N. Chandrasekaran

Natarajan Chandrasekaran (Chandra) is the Chairman of Tata Sons Private Limited (Tata Sons), the holding company and promoter of all Tata group companies. Chandra joined the Board of Tata Sons in October 2016 and was appointed as Chairman in January 2017.

Before becoming the Chairman of Tata Sons, he served 30 years in Tata Consultancy Services Limited (TCS) including 8 years as the Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director (CEO&MD), until 2017. Under Chandra’s leadership, TCS became the country’s most valuable company.

At the Tata group, Chandra has pursued the “One Tata” strategy, based on the themes of simplification, scale, and synergy. Now he is driving transformation of the Tata group towards a sustainable future. He has steered the group into new businesses including semiconductors, electronics manufacturing, consumer internet platform, mobile technology and battery giga-factories. The Tata group has expanded its aviation presence with the acquisition of Air India and is building a large global airline.

Chandra is on the International Advisory Council of Singapore’s Economic Development Board, Mitsubishi's International Advisory Committee and on the Board of Governors of New York Academy of Sciences. He is also a Chairman of Society and Board of Governors of the Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow and a member of IMF Managing Director's Advisory Council on Entrepreneurship and Growth.

The numerous recognitions conferred on him include, the Padma Bhushan, one of India’s highest civilian awards in 2022 and France’s highest civilian award Légion d’Honneur in 2023. In 2025, he was conferred as an Honorary Knight of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire.

In addition, Chandra has been awarded several honorary doctorates by leading Universities in India and internationally, including an honorary Doctor of Letters from Macquarie University, Australia, Doctor Honoris Causa by Nyenrode University, The Netherlands, and Doctor of Letters from the Regional Engineering College, Trichy, Tamil Nadu.

Chandra is also the author of Bridgital Nation, a groundbreaking book on harnessing technological disruptions to bring Indians closer to their dreams.

He is an avid photographer and a passionate long-distance marathon runner. He is a Six Star Finisher of the World Marathon Majors and continues to champion fitness.

Born in 1963, Chandra is a Bachelor in Applied Sciences and has Masters in Computer Applications. He lives in Mumbai, with his wife Lalitha, and they have a son.

Besides Tata Sons, he also chairs the Boards of Tata Steel Limited, Tata Motors Limited,
The Tata Power Company Limited, Air India Limited, Tata Consumer Products Limited,
The Indian Hotels Company Limited, Tata Limited, Tata Incorporated Limited, Tata Digital Private Limited, Tata Electronics Private Limited, Agratas Energy Storage Solutions Private Limited, B20 Global Institute Private Limited, Jaguar Land Rover Automotive PLC,
TCS Foundation and Ratan Tata Endowment Foundation. He is also a Director of Indian Foundation for Quality Management.

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