Encouraging innovation
February 2013 |
| Teams from Tata companies across the world meet at the forums of Tata InnoVista, an annual celebration of innovation that recognises and rewards creativity |
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Enabling excellence
February 2013 |
| Business excellence as practised in the Tata group goes beyond processes and benchmarks to encompass themes of governance, sustainability, community and values |
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Transforming to meet the future
January 2013 | Sangeeta Menon |
| The 2012 Tata Business Excellence Convention focused on identifying the challenges that the future will pose and finding sustainable solutions for them |
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No copying allowed
December 2012 | Subramaniam Vutha |
| Copyright issues do not figure as highly as patents in the intellectual property rights sphere, but that does not diminish their importance in the protection of intellectual assets |
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The IQ and EQ of happiness
July 2012 | Cynthia Rodrigues |
| The Tata brand is being enriched and enhanced by engaging with the youth through socially relevant and meaningful initiatives |
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Thinking out loud
June 2012 | Cynthia Rodrigues |
| Tata InnoVista, which started as a prize-giving ceremony for creative efforts, has grown into an international, pan-Tata celebration of innovation, driving employee engagement and recognising those with the capacity and the courage to believe in a good idea |
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Fights over rights
June 2012 | Subramaniam Vutha with inputs from Srividya Vutha |
| Conflicts over intellectual property rights are increasingly affecting Indian businesses in the country and abroad, and their significance has to be understood |
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A scale for excellence
June 2012 | Nithin Rao |
| The Tata Council for Community Initiatives has, through its Tata Index for Sustainable Human Development, helped craft a new standard for the business reporting of sustainability endeavours |
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Grooming tomorrow’s entrepreneurs
February 2012 | Nithin Rao |
| Entrepreneurship is the latest buzzword across campuses, as thousands of young Indians opt to become job-creators rather than job-seekers. Tata First Dot, an initiative powered by the National Entrepreneurship Network, is the country’s first recognition and mentoring platform for student startups |
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Lagging behind the dragon on IPR
December 2011 | Subramaniam Vutha |
| China is significantly ahead of India in implementing an IPR framework, and is expectedly reaping the benefits thereof in national commerce and at international platforms where technology standards are set, says Subramaniam Vutha |
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An excellent quest
August 2011 | Nithin Rao |
| Business excellence involves a journey where the experience itself is the destination. Just 13 of the 100-odd Tata companies have made this journey their own and gone on to win the coveted JRD QV Award. But there are many others who are pushing hard and moving ahead on the road to excellence |
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The road to business excellence
August 2011 | Gayatri Kamath |
| Business excellence has always been an underlying motif of the Tata banner. The Tata group, in its 140 years of existence, has emphasised themes of governance, sustainability, values and ethics, long before these concepts have come to be formally acknowledged as integral to idealised precepts of business management |
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Time for some balance
May 2011 | Tata Review |
| A prolific writer in addition to being a corporate leader, R Gopalakrishnan, director, Tata Sons, has an articulate and eloquent way with words, and a sharp understanding of what leadership in this day and age is about |
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Empathy is the key
May 2011 | Tata Review |
| Ishaat Hussain, finance director, Tata Sons, talks about leadership and its nuances with rare clarity and an assuredness born of spending long years in the top echelons of a variety of business organisations |
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The pipeline is in place
May 2011 | Tata Review |
| As chief of group human resources with Tata Sons, Satish Pradhan has a finger on the leadership pulse, and an intimate relationship with the process by which the extended Tata organisation identifies the men and women who can lead it into the future |
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The Tata Way
January 2011 | Shubhro Sen |
| By drawing parallels between Tata business values and the increasing global trend towards a rise in responsible corporate behaviour, Shubhro Sen predicts that what will stand the Tata group in good stead is its unique business philosophy of giving due consideration to all its stakeholders |
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Winning hearts and minds
January 2011 | Philip Chacko |
| The latest edition of a long-running research survey shows the Tata brand stretching its lead over the competition, and love and empathy — alien entries in the traditional lexicon of business — have played a big part in why that has come to be |
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Singapore story
January 2011 | Sujata Agrawal |
| The Tata engagement with Singapore is at its brightest since the time, in the early 1970s, the group played a small but pioneering role in the development of the island state |
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Creating a climate for change
October 2010 | Philip Chacko |
| Tata companies have been working to minimise their carbon footprint by devising strategies that balance the necessity of growth with care for the environment |
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Creativity in innovation
