Tata is a rapidly growing business group based in India with significant international operations. Revenues in 2007-08 are estimated at $62.5 billion (around Rs251, 543 crore), of which 61 per cent is from business outside India. The group employs around 350,000 people worldwide. The Tata name has been respected in India for 140 years for its adherence to strong values and business ethics.

The business operations of the Tata group currently encompass seven business sectors: communications and information technology, engineering, materials, services, energy, consumer products and chemicals. The group's 27 publicly listed enterprises have a combined market capitalization of some $60 billion, among the highest among Indian business houses, and a shareholder base of 3.2 million. The major companies in the group include Tata Steel, Tata Motors, Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), Tata Power, Tata Chemicals, Tata Tea, Indian Hotels and Tata Communications.

The group’s major companies are beginning to be counted globally. Tata Steel became the sixth largest steel maker in the world after it acquired Corus. Tata Motors is among the top five commercial vehicle manufacturers in the world and has recently acquired Jaguar and Land Rover. TCS is a leading global software company, with delivery centres in the US, UK, Hungary, Brazil, Uruguay and China, besides India. Tata Tea is the second largest branded tea company in the world, through its UK-based subsidiary Tetley. Tata Chemicals is the world’s second largest manufacturer of soda ash. Tata Communications is one of the world’s largest wholesale voice carriers.

In tandem with the increasing international footprint of its companies, the group is also gaining international recognition. Brand Finance, a UK-based consultancy firm, recently valued the Tata brand at $11.4 billion and ranked it 57th amongst the Top 100 brands in the world. Businessweek ranked the group sixth amongst the ‘World’s Most Innovative Companies’ and the Reputation Institute, USA, recently rated it as the ‘World’s Sixth Most Reputed Firm.’

Founded by Jamsetji Tata in 1868, the Tata group’s early years were inspired by the spirit of nationalism. The group pioneered several industries of national importance in India: steel, power, hospitality and airlines. In more recent times, the Tata group’s pioneering spirit has been showcased by companies like Tata Consultancy Services, India’s first software company, which pioneered the international delivery model, and Tata Motors, which made India’s first indigenously developed car, the Indica, in 1998 and recently unveiled the world’s lowest-cost car, the Tata Nano, for commercial launch by end of the financial year 2008-09.

The Tata group has always believed in returning wealth to the society it serves. Two-thirds of the equity of Tata Sons, the Tata group’s promoter company, is held by philanthropic trusts which have created national institutions in science and technology, medical research, social studies and the performing arts. The trusts also provide aid and assistance to NGOs in the areas of education, healthcare and livelihoods. Tata companies also extend social welfare activities to communities around their industrial units. The combined development-related expenditure of the Trusts and the companies amounts to around 4 per cent of the group’s net profits.

Going forward, the group is focusing on new technologies and innovation to drive its business in India and internationally. The Nano car is one example, as is the Eka supercomputer (developed by another Tata company), which in 2008 is ranked the world’s fourth fastest. The group aims to build a series of world class, world scale businesses in select sectors. Anchored in India and wedded to its traditional values and strong ethics, the group is building a multinational business which will achieve growth through excellence and innovation, while balancing the interests of its shareholders, its employees and wider society.

GOVERNANCE Values and purpose: The Tata group’s principal purpose is to improve the quality of life of the communities it serves. The values and ideals that define the way the group functions help it do that.

Tata Code of Conduct: This comprehensive document serves as the ethical road map for Tata employees and companies, and provides the guidelines by which the group conducts its businesses. Business Excellence: The quality movement in the Tata group is driven by the Tata Business Excellence Model and Tata Quality Management Services. The JRD QV Award is given to Tata companies reaching new heights of business excellence.

CHAIRMAN’S CHAMBER Ratan N Tata is the Chairman of Tata Sons, the holding company of the Tata group "One hundred years from now, I expect the Tatas to be much bigger than it is now. More importantly, I hope the group comes to be regarded as being the best in India — best in the manner in which we operate, best in the products we deliver and best in our value systems and ethics. Having said that, I hope that a hundred years from now we will spread our wings far beyond India..."

GROUP EXECUTIVE OFFICE & GROUP CORPORATE CENTRE Management structure There are two decision-making bodies that define and direct the business endeavours of the Tata group. These are called the Group Executive Office and the Group Corporate Centre. Group Executive Office The Group Executive Office (GEO) defines and reviews the business activities of the Tata group and is involved in implementing programmes in corporate governance, human resources, the environment, etc. The chief objective of the GEO is to make the Tata group more synergistic; it does this by strengthening the relationship between the group and its companies. The GEO creates a shared understanding of a Tata company's current activities, its strengths and its weaknesses. It then addresses the most strategic issues facing the company. Apart from this, the GEO has reviewed the group's business portfolio and clustered companies into seven business sectors. The GEO assesses what unique value a company adds to a particular business sector and, conversely, what unique value the group can bring to that company.

Besides Chairman Ratan N Tata, the GEO comprises R Gopalakrishnan, Ishaat Hussain, Kishor Chaukar and Arunkumar Gandhi.

Group Corporate Centre The Group Corporate Centre (GCC) is a forum at which broad policy issues relating to the growth of Tata companies are reviewed and the entry into new areas discussed. The GCC also plays a key role in protecting and promoting the Tata brand in India and across the globe. The GCC also provides advisory services to Tata companies in the areas of Human Resources, Finance, Legal, and other functional areas as and when required. Apart from this, the GCC from time to time, reviews Tata companies’ business portfolios across business sectors. The GCC comprises Chairman Ratan N Tata, NA Soonawala, JJ Irani, RK Krishna Kumar, R Gopalakrishnan, Ishaat Hussain, Kishor Chaukar, and Arunkumar Gandhi.

HERITAGE As much an institution as it is a business conglomerate, the Tata group is unique in more ways than one. Established by Jamsetji Tata in the second half of the 19th century, the group has grown into one of India's biggest and most respected business organizations, thanks to its entrepreneurial vision, its commitment to ideals that put people before profits, and its fortitude in the face of adversity. History : A brief history of the Tata group, its enterprises and their evolution, its leaders and value systems.

Pioneers: This is the story of a business house that has created wealth for a nation. It is a story of struggle, anxiety, adventure and achievement. This is the story of the Tata group’s pioneers.

Milestones: Highlights of the group's evolution through the years.

Lasting Legacies: A special edition of Tata Review, the Tata group publication, chronicling the lives and achievements of three Tata titans: Jamsetji Tata, JRD Tata and Naval Tata.

Tata Central Archives: Tata Central Archives is responsible for preserving the rich history of the Tata group for future generations. It is a goldmine of information, a repository of important documents — correspondence, photographs, awards, trophies, medals, citations, paintings, video and audio clips, etc that relate to the genesis and development of the Tata organization.

JRD Tata Biography

Born: July 29, 1904 Died: on November 29, 1993 Achievements: He had the honor of being India's first pilot; was Chairman of Tata & Sons for 50 years; launched Air India International as India's first international airline; received Bharat Ratna in 1992. JRD Tata was one of the most enterprising Indian entrepreneurs. He was a pioneer aviator and built one of the largest industrial houses of India. JRD Tata was born on July 29, 1904 in Paris. His mother was French, while his father was Parsi. JRD's full name was Jehangir Ratanji Dadabhoy Tata and he was popularly known as Jeh to his friends. JRD's father Ratanji Dadabhoy Tata and Sri Jamsetji Tata shared their greatness from the same great-great-grandfather, Ervad Jamshed Tata, a priest of Navsari. JRD Tata was the second of four children. He was educated in France, Japan and England before being drafted into the French army for a mandatory one-year period. JRD wanted to extend his service in the forces but destiny had something else in store for him. By leaving the French army JRD's life was saved because shortly thereafter, the regiment in which he served was totally wiped out during an expedition in Morocco. JRD Tata joined Tata & Sons as an unpaid apprentice in 1925. He has great interest in flying. On February 10, 1929, JRD became the first Indian to pass the pilot's examination. With this distinctive honor of being India's first pilot, he was instrumental in giving wings to India by building Tata Airlines, which ultimately became Air India. His passion for flying was fulfilled with the formation of the Tata Aviation Service in 1932. In 1938, at the age of 34, JRD was elected Chairman of Tata & Sons making him the head of the largest industrial group in India. He started with 14 enterprises under his leadership and half a century later on July 26, 1988, when he left, Tata & Sons was a conglomerate of 95 enterprises which they either started or in which they had controlling interest. JRD was the trustee of Sir Dorabji Tata Trust from its inception in 1932, which remained under his wings for over half a century. Under his guidance, this Trust established Asia's first cancer hospital, the Tata Memorial Center for Cancer, Research and Treatment, Bombay, 1941. It also founded the Tata Institute of Social Sciences, 1936 (TISS), the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, 1945 (TIFR), and the National Center for Performing Arts. In 1948, JRD Tata launched Air India International as India's first international airline. In 1953, the Indian Government appointed JRD as Chairman of Air-India and a director on the Board of Indian Airlines-a position JRD retained for 25-years. For his crowning achievements in Aviation, JRD was bestowed with the title of Honorary Air Commodore of India. In 1956, JRD Tata initiated a program of closer JRD TATA "employee association with management" to give workers a stronger voice in the affairs of the company. He firmly believed in employee welfare and espoused the principles of an eight-hour working day, free medical aid, workers' provident scheme, and workmen's accident compensation schemes, which were later, adopted as statutory requirements in India. JRD Tata cared greatly for his workers. In 1979, Tata Steel instituted a new practice; a worker is deemed to be "at work" from the moment he leaves home for work till he returns home from work. The company is financially liable to the worker if any mishap takes place on the way to and from work. Tata Steel Township was also selected as a UN Global Compact City because of the quality of life, conditions of sanitation, roads and welfare that were offered by Tata Steel.

JRD Tata received a number of awards. He received the Padma Vibhushan in 1957 on the eve of silver jubilee of Air India. He also received the Guggenheim Medal for aviation in 1988. In 1992, because of his selfless humanitarian endeavors, JRD Tata was awarded India's highest civilian honor, the Bharat Ratna-one of the rarest instances in which this award was granted during a person's lifetime. In the same year, JRD Tata was also bestowed with the United Nations Population Award for his crusading endeavors towards initiating and successfully implementing the family planning movement in India, much before it became an official government policy. JRD Tata died in Geneva, Switzerland on November 29, 1993 at the age of 89. On his death, the Indian Parliament was adjourned in his memory-an honor not usually given to persons who are not Members of Parliament.

TATA PRODUCTS AND SERVICES FOR BUSINESSES

Advanced composites Tata Advanced Materials (TAML) designs and manufactures advanced composites for the aerospace, defence, medical electronics, telecom and the transportation sectors. In addition, the company undertakes the engineering, application, and manufacture of prototypes and testing of these composites. Aerospace Aerospace is a big business area for the Tata group. Tata companies provide specialized IT-enabled consulting, services and products, as well as high precision components and composite products specifically designed for the aerospace industry. Agricultural products The Tata group has a complete portfolio of agricultural products, ranging from seeds, insecticides, herbicides, pesticides, fertilizers to agricultural and garden tools. The group also provides contract manufacturing facilities and valuable research inputs to institutional buyers. Automotive industry The Tata group has a significant footprint in the commercial and passenger vehicle segment as well as the auto component segment. The major areas are: - Automotive components and services. Commercial vehicles. Diesel engines. Passenger cars. Beverages The Tata group has a global market for its beverages, with Tata Tea and Tata Coffee present in the US, Europe and Africa. In addition, the group is establishing a retail vending presence in India in tea and coffee. Books The Tata group has a strong presence in the book publishing and distribution business through group company Westland.

Chemicals The Tata group through Tata Chemicals, Rallis and Tata Pigments has a sizeable presence in the chemicals sectors. The major areas are: - Chemicals. Insecticides. Pigments. Construction The Tata group is present in the construction sector in a big way through its group companies, Telcon, Voltas and Tata Projects. The major areas are: - Cement. Construction equipment. Construction services. Consultancy The Tata group’s consultancy firms offer a bouquet of services across business and industry verticals and in the global and domestic markets. The major areas are: - Business excellence. Engineering. Finance. Management. Defence The Tata group has for long been an active contributor in the defence sector. Since defence procurement has been opened up to the private sector, the involvement of the group has increased. The major area is: - Defence technology, products and systems Design services Tata Elxsi, a technology company with a distinct focus on design, delivers outsourced product design, R&D services and customized solutions. The major area is: - Design and development services. E-learning Tata Interactive Systems (TIS) is a global pioneer in e-learning; the company designs and develops customized e-learning and product-based e-learning solutions. The major area is: - E-learning products and solutions E-trading mjunction services are India's largest e-commerce company that operates an online marketplace for steel and coal. The major area is: - E-commerce. Energy The Tata group operates in the power sector through a number of companies that are involved in exploration, generation, transmission and distribution, trading of power as well as the advancement of renewable sources of energy such as wind, hydro and solar power.

Group companies have extensive expertise in the setting up, execution and commissioning of power projects both in India and overseas. The major areas are: - Oil and gas. Power. Power projects. Engineering The Tata group offers a wide range of engineering services, including consultancy, design, equipment, and total solutions. Engineering and design. Engineering consultancy. Engineering projects and project services. Financial services The Tata group is present in the full spectrum of financial services for retail as well as institutional investors. The group leverages its pan-Indian presence and network of offices and companies to provide services in insurance, mutual funds, private equity, retail finance and rural finance. The major areas are: - Credit cards. Insurance. Mutual funds. Food products The Tata group is involved in the making and marketing of a variety of food additives and spices. The major areas are: - Food addictives. Spices. Hospitality The Tata group's involvement with the hospitality industry dates back to 1903, when the Taj Mahal Palace opened in Mumbai. The major areas are: - Ginger. Taj Group. Industrial equipment The Tata group has a very strong presence in the area of industrial equipment, services and consultancy across a diverse range of sectors. The major areas are: - Air-conditioning products and services. Engineering equipment and services. Industrial electronics. Industrial machinery. Manufacturing engineering. Mining and material handling equipment. Precision equipment.

Information technology The Tata group leverages its network of group companies to offer a full spectrum of proven, off-the-shelf, and customized IT solutions and products for a number of industries. The major areas are: - IT enabled services. IT products and services. Pharma The Tata group has made foray into pharma R&D through group company Advinus Therapeutics. The major area is: - Drug discovery and development. Realty The concept of property development by corporate led to the Tata group’s involvement with real estate development. The major area is: - Real estate. Steel The Tata group, through Tata Steel and Corus, is the world's sixth largest producer of steel. The group companies are present across the entire value chain of the steel industry, from ores, to specialized steels, to steel-based products and steel trading. The major areas are: - Bearings. Pig iron. Rolls. Sponge iron. Steel. Steel processing and distribution. Tinplate. Tubes. Telecommunications The Tata group's telecom services are offered under the Tata Indicom brand. The brand covers all segments, from retail and enterprise to wholesale and international, and delivers a complete range of telecom solutions. The major areas are: - Fixed wireless and public phones. Internet services. Mobile telephony. Telecom solutions. Trading The trading activities of the Tata group are mostly conducted through four group companies – Tata International, Tata AG, Tata Incorporated and Tata Limited. The major area is: - Trading activities Wood products The Tata group uses timber resources from company estates belonging to Tata Coffee and Tata Tea to manufacture wood products.

TATA PRODUCTS AND SERVICES FOR CUSTOMERS

Agriculture The Tata group has established itself as a leading provider of agricultural implements, products and services. The major areas are: - ●Agricultural tools. ●Agrochemicals. ●Resource centers.

Automobiles The Tata group has a significant presence in both the commercial vehicles and passenger car segments. The major areas are: - ●Automotive components. ●Commercial vehicles. ● Passenger cars.

Beverages The Tata group has a global market for its beverages, with Tata Tea and Tata Coffee present in the US, Europe and Africa. In addition, the group is establishing a retail vending presence in India in tea and coffee. The major areas are: - ● Coffee. ● Tea. ● Water.

Charter flights The Tata group has, through TajAir, extended its luxury hospitality services to include charter flights. The major area is: - ● Air services.

Cooling appliances Manufactured in state-of-the-art plants, the cooling appliances offered by Voltas come with a promise of superior quality at reasonable cost. The major areas are: - ● Air-conditioners, water coolers, water dispensers.

Crockery Fine bone china crockery, including hollowware and flatware products, is manufactured by Tata Ceramics at its factory in Cochin. The major area is: - ● Ceramics.

DTH television The direct-to-home television service offered by the Tata group comes through Tata Sky, the group's joint venture with Britain's Sky Broadcasting Group. The major area is: - ● Satellite television.

Financial services The Tata group provides multiple services for individual and corporate customers. The major areas are: - ●Credit cards. ●Insurance. ●Mutual funds. ●Other services.

Food The Tata group is involved in the making and marketing of a variety of food additives and spices. The major areas are: - ● Food additives. ● Spices.

Holiday homes For an off-beat holiday, the Tata Coffee offers holiday homes in Coorg in southern India. The major area is: - ●Vacations.

Hotels The Tata group's involvement with the hospitality industry dates back to 1903, when the Taj Mahal Palace opened in Mumbai. The major areas are: - ●Ginger. ● Taj Group.

Housing Tata Housing constructs residential buildings and complexes, commercial properties and information technology parks. The major area is: - ●Residential and commercial buildings.

Jewellery With more than 100 boutiques in 70 cities across India, the jewellery business of the Tata group is a flourishing one. The major area is: - ●Gold, platinum and gemstone jewellery.

Leather Tata International is India's leading leather and leather goods exporter. The major area is: - ● Finished leather goods.

Retail The Tata group operates some of India's largest and fastest-growing retail chains. The major areas are: - ● Landmark. ● Star Bazaar. ● Westside.

Solar appliances Tata BP Solar manufactures solar photovoltaic and thermal products and systems. The major area is: - ● Solar products and systems.

Telecommunications The Tata group has a formidable presence in the telecom industry through three companies, Tata Teleservices, Tata Teleservices (Maharashtra) and Tata Communications, which operate under the umbrella brand of Tata Indicom. The brand covers all segments, from retail and enterprise to wholesale and international, and delivers a complete range of telecom solutions. The major areas are: - ●Telecommunications. ●Telephony.

Watches and clocks Titan Industries sells more than 9 million watches every year through some 12,000 retail outlets, exclusive Titan stores and franchises. The major area is: - ● Wristwatches

Advinus Therapeutics is a research company focused on new drug discovery and the development of pharmaceutical and agrochemical products. It was established by the Tata Group in 2005 as a research outsourcing company.

Areas of business Advinus's operations are organized into two separate businesses: drug discovery and development. The drug discovery business is focused on generating novel small-molecule therapies for indications in three disease clusters: metabolic disorders, inflammatory diseases and neglected diseases of the developing world. The development business provides services to pharmaceutical, biotech and agro companies for global registration of pharma and agrochemicals.

Location Advinus is headquartered in Bangalore, India, and has research facilities located in Bangalore and Pune, India.

Alliance Coffee Limited is a subsidiary of Tata Coffee Limited. Tata Coffee is Asia’s largest integrated coffee Company and one of the leading exporters of Instant Coffee from India. Alliance Coffee is the marketer for Tata Coffee for its spray dried freeze-dried and agglomerated instant coffee overseas. The Company is a joint venture between Tata Coffee Limited and Beeyu Overseas Limited, which is one of the largest exporters of tea.

Automotive Composite Systems International Limited (ACSI) provides total composite solutions to the automotive and electrical equipment industries.

The ACSI edge * Technology from Menzolit-Fibron, the largest producer of sheet moulded composites in the world. * Vertically-integrated capabilities, ranging from resin-formulation to moulding of composite parts. * Leading producer of class-A composite body panels in India

Products Composites are an innovative replacement for conventional materials such as steel, aluminum and plastics for a wide range of automotive applications like class-A body panels, structural parts and NVH parts. General advantages of composites are: Weight savings up to 25 per cent over sheet metal Cost savings in parts and tooling; up to 65 per cent over sheet metal in tooling Cost savings in overall program through faster tooling and development time Cost and assembly time savings through superior part integration Corrosion / dent resistance Better acoustic behavior through improved NVH properties Styling freedom

Sheet moulded composites (SMC) SMC is a thermosetting polymer reinforced with fiber (usually glass fiber), manufactured in the form of a sheet. Suitable fillers are added to SMC at the compounding stage to obtain specific properties and the material can be specifically formulated for applications like class-A surfaces or high-temperature applications. An additional advantage of SMC is its suitability for online painting with sheet metal components due to a coefficient of thermal expansion that is very close to that of steel.

Bulk moulded composites (BMC): BMC, used to make small and intricate parts, is similar to SMC in its composition but instead of a sheet it is manufactured in dough form.

Long fiber thermoplastic (LFT) : LFT is a thermoplastic polymer reinforced with fiber longer than 1mm (usually glass fiber longer than 20mm). It is a state-of-the-art material developed in Germany barely ten years ago by Menzolit Fibron GmbH, ACSI's technology partners, and Dieffenbacher. ACSI is working closely with Menzolit Fibron and Dieffenbacher to develop value-added applications of LFT in both class-A body panels and structural parts. LFT has the additional advantages of faster cycle times (less than 60s) and the ability to be recycled 100 per cent online for almost zero process wastage.

Engineering capabilities A team of ACSI engineers trained at Menzolit-Fibron, Germany, offers a range of design and development capabilities, including: ●Concept design ●Product development and validation ●Rapid prototyping ●Tooling design and development The company's software capabilities include CATIA V4, Nastran, and Ansys. It also offers a facility for raw material development and formulation for a variety of customer needs.

Automotive Stampings and Assemblies Limited (ASAL) provides a complete range of sheet metal components and welded assemblies to leading automotive companies through its three large manufacturing facilities in India.

The ASAL edge Wide range of presses - from 200 tonne to 1500 tonne machines in single action, double action and hydraulic versions. State-of-the-art and powder coating welding facilities for a variety of applications. Robotic welding facilities for critical welding applications. Manufacturing facilities located close to customers.

