Tata Sons under new visionaries

N Chandrasekaran, TCS Chief Executive Officer, and Managing Director named as the new Chairman by Tata Sons after the rushed sacking of Cyrus Mistry. He will take charge on February 21.

Chandrasekaran popularly known as ‘Chandra’ was chosen to step into the shoes of interim Chairman Ratan Tata, who took over on October 24. The Former was also appointed as a Director on the board of Tata Sons on October 25, last year, a day after Mistry’s removal. The decision to appoint Chandra was taken at a meeting of Tata Sons board comprising a five-member search committee Ratan Tata, TVS Group head Venu Srinivasan, Amit Chandra of Bain Capital, former diplomat Ronen Sen and Lord Kumar Bhattacharya.