterprise |
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Creating
a global brand
An insightful interview with RK
Krishna Kumar, chairman, Tata Tetley, vice
chairmain, Tata Tea, and managing director, Taj
Group of Hotels |
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The
master blender
In the biggest ever deal in Indian corporate history,
Tata Tea bought out the Tetley Group of the UK for
271 million pounds sterling. RK Krishna
Kumar, chairman, Tetley Group, explains
how this came about
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'I
have a dream of Tatas being managed by younger people'
A transcript of the interview group chairman
Ratan Tata gave to Business
World |
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The
key to any successful business always was and will
always remain customer orientation
Ishaat Hussain, finance director, Tata
Sons, member of the Group Corporate Centre and chairman
of Voltas, talks about the new challenges facing
the
Tata Group |
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We
have one great strength, which is the strength to
develop products specifically for Indian needs
Ratan Tata, chairman of the Tata Group,
speaks to Hormazd Sorabjee, editor, AutoCar
India magazine |
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The
greatest challenge - to be globally competitive
Lisa Urquhart of FT.com, the website of
Financial Times, London, interviewed Ratan
Tata recently for an article, which appeared
on FT.com on 11 August 2000. A transcription of
the interview |
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The
brand expresses a promise
R Gopalakrishnan, executive director, Tata
Sons, and member of the Group Corporate Centre,
speaks on how the Tata Group aims to build the group
brand across businesses and products. Excerpts from
an interview |
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Our
focus will be to move up the value chain
Dr JJ Irani, managing director
of Tata Steel, in an interview with the Free
Press Journal |
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We
want to be in businesses with growth potential
Ishaat Hussain, director, Tata
Sons and member of the Group Corporate Centre, speaks
to Rajarshi Roy of Business Standard |
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We
need a consortium of like-minded companies to face
the multinationals
Ratan Tata speaks to Outlook,
the magazine brought out by well-known
consulting firm, Andersen Consulting |
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Interviews
with executives of Tata Group companies
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mjunction
services
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The
online advantage
metaljunction services,
the largest B2B e-commerce platform in India, is
moving full steam ahead. Managing director Viresh
Oberoi elaborates on the activities of the company
and shares its plans for taking this e-commerce
platform to greater heights |
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Tata
Africa Holdings
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African
sunrise
"Tata Africa should
become as strong as the Group is in India, and stand
out as a company that is widely respected,"
says Raman Dhawan, managing director, Tata
Africa Holdings, as he outlines the Group's activities
in Africa |
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Tata
AIG Life Insurance
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Life
in an emerging market
Trevor Bull,
managing director, Tata AIG Life Insurance company
talks about the life insurance industry and his
company's plans for the future. |
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Life
insurance in the fast lane
Tata AIG has
set a scorching pace in its first year of operations
to emerge as India’s largest private life insurance
company. But managing director Ian J Watts
reckons there’s a long way to go |
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Life
insurance means more
George
Oommen, the managing director of Tata AIG Life
Insurance, is counting on attracting business by
offering customers a slew of additional benefits
and developing a network of committed agents |
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Tata
Asset Management
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Fund
in form
Ved Prakash Chaturvedi,
the managing director of Tata Asset Management,
explains how the company has moved from the fringes
to the threshold of the major league |
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Stocking
it up
Ved Prakash Chaturvedi,
the CEO of Tata TD Asset Management, has guided
his Rs 2,500-crore company up the high road |
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Tata
Autocomp Systems
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The
power of green
Using a green technology
and recyclable lead as raw material to produce green
batteries, Tata AutoComp GY Batteries is helping
create an environment-friendly world. An interview
with Tata AutoComp GY Batteries CEO Yogesh Dhawan
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Tata
BP Solar India
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The
future is bright
K. Subramanya,
COO, Tata BP Solar, discusses the Indian and global
renewable energy industry, and the company's plans
to tap potential markets |
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Tata
Chemicals
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Sowing
the seeds of tomorrow
Tata Chemicals is exploring
newer and environment-friendly technologies and
products for a greener tomorrow. Homi Khusrokhan,
MD, Tata Chemicals, shares its future plans |
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Chemicals
and creativity
Dr Murali Sastry,
head of Tata Chemicals' Innovation Centre at Pune,
talks about research collaborations, new technologies,
and his vision for the centre's future |
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Finding
the right formula
Determination, knowledge
and the ability to rally a team — it is these
skills with which Prasad Menon,
managing director of Tata Chemicals, is trying to
restore the company to its pre-eminent position |
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Tata
Coffee
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Betting
on beans
MH Ashraff, the
managing director of Tata Coffee, explains the change
strategy the company has embraced to blend a winning
brew, from being a commodity-driven enterprise to
becoming a completely branded one |
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Making
coffee the cup that cheers
Tata
Coffee is stirring up a strong brew of the bean
that refreshes to combat declining consumption,
crashing prices and increasing competition. We talk
to managing director MH Ashraff
about the company’s plans and prospects |
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Making
coffee the cup that cheers
MF Ashraf, managing director of Tata Coffee,
expands on his plans to transform Tata Coffee from
a commodities company to an FMCG powerhouse |
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Tata
Consultancy Services
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Till
Middle Kingdom come
Impeccable parentage and the backing of the Chinese
government have given TCS China a head start.
