Tata Group

Tata is one of the oldest and best-known group of companies in India. The group takes the name of its founder, Sir Jamshedji Tata, a member of whose family has almost invariably been the chairman of the group. The present chairman is Ratan Tata, who took over from the justly renowned J.R.D. Tata in the 1990s.

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India - Jamshedji Tata - Ratan Tata - J.R.D. Tata

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Companies of the Tata group include:

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• TISCO (Tata Iron and Steel Company Ltd) is India's first private Iron and Steel Company, and also the first company founded by J.N. Tata (the founder of the Tata Groups). Its works are located at Jamshedpur, with headquarters at Bombay. Now Tata Steel.
• TELCO (Tata Engineering and Locomotives Ltd) is a company of Tata group of companies which produces automobiles for the Indian Market. Its product range for goods and passenger transport. It is now called Tata Motors.
• Tata Tea Limited is the world's second largest manufacturer of packaged tea and tea products. It also owns the Tetley brand of tea sold primarily in Europe.
• Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (TCS) is India's largest software company with 2004-05 revenues being over US$ 2.3 bn.
• Tata Power is one of the largest private sector power companies. It supplies power to Mumbai, the commercial capital of India.
• Tata Elxsi is another Software company of the Tata stable. Based in Bangalore. One of the leading companies in the animation industry of India.
• Tata Autocomp Systems Ltd (TACO) is one of the newest addition to Tata Group of Industries. It is one of the fastest growing auto-components company. TACO has established joint ventures with

a number of world renowned auto-component companies.

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• Seven out of ten medium and heavy commercial vehicles in India bear the Tata mark, widely trusted in India. The Indica V2 - India's only fully indigenously designed and manufactured passenger car - has been a great commercial success.
• Tata acquired Indian telco VSNL in 2002
• Tata-owned VSNL acquired Bermuda-based (former Canadian crown corporation and Montreal-based) Teleglobe in 2005
• CMC - a consulting agency with clients like American Express
 
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