How will the tussle within the Tata Group play out?
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How will the tussle within the Tata Group play out?

B2Upper-intermediateSeptember 23, 202632 min
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  • Business & money

The Tata Group is facing its most consequential governance crisis in decades. N. Chandrasekaran, who had announced his departure, has now been reappointed by the Tata Sons board, even as the Tata Trusts, which control 66% of the holding company, challenge that decision. At stake is more than a chairman or a listing: it is a contest over who controls India’s largest business house, how its governance model should work, and what happens to the values and public purpose that have defined the Tata name for generations. So, how does this end — and what has Tata meant to India? <...

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Enchandar Shekaran, who had announced his departure, has now been reappointed by the Tata Sons board, even as the Tata Trusts, which control 66% of the holding company of the entire group, challenged that decision.

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This is In Focus The Hindu's current affairs podcast Hello and welcome to this episode of the in focus podcast from the Hindu I am Kunal Shankar the Hindu's deputy business editor

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Station in Chennai the Tata group is facing its most consequential governance crisis in decades and Enchandar Shekaran, who had announced his departure, has now been reappointed by the Tata Sons board, even as the Tata Trusts, which control 66% of the holding company of the entire group, challenged that decision. At stake is more than a chairman or a listing.

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It is a contest over who controls India's largest business house, how its governance model should work, and what happens to the values and public purpose that have defined the Tata name for generations now.

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