Operations head Johnson Lam explains how
the company hopes to capitalise on its advantages
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IT's
better in Britain
The
man responsible for Tata Consultancy Services (TCS)
operations in the UK and Ireland, AS Lakshminarayanan
speaks about TCS UK, on the challenges of operating
an outsourcing operation internationally, and about
building an IT brand in Britain |
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have to disrupt the business, or somebody else will'
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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Sibling
synergy
R
Ramanan, managing director and chief executive
officer of CMC, explains how the TCS connection
is helping the company move from strength to strength |
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Flying
the R&D flag
Mathai
Joseph, executive director of the Tata Research
Development and Design Centre, explains how this
R&D hub of Tata Consultancy Services has blazed
a trail of excellence in process engineering and
software development |
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All
the president’s plans
TCS America has many
goals — from attracting the best local talent to
establishing the Tata brand in the United States.
And president Arup Gupta is leading
the organisation’s operations from the front
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Business
bytes
Some say technology
is going to cause a metamorphosis of the business
environment. Others beg to differ. But it takes
insight to cull the sensible conclusions from the
uninformed ones. S Ramadorai, CEO of Tata
Consultancy Services, on the intricacies and nuances
of technology |
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Breaking
barriers
S
Ramadorai
has
experienced first-hand the turbulent evolution
of the IT industry. It is this unique advantage,
coupled with his keen intellect, that gives the
CEO of Tata Consultancy Services the daring to dream
big. To think of taking his Rs 3,000-crore company
to the top of the global IT consulting business |
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Managing
change is a way of life
S Ramadorai, chief executive officer
of Tata Consultancy Services in an interview with
The Week magazine |
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Tata
Elxsi
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Lights,
action, animation
The trailblazing Visual
Computing Labs, a division of Tata Elxsi, is leading
the charge of the Indian animation and special effects
brigade |
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The
expertise equation
Tata
Elxsi is positioned as a product design services
company, but check the small print and you will
find it offers a whole lot and more in what chief
executive officer Madhukar Dev likes to call
the technical computing market |
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Tata
International
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The
world as oyster
Having
crossed the $1-billion milestone in turnover, Tata
International is priming itself for further
growth |
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Tata
Limited
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Hundred
years of fortitude
The UK holds great
potential for the Tata Group, says Syed Anwar
Hasan, managing director, Tata Limited, as he
dwells on the past and the future of the company |
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Tata
McGraw Hill Publishing Company
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Betting
on books
Dr N Subrahmanyam,
the managing director of Tata McGraw-Hill, talks
about the publishing company’s operations and
articulates the need for tougher regulations
to curb the menace of book piracy in India. An interview |
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Tata
Metaliks
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A
bright outlook
One of the world's largest
foundry-grade pig iron manufacturers in the world,
Tata Metaliks (TML) recently formed a joint venture
with Kubota Corporation of Japan. TML managing director
Harsh K Jha shares some of the company's
various plans |
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Tata
Motors
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A
passion for cars
Girish Wagh has contributed to the launch
of the Indica, the launch of the Ace truck, and
most recently, the launch of the Nano. In this
interview, Mr Wagh shares some thoughts on his
journey of learning with Tata Motors
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The
making of the Nano
Ratan Tata rolls the window down and talks
about the vision and conviction, the innovation
and improvisation, and the leap of faith that went
into creating the People's Car |
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'We've
only touched the fringes; the future is going to
be explosive'
Ravi Kant, the
man in the driver's seat at Tata Motors, revs up
the company's plans for India and its global ambitions
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Tata
Power
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A
new power paradigm
Prasad Menon,
MD of Tata Power, talks about the enormous opportunities
in the power sector, and his plans for this 100-year-old
pioneering company
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Energising
the future
Tata Power is extending
its horizons to expand on the energy front and embrace
the telecom challenge. Managing director AJ
Engineer shines a light on what that
will mean for India’s top private sector utility
enterprise |
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An
electrifying future
A
pioneer in the Indian energy sector, Tata Power
is spreading its wings to become a big player at
the national and global level. In this interview
with K. A. Ananthraman, managing director
Adi Engineer articulates the company’s
plans and ambitions |
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Tata
Quality Management Services
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A
never-ending journey…
Dr JJ Irani,
as chairman of Tata Quality Management Services,
is piloting the Group's business excellence initiative
across Tata companies |
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Driving
business excellence
The
stated goal of the Tata Group is to secure positions
of leadership for its companies in the industries
they operate in. Driving this ambition is the quest
for business excellence across all enterprises
within the group, and one of its chief navigators
