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  Company Type Private Conglomerate ( BSE )
  Company Slogan "Improving the quality of life of the communities we serve"
  Foundation in 1860s by Jamsetji Tata
  Location Mumbai , Maharastra , India
  Key People Ratan Tata (Chairman), Punitha Arumugam (CEO)
  Num Employees 220,219 ( 2004 )
  Industry Engineering <br> Materials <br> Information Technology <br> Communication <br> Automotive <br> Chemicals <br> Energy
  Products Steel <br> Automobiles <br> Telecommunications <br> Software <br> Hotels <br> Consumer Goods
  Revenue 178 billion 32%)


Tata is one of the oldest and best-known groups of companies in India . The group takes the name of its founder, Sir Jamshedji Tata , a member of whose family has almost invariably been the chairman of the group. The present chairman is Ratan Tata , who took over from the justly renowned J.R.D. Tata in the 1990s. TISCO is now renamed as Tata Steel Limited while TELCO has become Tata Motors Limited.

Tata group of enterprises comprises 93 companies in seven business sectors. 65.8% of the ownership of Tata group is held by charitable trust of Tata {Link without Title}


HISTORY

TISCO , now Tata Steel was established in 1907 to set up India's first iron and steel plant in Jamshedpur . The plant started production in 1912 . In 1910 , Tata Hydro-Electric Power Supply Company was set up. In 1917 , the group entered the consumer goods industry with the Tata Oil Mills Company being established to make soaps, detergents and cooking oils. In 1932 , Tata Airlines was established. In 1939 , Tata Chemicals was established. TELCO , now Tata Motors, was established in 1945 to manufacture locomotive and engineering products.


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INFORMATION SYSTEMS AND COMMUNICATIONS



THE TATA LOGO

The now ubiquitous blue-coloured Tata logo was designed by the Wolff Olins consultancy. The logo was meant to signify fluidity; it may also be seen as a fountain of knowledge, as also a tree of trust under which people can take refuge.


EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTES OPENED BY TATA GROUP

#"Tata Institute of Science" now named to Indian Institute Of Science , Banglore , India
# Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, a deemed unversity
#Tata Management Training Centre, Pune , India
# Tata Institute of Social Sciences, a deemed unversity
# National Centre for the Performing Arts


SEE ALSO

# Jamshetji Tata
# J.R.D.Tata
# Ratan Tata


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