Tata Sons chief Natarajan Chandrasekaran was appointed as chairman of Air India on Monday. The development came days after Ilker Ayci turned down the Tata Group’s offer to be chief executive officer and managing director of Air India.
The development came days after Ilker Ayci turned down the Tata Group’s offer to be chief executive officer and managing director of Air India.
Who is Natarajan Chandrasekaran?
Natarajan Chandrasekaran (born 2 June 1963) is chairman of Tata Sons.He was Chief operating officer (COO) and executive director of Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), where in 2009, he became Chief executive officer (CEO).He was also the chairman of Tata Motors and Tata Global Beverages (TGB). He became the first non-Parsi and professional executive to head the Tata Group.On 18 December 2019, the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) held the appointment of Chandrasekaran as illegal and restored Cyrus Mistry as executive chairman.In January 2020 the Supreme Court of India overruled NCLAT.