Products The Company provides complete solutions in sheet metal components and welded assemblies. Its products include: Body-in-white parts like A pillars, B pillars, floors, suspension towers, cross members, inner doors, inner bonnets and all reinforcements. Skin panels like outer doors, body sides, outer bonnets, fenders and bumpers. Complete assembly of fuel tanks. Oil sumps. Cabin parts for three wheelers. Engine brackets, suspension brackets, steering yoke assemblies, twist beam, sub frames and lower links of rear suspension.

The Brunner Mond group is one of the world’s leading manufacturers and suppliers of soda ash and associated alkaline products. It is Britain's largest soda ash producer and the second-largest soda ash maker in Europe. Established in 1873 in the United Kingdom, it became a part of Tata Chemicals in 2005.

Areas of business The Company’s key product is soda ash, which finds use in the manufacturing of glass, detergents and industrial chemicals. The company also makes refined sodium bicarbonate, used widely in making pharmaceuticals, bakery products and personal care products such as toothpaste and deodorants. The major markets for these products are in the UK, Europe, the Middle East and South East Asia. Brunner Mond produces salt in Kenya, mainly for the domestic market. The company also operates a transportation terminal at Durban, South Africa. It has entered into a partnership with E.ON (formerly Powergen) for a combined heat and power plant for its manufacturing facilities in Northwich.

Joint ventures, subsidiaries, associates The Brunner Mond group comprises: * Brunner Mond (UK). * Brunner Mond Resource Generation Company. * Northwich Resource Management. * Transcontinental Holdings. * The Magadi Soda Company. * Brunner Mond BV (formerly the soda ash business unit of Akzo Nobel). * Kemax BV (a joint venture company owned by TETRA Netherlands BV and Brunner Mond BV) * Brunner Mond (South Africa) (operates a bulk soda ash terminal at the Durban port).

Location The Brunner Mond group is headquartered in Northwich, UK, where it also has two manufacturing plants. Its other manufacturing sites are at Delfzijl in the Netherlands and Lake Magadi in Kenya.

CMC is an end-to-end information technology solutions and services provider. It is the No 2 software developer in India, the country’s top third-party maintenance and support provider, and is rated among the top five organizations in the field of computer education and training in India. Incorporated in 1975, CMC is a subsidiary of Tata Consultancy Services. It has software development parks in Mumbai and Hyderabad, 18 offices in major Indian cities and more than 180 service locations. Branch offices in the UK and Dubai service CMC's markets in Europe, Africa and the Middle East. The company has more than 3,000 employees.

Areas of business CMC operates through four strategic business units: customer services, systems integration, IT-enabled services and education and training. Together they cover the following practices:

• Systems and hardware consultancy • Software and hardware maintenance • Environmental engineering • Equipment integration and supply • Network management • Facilities management • Software design and development • Data-centre services • Networking solutions / EDI • E-commerce • Web hosting / web applications • Education and training

Joint ventures, subsidiaries, associates

• CMC Americas Inc: A wholly owned subsidiary, this company — earlier called Baton Rouge International — was acquired in 1991. It handles business development in the American market.

• CMC Informatics: A trading branch in the UK.

Location CMC has its head office in Mumbai and regional offices in Mumbai, Kolkata, New Delhi and Hyderabad.

Corus is Europe's largest steel maker, with operations in the UK and mainland Europe. Formed in 1999 through the merger of British Steel and Koninklijke Hoogovens, Corus was acquired by Tata Steel in January 2007.Corus has a crude steel production of 20 million tonnes and supplies long and strip products to the construction, automotive, packaging, aerospace, engineering and energy industries worldwide.

Areas of business Corus makes carbon steels, which gives it a competitive position in the construction and automotive sectors; it also makes engineering steels and is developing new advanced high strength steels. The company is organized under three operating divisions.

• The long products division supplies plate, sections, wire-rod and semi-finished steel for the construction and industrial segments, as well as railway products. Other products include engineering billets, straight and cooled bars, turned-drawn and ground bars and hot-rolled narrow strips, steel tubes, pipes and slabs.

• The strip products division supplies hot-rolled steel strips, cold-rolled and metallic-coated steel, light-gauge coated steel for packaging and non-packaging applications, pre-finished steels, plated precision-strip products with specialist finishes and electrical steels and transformer cores.

• The distribution and building systems division oversees service centres in the UK and other countries. It also supplies steel and aluminium building systems and provides consultancy services.

Corus also manufactures aluminium from its smelters in Delfzijl in the Netherlands and Voerde in Germany.

Location Corus has manufacturing operations in many countries, with plants in the UK, the Netherlands, Germany, France, Norway and Belgium. Carbon steel is produced at four integrated steelworks, at Port Talbot, Scunthorpe and Teesside in the UK and at IJmuiden in the Netherlands. Engineering steels are produced at Rotherham, UK.

Drive India Enterprise Solutions (DIESL), an associate company of Tata Industries and Tata International, is one of the leading supply chain management organizations in the country. It provides warehousing and distribution solutions to both Tata and non-Tata companies. It also provides value-added services in accounting, tax management and business advisory.

Areas of business The Company’s main businesses are: ●Warehousing. ●Distribution, customs and freight forwarding. ●Packaging solutions. ●Trading and E-trading. DIESL's warehousing capacity exceeds 1.6 million sq ft. Its kitting and packaging facility can handle up to 3 million items per month.

Location DIESL's corporate office is based in Mumbai.

General Chemical Industrial Products (GCIP) is one of the top five global producers of soda ash. Established in 1884, GCIP was acquired by Tata Chemicals in March 2008, making the Tata company the second largest soda ash producer in the world. GCIP mines the Green River basin in Wyoming, USA, for naturally occurring deposits of trona (an ore containing soda ash). The site is estimated to contain 134 billion tonnes of trona, enough to meet global soda ash demand for hundreds of years at current levels of consumption.

Areas of business GCIP produces natural soda ash, which requires much less energy, capital and raw materials than synthetic soda ash production, making it a significantly less costly process. This cost differential gives the company a competitive edge in international markets.

Joint ventures, subsidiaries, associates GCIP has a 75-per cent stake in the General Chemical (Soda Ash) Partners business, the unit that operates the Green River facility, consisting of an underground trona mine and a refining plant on the surface.

Location General Chemical has its headquarters in East Hanover, New Jersey, USA.

Incorporated in 2005, Hooghly Met Coke and Power Company (HMCPC) is a joint venture involving Tata Steel and the West Bengal Industrial Development Corporation (WIBDC). Tata Steel holds a 98 per cent stake in the company.

Areas of business HMCPC is setting up a Greenfield project at Haldia, West Bengal (in eastern India) with a proposed capacity of 1.6 million tonne of metallurgical coke. The project will supply metallurgical coke to the blast furnaces of Tata Steel at Jamshedpur, and for sale in the domestic and international market. Designed to meet stringent environmental norms, the plant’s waste heat will be harnessed for power generation by Tata Power Company.

Location The Company’s headquarters is in Kolkata, India.

INCAT is a global leader in engineering and design services outsourcing and IT services. Founded in 1989, the US-based company became a subsidiary of Tata Technologies in 2005. It has more than 3,000 employees at facilities in North America, Europe and the Asia Pacific region. The company is engaged in product and information lifecycle management, engineering and design services, enterprise solutions and plant automation.

Areas of business INCAT's services include product design, analysis and production engineering, knowledge-based engineering, product lifecycle management (PLM), enterprise resource planning and customer relationship management systems. It operates mainly in the aerospace, automotive and general manufacturing sectors. The organization also distributes implements and supports PLM products from leading solution providers such as IBM, UGS and AutoDesk.

Location INCAT’s main offices are in Michigan (USA), Pune (India) and Stuttgart (Germany).

The Indian Hotels Company (IHCL) and its subsidiaries are collectively known as Taj Hotels Resorts and Palaces, which is recognized as one of Asia's largest and finest hotel companies. Incorporated by the founder of the Tata group, Jamsetji Tata, the company opened its first property, the Taj Mahal Palace hotel, Bombay in 1903. The Taj, a symbol of Indian hospitality, completed its centenary year in 2003. Taj Hotels Resorts and Palaces comprises 64 hotels in 45 locations across India with an additional 15 international hotels. The most significant additions to the Taj portfolio have been The Pierre, the iconic landmark hotel on New York's Fifth Avenue, the Taj Boston and the Blue, Sydney. In 1993, the company established the Indian Institute of Hotel Management in Aurangabad in Maharashtra in western India.

Areas of business IHCL operates in the luxury, premium, mid-market and value segments of the market through the following: * Taj is the flagship brand for the world’s most discerning travellers seeking authentic experiences in luxury. Besides luxurious living and fine dining, Taj Hotels also promise a whole new experience of tranquility and total ‘wellness’, through Jiva Spas, a unique concept, which brings together the wisdom and heritage of the Asian and Indian philosophy of wellness and well-being. * Taj Exotica is a resort and spa brand found in the most exotic and relaxing locales of the world. * Taj Safaris are India's first and only wildlife lodges circuit, that allow travellers to experience the unparalleled beauty of the Indian jungle amidst luxurious surroundings * Premium Hotels provide the new generation of travellers a contemporary and creative hospitality experience that matches their work-hard, play-hard lifestyles. * The Gateway Hotel is a pan-India network of hotels and resorts that offers business and leisure travellers a contemporary hotel experience. * Ginger is IHCL’s revolutionary concept in hospitality for the value segment. The other areas of business include: Taj Air, a luxury private jet operation and Taj Yachts, which can be used by guests in Mumbai and Kochi, in Kerala. It also operates airline catering services. Joint ventures, subsidiaries, associates TajSats Air Catering: a joint venture with Singapore Airport Terminal Services, a subsidiary of Singapore Airlines, TajSats Air Catering is the largest airline catering service in South Asia Roots Corporation: a wholly-owned subsidiary that operates the Ginger chain of budget hotels in India.

Location IHCL’s head office is in Mumbai, India. Taj properties are located in Asia, the UK, the US, Australia and Africa.

Infiniti Retail operates a national chain of multi-brand electronics stores under the brand name Croma. It is a wholly owned subsidiary of Tata Sons, the holding company of the Tata Group. The company has a technical and sourcing agreement with Australian retail giant Woolworth’s. Under the arrangement Infiniti Retail owns and runs retail operations in India while Woolworth’s provides technical support and strategic sourcing facilities through its global network.

Areas of business The Croma chain of stores offers, in different cities of India, a wide range of consumer electronics products across categories and brands. The stores are spread over 12,000 to 20,000 sq ft and have more than 6,000 products and 180 brands in eight categories: home entertainment, small appliances, white goods, computers, communication, music, imaging and gaming software.

Location Infiniti Retail is headquartered in Mumbai.

Jaguar Land Rover is a business built around two great British car brands with exceptional design and engineering capabilities. Jaguar Land Rover’s manufacturing facilities are in the UK.

Areas of business Jaguar Cars, founded in 1922, is one of the world’s premier manufacturers of luxury saloons and sports cars. Land Rover has been manufacturing 4x4s since 1948. Its products have defined the segments in which they operate.

Jaguar Land Rover’s manufacturing facilities are in the UK. The Jaguar Land Rover business employs over 16,000 people, predominantly in the UK, including some 3,500 engineers at two product development centre, in Whitley in Coventry and Gaydon in Warwickshire.

The Jaguar XF, XJ and XK models are manufactured at the company's Castle Bromwich plant in Birmingham, UK, while the Jaguar X-TYPE is produced alongside the Land Rover Freelander 2 at the Halewood plant in Liverpool, UK. Land Rover's Defender, Discovery 3, Range Rover Sport and Range Rover models are all built at Solihull, UK.

The business is a major wealth generator for the UK, with 78 per cent of Land Rovers exported to 169 countries and 70 per cent of Jaguars exported to 63 countries. Sales to customers are conducted principally through franchised dealers and importers.

Location Jaguar Land Rover is based in the UK.

JAMIPOL (formerly known as Jamshedpur Injection Powder) is a joint venture company promoted by Tata Steel, SKW Stahl Metallurgie AG (Germany) and Tai Industries (Bhutan). Involved in the production and marketing of de-sulphurising compounds (DC), the company offers complete de-sulphurisation solutions to the steel industry.

Areas of business JAMIPOL manufactures carbide-based DCs (CADs) and supplies customized carbide and magnesium based DCs (MAGs) to customer requirements. It caters to the domestic requirement of CADs, including supplies to Tata Steel, SAIL and JSW Steel. JAMIPOL also provides application know-how and support services to its customers with assistance from its technical collaborators. In tandem with its construction partner, JAMIPOL undertakes turnkey projects for the construction of mono injection DS units suitable for mini blast furnaces.

Location Headquartered in Jamshedpur in eastern India, JAMIPOL has plants in Jamshedpur and Karnataka in southern India.

The Jamshedpur Utilities and Services Company (Jusco) is India’s first private sector integrated civic services provider with a focus on water services. Jusco was formerly a part of Tata Steel and has been providing municipal services for Jamshedpur since 1907. It was hived off as a separate company in 2003. Today the company works with several urban local bodies and is currently executing projects across the country in Kolkata, Haldia, Muzaffarpur, Bhopal, Gwalior, Bangalore, etc. Jusco is the only Indian water company to have received recognition for its contribution to the development of water sector on the Indian subcontinent by London-based Global Water Intelligence in 2008. The company is also the first Indian water company to receive the prestigious 5th Asia Water Management Excellence Award in 2008 for its contribution towards the development and improvement of the water industry in Asia.

Areas of business Water and waste water management: Operation and maintenance, construction, concession, etc of water and wastewater systems. Power services: Operation, maintenance and distribution of power. Planning, engineering and construction: Town planning, industrial construction and urban infrastructure. Public health and horticulture services: Environmental management for healthy living.

Location Jusco is located in Jamshedpur, India.

Khet Se Agriproduce India is a supply and distribution company for fresh farm produce. It was set up in 2007 as a 50:50 joint venture between Tata Chemicals and Total Produce of Ireland. Total Produce is Europe's largest fresh produce company and has been in the business for over 100 years. Tata Chemicals' main business segments are chemicals, fertilizers and food additives.

Areas of business The objective of the joint venture company is to create state-of-the-art distribution facilities for fresh vegetables and fruits across India. Khet Se will leverage the strengths of both parent companies. Khet Se’s objective is to play an important role by bringing the Indian farmer closer to consumers and thus help in raising farm incomes.

Location The company has its office in Noida, India.

Landmark is one of the leading retailers of books and music in India. Established in 1987 as a book retailer in India, it became a part of Trent, the Tata Company that runs the Westside retail chain, in 2005.

Areas of business Landmark, with over 100,000 book titles, has a wide range of books across different segments. It also has an extensive range of regional publications and a comprehensive selection of music. Its other products include magazines, home accessories, gift items and toys. The company has an online e-store called landmarkonthenet.com and its own distribution business (Westland) that supplies books to all Landmark stores as well as other retailers. The chain also acts as an event host for book launches and promotions, quiz shows, music promotions, etc.

Location Landmark is headquartered in Chennai and has stores in Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Chennai, Gurgaon, Lucknow, Mumbai, Pune and Vadodra.

The Magadi Soda Company (MSC) is Africa's largest soda ash manufacturer and one of Kenya's leading exporters. The company was registered in England in 1911 and became a wholly owned subsidiary of Brunner Mond in 1924. MSC mines soda ash from naturally occurring deposits of an ore known as trona, located at the base of the Rift Valley, near Lake Magadi in Kenya.

Areas of business MSC has a capacity of over 0.35mn tonnes of soda ash. About 95 per cent of the product is exported to Southeast Asia, the Indian subcontinent, Africa and the Middle East. MSC also supplies crushed refined soda, obtained by crushing and washing the trona ore. Additionally, the company manufactures salt from the waters of Lake Magadi for the Kenyan market.

Location MSC is located at Lake Magadi, about 120km from Nairobi.

mjunction services is India's largest e-commerce company that operates an online marketplace for steel and coal. A 50:50 joint venture of Tata Steel and the Steel Authority of India, mjunction uses the internet as a platform for e-transactions. It is the world's largest e-marketplace for steel; the success of the business model led to mjunction providing platforms for e-sales of coal, automobiles and fixed price branded products.

Established in 2001, the company's total transactions have crossed Rs30,000 crore. It is an ISO: 9001 certified company.

Areas of business mjunction offers a wide range of selling, sourcing and knowledge services across diverse industry verticals. The company's offerings span the entire e-commerce spectrum and include logistics and financial services to customers as well as sales and sourcing BPOs. It operates through the following divisions:

• metaljunction.in: Launched in 2002, the website provides e-selling services for steel, ferro alloys, minerals and metallics, non-ferrous metals and obsolete capital goods. It is the world’s largest e-marketplace for steel.

• buyjunction.in: Launched in 2002, the website provides an electronic platform to steel and other industries to source and procure their direct and indirect material requirements. It serves clients in metals, telecom, energy, chemicals and consumer goods sectors, and government and public sector enterprises.

• coaljunction.in: Launched in 2005, this website conducts online auctions of coal for coal companies. It deals in raw coal, washed coal, hard coke, coke breeze, crude coal tar as well as imported coal. More than 5000 coal buyers purchase more than a million tons of coal every month on this site.

• autojunction.in: Launched in 2006, this website offers B2B sales services for new, used and repossessed vehicles.

• straightline.in: Launched in 2006, this webstore sells fixed price branded products sourced directly from manufacturers. The product range includes steel products, wooden furniture, solar equipment, cement, paints, etc.

As a part of its e-commerce spectrum, mjunction offers logistics and online payment services to customers. The company also publishes industry magazines on steel, coal and procurement.

Location Headquartered in Kolkata, India, the company has 11 offices across the country.

Mount Everest Mineral Water (MEMW) became a part of Tata Tea in 2007. The company bottles and sells natural mineral water under the brand name Himalayan, which is the only internationally accepted natural mineral water from India.

Areas of business MEMW sources its water directly from an underground aquifer located about 130 metres below the earth's surface in the Shivalik range of the Himalayas. Himalayan is bottled at source. The company's clientele includes luxury hospitality chains, premium airliners, multiplexes and restaurants.

Location The company's bottling plant is at Dhaula Kuan in Himachal Pradesh, India.

NatSteel Asia is the leading provider of steel in the Asia Pacific region. It has operations in seven countries: Singapore, China, Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia, the Philippines and Australia. The Singapore-based company produces about 2 million tonnes of premium steel products. NatSteel became a part of Tata Steel in 2005.

Areas of business The Company makes reinforcement bars, wire rods, wire mesh, prefabricated cages, steel couples and ecomas starter bar systems.

Joint ventures, subsidiaries, associates

• Singapore: Nat Ferrous Pte; NatSteel Trade International • Australia : Best Bar Pty; NatSteel Australia Pty. • China: Wuxi Jinyang Metal Products; NatSteel (Xiamen). • Indonesia: PT Material Recycling Indonesia.

• Malaysia: Easteel Services (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd; Southern Steel Bhd. • Philippines: Steel Asia Manufacturing Corp. • Thailand: The Siam Industrial Wire. • Vietnam: NatSteel Vina. • United Arab Emirates: NatSteel Middle East FZE.

Location The Company is based in Singapore.

Nelco is focused on system integration, automation and product management solutions for industrial controls, power electronics, defence electronics and VSAT networks. The company was established in 1940 to manufacture consumer electronic products for the Indian market. It now specializes in the areas of security and surveillance for defence and civil applications, traction, electronics for locomotives, SCADA (supervisory control and data acquisition system) projects, drives and automation, real-time and embedded software, and VSAT-based networks.

Areas of business Nelco caters to core industries such as defence, railways, steel, cement, automobile, oil and gas, paper and ceramics. The company operates the following business units: Strategic electronics: Provides electronic-based solutions in the security and surveillance sectors, including intrusion detection systems, e-fencing systems, integrated security solutions, scanners, explosive detectors and weather management systems. Building management systems: Integrated building management systems, including HVAC controls, fire alarms, access controls and CCTV. Energy network management systems: Develops and supplies SCADA systems for sectors such as electrical utilities, railways, water distribution, steel plants, oil and gas industries. Traction electronics: Provides power electronics equipment to various works of the Indian Railways for passenger and freight AC locomotives. Drives: Provides medium and low voltage AC drives for industrial use. Tatanet network solutions: Provides VSAT-based networking solutions such as internet over VSAT, bandwidth on demand, interactive distance learning, IP multicast and digital streaming. Also delivers server co-location and managed services facilities.

Joint ventures, subsidiaries, associate Nelito Systems: A joint venture with Itochu, Japan. Tatanet Services: Operates the Tatanet VSAT network.

Location Nelco is based in Mumbai, with a manufacturing plant at Navi Mumbai. It has a countrywide sales and service network.

Nelito Systems is a leading IT solutions and services company that caters to banks, financial institutions and corporate bodies. Incorporated in 1995, it is a multi-functional enterprise that operates in the fields of software development, implementation, maintenance, application development and testing, facility and project management, professional consultancy, ERP solutions and IT consulting.

Areas of business Nelito Systems provides the following product and services: Banking products and solutions. Business solutions such as Microsoft Dynamics ERP implementation and Software Lifecycle Manager. Software services such as application development, application testing, packaged implementation, professional consultancy, and IT consulting.

Joint venture, subsidiaries, associates Vantage Technologies, Colombo: A joint venture with Abans Group, Sri Lanka, provides computer education, software development, project management, and consultancy services.

Location Nelito Systems is headquartered in Navi Mumbai, India. It has regional offices in New Delhi, Mumbai, Jalandhar, Kolkata, Jamshedpur, Hyderabad and Bangalore, and an office in New Jersey, USA.

North Delhi Power (NDPL) is a power distribution company that operates in Delhi, India. The company was set up as a 51:49 joint venture between Tata Power and the government of Delhi in 2002. NDPL has a consumer base of over 1 million customers and supplies a peak load of 1,150mw. NDPL is a member of the UN Global Compact Charter. It is also a certified ISO 9001, ISO 14001 and OHSAS 18001 company, with a commitment to safety issues.

