More than a decade ago, in December 2012, one of India¡¯s most prestigious groups, the Tata group¡¯s parent company Tata Sons conferred the title of Chairman Emeritus to Ratan Tata.?
"The Board of Directors of Tata Sons today announced the appointment of Cyrus P Mistry as the Chairman of the Board after Ratan N Tata retires on December 28, 2012," Tata Sons had said in a statement on December 18th 2012. Ratan Tata?is the Chairman?Emeritus?of Tata Sons, Tata Industries, Tata Motors, Tata Steel and Tata Chemicals. He had previously held the position of Chairman of Tata Steel, Tata Motors, Tata Consultancy Services, Tata Power, Tata Global Beverages, Tata Chemicals, Taj Group and Tata Teleservices.
At present,?Tata Sons' Chairman Emeritus Ratan Tata serves as the Chairman of the Sir Ratan Tata Trust and Allied Trusts, and the Sir Dorabji Tata Trust and the Allied Trusts.
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The term 'Chairman Emeritus' is used as a professional title to indicate that the person conferred with the title has retired but continues to keep the title as an honour.?
Natarajan Chandrasekaran is currently the Chairman of Tata Group. He had joined the Board of Tata Sons in October 2016 and was appointed Tata Sons' Chairman in January 2017.?N. Chandrasekaran was born on 2 June 1963 in Tamil Nadu.?
Earlier, he was chief operating officer (COO) and executive director of Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), where in 2009, he became CEO. He has also served as the chairman of Tata Motors and Tata Global Beverages (TGB). He went on to become the first non-Parsi and professional executive to head the Tata Group.
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