October 2010 | Cynthia Rodrigues, Gayatri Kamath, Matt McHugh and Philip Chacko |
| Tata Innovista 2010 saw 2,618 teams from 73 Tata companies showcasing their innovation endeavours |
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Making India a happier place
July 2010 | Gayatri Kamath |
| Tata's youth-centric, knowledge-based and social entrepreneurship initiatives, inspire youth to become better citizens and leaders of tomorrow |
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An affirmation of equality
June 2010 | Cynthia Rodrigues |
| Tata companies have been working to integrate the spirit of affirmative action into their organisational framework and community development initiatives |
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Up for the count
March 2010 | Christabelle Noronha |
| Ishaat Hussain, the finance director of Tata Sons, talks down the recession and speaks up on how Tata companies have navigated the choppy waters of recent times in matters of liquidity, stability and growth |
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Too good to fail
February 2010 | Ann Graham |
| India’s Tata, one of the world’s largest conglomerates, is basing an ambitious global strategy on 142 years of social entrepreneurship |
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The freshness of a ‘green’ Sunday
February 2010 | Arushi Agrawal |
| The Tata group partners with India Cyclothon-Mumbai 2010 and Tour de Mumbai in its endeavour to promote the cause of good health and clean environment |
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The knowledge advantage
January 2010 | Subramaniam Vutha |
| Subramaniam Vutha writes about the importance of intellectual property assets and their role in the current global business scenario |
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Managing intellectual assets
October 2009 | Subramaniam Vutha |
| Managers who generate, control and leverage IP should be well aware of the potential power of IPR, says Subramaniam Vutha |
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The IPR route to leadership
April 2009 | Subramaniam Vutha |
| Smart companies all over the world are using their intellectual property assets as tools for strategic business advantage, says Subramaniam Vutha |
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Business blooms in diversity
March 2009 | Alan Rosling |
| The successful organisation of tomorrow, says Alan Rosling, executive director, Tata Sons, will diffuse geographically, and draw its competitive edge from a creative intermingling of people from all over |
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The pioneering efforts of the Tata group
March 2009 | tata.com |
| The Tata group has been widely acknowledged as a pioneer in sectors as diverse as power generation and civil aviation |
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"We will have Taj hotel in shape, hopefully for another 100 years"
December 2008 | tata.com |
| The Taj Mahal Palace and Tower was one of the targets of the terror attacks in Mumbai on 26 November 2008. This page will give you links to information and reports |
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The Tata promise
November 2008 | Tata Review |
| The Tata marque has become a symbol of quality, reliability, and real value, not just in India but in other parts of the world too |
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Ohio governor Strickland highlights Tata investment in the state
November 2008 | tata.com |
| Tata company representatives brief Ohio governor Ted Strickland on their companies’ plans for the state |
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The climate of change
September 2008 | Arundhuti Dasgupta |
| The Tata group has always allied itself closely with the environment. With a comprehensive plan to combat climate change, the group looks to strengthen the partnership |
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Ideas that meet real needs
September 2008 | R Gopalakrishnan |
| R Gopalakrishnan, executive director, Tata Sons, and chairman of the Tata Group Innovation Forum, talks about the intrinsically innovative nature of the Tata group and the unique dimensions of innovation |
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From strength to strength
March 2008 | David Good |
| David Good, head of the Tata US corporate office, on the growth and gains after three years of operation |
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Signature in stone
October 2007 | Tata Review |
| The nerve centre of the Tata group and a heritage structure, Bombay House stands tall among the high-rises in Mumbai |
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A time to cope and hope
October 2007 | Ashok Ganguly |
| 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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Well begun
October 2007 | Dwijendra Tripathi |
| 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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Only the fittest survive
October 2007 | Kiron Kasbekar |
| 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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Free but fettered
October 2007 | Philip Chacko |
| 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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Leading the way
October 2007 | Tarun Das |
| 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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A voyage to China
October 2007 | Alan Rosling |
| 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, Group Corporate Centre (GCC) |
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Tatas in China
June 2007 | Alan Rosling |
| The Tata group is focusing on China as a priority country in their drive to internationalise, says Alan Rosling, executive director, Tata Sons, and member, Tata Group Corporate Centre (GCC) |
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From the people, for the people
April 2007 | Kishor Chaukar |
| The legend — 'Improving the quality of life' — derives meaning from a heritage of doing business for a wider purpose, writes Kishor Chaukar, member of GCC, and managing director, Tata Industries |