Areas of business The Company supplies power over a geographical area of more than 500sq km. It has instituted several customer-centric initiatives such as online bill payment, automated bill payment kiosks and complaint management systems.

Location The Company is located in Delhi, India.

Powerlinks Transmission (Powerlinks) was set up as a 51:49 joint venture between Tata Power and Power Grid Corporation of India in 2003. Powerlinks owns inter-state transmission lines which have been established for evacuation of power from the 1020 MW Tala hydro-electric project in Bhutan and surplus power from the eastern and north-east regions. The company is an example of public–private partnership in the transmission sector in India. Powerlinks is a certified ISO 9001:2000, ISO 14001:2004 and OHSAS 18001:2007 Company, with a commitment to safety and environment issues.

Areas of business The company has implemented 400 kV transmission lines between Siliguri in West Bengal and Mandola in Uttar Pradesh (near New Delhi), covering a distance of 1166 km. The lines have been successfully operational since September 2006. The 400 kV Muzaffarpur–Gorakhpur line has facilitated the inter-regional synchronous inter-connection of the northern region with north-east, eastern and western regions (with a combined installed capacity of 84,000 MW). The company has been successful in maintaining the availability of lines at above 99 per cent consistently.

Location Powerlinks' corporate office is located in New Delhi, India. Project offices are located in Siliguri, Lucknow and Muzaffarpur and site offices in Mandola, Dalkhola, Gorakhpur, Saharsa, Bareilly and Purnea.

Rallis India is one of India’s leading agrochemicals companies. It has more than 150 years of experience in servicing rural markets and a comprehensive portfolio of pesticides, herbicides, fungicides and plant nutrients for Indian farmers. The company has factories in five locations in India and a network of 1,500 distributors that reach more than 40,000 retail counters. It has the largest agrochemicals capacity in the country (10,000 tonnes per annum of technical grade pesticides and 30,000 tonne litres per annum of formulations).

Areas of business

• The domestic formulation business caters to the crop protection and yield enhancement needs of the Indian farmers through a wide portfolio of products, including insecticides, fungicides, herbicides, plant-growth nutrients and seeds.

• The domestic institutional business caters to the bulk and technical requirements of institutional customers.

• The international business handles exports of pesticides to all parts of the world. The export basket includes technical-grade pesticides, branded formulations and contract-manufactured products.

Location The Company’s head office is in Mumbai. Plants are located at Akola, Lote, Turbhe, Ankleshwar and Patancheru, all in India.

Roots Corporation (RCL) operates the Ginger chain of hotels. This wholly owned subsidiary of Indian Hotels Corporation (IHCL) was established in 2003 and runs the first-of-its-kind Smart Basics™ hotels across India. Ginger has created a new category in the Indian hospitality landscape, while giving a major fillip to tourism and other ancillary industries in the country. Ginger hotels are located in Agartala, Bangalore, Bhubaneswar, Durgapur, Goa, Haridwar, Mysore, Nasik, New Delhi, Pantnagar, Pondicherry, Pune, Thiruvananthapuram and Vadodara.

Areas of business RCL operates in the budget segment of the hospitality sector. Its hotels are built around a unique concept that meets the basic needs of today's traveller at affordable rates.

Location Roots Corporation is headquartered in Mumbai.

Reservations and enquiries Phone: National toll-free 1800-209-3333 or call the reservation network at 020-6629 2929 Email: reservations@gingerhotels.com

TACO Hendrickson Suspensions Pvt Ltd (THSL) offers comprehensive state-of-the-art truck, bus and trailer suspension systems ranging from medium to heavy duty applications, providing air, steel and rubber as the spring media.

The THSL edge

• Access to latest technology from 19 global facilities of Hendrickson International • Regular updates on advances in technology • Ninety years of commercial vehicle experience in the global market • All components manufactured conform to the proven and demanding standards

laid down by Hendrickson International

Products TACO Hendrickson manufactures cost effective solutions in the following categories:

Bus suspension systems

• Air suspension system for front and rear. o Front: Parabolic springs - Independent front suspension o Rear air suspension

� 4 bag system � 2 bag system � Cow-horn suspension

For ultra low floor, low floor, high deck bus applications � HA4 - 4 bag suspension system

Truck suspension systems

• Tandem bogie suspension o 6 rod o Walking beam o Tipper suspension systems o Truck air suspension systems

Auxiliary axles systems

• Self steer lift axle – pararev • Mid lift axle • Tag lift axle

Engineering capabilities TACO Hendrickson provides end-to-end technical solution. The capabilities include services from initial discussions to final design sign-off, prototype supply and complete testing back up conforming to international standards.

• THSL takes responsibility to fine tune customers vehicles to meet desired performance norms.

• THSL has a proto type manufacturing facility at Tathwade near Pune where complete assembly and testing of above products is done.

• Local engineering capability and complete support to customers.

TACO Interiors and Plastics Division offers high quality products with cost effective design and manufacturing capabilities in automotive plastic interior and exterior products to meet the growing demands of the global automotive industry.

The TACO Interiors and Plastics Division edge * Capabilities in interiors and exteriors. * Full-service supplier capabilities for the design, development, manufacture and supply of air vents and assembly products. * State-of-the-art paint shop. * Logistics capabilities in India and Europe to ensure just-in-time supply.

Products The Company manufactures a variety of products at its state-of-the-art plant in technical collaboration with Faurecia Industries, France. It can provide world-class interior and exterior products with contemporary styling and finish. Its products include:

Interiors ●Cockpit assembly. ●Injection-moulded plastic components and assemblies. ●Instrument panel / dashboard. ●Air vents. ●Door trims. ●ABC pillars. ●Interior trims / centre consoles / floor consoles. ●Grab handles / door pulls. ●Surfaces can be moulded, fabric bonded, colour painted, soft painted, cubic printed, decorated in-mould, among other forms.

Exteriors Injection-moulded plastics components and assemblies. Bumpers. Body side mouldings. Spoilers. Bumper guards. Grilles. Footsteps. Hoods. Tailgates. Spare wheel covers. Surfaces can be moulded, moulded in colour, painted for gloss enhancement, painted in body colour, among other forms.

Engineering capabilities TACO Interiors and Plastics Division offers strong design and development capabilities for a number of products.

These capabilities include: * Benchmarking, market studies to undertake contemporary solutions and product improvement for customer requirements. * Full-service supplier capabilities for the design, development, manufacture and supply of air vents and assembly products. * Design capabilities using CAD / CAE on I-DEAS, CATIA, PDGS, Pro-E software available in-house. * Customer-specific programme and product management through TS 16949-certified processes. * Launch and PVT support / resident engineering to ensure smooth launch, quick feedback and immediate action whenever necessary.

TACO Visteon Engineering (TVE) provides CAD, CAE and other allied engineering services to Visteon's global operations.

The TVEC edge * Access to latest technology from Visteon. * Customer driven safety-conscious and environment friendly products. * Synchronous data exchange with Visteon. * Full system supplier including project engineering, programme management and product development. * Reduced product development costs and engineering development time.

Products TVE designs interior systems, climate control systems and electronics, and designs, develops and manufactures total engine induction system. Interior Systems Cockpit. Door panel. Instrument panel. Console. Climate control systems. Condenser. Evaporator. Compressor. Accumulator. Venting / ducting. Electronics including lighting: Bill of material (BOM), specification and MCAD design of components and systems. Engine induction systems. Power and torque. Filtration.

Engineering capabilities TVE provides complete product life cycle solutions from design and development to production and service. The engineering facility uses the latest technology and state-of-the-art, world-class communication infrastructure. Services offered: * Class-A, CAD, CAE, PDM, KBE and Reverse Engineering. * Engineering analysis tools. * Design Optimization. * Prototype Development. Software: * Styling: Alias, ICEMsurf. * CAD / PDM: Catia, ProE, Ideas, UGS, PTC and Metaphase. * CAE Software: Hypermesh, LS Dyna, Nastran, Moldflow. It offers its customers reduced engineering costs and a faster development cycle with round-the-clock development and is targeting total employment of over 500 engineers by 2008 to support the development of superior products across all vehicle segments.

TajAir is an air charter company that offers executive jet services in India and overseas. Established in 1993, it is an associate of the Indian Hotels Company. TajAir is registered with the Directorate General of Civil Aviation, India, as a non-scheduled operator. It has a state-of-the-art hangar and an exclusive passenger lounge at the Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport in Mumbai.

Areas of business In India, TajAir offers luxury travel to more than 100 destinations. The company has two Falcon 2000 aircraft. Originally designed for 16 passengers, the Falcon 2000 is customized to seat eight passengers, and offers plenty of space, comfort and luxury.

Location TajAir is based in Mumbai and has offices in major cities all over the world.

TAL Manufacturing Solutions focuses on offering cost-effective and total solutions in the field of manufacturing engineering. A pioneer in its area of expertise, TAL's international-standard technology and its talented team of professionals make it a premier player in the machine tools and equipment-building industry.

The company was formed by merging the machine tools and automation divisions of Tata Motors. These divisions developed and evolved over a period of three decades, and this experience has helped TAL deliver world-class manufacturing systems.

Areas of business TAL’s innovative engineering solutions deliver a wide variety of engineering services within the field of manufacturing engineering. The company also provides consultancy in manufacturing processes and factory layouts, and delivers services such as CAD design, modeling, analysis, simulation and manufacturing support.

Location TAL has its headquarters in Pune, India.

Tata Advanced Materials (TAM) undertakes the design, application engineering, prototyping, testing and manufacture of products in advanced composites for high-tech and industrial sectors. It is the largest manufacturer of personnel armour products in India and the only Indian manufacturer and exporter of composite parts for spacecraft and aircraft. The company has a world-class facility for the manufacture of composite components for the aerospace sector and an advanced facility for design and manufacturing of composite components and solutions for armoured vehicles.

Areas of business TAM manufactures armour products such as bulletproof jackets, helmets and armoured panels for battle tanks, vehicles and special applications. The company also manufactures composite parts for the aerospace, telecom and medical electronics industries.

Location The Company’s headquarters and manufacturing facilities are at Jigani, about 30km from Bangalore, India.

Tata Advanced Systems (TASL) was set up in 2007 as a vehicle to extend the Tata group's business operations to the national security and defence sector. TASL is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Tata Sons. The company's objective is to unify competencies and create capabilities across Tata group companies in order to provide integrated solutions and critical technologies in the areas of defence, homeland security, offset business and disaster management.

Areas of business TASL is a key provider of support in technology sourcing and management, production of defence technology, obsolescence management, project execution and life-cycle support. TASL offers solutions in both the geographical and virtual battle spaces.

The company’s focus areas are: ●Homeland security. ●Aerospace and avionics. ●Electronic and information warfare. ●Precision technologies (missiles, seekers and sensors). ●Surveillance technologies (unmanned aerial vehicles, radar). ●Marine applications. ●Communications.

Location TASL is located in New Delhi, India.

Tata Africa Holdings is the main promoter company of the Tata Group in Africa. The company is responsible for identifying development opportunities and promoting new projects. A subsidiary of Tata International, it was established in Johannesburg, South Africa in 1994.

Tata Africa operates in several business sectors across Africa and has entered into joint ventures and partnerships with several African companies. Tata Africa has offices in Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe.

Areas of business Employing over 750 people, the company operates in many industrial sectors, among them automobiles, steel and engineering, chemicals, information technology, hospitality, food and beverages and farming. The company is also interested in energy and mining.

Joint ventures, subsidiaries, associates Some of the major Tata Africa companies are: Tata Zambia, Tata Zimbabwe, Tata Holdings Moçambique Lda, Tata Holdings (Tanzania), Tata Africa Holdings (SA) and Tata Ghana.

Location Tata Africa Holdings is headquartered in Johannesburg, South Africa.

Tata AG promotes the worldwide export of a wide range of Indian commodities, finished products and non-traditional industrial items.

Areas of business The Company undertakes third-country international trading, counter-trading and specialist equipment procurement for overseas projects. Through its European agency network, it has developed expertise in marketing leather, steel, building industry material, commercial vehicles, passenger vehicles, raw cotton and textiles.

Location The Company is headquartered in Zug, Switzerland.

Tata AIG General Insurance Company provides non-life insurance solutions to individuals, groups and corporate houses in India. The company was established in 2001. Tata Sons holds a 74 per cent stake in the company with American International Group Inc (AIG) holding the balance 26 per cent. AIG is the world’s leading international insurance and financial services organization.

Areas of business The company provides non-life insurance solutions for automobiles, homes, personal accident, travel, energy, marine, property and casualty as well as several specialized financial lines for corporate clients and individuals.

Location Headquartered in Mumbai, the company has more than 40 branches in 35 cities in India.

Tata AIG Life Insurance Company provides life insurance solutions to individuals, groups and corporate clients in India. The company was established in 2001. Tata Sons holds a 74 per cent stake in the company with American International Group Inc (AIG) holding the balance 26 per cent. AIG is the world’s leading international insurance and financial services organization.

Areas of business The Company provides insurance solutions to individuals, groups and corporate houses.

• Life insurance solutions: Endowment and term, pension and group life, money back and whole-life plans.

• Micro insurance: Customized to the needs of underprivileged sections of society. • Health insurance.

Location The Company is headquartered in Mumbai and has some 200 offices in the country.

Established in 1995, Tata Asset Management (TAM) is one of the oldest fund management companies in the Indian private sector. The company's principal activity is to act as investment manager to the Tata Mutual Fund. It has a client base of over 1 million people.

Areas of business TAM offers a range of innovative investment solutions to facilitate wealth creation for its investors. The company manages funds across the entire risk-return continuum. These include equity funds, balanced funds and debt funds.

Location TAM is headquartered in Mumbai and has offices across India.

TATA AutoComp GY Batteries. (TGY) was formed to manufacture the entire range of automotive batteries. TGY manufactures latest technology zero maintenance, calcium type batteries for four wheelers including cars, utility vehicles, light commercial vehicles, medium and heavy commercial vehicles and tractors. The company is in the process of establishing nationwide sales and service network to cater to its OE as well as AM customer needs.

Products The types of batteries manufactured by TGY are: Batteries for cars (C-C type) Batteries for utility vehicles (C-C type) Batteries for light commercial vehicles (C-C type) Batteries for medium and heavy commercial vehicles (A-C type) Batteries for tractors (A-C type)

Promoters and partners

Tata AutoComp Systems LimitedTata AutoComp Systems LimitedTata AutoComp Systems LimitedTata AutoComp Systems Limited Established by the TATA Group, which has several decades of experience in the automotive industry, the TACO group of companies offers a range of products and services in the field of auto components to automotive vehicle manufacturers all over the world. TACO has three major businesses - manufacturing, engineering and supply chain management. The group comprises the holding company, Tata AutoComp Systems Limited (TACO), its joint ventures with global auto component leaders and two subsidiaries in the plastics and stampings product areas. The TACO group, with its 24 manufacturing plants, 5 engineering centres and three export-oriented units, is rapidly expanding its business with vehicle manufacturers and tier-II suppliers to the automotive industry. Its current original equipment customers include DaimlerChrysler, Fiat, Ford, General Motors, Honda, Hyundai, Mahindra and Mahindra, Piaggio, Tata Motors, Toyota, and Volvo.

GS Yuasa International (GYIN), JapanGS Yuasa International (GYIN), JapanGS Yuasa International (GYIN), JapanGS Yuasa International (GYIN), Japan Based in Japan, GS Yuasa International is a group company of GS Yuasa Corporation. GS Yuasa Corporation, a US$2.1 billion organization in 2005-06, established as holding company in April 2004, has 87 subsidiaries and 45 affiliates. It has 29 plants in 15 countries across USA, Europe and Asia, amd employs nearly 12,000 personnel. It is ranked world No 1 in two wheeler batteries and is No 1 in automotive batteries in Asia. GS Yuasa group companies are engaged in the businesses of storage batteries, power supply systems, lighting equipment, specialty and other electric equipments. With the corporate vision of "Innovation and Growth", they endeavour to provide the best products and services from customers' standpoint by establishing global and highly efficient R&D, production and distribution systems. The company has the best in class R&D facilities and its plants are well equipped with leading battery technologies required for automotive applications, like 36 V VRLA batteries, batteries for hybrid vehicles and electric vehicles. GYIN's product range includes lead-acid batteries, advanced batteries, flooded lead-acid batteries. Its major global customers are Toyota, Honda, Nissan, Mazda, DaimlerChrysler, Mitsubishi, Subaru, GM, BMW, Isuzu, Yamaha, Kawasaki and Suzuki.

Website: www.gs-yuasa.com/gyin/en/

Manufacturing facilities GY has a state-of-the-art manufacturing facility in Ranjangaon MIDC near Pune. Currently the plant has a capacity of 0.5 million batteries per year; plans are in place to ramp it up to 2-million units. The following operations are carried in house: Ball mill to make lead oxide. Mixing for paste making. Grid making. Battery assembly. Charging. R&D and engineering facilities.

Tata AutoComp Mobility Telematics Limited (TMT), with over 200 customers and an installed base of 6,000 units has its corporate office in Pune. It has established regional offices in New Delhi, Kolkata, Bangalore and Pune. As leaders in the industry, TMT is the first to have a pan-India sales and service network. It is equipped with a dealer network to provide sales, warranty and service support promptly to our customers. TMT has entered into a strategic tie-up with Lucas India Service to provide timely installation of its devices.

Services For TMT, providing pro-active customer service is a key differentiator and towards that end it provides voice and non-voice based support through its Customer Contact Centre. Customers can now call the contact centre and query for their asset location and status, request for any in-vehicle hardware assistance or register complaints on the performance of the Solutions on our toll number 09960043311 (24x7) or our toll free number 1-800-233-3311 (between 9 am — 6 pm for BSNL/MTNL users). E-mail support is available on ttttrako.care@tmt.in rako.care@tmt.in rako.care@tmt.in rako.care@tmt.in

Features include a friendly web interface that allows customers to view the vehicle status on digitized maps and generate reports on trip summary, trip replay, stoppages, over-speeding, SOS etc. These reports can be accessed by the customers at their convenience in their offices or home through the internet on their desktop computer. Customers can also choose to receive real-time information about their fleet (location, speed and time) as an SMS on their mobile phones on-demand.

Key trako solutions include — * Vehicle tracking and fleet management solutions for long haul transportation. * Cargo management solution for logistics companies. * Tracking solution for the mining industry. * Employee attendance solution for BPOs. * Real-time school-bus tracking solution.

Trako hardware is currently available in the following versions — * trako 75G — GPS / GPRS based real-time vehicle tracking device. * trako 75 — GPS/ GSM based real-time vehicle tracking device. * trako 50 RF — GPS based offline data logger with data download via RF communication. * trako 50 — GPS based offline data logger, with data download capability through a serial cable.

Customers have the flexibility to buy trako on a lease purchase (EMI), or on a one-time payment basis.

Tata Auto Comp Systems (TACO) provides products and services in the automotive industry to Indian and global customers, including Audi, Ashok Leyland, BMW, Fiat, Ford, General Motors, Honda, Hyundai, John Deere, Mahindra and Mahindra, Mercedes-Benz, Piaggio, Tata Motors, Toyota, Volkswagen and Volvo as well as many Tier I companies. Tata AutoComp operates through offices in India, Germany, China, Japan and US. The company also has 15 joint ventures in partnership with leading companies from the global auto component industry. Tata AutoComp has its own businesses in automotive interiors and plastics, automotive engineering, vehicle tracking solutions, tooling and supply chain management.

Areas of business With 35 manufacturing facilities (including a plant each in China and Germany), three export oriented units and six engineering centres; Tata AutoComp is rapidly growing its business in India and overseas. * Manufacturing: Tata AutoComp manufactures and supplies components and systems to the global automotive industry. The components and systems manufactured by Tata AutoComp include sheet metal stampings, exterior and interior plastic components and systems, seating systems, radiators, engine induction systems, wiring harness, lighting systems, automotive batteries, vehicle tracking systems, driver assistance and infotainment systems, rear view mirrors as well as command and control cables. The company also makes suspension systems and braking systems for the commercial vehicle segment. * Engineering services: Tata AutoComp offers global automotive customers design and engineering services from art to part, including concept, design, verification and validation focused on the auto component domain. Five state of art engineering centres having complete product development capabilities, serve customers (three of which are dedicated joint ventures) through near and offshore centres located out of India, Japan and Germany. Besides these, Tata AutoComp offers its global customers supply chain management services. Recently Tata AutoComp has made forays into the automotive retail market, particularly with the launch of its range of automotive batteries under the brand name Tata Green Batteries.

Joint ventures, subsidiaries, associates

The following is a list of Tata AutoComp manufacturing units: * Tata Toyo Radiator: In partnership with T Rad, Japan; supplies radiators, intercoolers, heater cores. * Tata Yazaki AutoComp: In partnership with Yazaki, Japan; supplies wiring harness. * TC Springs: Wholly owned by Tata AutoComp; supplies coil springs, torsion bars and stabilizer bars. * Tata Ficosa: In partnership with Ficosa, Spain, Murakami Corporation – Mirrors (TA), and Atsumitec Corp – Gear Shifter (TA); supplies mirrors, control cables, gear shifters, parking brake system, windshield washing systems.

* Tata Johnson Controls: In partnership with Johnson Controls, USA and ISRINGHAUSEN, Germany; supplies seating systems. * Tata AutoComp Systems, Interiors and Plastics Division: Wholly owned by Tata AutoComp; supplies plastic interiors and exteriors and cockpits. * Automotive Stampings and Assemblies: In partnership with Gestamp Automoción, Spain; supplies stampings and assemblies. * Automotive Composite Systems International: In partnership with Owens Corning, USA; supplies composites (sheet moulded and bulk moulded). * Tata AutoComp GY Batteries: In partnership with GS Yuasa, Japan; supplies automotive batteries. * Tata Visteon Automotive: In partnership with Visteon, USA; supplies lighting systems, engine induction systems. * Tata AutoComp Mobility Telematics: Wholly owned by Tata AutoComp; supplies vehicle tracking systems. * TACO Hendrickson: In partnership with Hendrickson, USA; supplies suspension systems for commercial vehicles. * Knorr Bremse India: In partnership with Knorr Bremse, Germany; supplies air braking systems. * TACO Sasken Automotive Electronics: In partnership with Sasken Communication Technologies; supplies telematics, driver information systems, infotainment, driver assistance systems. * TACO Kunststofftechnik, Germany: Wholly owned by Tata AutoComp; supplies plastic kinematics parts. * Nanjing Tata AutoComp Systems, China: Wholly owned by Tata AutoComp; supplies plastic kinematics parts.

