Executive Bio
Mr. Natarajan Chandrasekaran, also known as Chandra, B.Sc., MCA, has been the Executive Chairman of Tata Sons Limited since February 21, 2017. Mr. Chandrasekaran served as the Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director of Tata Consultancy Services Limited from October 6, 2009 to February 21, 2017. Mr. Chandrasekaran was responsible for formulating and executing the TCS's global strategy and has been at helm of several key strategic transitions at TCS since 2002 when he took over the role as head of global sales. Mr. Chandrasekaran served as the Chief Operating Officer of Tata Consultancy Services Limited until October 2009. He served as Global Operations Director, Executive Vice President and Head of Europe operations of Tata Consultancy Services Limited. He served as the Global Head of Sales & Operations of TCS. He joined TCS on January 27, 1987. Mr. Chandrasekaran has been the Chairman of Tata Steel Limited since February 7, 2017. He has been Chairman of The Indian Hotels Company Limited since February 22, 2017. He has been Chairman and Additional Director of CMC Limited since October 17, 2014. He has been Non-Independent Non-Executive Chairman and Non-Independent Executive Director of Tata Consultancy Services Limited since February 21, 2017 and September 6, 2007 respectively. He has been Chairman of Tata Global Beverages Limited since July 3, 2017. He has been the Chairman of The Tata Power Company Limited since February 11, 2017. He has been Non-Executive Chairman of Tata Motors Limited since January 17, 2017. He serves as the Chairman of Tata Consultancy Services Luxembourg S.A. He has been the Chairman of Jaguar Land Rover Automotive plc since February 2017. He serves as the Chairman of Diligenta Limited. He served as the Non-Executive Chairman of TCS e-Serve Limited and served as its Director since December 31,2008. He served as the Chairman and Member of Executive Council at National Association of Software and Service Companies until April 8, 2013 and also served as its Vice-Chairman of Executive Council. He has been Non-Official Director of Reserve Bank of India since March 5, 2016. He has been a Non Executive Director of Tata Motors Limited since January 17, 2017. He has been an Additional Non-Executive Director of The Indian Hotels Company Limited since January 27, 2017. He has been an Additional Director at Tata Sons Limited since October 25, 2016. He has been Non Independent and Non Executive Director at Tata Steel Limited since January 13, 2017. He serves as a Non-Executive Director of Diligenta Limited. He served as a Director of Tata Teleservices Limited. He is a member of Computer Society of India and senior member of IEEE. Mr. Chandrasekaran received a Master's Degree in Computer Applications from the Regional Engineering College -Trichy, in Tamil Nadu, India in 1986 after obtaining a Bachelor of Science in Applied Science from the Coimbatore Institute of Technology.