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A passage to Britain
April 2007 | Alan Rosling |
| Alan Rosling, executive director of Tata Sons, member of the Group Corporate Centre and the person responsible for the group’s drive to internationalise, looks back at 100 years of the Tata group’s presence in the UK, and what the future holds |
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Being a Tata person
February 2007 | Dr JJ Irani |
| Dr JJ Irani, director, Tata Sons, describes the magic of the Tata way, and what it means to be a 'Tata person' — ethics and fairness in business, sensitivity to people and a commitment to communities |
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In pursuit of future leaders
January 2007 | Candida Moraes |
| 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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2006: a year of growth
December 2006 |
| The year gone by saw the Tata group take further steps towards becoming a global player in the world economy |
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New partnerships in 2006
December 2006 |
| The year 2006 for the Tata group was marked with new overseas acquisitions, collaborations and JVs, new product launches, awards and a wider recognition for excellence |
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2006: awards and achievements
December 2006 |
| 2006: people in the news |
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2006: people on the move
December 2006 |
| Appointments within the Tata group |
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Business in a borderless world
July 2006 | Candida Moraes |
| Globalisation is redefining the way companies do business. Alan Rosling, executive director, Tata Sons, looks ahead at what managing business will be like in a borderless world |
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Towards a new dawn
July 2006 | Candida Moraes |
| The demands on corporations to fulfil their social responsibility will become more insistent as issues of environmental degradation and good governance assume urgency, says Dr JJ Irani, director, Tata Sons |
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Reaching out to rural India
July 2006 | Sujata Agrawal |
| The rural landscape is changing and helping this transformation are a clutch of Tata companies which are offering quality products and services to customers in the small towns and villages of India |
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Something old, something new
April 2006 | Alan Rosling |
| Alan Rosling*, executive director, Tata Sons, and member of the Group Corporate Centre, on the evolving Tata culture for an international future |
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Mechanics of mergers
April 2006 | Sujata Agrawal |
| Bharat Vasani, general counsel of the Tata group, explains the complex legal, business and regulatory issues involved in M&As in an interview with Sujata Agrawal |
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Neighbour's pride
March 2006 | Sujata Agrawal |
| Manzer Hussain, resident director, Tata group, Bangladesh, expands on
what the group has planned for the country in terms of businesses and
investments |
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The roll call of quality
March 2006 | Shubha Madhukar |
| Back in the 1980s, very few people could have imagined how intense the competition would get only a decade later. Not only has Chairman Ratan Tata's vision equipped the Tata Group to survive the challenges, the business excellence programme he initiated has helped Tata companies to launch themselves into the global arena |
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On the stairway to success
March 2006 | Sujata Agrawal, Candida Moraes, Cynthia Rodrigues |
| Telcon, Tata Motors PCBU and Tata Refractories broke into the 500+ league to win Active Promotion Awards, while the Luxury Division of Indian Hotels improved its score dramatically to get the Highest Delta Award |
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Winning strategies
March 2006 | Cynthia Rodrigues, Rajiv Singh, Candida Moraes, Jai Wadia |
| There is no one formula for success in driving business excellence in an organisation, but knowing the route others have taken helps in getting there faster |
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2005: A round-up
January 2006 |
| The past year saw the group move, with increasing speed and agility, into the arena of international business |
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A brand apart
September 2005 | Philip Chacko |
| 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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Good tidings
September 2005 | Christabelle Noronha |
| David Good*, who heads the Tata corporate office in the United States, explains his mission and the group's vision for spreading its business wings in America |
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Life starts at 60
September 2005 |
| Tata Incorporated, established in the US in 1945, has spearheaded the Tata group's businesses in the American heartland |
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Citizen of the world
September 2005 |
| Bharat Wakhlu, the president of Tata Inc, US, has made a fine art of empathising with people of every hue and appreciating the merits of different cultures |
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A world to win
June 2005 |
| A journey that began long ago is gathering pace. From information technology and tea to automobiles and steel, Tata companies are spreading their wings to find a place in the global sun. Chairman Ratan Tata shares his vision for the Tata group |
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The Tatas in 2004: All-round achievement
March 2005 |
| The Tata group’s strategy to focus on expanding its businesses globally gained momentum and took centre stage in the year 2004 |
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Fuelling Karthikeyan's dream run
March 2005 | Raju Bist |