The following is a list of TACO companies that provide engineering services: * Tata AutoComp Systems, Engineering unit – wholly owned by Tata AutoComp. * Tata AutoComp IPD Tech Centre – wholly owned by Tata AutoComp. * TACO Faurecia Design Centre – in partnership with Faurecia, France. * TACO Visteon Engineering – in partnership with Visteon, USA.

Location Based in Pune, Tata AutoComp has manufacturing facilities across India as well as overseas. Its key international operations are located in China, Germany, Japan and the US.

Tata BlueScope Steel, established in 2005, is a joint venture between Tata Steel and BlueScope Steel for manufacturing and marketing products in coated steel, steel-building solutions and related building products. Based in Australia, BlueScope Steel is the global leader in high-quality metallic coated and painted steel products for building and construction, general manufacturing and the automotive sector.

Areas of business Tata BlueScope Steel has two business divisions: buildings solutions and coated steel. The building solutions business markets pre-engineered buildings, roll-formed roof and wall-cladding solutions and related building components; the coated steel business markets metallic coated and pre-painted steel for the building and construction industry.

Location The Company’s head office is in Pune, India. The building solutions division has three manufacturing facilities, at Pune, Chennai and Bhiwadi, and a network of 20 sales offices.

Tata BP Solar India offers innovative solar solutions that cater to the needs of individual customers, large institutions and communities. The company was set up in 1989 as a joint venture between Tata Power and BP Solar, one of the largest solar energy companies in the world. More than 60 per cent of company sales come from exports, mostly to Europe and America.

Areas of business Tata BP Solar provides customized solar solutions for:

• Homes, streets and communities. • The pumping of water for irrigation. • Heating of water for residential and commercial applications. • Road-safety aids. • The building of integrated photovoltaic capacities.

Location The Company’s head office and manufacturing facilities are in Bangalore.

Established in 2004, Tata Business Support Services (formerly E2E SerWiz Solutions) is a wholly owned subsidiary of Tata Sons, the holding company of the Tata Group. It provides voice and non-voice based business process services from its delivery centres in India and in the US. Tata Business Support Services has both onshore and offshore capabilities to meet specific client requirements. The company provides voice-based inbound and outbound interactions, as also interactions through email, chat and collaborative web sessions.

Areas of business Tata Business Support Services focuses on select industry segments such as travel, healthcare, direct-to-home entertainment, utilities, telecommunications and government-to-citizen initiatives. The company provides the best of BPO solutions by combining cost efficiency with quality processes, 24x7 operations, state-of-the-art infrastructure and a dedicated team of professionals.

Location Headquartered in Hyderabad, Tata Business Support Services has centres in Pune, Hyderabad, and Mohali in India and Florida and Ohio in the US.

Tata Capital is a finance company that fulfills the financial needs of retail and institutional customers in India. It was established in 2007 as a wholly owned subsidiary of Tata Sons and is registered with the Reserve Bank of India as a systemically important non-deposit taking non-banking financial company (NBFC). The company is focused on providing multiple financial services through an extensive network of over 1,000 customer touch-points covering tier I, tier II and tier III cities.

Areas of business Tata Capital has financial products and services in the following seven sectors:

1. Distribution and broking : Third-party investment products, equity and commodity trading for retail and institutional customers.

2. Retail finance: Passenger and commercial vehicle loans, used car loans, personal loans, home loans, credit cards and consumer durable loans for retail customers.

3. Commercial finance: Financial products for small and medium enterprises, and project finance for capital equipment and infrastructure.

4. Investment banking: Advisory and debt and equity market products for corporate and small and medium enterprises.

5. Private equity: Investments in India and other countries. 6. Wealth management: Suite of advisory and investment offerings for high net

worth individuals. 7. Rural finance: Relevant financial products for rural customers, including

financing of farm equipment, agricultural inputs and agricultural enterprises.

The company has entered into an understanding with Japan-based Mizuho Securities Co to promote an alliance in private equity, investment banking including cross border merger and acquisition, securities business including broking and distribution, structured finance and other business areas such as wealth management. It has also entered into an understanding with Equifax Inc and CRISIL to develop plans to create a credit information company in India.

Joint ventures, subsidiaries, associates

• Tata Securities (TSL): A wholly owned subsidiary of Tata Capital Limited engaged in retail and institutional distribution and broking. TSL distributes third-party investment products and offers stock broking services of buying, selling or dealing in securities, including futures and options, in its capacity as a member of the Bombay Stock Exchange and the National Stock Exchange. TSL is also a depository participant.

• Tata Capital Markets (TCML): A wholly owned subsidiary of Tata Capital engaged in debt and equity capital markets and M&A advisory. TCML has a category I merchant banking license from the Securities and Exchange Board of India.

• E-Nxt: A KPO unit specializing in the area of financial services; owned by Tata Capital, Tata Sons and others.

• Tata Capital also owns around 4 per cent of equity capital of Development Credit Bank , a growing private sector bank.

Location The Company is headquartered in Mumbai, India.

Tata Ceramics produces and sells fine-bone china crockery and tableware in India and other markets. The company was incorporated in 1991 and is an associate company of Tata Power. The company's products are exported to Australia, Canada, Germany, Ireland, Italy, South Korea, New Zealand, the UK and the US. It also sells to institutional customers.

Areas of business The Company’s range includes hollow ware, flat ware and mugs in fine-bone china and fine china, in an international range of designs. The china is sold to reputed brands such as Wedge wood, Royal Doulton and Churchill.

Location The Tata Ceramics factory is in Kochi, Kerala (southern India).

Tata Chemicals (TCL) is the second largest producer of soda ash in the world. It is India's market leader in the branded and iodized salt segment as well as in urea and phosphatic fertilizers. Established in 1939 at Mithapur in the Indian state of Gujarat, TCL has, over the last few years, invested in increasing its stake in the global soda ash business. It has acquired UK-based Brunner Mond group and American company General Chemical Industrial Products Inc, making the conglomerate the second largest soda ash producer in the world.

The company also makes food additives and fertilizers and has a varied user industry base comprising glass, paper, textiles, food additives, petroleum, refining, chemicals, dyes, pesticides, direct farm application, etc. It exports to markets in Europe, Africa, South East Asia and the Middle East.

Areas of business

• Chemicals: The range of chemicals produced at the company’s integrated complex at Mithapur includes soda ash, caustic soda, salt, cement, sodium bicarbonate, bromine and bromine based compounds and gypsum.

• Fertilizers: The Company manufactures nitrogenous fertilizers at the Babrala plant. The company’s plant at Haldia produces phosphatic fertilizers like di-ammonium phosphate, NPK complexes and single super phosphate.

• Food additives: TCL’s food additives business has two premium products: branded salt and sodium bicarbonate. TCL manufactures four varieties of salt, iodized salt, crystalline salt, vacuum salt and pure salt, and has over 40 per cent market share in the branded salt segment in India.

• Agri-services: The Company has set up a network of Tata Kisan Sansars (or Tata farmer centres) in the northern Indian states of Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Haryana and Uttaranchal. The centres are one-stop resource centres for farmers

Joint ventures, subsidiaries, associates Brunner Mond group : The UK-based Company is Europe's second largest soda ash business; acquired in 2006. General Chemical Industrial Products Inc: US-based soda ash manufacturer; acquired in 2008. Khet Se Agriproduce India: A 50:50 joint venture set up in 2007 with Total Produce, Ireland, the third largest fruits and vegetable distribution company in the world, to start a fruits and vegetables distribution business in India. Indo Maroc Phosphore SA: An equal partnership with Chambal Fertilizers and global phosphate major, OCP of Morocco; set up in 2005.

Location TCL is headquartered in Mumbai, India. The soda ash plants are located in India, the UK, Kenya, the Netherlands and the US. TCL's cement and salt facilities are in Mithapur, the nitrogenous fertilizer facility is in Babrala and the phosphatic fertilizer plant is in Haldia.

Tata Coffee is Asia's largest integrated coffee company. Formerly known as Consolidated Coffee, the company is a subsidiary of Tata Tea. Its activities range from the growing and curing of coffee beans to the manufacture and marketing of value-added coffee products. The company grows coffee on 19 coffee estates in the southern states of India and produces about 10,000 tonnes of natural shade grown Arabica and Robusta coffees. It owns about 15 per cent of India's coffee curing capacity and exports around 65 per cent of the coffee grown on its estates. Apart from coffee, the company also has tea plantations, and grows timber and spices for sale.

Areas of business Coffee: Tata Coffee grows coffee on its estates, processes the beans, cures the coffee, exports green coffee manufactures instant coffee and retails coffee under its own brands in the domestic market. It manufactures and sells instant coffee. In the green coffee segment, Malabar Monsoon, Mysore Nugget Extra Bold and Robusta Kappi Royale are three of the prominent specialty grades of Indian coffee it grows and processes. Tata Coffee's well known brands include Mr. Bean, Mysore Gold, Coorg Pure, Tata Cafe and Tata Kaapi. The company has also introduced a retail chain of fresh roast and ground coffee outlets known by the brand name Tata's Coorg Filter Coffee. Tea: The Company has six tea gardens in Karnataka, Tamil Naidu and Kerala, which produce 6.5 million kg of tea. Other products: Apart from coffee and tea, pepper and cardamom are grown on its estates as inter-crops. The company grows and sells timber under the brand name Cons wood. Tata Coffee also deals in plantation requirements such as fertilizers, agri-chemicals, estate implements and tyres and tubes.

Joint ventures, subsidiaries and associates

• Alliance Coffee: A subsidiary company set up to export and market Tata Coffee's spray dried, freeze dried and agglomerated instant coffees (www.alliancecoffee.in).

• Eight O’clock Coffee Company: US-based company with 150 years of retail experience and the third largest coffee brand by volume in the retail coffee market; acquired in 2006 (www.eightoclock.com).

Location Tata Coffee’s corporate office is in Bangalore, India. The main operations of Tata Coffee are in Pollibetta, Karnataka, in the coffee growing district of Coorg. The coffee estates are located in Karnataka and Tamil Nadu; the tea gardens are in Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Kerala; the coffee curing works is in Coorg; and the two instant coffee manufacturing facilities are located close to Hyderabad and Madurai.

Tata Communications is a leading global provider of telecommunications solutions serving the voice, data and next-generation service needs of carriers, enterprises and consumers in over 30 countries. Earlier known as Videsh Sanchar Nigam, the company became a part of the Tata Group in 2002. In 2008, VSNL, VSNL International, Teleglobe, Tata Indicom Enterprise Business Unit, VGSL and CIPRIS were brought under one global brand name – Tata Communications. The company is now the number one global international wholesale voice operator and India's largest provider of international long distance, enterprise data and internet services in India.

Tata’s global network spans five continents and comprises major ownership in over 200,000 km of territorial network fibre and sub sea cable capacity. The company has a trans-Atlantic and trans-Pacific data transfer capacity of 1 trillion bits per second, a global MPLS network and the world’s largest VoIP network. Tata Communications was named "Best Wholesale Carrier" at the World Communications Awards in 2006 and "Best Pan-Asian Wholesale Provider" at the 2006 and 2007 Global Wholesale Telecommunications Awards. It is listed on the Bombay Stock Exchange and the National Stock Exchange of India and its ADRs are listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: TCL). Tata Communications is a partner of the Metro Ethernet Forum (MEF), the pre-eminent industry organization dedicated to facilitating the adoption of Ethernet networks and services.

Areas of business The Company extends its global reach to over 200 countries and territories with more than 300 PoPs and more than one million square feet data centre space worldwide. Its portfolio covers:

Global voice solutions Carrying over 20 bn minutes of traffic annually, the company's customer base includes over 1500 carriers, mobile operators and ISPs. It provides value-added services such as international toll free calls and account calling in addition to domestic and international long distance calls. Services include:

• Voice termination services • Mobile Direct • VoIPLinkTM • Global calling cards • truerootsTM

Global data solutions The Company serves the connectivity needs of global enterprises and service providers with solutions such as virtual private networks, global ethernet, managed data network services, leased lines, etc. The company also offers customized industry specific solutions and is the leading provider of bandwidth and IP connectivity.

Services include:

• Global transmission services • Global IP and VPN services • Managed services • Mobility services • Transformation services

Joint ventures, subsidiaries, associates Tata Communications has entered into partnerships with a consortium of cable operators, including SEA-ME-WE 4, C2C, SAFE, EAC, APCN-2, Americas 2, CANTAT 3, 121 and others. It has alliances with BT, C&W, France Telecom, T-System, Telecom Italia, AT&T, Verizon Business, Sprint, SingTel, NTT, Telstra, KDDI, Telecom Malaysia. Subsidiaries include: Tyco: Acquired in 2005, the company was one of the largest owners of submarine cable bandwidth. Teleglobe: Acquired in 2006, this global wholesale provider helped Tata Communications become the owner of a Tier-1 IP network. Neotel: The second largest service provider in South Africa (www.neotel.co.za).

Location The Company’s headquarters is in Mumbai, India, and it has significant international operations in New Jersey, Montreal, Singapore and London. It has offices in 80 cities across 40 countries.

Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) is an IT services, business solutions and outsourcing organization that delivers real results to global businesses, ensuring a level of certainty no other firm can match. TCS offers a consulting-led, integrated portfolio of IT and IT-enabled services delivered through its unique Global Network Delivery Model, recognized as the benchmark of excellence in software development. A part of the Tata group, India’s largest industrial conglomerate, TCS has over 130,000 of the world's best trained IT consultants in 42 countries. The company generated consolidated revenues of USD5.7 billion for the fiscal year ended 31 March 2008, and is listed on the National Stock Exchange and Bombay Stock Exchange in India.

Areas of business

Services TCS helps clients optimize business processes for maximum efficiency and galvanize their IT infrastructure to be both resilient and robust.

TCS offers the following solutions: ●IT services. ●IT infrastructure services. ●Enterprise solutions. ●Consulting. ●Business process outsourcing. ●Business intelligence and performance management. ●Engineering and industrial services. ●IT and business solutions for small and medium business enterprises.

Industry verticals TCS has the depth and breadth of experience and expertise that businesses need to achieve business goals and succeed amidst fierce competition. TCS helps clients from various industries solve complex problems, mitigate risks, and become operationally excellent.

Some of the industries it serves are:

• Banking and financial services • Insurance • Telecom • Media and information services • Government • Healthcare and life sciences • Energy and utilities • Retail and FMCG • Travel, transport and hospitality • Manufacturing • High-tech and professional services

Products TCS Financial Solutions (TCS Bancs)

Subsidiaries Direct subsidiaries:

• AP Online (India) • C-Edge Technologies (India) • CMC (India) • Tata America International Corporation (USA) • Tata Consultancy Services Asia Pacific Pte (Singapore) • Tata Consultancy Services Belgium SA (Belgium) • Tata Consultancy Services Deutscheland GmbH (Germany) • Tata Consultancy Services France SA (France) • Tata Consultancy Services Netherlands BV (Netherlands) • Tata Consultancy Services Sverige AB (Sweden) • Tata Consultancy Services Switzerland Ltd (Switzerland) • WTI Advanced Technology (India)

Indirect subsidiaries:

• CMC Americas Inc (USA) • Swedish Indian IT Resources AB (Sweden) • Tata Information Technology (Shanghai) (China) • Tata Consultancy Services Solution Center SA (Uruguay) • TCS Argentina SA (Argentina) • TCS Brazil S/C (Brazil) • Tata Consultancy Services de Mexico SA De CV (Mexico) • TCS Inversions Chile (Chile) • Tata Consultancy Services de Espana SA (Spain) • Tata Consultancy Services Do Brazil SA (Brazil) • Tata Consultancy Services Chile SA (Chile) • TCS Italia SRL (Italy) • Tata Consultancy Services Japan (Japan) • Tata Consultancy Services Malaysia SDN BHD (Malaysia) • Tata Consultancy Services Luxembourg SA Capellen (GD de Luxembourg) • Tata Consultancy Services Portugal Unipesoal (Portugal) • Tata Consultancy Services Chile (Chile) • Financial Network Services Pty (Australia) • Financial Network Services (Facilities Management) Pty (Australia) • Financial Network Services (Europe) plc (UK) • TCS Financial Network Services (Indonesia) • Chong Wan Investments (Hong Kong) • Financial Network Services (Africa) Pty (South Africa) • Financial Network Services Chile (Chile) • Financial Network Services (HK) (Hong Kong)

Location TCS is headquartered in Mumbai, and operates in more than 50 countries and has more than 170 offices across the world.

A 50:50 joint venture between Tata Motors, India's largest automobile manufacturer, and Cummins Engine Company of USA, Tata Cummins is a world leader in the design and manufacture of diesel engines.

Areas of business Tata Cummins manufactures four- and six-cylinder versions of the Cummins B-series low-emission diesel engines for use in Tata Motors’ medium and heavy commercial vehicles. The company is a pioneer in the field of supplier quality improvement and partnering processes in India.

Location Tata Cummins has its headquarters in Jamshedpur, India.

Tata Elxsi is a product design company that delivers outsourced product design, R&D services and technology development solutions to customers across the world. The company has more than 3,000 professionals, including software and hardware engineers, styling, mechanical, graphic and interface designers, and animators and visual effects experts. Established in 1989 in Bangalore, India, Tata Elxsi has a number of development centres across India and global delivery capability.

Areas of business Tata Elxsi delivers high-quality and cost-effective solutions to industry sectors such as automotive, consumer electronics, media and entertainment, networking and communication, scientific instrumentation, semiconductors and storage.

The solutions offered are in the following areas:

• Product design services: Includes software, hardware and system design and development programs for technology products.

• Innovation design engineering: Mechanical product design programs to global customers in transportation, fast-moving consumer goods, consumer and industrial electronics, and appliances.

• Visual computing labs: Animation, visual effects and game asset building, including pre- and post-production work.

• System integration services: Implementing of design solutions in the automotive, aerospace, entertainment, manufacturing, government and education segments.

Location Tata Elxsi's operations are supported by offices in the US, Europe, the Middle East and Southeast Asia. The company has a state-of-the-art facility in Mumbai for visual effects and a near-shore centre in Japan.

A division of Tata Sons, Tata Financial Services is an in-house financial consultancy. It carries out long- and short-term financial planning for Tata Group companies and acts as the corporate finance advisory wing for them.

Areas of business It assists in negotiations with multilateral financial institutions and international banks, and arranges foreign currency funding for projects.

It also advises the Tata Group on financial structuring of companies, public / rights / preferential issues, GDRs, convertibles and debt, mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, and private placement of debt.

Location The Company is based in Mumbai.

Established in 1984, Tata Housing Development Company is a subsidiary of Tata Sons, the holding company of the Tata Group. The company was the first private sector organization to enter the real estate and mass-housing sector in India and has come to be recognized for its quality and reliable construction, ethical and transparent business practices, use of environment-friendly construction materials and extensive research-led engineering projects.

Areas of business Tata Housing's core activity is the development of homes, offices, integrated townships and retail destinations. Since its inception, it has constructed many residential and commercial complexes in various Indian cities. The company offers project planning and management services, as also the design and execution of IT parks and healthcare facilities. It also provides business development, financial and legal services, marketing and sales services, and township and estate management services.

Location Tata Housing is based in Mumbai, India, with regional offices in Delhi, Bangalore and Kolkata.

Tata Industrial Services (TISL) was set up in 2007 to facilitate industrial collaborations between foreign original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and Indian industry. TISL’s strategy targets industrial collaborations and offset obligations from defence procurement contracts.

TISL assists OEMs in identifying the best players in the Indian market and leverages their capabilities to meet strategic needs. It also helps Indian companies by securing business and facilitating access to best-in-class technology.

Areas of business TISL utilizes its industrial, financial and business network knowledge and in-house capabilities in defence regulations and compliance to provide OEMs and Indian companies with services in the following areas:

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• Information consultancy on domestic capability. • Regulatory and tax compliance consultancy. • Mapping actual and potential domestic vendor capability with OEM requirements

for offsets. • Designing offset proposals. • Assistance in technical evaluation of potential partners. • Project management.

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• Access to international and domestic OEMs. • Financing and appraisal. • Market intelligence. • Regulatory advice. • Assistance in designing offset proposals. • Project management for fulfillment of offset obligations.

Location TISL is located in New Delhi, India.

Tata Industries is a promoter company of the Tata Group. It was set up by Tata Sons in 1945 as a managing agency for the businesses it promoted. Following the abolition of the managing agency system, Tata Industries' mandate was recast, in the early 1980s, to promote the Group's entry into new and high-tech areas.Tata Industries has, over the last two decades, initiated and promoted the Group's ventures into several sectors, including control systems, information technology, financial services, auto components, advanced materials and telecom hardware. Tata Industries is the key player in the Group's entry into telecommunication services.

Areas of business Tata Industries has two operating divisions which function as independent profit centres:

• Tata Strategic Management Group: An independent management consulting division that assists Tata as well as non-Tata companies in enhancing their competitive edge.

• Tata Interactive Systems: Among the world's leading e-learning organizations, it offers services such as project management, instructional design and graphics, and technical know-how.

Tata Industries’ main activities are:

• To maintain shareholding in operating companies. • To invest in operating companies to facilitate growth. • To promote the Group's entry into new businesses.

Board of directors

• Ratan N Tata, Chairman • Noshir A Soonawala • Farrokh K Kavarana • Ishaat Hussain • RK Krishna Kumar • Kishor A Chaukar, managing director • S Ramadorai • Nawshir Mirza • B Muthuraman • Prasad R Menon • Ravi Kant

Location Tata Industries is based in Mumbai.

