Natarajan Chandrasekaran

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In this Indian name, the name Natarajan is a patronymic, and the person should be referred to by the given name, Chandrasekaran .
Natarajan Chandrasekaran
Chandrasekaran, c. 2013
Born (1963-06-02) 2 June 1963 (age 60)
Mohanur, Madras State
(present day Namakkal, Tamil Nadu), India
Alma mater
TitleChairman, Tata Group
Board member of
SpouseLalitha Chandrasekaran
AwardsPadma Bhushan (2022)

Natarajan Chandrasekaran (born 2 June 1963) is an Indian businessman, and the chairman of

Parsi and professional executive to head the Tata Group.[5] He has assumed the chair of B20 India and will lead the business agenda during India's G20 presidency.[6]

Education and career

Chandrasekaran studied in a

Regional Engineering College, Tiruchirappalli (now National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli), in Tamil Nadu, India, in 1986.[8] Joining TCS in 1987, Chandrasekaran took over as CEO on 6 October 2009, prior to which he was COO and executive director of TCS.[1] Chandrasekaran is a senior member of Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), and an active member of Computer Society of India and British Computer Society. He was nominated as the chairman of Indian IT industry body NASSCOM in April 2015.[citation needed
]

Career

Chandrasekaran has spent his career in TCS, joining the company in 1987 after completing a master's degree in Computer Applications from

Regional Engineering College, Trichy in Tamil Nadu.[9]

Under his leadership TCS has generated consolidated revenues of US$16.5 billion in 2015–16.[10] With over 556,000 consultants, TCS has become the largest private sector employer in India. TCS remains the most valuable company in India ended 2015–16 with a market capitalization of over US$70 billion. In 2015 TCS was rated as the world's most powerful brand in IT Services, and was recognized as a Global Top Employer by the Top Employers Institute across 24 countries.[citation needed]

On 25 October 2016, Chandrasekaran, then CEO and managing director of Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), was appointed an additional director on the Tata Sons board.

2018/ 2019 NCLAT verdicts

The Tata Sons board voted to remove Cyrus Mistry from the Chairmanship of Tata Sons on 24 October 2016.[11][12]

In July 2018, the

vote of non-confidence.[13] On 10 July 2018, Mistry stated that he would appeal the decision.[14]

In December 2019, the Tribunal reinstated Mistry as the Chairperson of Tata Sons for his remaining term, and declared that the appointment of Chandrasekaran as executive chairman was illegal.[15]

2020 Supreme Court 

In January 2020, Tata Sons appealed to the

S. A. Bobde
and Justices B. R. Gavai and Surya Kant stayed NCLAT's order while hearing Tata Sons' appeal on 10 January 2020.

The bench stated, "We find there are lacunae in the judicial orders passed by the NCLAT."[18]

The Supreme Court also ordered that Tata Sons will not exercise power under Article 25 of the Company Law for pushing out shares of minority holders in the company.[19]

Personal life

Chandrasekaran was born into a Tamil Hindu family in Mohanur near Namakkal in Tamil Nadu, India.[20][21] He resides in Mumbai, with his wife Lalitha. Chandrasekaran is an avid photographer, music aficionado and a passionate long-distance runner who has completed marathons in Amsterdam, Boston, Chicago, Berlin, Mumbai, New York and Tokyo. He completed his fastest marathon or personal record (PR) at TCS New York City Marathon (2014) with a finishing time of 5 hr 00 min 52 sec.[22][23]

