TCS chief N Chandrasekaran is new Tata Sons chairman
January 12, 2017 19:14
Tata Sons today named TCS Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director N Chandrasekaran as its new chairman. Popularly known as 'Chandra', the 54-year-old was chosen to step into the shoes of interim chairman Ratan Tata.
The decision to appoint Chandra, a Tata group veteran, was taken at a meeting of Tata Sons board in Mumbai, sources said. The decision followed a five-member search committee comprising Ratan Tata, TVS Group head Venu Srinivasan, Amit Chandra of Bain Capital, former diplomat Ronen Sen and Lord Kumar Bhattacharya zeroing in on Chandrasekaran.