Tata Interactive Systems (TIS) is an e-learning enterprise that offers learning and training solutions. A division of Tata Industries, TIS was established in 1990 and has since created innovative and customized performance solutions for more than 350 corporations, educational institutions and government bodies across Australia, Canada, Europe, Japan, the Middle East, the UK and the US. TIS is the only e-learning organization in the world with quality standards assessed at Level 5 in both the SEI CMM and P-CMM frameworks. The quest for excellence has resulted in several prestigious industry awards, including the IT Training Award (Bronze) in 2008 and the Performance Centered Design award from Electronic Performance Support System (EPSS) Central in 2006.

Areas of business TIS offers customized web-based, computer-based, virtual learning and training solutions in a wide range of sectors including: Banking, financial services and insurance. IT, communications and telecom.

Joint ventures, subsidiaries, associates Tertia Edusoft GmbH, Germany, is a market leader in the development of regulatory and compliance training solutions. Tertia Edusoft, AG, Switzerland, is a provider of management simulation products.

Location Headquartered in Mumbai, TIS has offices in, Australia, Canada, Europe, India, the Middle East, the UK and the US.

Tata International is an international marketing company that exports to more than 100 countries all over the world. Established in 1962, its main lines of business are leather and engineering. The company has a worldwide reach for sourcing as well as marketing, with a well-integrated network that spans global trade blocs. It works with global brands and has developed some key international alliances for sustaining future growth. Its major markets are Europe, the Asian countries, the Middle East, the Far East and Africa.

Areas of business Tata International's operations are organized into three business units:

• Leather and leather products: The Company is India's leading leather and leather-products exporter and supply chain integrator. Its value chain encompasses global sourcing, world-class manufacturing in India and China, design studios in Europe, strategic alliances, marketing, and world-renowned brands as clients.

• Engineering: The engineering business unit is involved in international marketing, global sourcing, distribution and supply-chain management in the engineering domain, including the sectors of mining, railways, power, steel, aluminium, agriculture and automotive accessories.

• Chemicals: The chemicals division supplies chemicals spanning applications in pharma, food, paints and textiles to glass and mining.

Additionally, the company and its subsidiaries worldwide have taken on various value-added roles and have stakes in a cross-section of businesses. It has stakes in a five-star hotel, bus bodybuilding and trailer manufacture, distributorships, and IT ventures.

Joint ventures, subsidiaries, associates

• Tata Precision Industries, India (marketing and manufacture of precision engineering components).

• Graziella (manufacture of leather footwear). • Tata Africa Holdings, South Africa (information technology). • Tata Motors • Tata Ceramics • Zamil Tata (Intl) Information Services (IT marketing). • Tata International DLT (manufacturing / assembly of trailers for the Indian

market). • Imperial Group, South Africa (distribution and marketing of pickups in South

Africa). • Gruppe Vecchia Toscana, Italy (fashion leathers). • Holset Engineering, UK (marketing and manufacture of turbochargers). • Asia Trading SA, Chile (marketing and sourcing arrangement). • Turbo Genset Company, UK (business development for innovative distributed

generation products and solutions for India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh). • Loxley Public Company, Thailand (trading and business in India and Thailand). • Oxalaga SRL, Romania (marketing of finished leather and leather products in

Romania). • Martinez Group, Spain (marketing leather in Spain and Asia). • Lloyd Shoes Germany (manufacture of footwear products for Europe and

marketing of branded shoes and accessories in India). • SYP Kangqiao Auto glass Co, China (marketing of automotive glass in India, Iran

and South Africa). • International Tractors, Hoshiarpur, India (marketing of agricultural tractors in

Africa and Latin America). • CMC, India (market development of software products in Africa, Southeast Asia,

China and the Gulf countries).

Location Tata International is headquartered in Mumbai, India.

Tata International AG, along with its subsidiary Tata AG, and its associate Tata Enterprises (Overseas) AG, forms the international arm of the Tata Group. It renders a range of promotional and project services, from project identification and design to planning and establishment of industrial ventures overseas. It also offers managerial, technical and operational expertise and personnel to a wide range of industries.

Areas of business The Company promotes various enterprises and overseas projects through a network of subsidiary and associate companies: Tata Precision Industries, Singapore; Unitata Sdn Bhd, Malaysia; Tata Technologies, Singapore; and Tata Elxsi (India), Bangalore. Software and systems expertise is marketed and provided internationally through associate companies and joint-ventures, such as Tata Consultancy Services, Deutschland; Tata Consultancy Services, Netherlands; Tata Consultancy Services, Belgium; Tata Consultancy Services, France; Tata America International Corporation; TKS-Teknosoft SA; TKS-Teknosoft, Switzerland; Tata InfoTech, Deutschland and Tata InfoTech, Singapore. Tata International AG represents the Tata Group in Europe and promotes the export of a wide range of Indian commodities, finished products and non-traditional industrial items.

Location The Company is headquartered in Zug, Switzerland.

Tata Investment Corporation (TIC) is a non-banking financial company. Earlier named the Investment Corporation of India, the company is primarily involved in investing in long-term investments such as equity shares and equity-related securities. TIC was promoted by Tata Sons in 1937 and went public in 1959, when it became one of the few publicly held investment companies listed on the Mumbai Stock Exchange.

Areas of business TIC, along with Tata Sons, promotes the Tata Mutual Fund. The company has built up a significant portfolio of investments.

Location The Company is located in Mumbai, India.

Tata Johnson Controls Automotive Limited (TJCAL) is a 50:50 joint venture between TACO and JCI. It is one of the largest seating systems suppliers in India with products spanning passenger cars, commercial vehicles, utility vehicles, earth-moving equipment and two-wheelers. TJCAL has one of the largest offshore engineering centers in India, dedicated to servicing the global automotive seating, interior and electronics design needs of Johnson Controls Inc (JCI).

The TJCAL edge

Manufacturing TJCAL distinguishes itself from other seating system suppliers by providing its customers a complete solution — design, development, validation and programme management, efficient manufacturing and just-in-time - sequence (JIT-S) supply.

Engineering

• Strong domain knowledge, backed by manufacturing expertise • Proven global delivery model • Cost-effective and timely product development support • More than 400 skilled automotive engineers • World-class design and communication infrastructure

Products TJCAL's products are designed and manufactured to meet aesthetic, comfort and safety requirements. They have won recognition from its customers and independent agencies such as JD Power. Product features are benchmarked with best-in-class products and meet stringent international safety regulations. The company's product range includes seating systems and components like foam, head-rests, arm-rests, metal frames and seat trims. TJCAL is in the process of launching electronic instrument clusters for passenger cars and utility vehicles, with contemporary technology from Johnson Controls. TJCAL is in the process of launching Floor Center Console for Honda Civic by June 2006.

Services Design. Layout and packaging. Component and sub-system design. Mechanisms design. GD and T, tolerance stakking and product drawings. Product modifications. Value analysis and value engineering. Manufacturing feasibility. Design improvement. Analysis. Virtual test and validation. Kinetics and kinematics analysis. Crash simulation. Mould-flow. Sheet-metal formability. Prototype development support. Testing support. Complete programme management services and product data management services

Engineering capabilities In order to achieve this standard of comfort, safety and styling, TJCAL's state-of-the-art facility for design, development, prototyping and testing uses the latest technology and a highly capable team of engineers. The computer-aided design and manufacturing facilities are equipped with the latest styling software, enabling the company's engineers to develop design concepts into solid models. TJCAL can design and develop products that meet stringent international safety regulations. The facility's finite element analysis tools allow the simulation of test conditions so that destructive physical tests can be minimized.

Tata Limited was established in London in 1907 as the Tata Group’s representative in Europe. The company has evolved to become the agent for the overseas procurement of goods and services for the Group. Tata Limited has expanded beyond its traditional purchasing activity by introducing sophisticated systems; it now offers comprehensive and highly specialized services that cover almost every type of industry and activity.

Areas of business

• A fully computerized system for worldwide sourcing of equipment, spares, raw materials and services.

• An in-house freight management company specializing in the movement of goods from anywhere in the world to the Indian subcontinent.

• Insurance at competitive rates as principal agents. • Arrangements for making prompt payments, through international banks in

London, to suppliers on behalf of buyers in several currencies.

• Raising of finance for trading operations and investments. • Identification of potential partners for collaborative ventures. • Representation in the UK and other parts of Europe for liaison work. • Marketing of products / services in the UK and other European markets. • Commodity trading in metals and soft commodities. • Besides these, Tata Limited is being geared to providing advice and assistance to

Indian companies seeking overseas opportunities for their products.

Location The Company is based in London, UK.

Tata Metaliks manufactures and markets foundry-grade pig iron. Incorporated in 1990, the company was promoted by Tata Steel and assisted by the West Bengal Industrial Development Corporation with Tata Korf Engineering Services as a technology consultant and KTS Brazil as the technology supplier. The company’s geographical footprint covers markets in the eastern and northern foundry belts of India, Egypt, United Arab Emirates, Thailand, Taiwan, Malaysia and Bangladesh.

Areas of business Tata Metaliks has two furnaces in Kharagpur (West Bengal) and three in Redi (in Maharashtra). The facilities are among the most advanced of its kind and the company has access to the finest mineral resources in India.

Joint ventures, subsidiaries, associates Tata Metaliks Kubota Pipes is a three-way joint venture between Tata Metaliks and Japan-based companies Kubota Corporation and Metal One Corporation. It was established in July 2007 to manufacture and market ductile iron pipes.

Location The Company’s head office is in Kolkata, India. The plants are in Kharagpur (West Bengal) and Redi (Maharashtra).

Tata Motors is India’s largest automobile company. Established in 1945, it is also among the world’s top five manufacturers of medium and heavy trucks and the world's second largest medium and heavy bus manufacturer. It entered the passenger vehicles segment in 1991 and now ranks second in India's in this market. The company, formerly known as Tata Engineering and Locomotive Company, began manufacturing commercial vehicles in 1954 with a 15-year collaboration agreement with Daimler Benz of Germany. It has, since, developed Tata Ace, India's first indigenous light commercial vehicle, Tata Safari, India's first sports utility vehicle, Tata Indica, India's first indigenously manufactured passenger car, and the Nano, the world's cheapest car. Tata Motors has over 1,400 engineers and scientists in six R&D centers in India, South Korea, Spain and the UK. Its vehicles are exported to Europe, Africa, the Middle East, South and Southeast Asia and South America.

Areas of business Tata Motors makes passenger cars, multi-utility vehicles and light, medium and heavy commercial vehicles.

• Passenger cars: The Company launched the compact Tata Indica in 1998, the sedan Indigo in 2002 and the station wagon Indigo Marina in 2004. Tata Motors also distributes Fiat’s cars in India.

• Utility vehicles: The Tata Sumo was launched in 1994 and the Tata Safari in 1998.

• Commercial vehicles: The commercial vehicle range extends from the light two-tonne truck to heavy dumpers and multi-axle vehicles in the above 40-tonne segment.

• Passenger buses: The Company also manufactures and sells passenger buses, 12-seaters to 60-seaters, in the light, medium and heavy segments.

Joint ventures, subsidiaries, associates Tata Motors has joint ventures with Marco polo, the Brazil-based maker of bus and coach bodies, and with Fiat Auto (to build a commercial vehicle at Fiat's facilities in Cordoba, Argentina).

Other associates include:

• Tata Daewoo Commercial Vehicle Company, a 100-per cent subsidiary of Tata Motors in the business of heavy commercial vehicles (www.daewootruck.co.kr/).

• Tata Motors European Technical Centre is a UK-based, 100-per cent subsidiary engaged in design engineering and development of products.

• Telco Construction Equipment Company makes construction equipment and allied services. Tata Motors has a 60 per cent holding; the rest is held by Hitachi Construction Machinery Company, Japan (www.telcon.co.in/).

• Tata Technologies provides specialized engineering and design services, product lifecycle management and product-centric information technology services (www.tatatechnologies.com/).

• Tata Motors (Thailand) is a joint venture between Tata Motors (70 per cent) and Thonburi Automotive Assembly Plant Co (30 per cent) to manufacture and market the company’s pickup vehicles in Thailand (www.tatamotors.co.th/).

• Tata Cummins manufactures high horsepower engines used in the company’s range of commercial vehicles (www.tatacummins.com/).

• HV Transmissions and HV Axles are 100-per cent subsidiaries that make gearboxes and axles for heavy and medium commercial vehicles.

• TAL Manufacturing Solutions is a 100-per cent subsidiary that provides factory automation solutions and designs and manufactures a wide range of machine tools (www.tal.co.in/).

• Hispano Carrocera is a Spanish bus manufacturing company in which Tata More has a 21-per cent stake (www.hispano-net.com/).

• Concorde Motors is a 100 per cent subsidiary retailing Tata Motors’ range of passenger vehicles (www.concordemotors.com/).

Location Tata Motors' plants are located at Jamshedpur (eastern India), Pune (west), and Lucknow and Pantnagar (north). Tata Motors and Fiat have set up a common manufacturing facility at Ranjangaon, near Pune. The company is establishing a new plant at Singur (eastern India). Tata Motors Limited, formerly known as TELCO (TATA Engineering and Locomotive Company), is a multinational corporation headquartered in Mumbai, India. It is India's largest passenger automobile and commercial vehicle manufacturing company. Part of the Tata Group, and one of the world's largest manufacturers of commercial vehicles. The OICA ranked it as the world's 20th largest automaker, based on figures for 2006. Tata Motors was established in 1945, when the company began manufacturing locomotives. The company manufactured its first commercial vehicle in 1954 in collaboration with Daimler-Benz AG, which ended in 1969[2]. Tata Motors was listed on the NYSE in 2004, and by 2005 it was ranked among the top 10 corporations in India with an annual revenue exceeding INR 320 billion. In 2004, it bought Daewoo's truck manufacturing unit, now known as Tata Daewoo Commercial Vehicle, in South Korea. It also, acquired a 21% stake in Hispano Carrocera SA, giving it controlling rights in the company. Tata Motors launched their much awaited Tata Nano, noted for its Rs 1,00,000 price-tag, in January 2008. In March 2008, it finalized a deal with Ford Motor Company to acquire their British Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) business, which also includes the Rover, Daimler and Lanchester brand names. The purchase was completed on 2 June 2008. Tata Motors has its manufacturing base in Jamshedpur, Pantnagar, Lucknow, Ahmedabad and Pune.

History Tata Motors is a part of the Tata and Sons Group, founded by Jamsetji Nussarwanji Tata and J. Baker. The company was established in 1945 as a locomotive manufacturing unit and later expanded its operations to commercial vehicle sector in 1954 after forming a joint venture with Daimler-Benz AG of Germany.

Expansion

CarsCarsCarsCars Tata Indica After years of dominating the commercial vehicle market in India, Tata Motors entered the passenger vehicle market in 1992 by launching the Tata Sierra, a multi utility vehicle. After the launch of three more vehicles, namely, Tata Estate (1992, a station wagon design based on the earlier 'TataMobile' [1989] a light commercial vehicle which some people may still think of as Tata's first passenger car), Tata Sumo (LCV, 1994) and Tata Safari (1998, India's first sports utility vehicle); In 1998 Tata launched the Indica, the first fully indigenous passenger car of India. Though the car was initially panned by auto-analysts, the car's excellent fuel economy, powerful engine and aggressive marketing strategy made it one of the best selling cars in the history of the Indian automobile industry. A newer version of the car, named Indica V2, was a major improvement over the previous version and quickly became a mass-favorite. A badge engineered version of the car was sold in the United Kingdom as the Rover City Rover. Tata Motors also successfully exported large quantities of the car to South Africa. The success of Indica in many ways marked the rise of Tata Motors.

Daewoo acquisition With the success of Tata Indica, Tata Motors aimed to increase its presence worldwide. In 2004, it acquired the Daewoo Commercial Vehicle Company of South Korea. The reasons behind the acquisition were: * Company’s global plans to reduce domestic exposure. The domestic commercial vehicle market is highly cyclical in nature and prone to fluctuations in the domestic economy. Tata Motors has a high domestic exposure of ~94% in the MHCV segment and ~84% in the light commercial vehicle (LCV) segment. Since the domestic commercial vehicle sales of the company are at the mercy of the structural economic factors, it is increasingly looking at the international markets. The company plans to diversify into various markets across the world in both MHCV as well as LCV segments. * To expand the product portfolio Tata Motors recently introduced the 25MT GVW Tata Novus from Daewoo’s (South Korea) (TDCV) platform. Tata plans to leverage on the strong presence of TDCV in the heavy-tonnage range and introduce products in India at an appropriate time. This was mainly to cater to the international market and also to cater to the domestic market where a major improvement in the Road infrastructure was done through the National Highway Development Project.

Joint ventures In 2005, sensing the huge opportunity in the fully built bus segment, Tata Motors acquired 21% stake in Hispano Carrocera SA, Aragonese bus manufacturing company and introduced its high-end inter-city buses in the country. Tata Motors has also formed a 51:49 joint venture with Marco polo S.A., a Brazil-based global leader, lead by Brian Behrle, in bus body building. This joint venture is to manufacture and assemble fully-built buses and coaches targeted at developing mass rapid transportation systems.

Tata Ace Tata Ace, India's first indigenously developed sub-one ton mini-truck was launched in May 2005. The mini-truck was a huge success in India with auto-analysts claiming that Ace had changed the dynamics of the light commercial vehicle (LCV) market in the country by creating a new market segment termed the small commercial vehicle (SCV) segment. Ace rapidly emerged as the first choice for transporters and single truck owners for city and rural transport. By October 2005, LCV sales of Tata Motors had grown by 36.6 percent to 28,537 units due to the rising demand for Ace. The Ace was built with a load body produced by Auto line Industries. By 2005, Auto line was producing 300 load bodies per day for Tata Motors. Ace is still one of the number makers for TML; TML sold the 2,00,000th Ace in August 2008, within 4 years since its introduction. Tata Ace has also been exported to several European, South American and African countries. Electric-versions of Tata Ace are sold through Chrysler's Global Electric Motorcars division.

Tata Nano Tata has developed a car, named Tata Nano that aims to sell in 2008. It is the least expensive production car in the world: the price is about Rs. 1,00, 000 (USD $2,000). The company unveiled the supermini car during the Auto Expo 2008 exhibition in Pragati Maidan, New Delhi. Bajaj Auto and Mahindra-Renault have plans to launch cars in this price range. Tata has faced controversy over developing the Nano. Some environmentalists are concerned that the launch of such a low-price car could lead to mass motorization in India with adverse effects on pollution and global warming. There was also strong opposition to the compulsory acquisition of land for the proposed car factory in Singur West Bengal. Now Tata Motors Limited plan to set up the Nano factory in Sanand, Gujarat, because of the problems faced in West Bengal.

Jaguar Cars and Land Rover As of 27 March 2008, Tata Motors reached agreement with Ford to purchase their Jaguar and Land Rover operations for US$2 billion. The sale is expected to be completed by the end of the second quarter of 2008. Tata will also gain the rights to the Daimler, Lanchester, and Rover brand names. In addition to the brands, Tata Motors has also gained access to 2 design centers and 3 plants in UK. The key acquisition would be of the intellectual property rights related to the technologies.

Electric vehicles Tata Motors unveiled the electric versions of passenger car Tata Indica and commercial vehicle Tata Ace. Both run on lithium batteries. The company has indicated that the electric Indica would be launched locally in India in about 2010, without disclosing the price. The vehicle would be launched in Norway in 2009. Tata Motors' UK subsidiary, Tata Motors European Technical Centre, has bought a 50.3% holding in electric vehicle technology firm Miljøbil Grenland/Innovasjon of Norway for US$1.93 M, which specializes in the development of innovative solutions for electric vehicles, and plans to launch the electric Indica hatchback in Europe next year.

Global operations Tata Motors has expanded its production and assembly operations to several other countries including South Korea, Thailand, South Africa and Argentina and is planning to set up plants in Turkey, Indonesia and Eastern Europe.

Global brands Tata Motors has been aggressively acquiring foreign brands to increase its global presence. In 2004, Tata Motors bought Daewoo's truck manufacturing unit, now known as Tata Daewoo Commercial Vehicle, in South Korea. In March 2005, it acquired a 21% stake in Hispano Carrocera SA, giving it controlling rights in the company. On 26 March 2008 Tata Motors agreed to purchase Jaguar Cars and Land Rover from Ford Motor in a deal worth $2.3bn (£1.15bn). Tata Motors has also acquired from Ford the rights to three other brand names: Daimler, Lanchester and Rover. it was rumored in 2008 that Tata was in negotiations along with Fiat, General Motors and Renault-Nissan as a possible suitor for the rapidly declining Chrysler, which is currently owned by Cerberus Capital Management.

Present global challenge Tata Motors have some distinct advantages in comparison to other multi-national competitors. There is definite cost advantage as labor cost is 8-9 percent of sales as against 30-35 percent of sales in developed economies. Tata motors have extensive backward and forward linkages and it is strongly interwoven with machine tools and metals sectors. Tata Group's strong expertise in the IT based engineering solution for products and process integration has helped Tata Motors. India has a large auto component industry noted for its world class capabilities. There is huge demand in domestic markets due to infrastructure developments and Tata Motors is able to leverage its knowledge of Indian market. There are favorable Government polices and regulations to boost the auto industry. However, some major automakers have moved their operations to India to cut costs. Volvo entered India in 1998 to focus on production of its fully built buses. In India, it has focused on providing economical transport solutions in consonance with its values of safety, quality, and environmental care. Its competitive advantage is its high technology which makes the vehicle a very comfortable option to travel through. Tata's trucks have long been reputed for their unmatched performance, build, and technological advancements that are the flag bearers in their production activities in India. It is still operating in the niche market of high end buses where the Tata compete through its Hispano Carrocera and Marco polo S.A. JV buses.