Awards and recognition

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "N Chandrasekaran takes over as TCS CEO". Business-standard.com. Retrieved 18 November 2010.
  2. ^ "N Chandrasekaran takes over as CEO of TCS". The Times Of India. 7 October 2009.
  3. ^ Vijayraghavan, Kala; Philip, Lijee (14 January 2017). "Tata Sons chairman N Chandrasekaran may follow leadership style of JRD Tata". The Economic Times.
  4. ^ Mandavia, Megha; Kalesh, Baiju (18 February 2017). "Post Mistry feud, Tatas putting their house in order as N Chandrasekaran gets cracking as new chief". The Economic Times.
  5. ^ "Marathon man: Tatas pick first non-Parsi and professional executive as group chairman". Reeba Zachariah. The Times of India. 13 January 2013. Retrieved 21 September 2017.
  6. ^ "Livemint- N Chandrasekaran will assume the chair of B20 India". 7 December 2022.
  7. ^ "'Wasn't academically brilliant, but would put mind and heart into duty', says Natarajan Chandrasekaran elder brother". Rajesh Chandramouli. The Times of India. 13 January 2017. Retrieved 30 May 2018.
  8. ^ "Sundowner with N Chandrasekaran". The Economic Times. 16 February 2008. Retrieved 4 October 2009.
  9. ^ "TCS Intern to Tata Sons Chairman: N Chandrasekaran Honoured With Padma Bhushan". News18. 21 March 2022. Retrieved 27 January 2023.
  10. ^ "TCS News & Events: Press Release: Annual revenues cross trillion rupees in 2015-16". www.tcs.com. Retrieved 3 August 2016.
  11. ^ "Tata Sons Board replaces Mr. Cyrus P. Mistry as Chairman, Selection Committee set up for new Chairman". 24 October 2016. Archived from the original on 24 October 2016. Retrieved 24 October 2016.
  12. ^ "Ratan Tata to replace Cyrus Mistry as Tata Sons chairman – The Economic Times". The Economic Times. Retrieved 24 October 2016.
  13. ^ "Ratan Tata welcomes NCLT verdict". The Economic Times. 9 July 2018. Retrieved 12 June 2018.
  14. ^ "Tata welcomes NCLT verdict but Cyrus Mistry says he will challenge ruling". The Economic Times. 9 July 2018. Retrieved 12 June 2018.
  15. ^ Chitravanshi, Dev Chatterjee & Ruchika (18 December 2019). "Tata vs Mistry: NCLAT restores Cyrus Mistry as chairman of Tata Sons". Business Standard India. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
  16. ^ "Tata Sons moves SC challenging NCLAT decision restoring Cyrus Mistry as executive chairman". The Economic Times. 3 January 2020. Retrieved 6 January 2020.[permanent dead link]
  17. ^ Upadhyay, Jayshree P. (5 January 2020). "Cyrus Mistry shuns top posts at Tata companies, seeks board seat". Livemint. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
  18. ^ "Supreme Court stays NCLAT order restoring Cyrus Mistry as executive chairman of Tata Group". The Times of India. 10 January 2020. Retrieved 22 January 2020.
  19. ^ "Setback for Cyrus Mistry: Supreme Court stays NCLAT order restoring Pallonji Group scion as executive chairman of Tata Group". Firstpost. 10 January 2020. Retrieved 22 January 2020.
  20. ^ "Archived copy". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 17 March 2023. Retrieved 18 September 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  21. ^ "Meet N Chandrasekaran, the man from Namakkal appointed as Chairman of Tata Sons". The News Minute. 12 January 2017. Retrieved 13 January 2017.
  22. ^ "Search at Athlinks.com at Athlinks.com". www.athlinks.com. Retrieved 13 January 2017.
  23. ^ "Home". NYRR. Retrieved 13 January 2017.
  24. ^ "TCS chief N Chandrasekaran appointed to board of Reserve Bank". www.businesstoday.in. 5 March 2016. Retrieved 3 August 2016.
  25. ISSN 0971-751X
    . Retrieved 22 March 2022.
  26. ^ "2015 All-Asia Executive Team Pays Tribute to Trailblazers". www.institutionalinvestor.com. 6 July 2015. Archived from the original on 15 August 2016. Retrieved 3 August 2016.
  27. ^ "List of winners of Indian of the Year 2014". News18.com. 17 March 2015. Retrieved 3 August 2016.
  28. ^ "India's Best CEOs 2014". www.businesstoday.in. 28 November 2014. Retrieved 3 August 2016.
  29. ^ "India's 50 powerful people". India Today. 14 April 2017.
  30. ISSN 0971-751X
    . Retrieved 11 January 2018.
  31. ^ @e_lenain (16 May 2023). ""Dear Natarajan Chandrasekaran, you are a tru friend of France."" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  32. ^ "'You are a friend of France': Tata Sons' N Chandrasekaran conferred with France's highest order of merit". 17 May 2023.

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Preceded by Chairman of Tata Group
2017–present 		Incumbent
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