Product of the year
April 2013 | tata.com
Tata I-Shakti pulses, India’s first national branded pulses by Tata Chemicals, won the Product of the Year 2013 award in the Packaged Food category. Amit Sridharan, business head, consumer products business - pulses, Tata Chemicals, talks about the pioneering product and the ups and downs of the challenging journey
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‘The challenge is to attract talent and retain it’
April 2013 | Philip Chacko
Rackanchath Nanda, head of human resources at Tata Chemicals, gets talking in this interview on a wide range of HR issues, among them the challenges Tata Chemicals faces on this front and how the function has changed over the years
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‘We enjoy the benefit of having a great team’
December 2012 | Sangeeta Menon
R Mukundan, managing director of Tata Chemicals, explains why he remains an optimist despite the negative impact of the economic slowdown
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The flavour of the season
April 2012 | tata.com
By introducing one innovative specialised nutritional offering after another, Tata Salt has been able to consistently go beyond customer expectations. Ashvini Hiran, chief operating officer, consumer products division, Tata Chemicals, talks about the rationale behind the innovations and Flavoritz, the recently launched flavoured variant of Tata Salt
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‘We are bigger and better’
August 2011 | Sangeeta Menon
Last year was a mixed bag for Tata Chemicals, with margins coming under pressure even as the company increased capacity, acquired British Salt in the UK, kicked off a rebranding exercise and entered the packaged pulses market. Tata Chemicals managing director R Mukundan takes us through the ups and downs of the year gone by and the company’s plans for the current year
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Chemical transformation
February 2011 | Gayatri Kamath
Tata Chemicals’ new vision is about ensuring that it has several green eggs in its basket. The new products in its portfolio are all about the environment and sustainability
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Chemical connections
January 2011 | Tata Review
Christopher Douville, vice president and general manager, General Chemical, discusses the New Jersey-based company’s plans and the opportunities at hand
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Adept at adapting
March 2010
Tata Chemicals is riding out the recession, says MD R Mukundan in an interview with Tata Review, by setting strict financial goals, communicating closely with employees, consolidating operations and aligning the organisation to new growth and strategic plans
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Tata Chemicals’ human touch
February 2010 | Shubha Madhukar and Arvind Sridhar
It has been a little over an year since R Mukundan took over as managing director of Tata Chemicals. In a wide-ranging interview, he talks about how the company battled the recession and how it has revised its mission-vision to focus on the human impact of its businesses
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"A leader should be in touch with the tapestry of the company's past"
December 2009 | Philip Chacko
R Mukundan, new MD of Tata Chemicals, speaks about the challenges that face the chemicals industry and his vision for the company
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The business of farming
November 2008 | Sujata Agrawal
Kapil Mehan, COO, CNB, talks about the new relationship that Tata Chemicals is building with the farmer and the business plans for Khet-Se
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Green light for growth
May 2008 | Sujata Agrawal
Homi Khusrokhan, managing director, Tata Chemicals, answers some crucial questions on where the company is headed and how it expects to achieve its goals
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Sowing the seeds of tomorrow
June 2007 | Candida Moraes
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
March 2007 | Sujata Agrawal
Tata Chemicals is stepping up gear. Last year it set up an Innovation Centre in Pune headed by chief scientist Dr Murali Sastry, ex-IITian and formerly with the International Centre for Theoretical Physics in Trieste
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Finding the right formula
January 2001 | Christabelle Noronha
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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