The Government of India announced an automobile policy in December 1997. The policy required majority-owned subsidiaries of foreign car firms to invest at least US$50 million in equity if they wished to set up manufacturing projects in India. It also forced them to take on export obligations to fund their auto part imports and required them to submit to a schedule for increasing the share of locally made parts in their cars. Mere car assembling operations were not welcomed. An Indian cabinet panel will soon consider a new automobile policy that aims to set fresh investment guidelines for foreign firms wishing to manufacture vehicles in the country. Investments in making auto parts by a foreign vehicle maker will also be considered a part of the minimum foreign investment made by it in an auto-making subsidiary in India.

The move is aimed at helping India emerge as a hub for global manufacturing and sourcing for auto parts. The policy sets an export target of $1 billion by 2005 and US$2.7 billion by 2010. The policies adopted by Government will increase competition in domestic market, motivate many foreign commercial vehicle manufactures to set up shops in India, whom will make India as a production hub and export to nearest market. Thus Tata Motors CV will have to face tough competition in near future, which might affect its growth negatively.

Future challenges Plastic Car Production- Tata plans on producing a car that is made of nearly 100% plastic. * Mahindra and Mahindra: JV with ITEC, North American leader in heavy trucks. M&M has formed a 51:49 JV called Mahindra International with ITEC, USA (parent Navistar International), to manufacture commercial vehicles and to bolster its position in the CV business. ITEC is the leader in medium and heavy trucks and buses in North America, and is the world's largest manufacturer of medium-duty diesel engines. Mahindra International aims to have a presence across the CV market (6-35 tonnes GVW) with variants of passenger transport, cargo and specialized load applications and is likely to start producing medium/heavy commercial vehicles from FY09. * Force Motors Ltd: JV with MAN for manufacturing high-tonnage vehicles Force Motors has paired up with MAN in a 70:30 JV to manufacture high-tonnage and specialty vehicles, such as long-haul trucks, tippers, tractor trailers and multi-axle vehicles in the 16-32 tonne range at its Pithampur plant, with an initial capacity of 24,000 units per annum and at an investment of Rs7bn. The JV plans to sell nearly half of its production in the domestic market, while the rest is to be exported to the Middle East, Turkey, Russia, Asia and Africa. Further, the two companies have formed another JV to manufacture buses in India from end-2007. * Ashok Leyland: Acquisition of Czech Republic-based Avia. Ashok Leyland (ALL) recently acquired the truck unit of Czech Republic-based Avia for US$35m. Avia manufactures 6-9 tonne LCVs and has a capacity of 20,000 units per annum. The acquisition has given ALL direct access to an entire range of Avia trucks, Avia’s press shop with dies and tools, welding lines, state-of-the-art paint shop and R&D facilities. ALL has also entered into technology agreements with Hino Motors of Japan and ZF of Germany to complement its in-house R&D efforts and developing complementary components and aggregates.

Products Passenger cars and utility vehicles * Tata Sumo/Spacio. * Tata Safari. * Tata Indica. * Tata Indigo. * Tata Nano (3RD March 2009). * Tata Xenon XT. * Tata Xover (2009).

Concept vehicles * 2000 Aria Roadster. * 2001 Aria Coupe. * 2002 Tata Indica. * 2002 Tata Indiva. * 2004 Tata Indigo Advent. * 2005 Tata Xover. * 2006 Tata Cliffrider. * 2007 Tata Elegante. * 2009 Tata Prima.

Commercial vehicles * Tata Ace * Tata TL/Telcoline/207 DI Pickup Truck * Tata 407 Ex and Ex2 * Tata 709 Ex * Tata 809 Ex and Ex2 * Tata 909 Ex and Ex2 * Tata 1109 (Intermediate truck) * Tata 1510/1512 (Medium bus) * Tata 1610/1616 (Heavy bus) * Tata 1613/1615 (Medium truck) * Tata 2515/2516 (Medium truck) * Tata Starbus (Medium Bus) * Tata Globus (Low Floor Bus) * Tata Marco polo Bus (Low Floor Bus) * Tata 3015 (Heavy truck) * Tata 3118 (Heavy truck) (8X2) * Tata 3516 (Heavy truck) * Tata 4923 (Ultra-Heavy truck) (6X4) * Tata Novus (Heavy truck designed by Tata Daewoo)

Military vehicles * Tata LSV (Light Specialist Vehicle) * Tata 2 Stretcher Ambulance * Tata 407 Troop Carrier, available in hard top, soft top, 4x4, and 4x2 versions * Tata LPTA 713 TC (4x4) * Tata LPT 709 E * Tata SD 1015 TC (4x4) * Tata LPTA 1615 TC (4x4) * Tata LPTA 1621 TC (6x6) * Tata LPTA 1615 TC (4x2)

Tata Motors subsidiaries Telco Construction Equipment (TCE) TCE is a joint venture between Tata Motors and Hitachi, which focuses on excavators and other construction equipment.

HV Transmission (HVTL) and HV Axles (HVAL) HVAL and HVTL are 100% subsidiary companies of Tata Motors engaged in the business of manufacture of gear boxes and axles for heavy and medium commercial vehicles, with production facilities and infrastructure based at Jamshedpur.

Tata Technologies Limited (TTL) TTL provides Engineering and Design (E&D) solutions to the Automotive Industry. Tata Motors holds 86.91% of TTL’s share capital. TTL is based in Pune (Hinjawadi) and operates in the US and Europe through its wholly owned subsidiaries in Detroit and London respectively. It also has a presence in Thailand. Tata Technologies is a software service provider in the IT services and BPO space. Its global client list includes Ford, General Motors, Toyota and Honda, to name a few. It bought over the British engineering and design services company, Incat International Plc for Rs4b in August 2005. Incat specializes in engineering & design services and product lifecycle management in the international automotive, aerospace and engineering markets. With this acquisition, Tata Motors will have closer proximity to its global customers and be able to provide a wider range of services.

Tata Daewoo CV (TDCV) TDCV is a 100% subsidiary of the Tata Motors based in South Korea, which was acquired in March 2004. TDCV is in the business of manufacture and sale of heavy commercial vehicles.Tata Daewoo is Tata Motors’ 100% subsidiary in Korea, with a market share of 30%.Tata Motors will use the Daewoo technology to introduce higher tonnage trucks in the Indian market and use Tata Daewoo for exports globally. In line with this strategy, it has already introduced the Novus, a high-end tipper developed by Tata Daewoo for the Indian market.

The Tata Motors European Technical Centre (TMETC) was set up in the UK in 2005 as a 100 per cent subsidiary of Tata Motors. The centre is engaged in design engineering and the development of products for the automotive industry.TMETC has considerable experience from dealing with European equipment manufacturers, first-tier suppliers and engineering consultancies. Its engineers have designed and built cars from scratch for several big European auto companies.

Areas of business TMETC’s has expertise in power train and driveline, systems integration and electronics, legislation and homologation, manufacturing and production engineering, chassis, ride and handling, styling, and body and trim craftsmanship. The TMETC team uses its capabilities to improve consistency in internal and external quality of the vehicles that roll out of Tata Motors plants. The organization also provides key inputs in modeling of designs using computer-aided design techniques.

Location The TMETC team works out of the University of Warwick, Coventry, UK.

Tata Petrodyne (TPL) was incorporated in 1993 to spearhead the Tata Group's foray into the oil and natural gas industry. Originally promoted by Tata Industries, TPL is now a 100 per cent subsidiary of Tata Sons, the holding company of the Tata Group.

Areas of business TPL is engaged in oil and natural gas exploration and production activities. It participates in auctions conducted by the Government of India for allotment of blocks for exploration. In strategic alliance with reputed Indian and international oil companies, TPL has successfully bid for several projects, including the following:

• CY-OS-90/1 block with Hardy Exploration and Production (India) Inc. • CB-OS/2 block with Cairn Energy. • CB-OS/1 block with ONGC. • Two blocks in the Palar (PR-OSN-2004/1) and Kerala-Konkan basin (KK-DWN-

2004/1) in association with Cairn Energy and ONGC. • A 25-per cent participating interest in a gas-bearing block in the North Sea (TPL's

first international venture).

Location The Company is based in Mumbai, India.

Tata Pigments, a fully owned subsidiary of Tata Steel, is the only Indian manufacturer of synthetic iron oxide pigments in the organized sector. The company’s product range includes synthetic iron oxide pigments used to lend color to paints, emulsions, cement floors, plastics, rubber, paper, drugs, printing ink, and other end products.

Areas of business Tata Pigments is engaged in the production of synthetic red and yellow oxides of iron. The company also manufactures dry cement paint, exterior emulsion paints, acrylic distempers and cement-based primers.

Location Tata Pigments is headquartered in Jamshedpur.

Tata Power is India’s largest power utility in the private sector today, with a presence in generation, transmission, distribution and trading. The company was established in 1911 as the Tata Hydro-Electric Power Supply Company to supply power to Mumbai. Tata Power has an installed power generation capacity of over 2,300mw in the areas of thermal, solar, hydro and wind energy generation. In addition, the company is implementing a 4,000mw mega power project in Mundra, Gujarat.

Areas of business The Company operates across the entire power value chain, from generation, transmission and distribution to trading and consultancy. Power generation: Tata Power’s thermal power stations are at Trombay in Mumbai, Jojobera in Jamshedpur and Belgaum in Karnataka (southern India). The hydro stations are at Bhira, Bhivpuri and Khopoli in Maharashtra (western India) and the wind farm is in Ahmednagar, Maharashtra. Tata Power has an 110kw solar plant at Walwhan, Maharashtra and a 17mw wind power project at Supa, Maharashtra.

• Transmission and distribution: The Company supplies power to the cities of Mumbai and Delhi. It is a partner in the 1,200km Tala transmission project, India's first interstate transmission project and one of the largest power grids in the world. Trading: The Tata Power Trading Company has the license to carry out transactions in power trading in India.

• Power project related services: The Company provides expertise in setting up independent and captive power plants, transmission and distribution projects, and operations and maintenance management in India and overseas.

Joint ventures, subsidiaries and associates

• North Delhi Power: A joint venture with the Government of Delhi to supply power to the north and northwest areas of Delhi (www.ndplonline.com/).

• Powerlinks Transmission: A joint venture with the Power Grid Corporation of India, for the 1,200km Tala transmission project.

• Tata Power Trading Company: A wholly owned subsidiary and the first company to get a power trading license from India’s Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (www.tatapowertrading.com/).

• Nelco: A subsidiary company with core competencies in the areas of systems integration and project management for defence electronics, energy network management, power electronics, VSAT networks and automation.

• Coastal Gujarat Power (CGPL): A joint venture with Tata Steel to develop captive power plants.

Location Tata Power’s head office is in Mumbai.

Tata Power Trading Company (TPTC) is in the business of trading power units in India. It was incorporated in 2003 as a wholly owned subsidiary of the Tata Power Company, with an equity capital of Rs2 crore. TPTC was the first company in India to receive a power trading license from the Central Electricity Regulatory Commission, back in June 2004.

Areas of business TPTC was initially allotted a category ‘A’ license, which restricted it to trades up to 100 MUs. This license was elevated to category ‘F’ to cater to the requirements of a growing business. The company can now, by enhancing its equity base to Rs20 crore, trade in higher volumes without any upper limit. TPTC sources surplus power from various states and private-sector power generation utilities, captive power plants and state-owned electricity boards. Its trading partners include the Maharashtra State Electricity Board, the Madhya Pradesh State Electricity Board, the West Bengal State Electricity Board, the Power and Electricity Department of Government of Mizoram, the Damodar Valley Corporation, the Haryana Power Generation Corporation and Delhi Transco.

Location TPTC has its office in Mumbai.

Promoted by Tata Motors, Tata International AG and the Development Bank of Singapore, Tata Precision Industries (TPI) specializes in tool design and in manufacturing precision machining and plastic moulding. It was established in 1972.

Areas of business TPI manufactures products that cater to the stringent, high-quality demands of the disc drive, electronics and medical industries. Its ‘ship-to-stock’ components mean that the components leaving the company’s factory go straight to the customers’ assembly line.

Company operations include high-tech precision machining, tool design and manufacturing, plastic injection moulding, clean-room washing, clean-room (Class 100) assembly and packing, high-energy magnetization and fine blanking.

Location The Company has offices in Singapore and India.

Tata Projects is an engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contracting company. It was established in 1979.

Areas of business The Company provides EPC services through seven business units:

• Power generation: Thermal power plants, balance of plants, installation of steam generators, turbine generators and auxiliaries.

• Transmission and distribution: High-voltage transmission lines, substations, rural electrification.

• Industrial infrastructure : Desalination, effluent treatment, demineralization, defluoridation and mobile purification (reverse osmosis) plants.

• Oil, gas and hydrocarbons: Crude oil and chemical storage terminals and handling facilities, installation services for main plants, and equipment and piping for refinery and petrochemical projects.

• Steel: Structural fabrication and equipment manufacturing for steel plants, by-product plants and blast furnace upgrading.

• Railways: Construction of new lines, overhead electrification, consultancy and project evaluation.

• Quality services: Third-party inspection and expediting for industrial inspections, consultancy.

Joint ventures, subsidiaries and associates Tata Projects has acquired a stake of 75 per cent in Artson Engineering, which has expertise in oil, gas and hydrocarbons.

Location Headquartered in Secunderabad, India, Tata Projects has regional offices in Mumbai and Abu Dhabi, UAE, as also inspection offices in major Indian cities.

Tata Quality Management Services (TQMS) is a division of Tata Sons. The organization’s primary role is to help Tata companies in achieving their business objectives. TQMS provides expertise in achieving business excellence through comprehensive, enterprise-wide processes.

Areas of business

• TBEM-TCoC: TQMS's role is to facilitate the adoption of the Tata Business Excellence Model and the Tata Code of Conduct by Tata companies.

• Assessment: An important part of the TBEM process, TQMS facilitates assessment of companies, examining systems and operations in Group companies.

• Training: The organization runs training and development programmes for all levels of Tata employees.

• Consulting: TQMS provides consultancy in customer-centricity and quality programmes such as TQM, TPM and Six Sigma.

• Innovation: TQMS works towards increasing awareness of the merits of innovation within the Tata Group.

• Climate change: TQMS helps Tata companies find solutions to measure and mitigate their impact on the environment.

Location TQMS has its head office in Pune and branches in Mumbai and Jamshedpur.

Tata Realty and Infrastructure (TRIL) was set up in 2007 to pursue opportunities in the real estate and infrastructure sectors. The company is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Tata Sons, the holding company of the Tata group, and is committed towards developing the nation by building world-class real estate and infrastructure.

Areas of business TRIL is currently focused on the development of:

• Real estate opportunities • Airports • Urban infrastructure • Special economic zones (SEZs) • Roads, expressways and bridges • Logistics parks

TRIL is currently developing a 25-acre, mixed-use, state-of-the-art IT SEZ facility at Taramani in Chennai; a higher-end retail mall spread over six acres at Amritsar; a 36-acre residential project at Gurgaon; and IT parks for Tata Consultancy Services at various locations across India. On the infrastructure side, TRIL, through its subsidiary, Navinya Buildcon, has been awarded an NHAI road project based on the Design Build Operate Transfer (DBOT) model for the Pune-Solapur section. This is in partnership with M/s Atlantia S.p.A of Italy.

Joint ventures, subsidiaries, associates

• TRIL has entered into an agreement with Tamil Nadu Industrial Development Corporation (TIDCO) and Indian Hotels Company (IHCL) for the development of a 25-acre multi-product SEZ at Chennai.

• TRIL has signed an MoU with Changi Airports International or CAI for development of non-metro airports all over India.

• TRIL has appointed RTKL (among the top five for retail projects) as architects for the retail project in Amritsar.

• TRIL has appointed JWT as their branding and advertising agency.

Location The Company is based in Mumbai, India.

Tata Refractories is one of the few companies worldwide to produce silica refractories for coke ovens and the glass industry. Established in 1958, it is the only commercial manufacturer of dolomite refractories in India.

Areas of business The Company manufactures basic and high alumina silica specialties, dolomite and monolithic.

Location Tata Refractories is located in Belpahar, Orissa (in eastern India) and has operations in Gujarat, Jamshedpur and Salem in India, and in China.

Tata Ryerson, a 50:50 joint venture company promoted by Tata Steel and Ryerson Tull, USA, commenced operations in 1997 at Bara in Jamshedpur, India. Tata Steel is India’s largest integrated private sector steel company, while Ryerson Tull is a dominant player in the steel processing and distribution business in North America.

Areas of business Tata Ryerson is in the business of steel processing and distribution. It produces hot- and cold-rolled coils, strips, plates, sheets, blanks and structurals. Services undertaken by the company include inventory management, stockyard management, small-lot deliveries and just-in-time supplies.

Location Headquartered at Kolkata, India, Tata Ryerson has a facility at Pune in western India.

Tata Services (TSL) was incorporated in 1957 to provide Tata group companies access to a set of centralized services. TSL operates on a ‘no-profit no-loss’ basis.

Areas of business The Company has specialized divisions and departments that handle different areas of services. Among them are:

• Department of Economics and Statistics: provides economics and business research inputs for strategic decision making to Tata companies.

• Corporate Affairs Department: handles the management of the Tata brand and group synergy projects.

• Public Affairs Department: Delhi-based department that works as a facilitator with the government, embassies and foreign industry delegations.

• Tata Management Training Centre: conducts training programmes for Tata and non-Tata organizations. Provides support to Tata companies in the areas of leadership, innovation and behavioral sciences (www.tmtctata.com).

• TAS: runs recruitment and talent management programmes for managers for leadership positions in the group.

• Tata Council for Community Initiatives: coordinates and organizes programmes to institutionalize community development programmes and environmental management initiatives within the group.

• Legal department: counsels and assists Tata companies on diverse corporate legal matters.

Location The Company is located in Mumbai.

Tata Sky, an 80:20 joint venture between Tata Sons and the Star group, provides satellite television services to Indian viewers. The company was incorporated in 2004 and offers a range of media and entertainment options to customers.

Areas of business Tata Sky's direct-to-home satellite platform delivers more than 100 television channels, movies and interactive services for games, learning, recipes, news, chat rooms, etc. It has state-of-the-art digital infrastructure and a retail network that covers more than 4,500 towns in India.

Location Based in Mumbai, the company has three call centres (Pune, Chandigarh and Hyderabad).

Tata Sons is the promoter of all key companies of the Tata group and holds the bulk of shareholding in these companies. The chairman of Tata Sons has traditionally been the chairman of the Tata group. About 66 per cent of the equity capital of Tata Sons is held by philanthropic trusts endowed by members of the Tata family. The biggest of these trusts are the Sir Dorabji Tata Trust and the Sir Ratan Tata Trust, which were created by the families of the sons of Jamsetji Tata.

Areas of business Tata Sons is the owner of the Tata name and the Tata trademark, which are registered in India and several other countries. These are used by various Tata companies in relation to their products and services. The terms of use of the group mark and logo by Tata companies are governed by the Brand Equity and Business Promotion Agreement, which is signed by Tata Sons and individual group companies.

Apart from this, the company's activities are:

• To maintain shareholding in main operating companies • To invest in operating companies to facilitate growth • To promote the group's entry into new businesses

Tata Sons has two divisions:

• Tata Quality Management Services: Helps Tata companies achieve business excellence through the Tata Business Excellence Model

• Tata Financial Services: In-house financial consultancy which carries out long- and short-term financial planning for Tata companies

Board of directors

• Ratan N Tata, chairman • Noshir A Soonawala, vice chairman • Farrokh K Kavarana • Syamal Gupta • Jamshed J Irani • R Gopalakrishnan, executive director • Ishaat Hussain, finance director • RK Krishna Kumar • Arun R Gandhi, executive director • Alan Rosling • Cyrus Pallonji Mistry

Location Tata Sons is based in Mumbai.

Tata Sponge Iron (TSIL) manufactures sponge iron. Incorporated in 1982, the company, formerly known as Ipitata Sponge Iron, was set up as joint venture between Tata Steel and the Industrial Promotion and Investment Corporation of Orissa (IPICOL). It became an associate company of Tata Steel in 1991.

Areas of business Sponge iron is made by removing oxygen from iron ore. The product is used in making high quality steels. TSIL has the capacity to produce 390,000 tonnes of sponge iron per annum. The company also has two captive power plants that generate 26mw of power from the waste heat of exit gases from its kilns; the power generated is in excess of what the company needs for internal consumption.

Location TSIL’s headquarters is in Bilaipada near Joda, in the Keonjhar district of Orissa in eastern India.

Tata Steel is the world's sixth largest steel manufacturer. It operates in more than 20 countries and has a commercial presence in over 50. The company was established in Jamshedpur, India, in 1907. In the past few years, Tata Steel has invested in Corus (UK), Millennium Steel (renamed Tata Steel Thailand) and NatSteel Asia (Singapore). With these, the company has created a manufacturing and marketing network in Europe, South East Asia and the Pacific-rim countries. It has the capacity to produce over 30 million tonnes of crude steel every year.

Areas of business The Company produces crude steel and basic steel products, and makes steel for building and construction applications through Tata Blue Scope Steel, its joint venture with Australia's Blue Scope Steel. Tata Steel has also set up joint ventures for the development of limestone mines in Thailand, the procurement of low-ash coal from Australia and coking coal from Mozambique, and the setting up of a deep-sea port in Orissa in India. The company is exploring opportunities in the titanium dioxide business in Tamil Nadu, India, and will soon be producing high carbon ferrochrome from its plant in South Africa.

Joint ventures, subsidiaries, associates

• Corus Group: Europe’s second largest steel maker with major operations in the UK and continental Europe, Corus produces long and strip products for the construction, automotive, packaging, engineering and other markets worldwide. (www.corusgroup.com)

• NatSteel Asia: A leading supplier of premium steel products for the construction industry, NatSteel has operations in seven countries in Asia. (www.natsteel.com.sg)

• Tata Steel Thailand: A major steel producer in Thailand, the company produces steel for the construction industry.

• Tinplate Company of India: Industry leader in India in the manufacture of tinning line products, including electrolytic tinplate, tin-free steel and cold-rolled products. (www.tatatinplate.com/)

• Tayo Rolls: India’s leading roll manufacturer and supplier, the company produces rolls for integrated steel plants, power plants, the paper, textile and food processing sectors, and the government mint. (www.tayo.co.in/)

• Tata Ryerson: Offers hot- and cold-rolled flat steel products in customized sizes and quantities.

