Mr. N. Chandrasekaran

Mr. Natarajan Chandrasekaran is the Chairman of Tata Sons, the promoter of all Tata Group companies. Mr. Chandrasekaran joined the Board of Tata Sons in October 2016 and was appointed Chairman in January 2017. He also chairs the Boards of several group operating companies, including Tata Steel, Tata Motors, Tata Power, Air India, Indian Hotels Company and Tata Consultancy Services.

Before becoming the Chairman, he was the Chief Executive of TCS, a company in which he served 30 years, including eight, until 2017, as its CEO. Under Mr. Chandrasekaran’s leadership, TCS became the country’s most valuable company.

At the Tata Group, Mr. Chandrasekaran has pursued the “One Tata” strategy, based on the themes of simplification, scale, and synergy. Now he is driving transformation of the Tata group towards a sustainable future. He has steered the group into new businesses including semiconductors, electronics manufacturing, consumer internet platform, mobile technology and battery giga-factories. The Tata group has expanded its aviation presence with the acquisition of Air India and is building a large global airline. The group’s turnover exceeded US$179 billion with a market cap of US$328 billion as on March 31, 2025.

Mr. Chandrasekaran is on the International Advisory Council of Singapore’s Economic Development Board, Mitsubishi's International Advisory Committee and on the Board of Governors of New York Academy of Sciences. He is the Co-Chair of the India US CEO Forum. The numerous recognitions conferred on him include, the Padma Bhushan, one of India’s highest civilian awards in 2022 and France’ highest civilian award Légion d’Honneur, in 2023. In 2025, he was conferred as an Honorary Knight of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire.

Mr. Chandrasekaran has been awarded several honorary doctorates by leading Universities in India and internationally, including an honorary Doctor of Letters from Macquarie University, Australia, Doctor Honoris Causa by Nyenrode University, The Netherlands and Doctor of Letters from the Regional Engineering College, Trichy, Tamil Nadu. Mr. Chandrasekaran is also the author of Bridgital Nation, a groundbreaking book on harnessing technological disruptions to bring Indians closer to their dreams.