India Inc. on Thursday welcomed the appointment of Natarajan Chandrasekaran as the new Executive Chairman of Tata Sons. Here are some interesting facts about him
N. Chandrasekaran. Pic/PTI
India Inc. on Thursday welcomed the appointment of Natarajan Chandrasekaran as the new Executive Chairman of Tata Sons. Here are some interesting facts about him.
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Chandrasekaran, 53, has spent some 30 years in the Tata Group and is the first non-Parsi to head the $103-billion global empire with a 148-year history.
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He has been associated with TCS since 1987. Since then, he has seen TCS revenues grow to $16.5 billion, with 371,000 consultants and a market cap of over $70 billion.
Chandrasekaran is an avid photographer and a passionate marathon runner.
A Master in Computer Applications from Regional Engineering College - Trichy in Tamil Nadu, the newly named Tata Sons chair was the chairman of Nasscom, the apex trade body for IT firms in India in 2012-13.
He has also been member of several task forces of the Indian government.
He has been the non-official director of Reserve Bank of India (RBI) since 5 March 2016.
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According to the TCS website, he has completed several marathons around the world, including Amsterdam, Boston, Chicago, Berlin, Mumbai, New York, Prague, Stockholm, Salzburg and Tokyo.
Coming from a family of diabetics, Chandra took to long-distance running to stay fit.
He lives in a sea-facing apartment at Worli in South Mumbai with his wife Lalitha and son Pranav.
Born in an agricultural family, he has five siblings. His father, Srinivasan Natarajan, was a lawyer by profession, who also managed the family farm.
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