• Tata Refractories: Produces high-alumina, basic, dolomite, silica and monolithic refractories and offers design, procurement and re-lining services. (www.tataref.com)

• Tata Sponge Iron: Produces sponge iron lumps and fines. (www.tatasponge.com/)

• Tata Metaliks: Manufactures and sells foundry-grade pig iron. (www.tatametaliks.com)

• Tata Pigments: Produces oxides of iron, dry cement paint, exterior emulsion paint and distemper. Its products are used in paints, emulsions, cement floors and plastics.

• Jamshedpur Injection Powder: Manufactures carbide de-sulphurising compounds used for the production of low-sulphur, high-quality steel. (www.jamipol.com)

• TM International Logistics : Provides material handling and port operation services at the Haldia and Paradip ports in India; also has freight-forwarding and chartering services. (www.tmilltd.com)

• mjunction services: A 50:50 joint venture involving Steel Authority of India and Tata Steel, it is India's largest e-commerce company and the world's largest e-marketplace for steel. (www.mjunction.in)

• TRF: In the business of design, manufacture, supply, installation and commissioning of engineered-to-order equipment and systems in the areas of bulk material handling, processing, reclaiming and blending. (www.trfltd.com)

• Jamshedpur Utility and Service Company: Re-engineered out of Tata Steel's town services, JUSCO provides municipal and civic services for townships. (www.juscoltd.com)

• Indian Steel and Wire Products: Recently acquired by Tata Steel, ISWP has a wire unit and a steel roll manufacturing unit.

• Tata BlueScope Steel: A joint venture with BlueScope Steel, Australia, the company offers a comprehensive range of branded steel products for building and construction applications. (www.tatabluescopesteel.com)

• Dhamra Port Company: A joint venture between Larsen & Toubro and Tata Steel to build a deep-draft (18 metres) all-weather port in Orissa on the east coast of India. (www.dhamraport.com)

• Hooghly Met Coke & Power Company: A joint venture with the West Bengal Industrial Development Corporation, producing met coke and electric power. (www.hooghlymetcoke.com)

• Lanka Special Steel: A Sri Lankan unit that manufactures galvanized wires. • Sila Eastern Company: Established to develop limestone mines in Thailand,

mainly for captive use. • Tata Steel KZN: Setting up a high carbon ferrochrome plant in South Africa with

an annual production capacity of 135,000 tonnes. • Tata NYK : A 50:50 joint venture with Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha (NYK

Line) to set up a shipping company to handle dry-bulk and break-bulk cargo.

Location Tata Steel is headquartered at Jamshedpur in Jharkhand, India. Tata Steel (BSE: 500470), formerly known as TISCO and Tata Iron and Steel Company Limited, is the world's sixth largest steel company, with an annual crude steel capacity of 28 million tonnes. It is the second largest private sector steel company in India in terms of domestic production. Ranked 315th on Fortune Global 500, it is based in Jamshedpur, Jharkhand, India. It is part of Tata Group of companies. Tata Steel is also India's second-largest and second-most profitable company in private sector with consolidated revenues of Rs 1,32,110 crore and net profit of over Rs 12,350 crore during the year ended March 31, 2008. Its main plant is located in Jamshedpur, Jharkhand, with its recent acquisitions; the company has become a multinational with operations in various countries. The Jamshedpur plant contains the DCS supplied by Honeywell. The registered office of Tata Steel is in Mumbai. The company was also recognized as the world's best steel producer by World Steel Dynamics in 2005. The company is listed on Bombay Stock Exchange and National Stock Exchange of India, and employs about 82,700 people (as of 2007).

History Tata Steel was established by Indian Parsi businessman Jamsetji Nusserwanji Tata in 1907 (he died in 1904, before the project was completed). Tata Steel introduced an 8-hour work day as early as in 1912 when only a 12-hour work day was the legal requirement in Britain. It introduced leave-with-pay in 1920, a practice that became legally binding upon employers in India only in 1945. Similarly, Tata Steel started a Provident Fund for its employees as early as in 1920, which became a law for all employers under the Provident Fund Act only in 1952. Tata Steel's furnaces have never been disrupted on account of a labour strike and this is an enviable record.

Production Tata Steel annually produces 9 million tonnes of steel in India and 21.4 million tonnes overseas, making it the fifth largest steel producer in the world. It produced a record-breaking 5.0 million tonnes of salable steel in its Jamshedpur works in 2006-07. The company's gross revenue in that financial reporting year was Rs. 20196.24 crores. Its PBT was Rs.6261.65 crores and PAT was Rs.4222.15 crores in the same year.

Capacity Expansion Tata Steel has set an ambitious target to achieve a capacity of 100 million tonne by 2015. Managing Director B Muthuraman stated that of the 100 million tonne, Tata Steel is planning a 50-50 balance between Greenfield facilities and acquisitions. * Overseas acquisitions have already added up to 21.4 million tonne, which includes Corus production at 18.2 million tonne, Natsteel production at two million tonne and Millennium Steel production at 1.2 million tonne. Tata is looking to add another 29 million tonnes through the acquisition route. * Tata Steel has lined up a series of Greenfield projects in India and outside which includes: - 1. 6 million tonne plant in Orissa (India). 2. 12 million tonne in Jharkhand (India). 3. 5 million tonne in Chhattisgarh (India). 4. 3-million tonne plant in Iran. 5. 2.4-million tonne plant in Bangladesh. 6. 5 million tonne capacity expansion at Jamshedpur (India). 7. 4.5 million tonne plant in Vietnam (feasibility studies underway).

Acquisitions Corus Tata Corus acquisition * On 20 October 2006, Tata Steel announced that it had agreed to pick up a 100% stake in the Anglo-Dutch steel maker Corus at 455 pence per share in an all cash deal, cumulatively valued at GBP 4.3 billion. * On 19 November 2006, the Brazilian steel company Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional (CSN) launched a counter offer for Corus at 475 pence per share, valuing it at £4.5billion. * On 11 December 2006, Tata preemptively upped the offer to 500 pence, which was within hours trumped by CSN's offer of 515 pence per share, valuing the deal at £4.9 billion. The Corus board promptly recommended both the revised offers to its shareholders. * On 31 January 2007 Tata Steel won their bid for Corus after offering 608 pence per share, valuing Corus at £6.7 billion; as a result and pending acceptance and completion of the takeover, the joining of the two will create the fifth largest steel company in the world.

Other acquisitions * In August 2004, Tata Steel entered into definitive agreements with Singapore based NatSteel Ltd to acquire its steel business for Singapore $486.4 million (approximately Rs 1,313 crore) in an all cash transaction. * In 2005, Tata Steel acquired 40% Stake in Millennium Steel based in Thailand for $130 million (approx. Rs 600 crore). * In 2007 Tata Steel through its wholly owned Singapore subsidiary, NatSteel Asia Pte Ltd acquired controlling stake in two rolling mills: SSE Steel Ltd, Vinausteel Ltd located in Vietnam.

Tata Steel celebrates its Centenary Year Tata Steel completed 100 years of existence on August 26, 2007 following the ideals and philosophy laid down by its Founder, Jamsetji Nusserwanji Tata way back in 1907. To commemorate the completion of 100 years of operations, a milestone achieved by few, there is a host of events and activities lined up for the citizens of Jamshedpur.

Controversies The Company is facing increasing criticism that the drive for growth and profits is completely overshadowing its once famed philanthropy and causing lasting social and environmental damage at various locations. In response, Tata cites its programs for environment and resource conservation, including a reduction in greenhouse erosion, raw materials and water consumption. The company has increased waste re-use and re-cycling, and reclaims land at its captive mines and collieries through forestation. Tata Steel's chief, environment and occupational health, says, "Our capital investment in pollution-abatement solutions was in the vicinity of Rs 400 crore in 2003-04."

Dhamra Port The Dhamra Port, a Joint Venture between Larsen & Toubro and Tata Steel, has come in for criticism from groups such as Greenpeace, Wildlife Protection Society of India and the Orissa Traditional Fish workers' Union. The port is being built within five kilometers of the Bhitarkanika Sanctuary, a Ramsar wetland of international importance, home to an impressive diversity of mangrove species, saltwater crocodiles and an array of avian species. The port will also be approximately 15 km. from the turtle nesting beaches of the Gahirmatha Sanctuary, and turtles are also found immediately adjoining the port site..

Corporate rankings * With the acquisition of Corus, Tata Steel debuted in the list of private sector companies from India to feature in the 2008 Fortune Global 500 list (at rank 315) of the world's largest corporations.

The Tata Strategic Management Group (TSMG) is a Mumbai-based consulting firm that ranks among the top three management consulting firms in South Asia. Set up in 1991 as a division of Tata Industries, TSMG has completed over 500 engagements with more than 100 clients across countries and industry sectors. Over 60 per cent of TSMG’s business comes from non-Tata clients and 25 per cent from international clients. The organization has secured business in Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, the Middle East, Germany, the UK and the US. Tata Strategic has a team of more than 70 consultants.

Areas of business TSMG offers services in strategy formulation, organization effectiveness, competitiveness enhancement and business analytics in the following industry sectors:

• Automotive and engineering • Chemicals and energy • Consumer products and retail • Telecom, media and technology • Infrastructure • Government

TSMG also formulates India entry plans for global companies and provides implementation support.

Location TSMG is based in Mumbai and has a presence in South Asian and West Asian countries.

The Tata Tea group is the world’s second largest global branded tea operation with a presence in over 60 countries. The prominent companies in the group are Tata Tea, the UK-based Tetley group and Tata Coffee. Set up in 1964 as a joint venture with the UK-based James Finlay and Company, the group has operations in branded tea, bulk tea, coffee and other beverages, and also has plantations. The Tata Tea brand leads in volume market share in India while the Tetley brand is the second-largest teabag brand in the world. The group has interests in South African tea company Joekels Tea Packers and Polish tea brands Vitax and Flosana.

Areas of business

• Branded tea: The company has five major brands in the Indian market — Tata Tea, Tetley, Kanan Devan, Chakra Gold and Gemini — catering to all major consumer segments for tea. Tata Tea’s distribution network in the country caters to over 1.2 million retail outlets.

• Specialty tea: Tata Tea sells black, green, fruit and herbal teas under the brands of Tetley, Good Earth and JEMCA.

• Instant tea: Tata Tetley has an export unit that sells a range of instant tea powders in the US.

• Coffee: Tata Coffee produces 9,000 million tonnes of instant and ground coffee annually. It has an exclusive stocking arrangement with the Barista range of coffee bars. Eight O’clock Coffee is the third-largest coffee brand in the US.

• Other beverages: Ready-to-drink teas, energy drinks and Himalayan branded mineral water are a part of Tata Tea's portfolio.

• Plantation operations: The Company has over 50 tea estates in India, as well as interests in Sri Lankan plantations.

Joint ventures, subsidiaries, associates

• Eight O’clock Coffee: Acquired by Tata Coffee. • Tata Coffee: Formerly Consolidated Coffee, a subsidiary of Tata Tea. • Tata Tea Inc: A subsidiary of Tata Tea based in Florida, USA; supplies basic

instant tea powders in bulk to manufacturers. • Tata Tetley: A subsidiary of Tata Tea; runs an export unit that supplies instant

tea powders to the US. • Tetley Group: UK-based tea major; has worldwide branded tea operations.

Tata Tea is also associated with the following companies:

• Mount Everest Mineral Water Company: Producer of the Himalayan brand of bottled mineral water.

• Watawala Plantations: Tata Tea has a substantial interest in this Sri Lankan plantation company.

• Kanan Devan Hills Plantation Company: Produces and manufactures black tea out of 18 estates in Kerala, India.

• Zhejiang Tea Export and Import Company: Tata Tea has recently signed a joint venture contract with this Chinese company to manufacture polyphenols and instant tea extracts.

Location The Company is headquartered in Kolkata, India. It has plants and facilities in the UK, the US, Australia, Canada, Poland, Russia, Pakistan, Bangladesh and South Africa.

Tata Tea Inc is the American subsidiary of Tata Tea; set up to cater to the US market. Incorporated in 1987, the company supplies more than 40 different kinds of instant tea powder to US corporate customers from its processing facility at Plant City, Florida, USA.

Areas of business Tata Tea Inc sources instant tea powder from the Tata Tea plant at Munnar, Kerala. This is formulated and blended at its tea processing plant in Florida. The company sells instant tea powders in three major consumer segments, 100-per cent tea powder in jars, iced tea mixes and ready-to-drink teas.

Location The Company and its tea-processing facility are based in Florida, USA.

Tata Technologies (TTL) is among the world's leading service providers of engineering services outsourcing, product-centric IT services and engineering knowledge transformation technology. It operates through two subsidiaries, INCAT and Tata Technologies iKS. Established in Pune in western India as a subsidiary of Tata Motors, TTL has grown to become India's leading automotive engineering and design services company. With the acquisition of its two subsidiaries, the TTL group has developed into a global services provider with operations in 12 countries and offshore development centres in India and Thailand. The group's customers include the world's leading automotive, aerospace and consumer durable manufacturers.

Areas of business The TTL group offers solutions and services in:

• Outsourced engineering and design services: Includes product design and engineering, knowledge-based engineering and embedded systems.

• Product lifecycle management: Includes branded products from IBM, AutoDesk, etc as well as support.

• Product-centric IT services: Includes customer relationship management and enterprise resource planning.

• i get itTM: A comprehensive online engineering knowledge delivery system and portal.

Joint ventures, subsidiaries, associates ●INCAT : A US-based Company engaged in product and information lifecycle management, engineering and design services, enterprise solutions and plant automation. (www.incat.com) ●Tata Technologies iKS: Formerly iKnowledge Solutions, this US-based company is known for its flagship product i get itTM (www.myigetit.com/).

Location TTL’s international headquarters is in Singapore, with key regional operations in India (Pune), USA (Novi, Michigan) and Germany (Stuttgart).

Tata Technologies iKS is the world's leading provider of engineering knowledge and training. Established more than 15 years ago, iKnowledge Solutions (formerly Cadpo) became a subsidiary of Tata Technologies in 2006. Renamed Tata Technologies iKS, the company provides solutions related to the acquisition, distribution, certification and verification of engineering knowledge to the world's top manufacturing organizations. The company is internationally known for its flagship product — i get itTM, an online learning system used by more than 90,000 members and 5,000 enterprises.

Areas of business i get itTM is a comprehensive online learning system that provides engineering knowledge delivery for AutoCAD, Inventor, Solid Works, Solid Edge, UG /NX, Pro / ENGINEER Wildfire, Team center, COSMOS Works and CATIA on a single delivery platform. The company also offers check, a product that addresses data quality and standards compliance, and knowledge-based engineering products.

Location The Company has offices in Singapore, New Delhi, India and Ireland. Its headquarters is in Colorado, USA.

Tata Teleservices (TTSL) spearheads the Tata group’s presence in the telecom sector. Incorporated in 1996, it is the pioneer of the CDMA 1x technology platform in India. The company offers the full range of telecom services, spanning mobile services, wireless desktop phones, and public booth telephony and wire line services. TTSL, along with its subsidiary Tata Teleservices (Maharashtra), serves over 32 million customers in more than 7,500 towns across the country. The company launched mobile operations in January 2005 and today enjoys a pan-India presence with operations in all of India’s 22 telecom circles. The company is the market leader in the fixed wireless telephony market. Its network has been rated as the best in India by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India through independent surveys.

Areas of business TTSL's bouquet of services includes mobile services, wireless desktop phones, public booth telephony and wire line services. Other services include value-added services like voice portal, roaming, post-paid internet services, three-way conferencing, group calling, wi-fi internet, USB modem, data cards, calling card services and enterprise services. Some of the other products launched by the company include pre-paid wireless desktop phones, public phone booths, mobile handsets and voice and data services such as BREW games, voice portal, picture messaging, polyphonic ring tones, and interactive applications like news, cricket, astrology, etc. The company [along with Tata Teleservices (Maharashtra)] has been permitted to offer GSM services and plans to start launching these from early 2009. The GSM network of the company is expected to match the robust and reliable 3G-compliant telecom infrastructure it has developed for CDMA services. The company has partnered with leading telecom vendors for deployment of its reliable and technologically advanced network across technologies. TTSL has India’s largest branded retail chain among telecom operators and is the first telecom service provider in the country to offer an online channel — www.ichoose.in — to offer post-paid mobile connections in the country.

Joint ventures, subsidiaries, associates

• Tata Teleservices (Maharashtra): formerly Hughes Tele.com (India) • Virgin Mobile India: a brand franchise arrangement with the Virgin Mobile group

Location The Company is headquartered in Mumbai, India.

Tatanet, a division of Nelco, was established in 1995. As a service provider for the Tata Indicom brand, Tatanet has made significant inroads in developing the VSAT market in India.

Areas of business Partnerships with global OEMs such as Gilat and Viasat help Tatanet offer world-class satellite solutions to enterprises across industries and government institutions. The company’s extended C-band and KU-band network operation centre offers client-specific connectivity solutions. Tatanet also offers customized solutions for the defence and e-governance segments.

Location The Company is based in Mumbai, India.

Tayo Rolls is a market leader in the manufacture and supply of cast and forged steel rolls. The company was promoted in 1968 by Tata Steel in collaboration with Japanese companies Yodogawa Steel Works and Nissho Iwai Corporation (since merged with Sojitz Corporation).Tayo Rolls manufactures state-of-the-art rolls for modern flat and long product rolling mills. Its customers include key integrated steel plants and rolling mills, the paper, rubber, textile and food processing sectors, and the government mint. It has also been exporting rolls to Australia, Austria, Bangladesh, Belgium, Canada, Egypt, Germany, Indonesia, Kazakhstan, Nepal, Norway, New Zealand, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Sweden, Singapore, South Africa, Trinidad, Taiwan, UAE, Romania, Czech Republic and the US.

Areas of business Tayo Rolls is a one-stop shop for both cast and forged rolls. The company has diversified into the production of special castings for use in power plants. As a part of its backward integration, Tayo Rolls has set up a mini blast furnace of 40,000 TPA for the manufacture of pig iron.

Location The Company’s plant is located at Gamaria, about 16km from Jamshedpur, in Jharkhand, India.

TCE Consulting Engineers, established as the Tata-Ebasco Consulting Engineering Services in 1962, is a wholly owned subsidiary of Tata Sons, the holding company of the Tata Group.

Areas of business TCE offers comprehensive solutions in the following areas:

• Power (power plants, hydro power, transmission and distribution). • Infrastructure (environment, public health and water resources, buildings and

transportation). • Chemical and industrial (oil, gas and petrochemicals, industrial and other

chemical projects and special projects). • Construction (construction supervision and management services). • Architecture and town planning. • Mining, minerals and metallurgy.

Location TCE has design and project offices in Mumbai, Bangalore, New Delhi, Chennai, Kolkata, Pune and Jamshedpur (all in India) and a branch office in the US.

Telco Construction Equipment Company (Telcon) is India's leading provider of equipment and services in the construction and earth-moving industries. Set up in 1961 as a division of Tata Motors, it is now a 60:40 joint venture between Tata Motors and Hitachi Construction Machinery Co of Japan. Apart from supplying to the Indian market, Telcon also exports construction equipment to African, Asian and Middle Eastern countries.

Areas of business Telcon supplies a wide range of construction equipment, including hydraulic excavators, mining shovels, dumpers, backhoe loaders, wheel loaders, vibratory compactors, motor graders, crawler cranes, asphalt plants and multi-utility loaders. The company also offers a wide range of value-added services.

Joint ventures, subsidiaries, associates

• Telcon Eco Road Resurfaces (a joint venture with IVRCL, India, and Hitachi and Green Arm, Japan)

• Hitachi Construction, Japan (hydraulic excavators and cranes) • John Deere, USA (backhoe loaders) • Lebrero, Spain (compactors) • CESAN, Turkey (asphalt plants) • Hitachi Truck Manufacturing, USA (dumpers)

Location Based in Bangalore, the company has manufacturing plants in Jamshedpur and Dharwad, with a third one coming up in Kharagpur (all locations in India). It has a sales and service customer network of over 100 offices across India.

Telco Construction Equipment Company Limited (Telcon) is a joint venture company between Tata Motors and Hitachi. Telcon is the market leader in the construction equipment industry in India and commands more than 50% market share in India. Telcon is a 60:40 joint venture between Tata Motors, India and Hitachi Construction Machinery Co. Ltd, Japan. Telcon is the first Indian manufacturer to have two manufacturing bases, one at Jamshedpur and the other at Dharwad. Telcon has a wide range of construction equipment: backhoe loaders, hydraulic excavators, wheeled loaders, cranes, road equipment, haulers etc., to cater to a wide spectrum of industry segments like mining, construction, infrastructure and agriculture. Telcon believes in the philosophy of increasing the competitiveness of its customer by offering a gamut of Constructive Solutions through a fine blend of products and customized services.

The Tetley Group is an overseas subsidiary of Tata Tea. The group is in the worldwide branded and packaged tea business and Tetley is the second-largest teabag brand in the world. The group was acquired by Tata Tea in 2000. Tetley was established in 1837. Every year over 60 branded teas are blended and packed for sale in over 67 countries. Tetley is the UK’s favourite brand and is also the brand leader in Canada. The company, which introduced the teabag to the UK in 1953, has one of the largest teabag factories in the world.

Areas of business Tetley makes a vast range of teas, including black teas, fruit and herbal teas, green, red, iced, organic, decaffeinated and ready-to-drink teas.

Joint ventures, subsidiaries, associates

• Good Earth Corporation: A herbal and specialty tea business with an established base in the US west coast; acquired in 2005.

• JEMCA : The leading tea company in the Czech Republic, with a strong portfolio of black, green and fruit and herbal teas; acquired in 2006.

• Joekels Tea Packers: A South African tea company that manufactures and sells a strong portfolio of brands spanning the economy and mainstream tea sectors; acquired in 2006.