| The Tata group has been supporting Narain Karthikeyan long before he became the first Indian to participate in a Formula One race |
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The rights stuff
January 2005 | Subramanium Vutha |
| The connection between intellectual property rights and knowledge is so close that you cannot understand one without comprehending the other |
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Helping to rebuild shattered lives
January 2005 |
| 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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Year's looking at 2004
January 2005 |
| 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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Foreword — Ratan Tata, Chairman, Tata Sons
December 2004 |
| “We have to be fair to all our stakeholders. Being just to every constituent of the community is crucial; it is the cornerstone of the tremendous equity that Tata products and services enjoy, and the basis of faith and trust reposed by people in Tata" |
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Overview: A rich rubric of ethics
December 2004 |
| Defined by a deeply rooted set of values and beliefs, corporate governance at Tata rests on the pillars of trust and integrity |
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All in a day's work
September 2004 | Shobha Ramswamy |
| 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
September 2004 | Shobha Ramswamy |
| Tata companies in the financial services sector are using innovative thoughts, processes, approaches and strategies to spur economic growth |
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Making business sense of innovation
September 2004 | R Gopalakrishnan |
| Innovation deals with the conversion of invention into a viable commercial proposition. Today, innovation has begun to make good business sense |
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The age of the idea
September 2004 | Christabelle Noronha |
| B Bowonder, director of the Tata Management Training Centre in Pune, on innovation, its methodologies and how to make the hard yards in the business of being original |
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The search for research
September 2004 | Christabelle Noronha |
| RA Mashelkar, one of India's foremost technocrats, sounds an optimistic note on India's chances of ascending to the elite club of the world's knowledge powers |
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The round table symposium - I
August 2004 |
| A round table on innovation elicited plenty of provocative responses from a bunch of corporate India's knights in creative armour |
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The roundtable symposium - II
August 2004 |
| Roundtable on research and development in Indian companies |
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The roundtable symposium - III
August 2004 |
| Roundtable on research and development in Indian companies |
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'We want investors to be happy'
July 2004 |
| Ratan Tata, the Chairman of the Tata group, spoke to CNBC after the inaugural presentation of Tata Consultancy Services' initial public offering. Excerpts from the interview: |
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IPO proceeds will power Tata group
July 2004 | Chirag Kasbekar |
| Tata group chairman Ratan Tata takes the stage at the inauguration of the TCS IPO, which opens on July 29, 2004 |
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One hundred years of fortitude
June 2004 | Ratan Tata |
| Ratan Tata, Chairman of the Tata group, pays tribute to Jamsetji Tata, JRD Tata, and Naval Tata |
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Legal recourse
March 2004 | Bharat Vasani |
| The product quality and pricing of a company must be competitive with those of global players |
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Truly global
March 2004 | Kishor Chaukar |
| Product quality and uniqueness provides worldwide recognition to a global corporation |
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Driving global strategy
March 2004 | Ratan Tata |
| Is globalisation an imperative in today's business? What are the challenges that define this path? Ratan Tata shares his views on the subject |
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The challenge of growing
March 2004 | R Gopalakrishnan |
| "When I think of globalisation, I have an image of a company having an intellectual property or capability which can deliver value." |
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Empowering people
March 2004 | Satish Pradhan |
| Out of the various ways of perceiving globalisation, it is important to consider it in the form of a journey |
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Global corporation
March 2004 | JJ Irani |
| How does one define a global corporation? JJ Irani, director, Tata Sons, lists the typical characteristics that make a global corporation |
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Tata brand holds the high ground
December 2003 | Philip Chacko |
| In the early 1990s, when Ratan Tata succeeded JRD Tata as chairman, the Tata group initiated a brand-building expedition whose goal was to unify a diverse and diffuse enterprise and make it capable of navigating the rough post-liberalisation waters that lay ahead |
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Tata brand holds the high ground
December 2003 | Philip Chacko |
| 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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Getting out of the woods
June 2003 | Chirag Kasbekar |
| In an extremely degraded portion of India's forest area, a vital experiment backed by Sir Dorabji Tata Trust is evolving into what could be the template for forest protection and regeneration in the country |
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Legal eagle
June 2003 | Sujata Agrawal |
| Mr Vasani plans to make the legal department of the Tata group, a role model for India's corporate sector |
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Licensed to connect
