Tata Motors has global ambitions for electric vehicles: N Chandrasekaran

 

ts electric vehicles (EVs) and will look at serving many markets outside India with the range of EVs it plans to bring over the next few years, N Chandrasekaran, chairman of Tata Motors and Tata Sons, said at the unveiling of Avinya, Tata Passenger Electric Mobility’s (TPEM) first pure electric car concept in Mumbai on Friday.

“Our goal is to go global eventually and we are benchmarking to be the best whether it is in terms of software, electric and electronic architecture or the intuitive experience. We have really high aspirations,” said Chandra without divulging details on the markets the company would be keen to tap into with its range.

This will mark the beginning of the globalisation strategy of Tata Motors passenger vehicle business which has been confined to India and South Asia all these years due to the variance in emission standards. The EVs open up a whole new set of possibilities for the company, said Chandra.

The model developed ground up by the Tata Group flagship is expected to go on sale by 2025 and marks a significant step forward in Tata Motors EV journey. Based on the third generation architecture, the word Avinya has been derived from the Sanskrit language and means innovation. It marks the beginning of a new breed of EVs that the company plans to introduce in the coming years....READ MORE

Tata group to name Air India CEO in few days after Ilker Ayci says no

 

The Tata group is likely to announce a new chief executive officer for Air India in the next few days after its first pick, Turkey’s Ilker Ayci, refused the job due to controversy over his relationship with that country’s president. “The name of the new CEO is being finalised. Since it is an important appointment and as a part of good corporate governance the appointment would be discussed with the board of Tata Sons. There is no decision yet but it will happen in a few days,” said a person familiar with the matter. Tata Sons, the holding company of the group, did not comment. The group took over Air India from the government on January 27 and working on its revamp. While steps have been initiated to improve in-flight service and punctuality, Tata Sons chairman N Chandrasekaran aims to make Air India the most technologically advanced network carrier. A five-member committee is overseeing the airline now. Tata group nominees too will be appointed on Air India board shortly and the government has already cleared their appointments. These include Chandrasekaran, HUL chairman Sanjiv Mehta and former chairman of General Insurance Corporation Alice Vaidyan.

Remove tags to get more women in workforce, says Tata Sons Chairman

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Labels should be expelled to get more ladies into India's workforce, Tata Sons Chairman, N Chandrasekaran said.
There are loads of 'labels' in India, for example, 'ladies can't do this (sort of occupations); this is just for men,' and every one of them must be expelled, he said. "There is a probability of making stages for SMEs, there is a plausibility of getting (more) ladies into workforce," Chandrasekaran said.
Strategy changes are likewise required. In human services for instance, rules are severe, he noted, highlighting "what should be possible by specialists and what should be possible by individuals who are not specialists." Chandrasekaran likewise said that 'care' all in all -, for example, those focused at older and kids as an industry is an "immense chance." "We found a good pace good examples in non-conventional regions," he stated, addressing regarding why they can be kept to just taught ladies.
Chandrasekaran offered the remarks here last night while reacting to a related inquiry after the dispatch the book "Bridgital Nation" created by him and Roopa Purushothaman, Chief Economist and Head of Policy Advocacy Tata Sons. The dispatch was trailed by a discussion with Nandan Nilekani, Co-Founder and Chairman Infosys and Founding Chairman, UIDAI (Aadhaar). Alluding to India's training framework, Chandrasekaran said it has consistently been tied in with 'perusing, composing and tallying.'
"Thinking, coordinated effort, computerized, utilizing programming are unquestionably more simpler to instruct than perusing, composing and tallying," he opined. "Everyone need not get into advanced education.

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Challenge is to create more organised jobs: Tata Sons chief Chandrasekaran

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India faces the challenge of creating formal jobs and migrating people from the informal to the formal sector, said N Chandrasekaran, chairman, Tata Sons.

He pointed out that creating jobs in the formal sector is a bigger problem than lack of jobs.
The problem, he added, arises from the lack of access to services, including healthcare, education and financial services. Therefore, if the accessibility part is addressed effectively by going digital, it will lead to more jobs.

Chairman of the $103 billion conglomerate, the largest employer in the private sector, he was addressing delegates from technology start-ups and the information technology sector at Mumbai’s TiECON, an annual flagship event.

With the theme “unexplored,” the two-day conference is expected to be attended by over 2,000 delegates, including over 500 investors as well as more than 750 high potential start-ups. “It’s not so much about lack of jobs. We have jobs. The challenge is of creating formal jobs and migrating people from informal to formal, getting them jobs that offers decent pay. That’s the fundamental problem and requires lot more thinking,” said Chandrasekaran.


 His comments come amid recent reports of the unemployment rate in India rising to a 45-year high of 6.1 per cent in 2017-18...Read More