• Vitax and Flosana brands: Leading brands in Poland; trademarks acquired in 2007, making Tetley the No 2 brand in the Polish tea market.

Location The Tetley group has its headquarters in Greenford, West London. It has commercial operations in Australia, Canada, the Czech Republic, Poland and the US, tea-buying operations in Kenya and Malawi, and joint ventures in Pakistan and Bangladesh. The manufacturing facility is located at Eaglescliffe, near Darlington in the northeast of England.

The Tata Daewoo Commercial Vehicle Company (TDCV) is South Korea's second largest manufacturer of medium and heavy-duty trucks. Formerly part of the Daewoo Group, the company was acquired by Tata Motors in 2004. With the acquisition of TDCV, Tata Motors has grown to become the world's fifth largest manufacturer of heavy commercial vehicles. Established in 1983 as the Daewoo Motor Company, the business was spun off as Daewoo Commercial Vehicle Company in 2002. TDCV trucks are distributed locally through Daewoo Motor Sales Company and are exported to over 60 countries worldwide, including South Africa and China and countries in the Middle East, Southeast Asia and Eastern Europe.

Areas of business TDCV has a product portfolio of over 75 types of trucks in the commercial vehicles segment. Its product range includes flat beds, dumpers, mixers, tractors, arm-roll trucks, refrigeration trucks and special-purpose trucks.

Location The Company’s headquarters and plant are in Gunsan, South Korea. It has an office in Inch eon and sales offices across the country.

The Tinplate Company of India (TCIL) is the country’s largest producer of tinplate. Established in 1922, the company pioneered the manufacture of tinplate in India; today it accounts for over a third of the market.

Areas of business TCIL is in the business of providing metal packaging solutions. Its main products are electrolytic tinplates, tin-free steel sheets and cold-rolled products. The company has a technical agreement with Nippon Steel of Japan.

Location Headquartered in Kolkata, India, TCIL’s plants are located at Jamshedpur in the state of Jharkhand.

Titan Industries is a manufacturing company that produces India's largest and best-known range of personal accessories – watches, jewellery, sunglasses and prescription eye wear. Titan Industries was established in 1984 as a joint venture between the Tata group and the Tamil Nadu Industrial Development Corporation. The company brought about a paradigm shift in the Indian watch market, offering quartz technology with international styling, manufactured in a state-of-the-art factory at Hosur, Tamil Nadu. In 1995, the company diversified into jewellery under the brand Tanishq to capitalize on a fragmented market operating with no brands in urban cities. In 2005, the company launched its second jewellery brand, Gold Plus, to capitalize on opportunities in small towns and rural India. The company has now entered into eye wear, launching Fastrack eye-gear sunglasses and prescription eye wear.

Areas of business Titan's main products are: Watches: The four main watch brands include Titan for the mid-premium segment, Fastrack focused on the youth and trendy fashion space, Sonata for the mass market and Xylys for the premium market. The Titan brand architecture comprises several sub-brands: Titan Edge, Titan Raga, Nebula and several other collections like Wall Street, Heritage, Regalia, and the Aviator series. The company manufactures over 10 million watches per annum and has a customer base of over 100 million. Today, the Titan portfolio has over 60 per cent of the domestic market share in the organized watch market. Watches are sold through exclusive 'World of Titan' showrooms and at 12,000 outlets in more than 2,500 cities in India and internationally in over 30 countries, primarily in the Middle-East and Asia Pacific. Its after-sales-service is itself a benchmarked operation with service centres and amongst the world’s fastest turnaround times. The company has a world-class design studio for designing watches and accessories. Jewellery: Tanishq is India’s largest, fastest growing jewellery brand with a premium range of gold jewellery studded with diamonds or coloured gems, and a wide range in 22kt pure gold and platinum jewellery. Gold Plus is the recent retail plain gold jewellery offering for the mass market. The jewellery division has its own design studio. Eye wear: Titan Eye+ retails sunglasses under the Fastrack brand and prescription eye wear consisting of frames, lenses, sunglasses, accessories and contact lenses of its in-house brands and other premium brands.

Location Headquartered in Bangalore, India, the company has manufacturing and assembly operations at Hosur, Dehradun, Roorkee, and Baddi in Himachal Pradesh, and an ECB plant in Goa.

TM International Logistics (TMILL), a subsidiary of Tata Steel, is an international logistics support service provider. Established in 2002, the company offers a 'single window' to clients for the carriage of international trade on a door-to-door basis.

Areas of business

• Ship agency: Taking care of entry and exit of vessels, working at the ports in India, paying attention to the requirements of the officers and crew of ships.

• Shipping and clearing: Taking care of customs, port and other statutory requirements for the clearance of import cargo and export shipments.

• Chartering : Chartering vessels for the carriage of goods, both bulk and break-bulk.

• Freight forwarding : With a network of offices in India and overseas, the company offers services for carriage of goods by multi-modal transport.

Joint ventures, subsidiaries, associates

• International Shipping and Logistics, Jebel Ali FZE, and UAE: Looks after charters of vessels on 'voyage' or 'time charter'.

• TKM Overseas Transport (Europe) GmbH, Hamburg, Germany: Organizes carriage of cargo moving out of Europe, the UK, the US and other overseas sources of origin into India or other nations.

• TKM Transport Management Services: Undertakes operational activities of the freight forwarding business unit of TMILL’s community initiatives.

Location The Company’s principal centres of operations are at Kolkata, Haldia and Paradip in India. TMILL has sales offices in the main cities of India and regional offices in North and South America, Europe, Australia, Africa and Asia.

Trent is a retail operations company that owns and manages a number of retail chains in India. Established in 1998, Trent runs lifestyle chain Westside, one of India’s largest and fastest growing chains of lifestyle retail stores, Star Bazaar, a hypermarket chain, Landmark, books and music chain, and Fashion Yatra, a complete family fashion store.

Areas of business

• Westside: With a number of stores across India, this chain offers clothes, footwear and accessories for men, women and children, along with furnishings, artifacts and a range of home accessories.

• Star Bazaar: This hypermarket chain offers a wide choice of products, including staple foods, beverages, health and beauty products, vegetables, fruits, dairy and non-vegetarian products.

• Landmark : A leader in the books and music category, this chain has a range of over 100,000 titles in books and music, and also stocks movies, toys, gift items and stationery.

• Fashion Yatra: The stores bring quality fashion at low prices to value conscious customers in towns across India.

Location Trent has its headquarters in Mumbai, India.

TRF manufactures bulk-material handling equipment and systems, port and yard equipment and trailer under gear. It was formed by the merger of three companies: Tata Robins Fraser (established in 1962), Tata Material Handling Systems (established in 1978) and Tata Techno dyne (established in 1996).

Areas of business

• Bulk material handling and processing equipment: Conveyor components, steep angle conveyors, portable conveyors, yard equipment, wagon handling equipment, vibrating screens and crushing equipment.

• Bulk material handling systems: Conveyor systems for use in plants cross country conveyor systems, underground conveyor systems, raw material bedding and blending systems, and rapid loading systems.

• Coke oven equipment: Stamping, charging and pushing equipment, charging gas transfer systems, and equipment for conventional top charge batteries, such as charging cars and pushing cars.

• Coal dust injection systems: Injection systems where pulverized and dried coal is conveyed in dense flow mode and injected through blast furnaces for improved performance and reduced coke consumption.

• Coal beneficiation systems: Systems that use the dense media cyclone-cum-floatation process and jig system process.

• Port and yard equipment: Slewing cranes, ship and barge loaders and unloaders, barrel reclaimers, stacker reclaimers, and special purpose EOT cranes for steel mills.

• EPC services: The Company undertakes turnkey projects for power and steel plants, ports and the mining sector.

Joint ventures, subsidiaries, associates The York Transport Equipment (Asia), Singapore is in the business of production and distribution of trailer under gear, with a market presence in 27 countries.

Location The Company’s headquarters and factory are located at Jamshedpur, India, with offices in Hyderabad, Mumbai, New Delhi and Nagpur.

Virgin Mobile India is a brand franchise association between the Virgin Mobile Group and Tata Teleservices to launch the Virgin Mobile brand of services in India. The organization was set up in 2007 to focus on telecom services for the youth market. The Virgin Mobile Group has created internationally recognized brands in mobile telephony, transportation, travel and leisure, and music. Tata Teleservices is one of India's leading telecom service providers, with a customer base of over 23 million.

Areas of business Virgin Mobile India will design, market and service Virgin Mobile products in India. The brand will be available in 20 telecom circles and will be serviced by nine centres across nine Indian cities.

Location The Company is headquartered in New Delhi, India.

Voltas is among India's leading air-conditioning, refrigeration and engineering services companies. Set up in 1954, its core competencies lie in air conditioning and cooling appliances and services. Voltas is India's largest supplier of engineering products and services for the textile machinery sector and is a major manufacturer of forklift trucks. It provides solutions in turnkey pumping projects for water, effluent and sewage treatment, and water pollution control.

Areas of business The Company mainly operates in the following areas:

• Heating, ventilation and air-conditioning (HVAC) solutions: Includes the entire range of mechanical, electrical and plumbing services for a diverse range of applications, spanning office complexes, airports, malls, mercantile ships, atomic energy plants, IT parks, hospitals, etc.

• Cooling appliances: Design, manufacture and marketing of a range of air conditioners and water coolers for household and institutional use.

• Engineering products and services: Design, sourcing, installation, training, maintenance, etc of engineering products and services in the fields of textile machinery, machine tools, mining and construction equipment and materials handling equipment.

• Chemicals: Import and distribution of an array of industrial, specialty and pharmaceutical chemicals, industrial plastics and bulk drugs. The company also exports gelatine, ultramarine blue and agrochemicals.

Joint ventures, subsidiaries, associates Voltas's subsidiaries include Metrovol FZE, VIL Overseas Enterprises BV, Voice Antilles NV, Weather maker, Jebel Ali (Dubai), Simto Investment Company and Auto Aircon (India).

Location Voltas has its head office in Mumbai and regional offices in several major cities in India. Its overseas offices are in Abu Dhabi (UAE), Hong Kong and Singapore. The company has factories at Thane (Maharashtra), the union territory of Dadra and Sanathnagar (Andhra Pradesh), all in India.

Tata Advanced Internship Programme The Tata Advanced Internship Programme (TAIP), a group-level summer internship programme, aims at garnering talent from premier international business schools in the United States and Europe as well as giving students an insight into the group's ethos, work practices and business philosophy. It intends to bring in young management students from premier international business schools from USA and UK and build the Tata brand on campuses abroad. The programme is being managed by Tata group HR with the support of group companies where the candidates may be placed as summer interns. Selection of candidates and allocation of projects is based on their work experience, academic focus areas and areas of interest.

Key factors

• The programme is open to first-year candidates of the two-year MBA programme of premier business schools in the US and the UK.

• Candidates must have significant work experience of (three to five years) prior to doing their MBAs.

Incidentals

• Monthly allowance of $5,000 ($10,000 for eight weeks). • Economy-class air travel fare from campus to project location and back. • Accommodation and food. • Domestic / local travel fare relating to projects

Tata International Internship Programme In keeping with the Tata group's globalization strategy, group HR has initiated an international internship programme (IIP) that aims to give an opportunity to young undergraduates and postgraduate students from across the world to gain the Tata experience. Initiated in 2006, this group level internship programme intends to bring in management students from international business schools and build the Tata brand on campuses abroad. Beginning with three of Singapore's leading universities — National University of Singapore, Nanyang Technical University, and Singapore Management University — the programme also collaborates with the Asian Institute of Management in Manila and the Peking University and Tsinghua University in Beijing. IIP Interns can be placed with any Tata group company, based on their work experience, academic focus areas and areas of interest.

Emoluments and incidentals

• Stipulated monthly stipend (based on institutes and programmes). • Boarding and lodging. • Local transportation. • If interns travel for official work, company travel rules will be applicable. • Medical support, in case of any requirement, in a Tata company listed hospital’s • Interns are required to take comprehensive travel insurance prior to departure

from their port of origin.

The chart below illustrates how Tata companies in each of these sectors contribute, in percentage terms, to the overall financial makeup of the Group. The table that follows shows the Group's sector-wise financial performance.

Tata group companies

CMC Indian Hotels Company TRF

Rallis India Tata Chemicals Nelco

Tata Communications Tata Elxsi Tata Coffee

Tata Consultancy Services Tata Investment Corporation

Tata Steel (Tisco)

Tata Metaliks Tata Motors Tata Power

Tata Sponge Iron Tata Tea Titan Industries

Tayo Rolls Tinplate Company of India

Voltas

Tata Teleservices (Maharashtra)

Trent

Interviews with employees in different Tata companies in India and abroad about life in the workplace and beyond

Connecting the dots November 2008 | Sujata Agrawal A financial wiz and an astute manager, Ved Prakash Chaturvedi, managing director of Tata Asset Management, talks about the high points of his life and career.

On a high note November 2008 | Christina Fernandes With a deep love of Indian classical music, and a strong belief in education and ethics, Banmali Agrawala, executive director, Tata Power, translates culture and education into a management style.

The high life September 2008 | Philip Chacko Masahiko Kaji, president of TCS Japan, has multiple passions, from mountaineering and India to people management and the task of taking the company to new peaks.

Journey through life September 2008 | Sujata Agrawal TAS manager Sabaleel Nandy goes through life taking on immediate challenges and leaving the future to deal with later. And why not? Life, like happiness, is in the here and now

TAS for two May 2008 | Shubha Madhukar While it’s common knowledge that TAS gives one a thorough grounding into various types of business operations, here is a tale of a merger of a different kind.

A brief history of my time August 2007 | B Muthuraman In a candid flashback, B Muthuraman reflects on the highs and the lows of his journey from ‘assistant blower’ to MD, Tata Steel, with a charming sidelight on the role played by golf.

A beautiful mind August 2007 | Candida Moraes The radiance of his intellect overshadows Dr Amit Chatterjee's impressive book-lined office in Jamshedpur. An international authority on metallurgy and adviser to the MD of Tata Steel, he is a true embodiment of the qualities that define the company.

An affair to remember August 2007 | Christabelle Noronha KP Mahalingam, former director of technical services, Tata Steel, shares precious memories and anecdotes from his 37 years of association with the company.

A tale of four generations August 2007 | Cynthia Rodriguez Jamshedpur is home to numerous people who have been employees of Tata Steel for the second and even the third generations. In rarer instances, one comes across families whose service to the company spans the fourth generation. We profile one such family whose sense of loyalty to Tata Steel and the city it calls home is complete.

The travelling man April 2007 | Sujata Agrawal Ian Hurst has 30 wonderful years of experience in the hospitality business. In the true spirit of an itinerant, he has made use of every opportunity that came his way and enjoyed each new destination.

Making the most of time March 2007 | Candida Moraes Revathi Kant, head of Titan Design Studio, aspires to make the studio an independent business unit in the next two years.

Creator of computer cures March 2007 | Sujata Agrawal Prof Kesav Vithal Nori, executive director and executive VP, TCS, and one of the pioneers of the company's computer-based adult literacy programme, voices his views on literacy, role models and learning from life.

Myriad talents in symphony March 2007 | Cynthia Rodrigues Music, globe-trotting, fast driving, and tennis — the hobbies and pursuits that have filled the life of Homi Khusrokhan, MD, Tata Chemicals, despite a busy work schedule.

Walking tall September 2006 | Sujata Agrawal Pradeep Srivastava, the genial and affable managing director of Tayo Rolls, shares his experiences and unique philosophy of life.

Adventure in his genes September 2006 | Candida Moraes The future fascinates him, travel invigorates him and history captivates him. But that's not all. Discover the many facets of Ajoy Mishra.

50 golden years July 2006 | Christabelle Noronha In a world that thrives on the transitory, Syamal Gupta has achieved a lifetime of permanence with the organization he set out to serve.

On top of the food chain June 2006 | Sujata Agrawal How does a person with a name such as Hemant Oberoi get to work with the Taj Group of Hotels? Strange as it may seem, that’s precisely what led him to the job — and a place in the pantheon of Indian culinary artists.

A man for all seasons June 2006 | Candida Moraes Harsh Jha, MD of Tata Metaliks, is a manager with the heart of a poet

An eye to the world March 2006 | Cynthia Rodrigues BG Dwarkanath believes the camera can make people see the world, rather than just look at it

The mind of a polymath February 2006 | Candida Moraes Managers can be so much more. Dr Tridibesh Mukherjee, Tata Steel's deputy managing director, is an expert in metallographic. He's also a collector of crystals, fossils, coins and rare artifacts, apart from being a restorer of antiques.

What's cooking? October 2005 | Jai Wadia Executive chef at the Taj Coromandel, VK Chandrasekhar has created a workplace that not only serves up sumptuous cuisines but also shoulders its social responsibility well.

The muse, the music August 2005 | Jai Wadia G Jagannathan, executive vice president and head of business excellence at TCS, stays in professional overdrive while making time for the harmony of music and the drama of theatre

Advantage diffidence July 2005 | Saloni Meghani TCS chief executive officer S Ramadorai has made light of a reticent nature to emerge as the prototype of the self-effacing leader.

O captain, my captain June 2005 | Christabelle Noronha B Muthuraman, the managing director of Tata Steel, is a natural-born mentor and a doggedly determined achiever. Little wonder, then, that he cuts such a fine leadership figure

The right values May 2005 | Shobha Ramswamy The principles he grew up by have been the guiding light to professional achievement for Pauroos Karkaria, the chief financial officer and executive director of Tata InfoTech.

Men of steel May 2005 | Saloni Meghani Chetan Tolia, Koushik Chatterjee and TV Narendran, three top-notch achievers from Tata Steel, recall their voyage of discovery in a company that offers its people the world.

The making of the global manager May 2005 | R Gopalakrishnan R Gopalakrishnan, the executive director of Tata Sons, sorts out the leadership and managerial qualities demanded by today's worldwide order of business

Serving up success May 2005 | Shobha Ramswamy An enabling work environment and loads of ability helped Shirin Batliwala refine her leadership skills and her belief in people

The heart of excellence May 2005 | Shobha Ramswamy Sunil Sinha, the chief executive officer of Tata Quality Management Systems, on the leadership imperatives for companies facing today's multiple challenges.

The winning blend May 2005 | Cynthia Rodrigues Tata Tea's Sangeeta Talwar underscores the need for family support and determination to scale the heights of success

Clear and prescient ranger May 2005 | Cynthia Rodrigues Bhaskar Bhatt, the managing director of Titan, says that a leader has to be a blend of manager and visionary

Ore means more April 2005 | Saloni Meghani Amit Chatterjee's love affair with steel began when he was growing up in Jamshedpur. More than three decades of working with Tata Steel has only added to the allure

The yin and the yang January 2005 | Saloni Meghani For Anita Rajan, executive assistant to the chief executive officer of TCS, rationalism and logic are the highlights of working ethos.

Keeping the faith November 2004 | Sujata Agarwal A strong set of values, an unswerving spiritual core and the courage to tread the road less traveled make Christine Fernandez Jamal a chip off the unusual block.

The man from Reno September 2004 | Christabelle Noronha Patrick McGoldrick's fondness for people and cultures and a penchant for languages and cuisines make him a rather unusual technology maven.

The ground beneath her feet August 2004 | Saloni Meghani Bachendri Pal, the first Indian woman to reach the summit of Mount Everest, is scaling new heights as head of the Tata Steel Adventure Foundation.

Spirit of sports February 2004 | Sujata Agrawal Jayant Pendharkar, TCS's vice president for global marketing, is as passionate about sport as he is about work.

Momentary leaps of reason January 2004 | Saloni Meghani A series of decisive moments have affected the life and times of R Gopalakrishnan, the executive director of Tata Sons.

Ploughing a fast furrow December 2003 | Christabelle Noronha S Ramakrishnan, the managing director of Tata Teleservices, thrives in the telecom jungle on a diet of business acumen, adventure and classics from Tamil literature

Walking on sunshine October 2003 | Sujata Agrawal Shirin Batliwala has a way with people, a penchant for innovation and a feel for leadership. It’s a near perfect blend for the hospitality industry.

In for the long haul September 2003 | Shobha Ramswamy Ajay Pandey, the newly appointed president of the Tata Group’s Telecom Enterprise Business Unit, knows a fair bit about communications. That explains why he doubles up as a writer in his spare time.

Worldly hospitality August 2003 | Shobha Ramswamy Rajiv Gujral earned his spurs while helping bring the Taj Bengal to life. But heading the Taj's international division has been the greater responsibility for this lover of arts and crafts.

Birds of a feather June 2003 | Shobha Ramswamy When Satish Pradhan needs solace and wisdom, he turns to friends with wings. It helps him fly high, professionally and personally, with feet rooted firmly in reality.

In the last few years the Tata Group has extended its global footprint, just as it has enhanced its performance and competitiveness. One of the key drivers of this critical transition has been innovation. The Group looks at innovation as a strategic approach to global growth and has adopted a three-pronged strategy to encourage it.

Communication and recognition A number of initiatives have been launched to spread the message of innovation and recognise innovators: * Tata Group Innovation Forum (TGIF): This initiative brings together a community of ‘innovation enthusiasts’ from across Tata companies. The role of TGIF members is to assist their companies in experimenting with ideas, propagate the relevant ones and spread them through the enterprise. * Innovation workshops: Tata Quality Management Services invites experts to talk about various aspects of innovation and share best practices with Tata managers. Clayton Christensen, Langdon Morris and David Wittenberg are among those who have held such workshops in the recent past. * Tata Innovation Day: Instituted to encourage creative thinking, this annual event and contest recognizes and awards innovation among Group companies. * Tata Innovation Mission: Under this programme, senior Tata executives visit global companies to study how they foster innovation. These missions have visited companies such as Microsoft, Intel, HP and 3M in the US, and Nissan, Fuji, Ito En, Olympus, Toshiba and Hitachi in Japan.

Research orientation and partnerships with academia The Tata Group invests in building outstanding research facilities and forging partnerships with academic and research organizations in order to encourage creative thinking and find innovative solutions that improve our quality of life. Prepared & Presented by:-

Pawan Kumar Mishra

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