April 2003 | Shilpa Goel and Kaushik Karforma |
| As an industry, telecommunications will thrive in the next several years, but which players will succeed depends on the investing capability and on how they deal with technology, regulations, market dynamics, consumers, etc |
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Marketing on trial
April 2003 | Abhishek Sinha and R Radhakrishnan |
| "Marketing is like golf; you learn the rules and implement them." |
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Courting EVA
March 2003 | R Radhakrishnan |
| Over time the Tata group has imbibed revolutionary technologies, new business models, innovative human resource strategies, and better accounting methods to build a dynamic conglomerate |
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The new-age CFO
March 2003 | Christabelle Noronha |
| The chief financial officer's role has come into sharp focus due to recent events in the business sphere |
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When the leader cares
March 2003 | Sudipta Basu |
| The Tata group has consistently adhered to the practice of corporate governance and has initiated the process of the triple bottom line, consisting of benchmarking with global practices |
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My Tata years
March 2003 | Dr Irani spoke to Philip Chacko and Sujata Agrawal |
| Jamshed J Irani's visionary leadership turned a tired and ageing company into the world’s most efficient steel enterprise. |
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Time to get on the 'rights' track
November 2002 |
| The issue of intellectual property rights is a crucial element in the World Trade Organisation edifice. Learning to make the most of this reality can fetch India and Indian businesses huge gains |
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Tata group gears up for WTO age
September 2002 | Ganesh Ramamoorthy |
| In November 1999, the Tata group gathered for a day-long seminar to discuss and formulate strategies that would prepare the group for the WTO regime |
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The business of reporting
August 2002 | R Gopalakrishnan |
| Business and media need to develop a compass to guide thinking, to hone a sense of discrimination so that the businessperson and the journalist can plough their respective furrows constructively |
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The retail cocktail
May 2002 | Sujata Agrawal |
| The retailing environment in India has evolved enormously over the last decade and the beginning of this evolution can be traced to the early years of the liberalisation process |
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If only India knew what Indians know
April 2002 | R Gopalakrishnan |
| The Indian manager thinks in the Western idiom, but follows the Eastern pattern in his behaviour. It is this duality that is being severely challenged now, says R Gopalakrishnan, executive director of Tata Sons and a member of the Group Corporate Centre |
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The Tata re-engineering co
March 2002 | Saurav Mukherjee and R Radhakrishnan |
| The winds of change are sweeping through Bombay House. Get prepared to be swept away |
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'CMC's skills will shine'
October 2001 |
| This is the speech made by Ratan N Tata, the chairman of the Tata Group, at the function marking the acquisition of a majority stake by Tata Sons in CMC Limited. The function was held in Delhi on October 16, 2001 |
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Tata Sons acquires CMC
October 2001 | Mohini Bhatnagar |
| With Tata Sons having acquired a controlling 51 per cent stake in software services behemoth CMC Ltd, TCS proposes to begin the process of consolidating its position in the Indian software services industry |
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The business of take and give
September 2001 | R. Gopalakrishnan |
| Using technology to help rural India become literate |
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Meta-tagging along for the ride
August 2001 | Rodney D Ryder |
| Trademark infringements arise when a website uses the trademarks or trade names of competitors in its metatags. Rodney D Ryder* looks at how courts have ruled to resolve these disputes |
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Napster and beyond
July 2001 | Rodney D Ryder |
| How would Napster have fared if its fate were to be decided in an Indian court? Rodney D Ryder tries to find out in our Net Effects series |
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Words hold the key
June 2001 | Rodney D Ryder |
| The sale of keywords by Internet search engines has led to lawsuits being filed by companies contending that their trademarks are infringed by such usage. Rodney D Ryder weighs the pros and cons |
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Tata gets two awards in one day
March 2001 |
| In an event that happens but rarely, the Tata group received two awards on one day, Tuesday, March 27, 2001 — a testimony to the group’s record in corporate governance and leadership |
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Defining the competitive advantage
September 2000 | Kiron Kasbekar |
| To succeed in a market-oriented world, we must identify the areas in which we have strong international comparative advantages and convert them into sustained competitive advantages |
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Stirring up success
July 2000 | Christabelle Noronha |
| With the Tetley tea business takeover, the Tata group has signalled its intention to be a more active player in the global marketplace. Among the areas in which it is best positioned to expand aggressively is the communications and information technology business |
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e-business and IPR
July 2000 | Subramaniam Vutha |
| As more of the real world moves into cyberspace, what will the shape of business be? Subramaniam Vutha launches a forum on these vital issues |
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