is
G Jagannathan, CEO of Tata Quality Management
Services. An interview |
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Tata
Refractories
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Burning
bright
Managing director CD
Kamath explains how Tata Refractories has reinvented
itself to reach the top,
and the challenges of staying there |
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Tata
Ryerson
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Growing
gains
Tata
Ryerson,
India's leading steel services company has been
going from strength to strength and now has plans
of becoming a Rs 1,000-crore company by the end
of next year. MD Sandipan Chakravortty elaborates
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Tata
Services
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Fifty
years on: Services and the Tatas
TR Doongaji,
managing
director of Tata Services, talks about the evolution
and current activities of Tata Services |
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Prelude
to a new game
TR
Doongaji,
managing director of Tata Services and chairman
of the Tata Sports Club, discusses the chequered
history of the club and its new gameplan |
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Tata
Sons
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In
step with the nation
Tata Sons Chairman Ratan
Tata elucidates the Tata Group’s engagement
with the idea of India, his team-over-individual
doctrine and his hopes for a fair deal from history |
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The
quintessential TAS-man
If TAS wants a brand
ambassador, it need look no further than the Tata
Sons board: RK Krishna Kumar, director, and
member of the Group Corporate Centre, is a shining
exemplar of TAS's success |
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Mind
over Matter
Arun Gandhi,
executive director, Tata Sons, talks about the Corus
auction and various aspects of mergers and acquisitions |
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A
voyage of discovery
An innovation driven
pharmaceutical company, Advinus Therapeutics utilises
its expertise, capabilities and infrastructure
for drug discovery and offers services to biotech
and agro companies. Dr Rashmi Barbhaiya,
MD, CEO, and co-founder of Advinus, sheds more
light on this unique company
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A
grand brand
The Tata name has
consistently stood for integrity, values, ethics
and quality. R Gopalakrishnan, executive
director, Tata Sons, explains the Group's strategies
for taking it global
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Finance
finesse
Ishaat Hussain,
finance director, Tata Sons, talks about finance
in the era of globalisation, the Group's recent
M&As and the new areas on the Tata radar |
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The
internationalisation imperative
As the Tata Group
is poised to become India's first true multinational
enterprise, Alan Rosling, executive director,
Tata Sons, reveals the thinking underpinning its
internationalisation efforts
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The
economic think tank
Dr Siddhartha Roy,
Group economic advisor from the Department of
Economics and Statistics on how DES has grown
since its inception and its future plans
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Vision
of the future
Group Chairman Ratan
Tata speaks on a wide range of issues concerning
the Tata Group and its place in a world changing
more dramatically than ever before
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In
safe hands
Protecting the Tata
brand is the responsibility of a small but determined
group of people, led by FN Subedar, senior
vice-president, finance, Tata Sons |
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Quality
on call
Chief operating officer
Kuruvilla Markose traces the journey Tata
Sons subsidiary Tata Business Support Services (formerly
SerWizSol) has been on in its first year in the
contact centre business |
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Stairway
to the top
To be a leader
is every manager's dream. JJ Irani, director
of Tata Sons, shows how one can achieve it |
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|
The
twain does meet
Nature
enthusiast Alan Rosling, the executive director
of Tata Sons, shares his trysts with geographical
and cultural India and his long association with
the Tata Group |
|
|
Treating
the customer as king
A brand can establish
itself in the minds of its customers only if it
can successfully gain their loyalty and trust. Ratan
Tata, chairman of the Tata Group, expands
on his vision of what Tata companies must do to
create a unified brand that is a class apart from
the competition |
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On
the leadership trail
With improved programmes,
faculty and facilities, the Tata Management Training
Centre in Pune is better equipped than ever to meet
its objective: making leaders of managers. Director
VJ Rao explains how |
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View
from the top
Ratan Tata,
the chairman of the Tata Group, takes off the business
suit to articulate his thoughts on subjects beyond
the strictly entrepreneurial |
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Packaging
a new punch
Bhushan Raina
has used the Tata Business Excellence Model template
to engineer a turnaround of the Tinplate Company
of India |
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Betting
on books
Dr N Subrahmanyam,
the managing director of Tata McGraw-Hill, talks
about the publishing company’s operations and
articulates the need for tougher regulations
to curb the menace of book piracy in India. An interview |
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Faculty
control
The
alarm bells are ringing in the distance over the
difference in the quality of education being delivered
by India’s engineering institutions. In this interview,
Prof CR Muthukrishnan, deputy director at
IIT, Chennai, says the fault lies more in the teaching
than in those being taught |
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The integrated future
Dr
Nirmal Jain, the managing director of Tata Infotech,
is convinced that the company, having learned from
experience, is now poised for expansion, consolidation
and better times all round |
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The
talent challenge
At the core of every
successful company is an army of contented employees.
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