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7 unusual facts about TATA Group


David Landsman

He was appointed as Director of Tata Limited, the representative office of the multinational Tata Group in the United Kingdom, in May 2013.

Dodge Omni

As production was being wound up all tooling needed to produce the vehicle was sold to the Tata Group in India, and the car was produced there for several more years.

Gunsan

In the domestic market vehicles are sold under Daewoo brand however Tata brandname is used for export due to the dilution of Daewoo brand.

Landmark quiz

Landmark Quiz is an annual quiz contest instituted in 1992 by the Landmark Bookstores owned by Tata Group through its Trent (westside) brand.

R. M. Lala

Russi M. Lala, (22 August 1928 – 19 October 2012) the author known for his chronicles of Tatas, graduated with History Honours from Bombay University.

During his association with the Tata group he authored a number of books celebrating the Tata heritage.

SATS Ltd

On 25 September 2001, SATS setup a joint venture with Taj Hotels Resorts and Palaces (part of the Tata Group) to provides in-flight catering as well as management of airport lounges in India.


CM Ibrahim

In 1997, Ibrahim denied permission to a joint venture between the Tata Group and Singapore Airlines to operate a domestic airline in India.

Computational Research Laboratories

Computational Research Laboratories (CRL) is a wholly owned subsidiary of Tata Consultancy Services which is part of the TATA Group.

DRDO Rustom

The ADE officials indicated that the requests for proposals (RFP) would shortly be issued to four vendors which are the Tatas, Larsen and Toubro, Godrej and Hindustan Aeronautics Limited-Bharat Electronics (joint bid) who were chosen out of the 23 firms that responded.

Evolution of corporate social responsibility in India

Ever since their inception, corporates like the Tata Group, the Aditya Birla Group,and Indian Oil Corporation, to name a few, have been involved in serving the community.

Frugal innovation

Designed to appeal to the many Indians who drive motorcycles, the Tata Nano was developed by Indian conglomerate Tata Group and is the cheapest car in the world.

INSAT-4A

Tata Sky, a joint venture between the TATA Group and STAR uses INSAT-4A for distributing their DTH service.

Lakmé Cosmetics

Lakme started as a 100% subsidiary of Tata Oil Mills (Tomco), part of the Tata Group; it was named after the French opera Lakmé, which itself is the French form of Lakshmi, the goddess of wealth, also renowned for her beauty.


see also

Cyrus Mistry

Cyrus Pallonji Mistry, Indo-Irish businessman and Chairman of Tata Group