1. Tata Group is one of India's most respected business groups. Here is a brief profile and history of Tata Group.
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Tata Group is one of India's largest and most respected business
groups. Tata Group's name is synonymous with India's industrialisation. The Group gave India her first steel plant, hydro-electric plant, Biocon India
inorganic chemistry plant and created a reservoir of scientific and technological manpower for the country. Its Trusts have instituted the Bombay Dye
Tata Institute of Social Sciences in 1936; India's first cancer hospital, the Tata Memorial in 1941, and in 1945, the Tata Institute of Cadbury Ind
Fundamental Research, which became the cradle of India's Atomic energy program. Today, Tata Group comprises 96 operating Cipla
companies in seven business sectors: information systems and communications; engineering; materials; services; energy; consumer
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products; and chemicals. The Group has operations in more than 54 countries across six continents, and its companies export products
and services to 120 nations. DLF India
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Jamsetji Nusserwanji Tata laid the foundations of Tata Group when he started a private trading firm in 1868. In 1874, he set up the Central Essar
India Spinning Weaving and Manufacturing Company Limited and thus marked the Group's entry into textiles. In 1887, Jamsetji Tata Essel Group
formed a partnership firm, Tata & Sons, with his elder son Sir Dorabji Tata and his cousin Ratanji Dadabhoy Tata. His younger son Sir
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Ratan Tata joined the firm in 1896. In 1902, the Indian Hotels Company was incorporated to set up the Taj Mahal Palace and Tower,
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India's first luxury hotel, which opened in 1903. The Tata Iron and Steel Company (now known as Tata Steel) was established 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 Godrej
Company, (now Tata Power) was set up. In 1917, Tata Oil Mills Company was established to make soaps, detergents and cooking oils. In HCL
1932, Tatas entered aviation sector with the establishment of Tata Airlines. In 1939, Tata Chemicals, presently, the largest producer of Hero Group
soda ash in India, was established. In 1945, Tata Engineering and Locomotive Company (renamed Tata Motors in 2003) was established Hindustan L
to manufacture locomotive and engineering products. In 1954, India's major marketing, engineering and manufacturing organisation,
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Voltas, was established. In 1962, Tata Finlay (now Tata Tea), one of the largest tea producers, was established. In 1968, Tata
Consultancy Services (TCS), India's first software services company, was established as a division of Tata Sons. In 1970, Tata McGraw- Infosys Tech
Hill Publishing Company was created to publish educational and technical books. In 1984, Titan Industries, a joint venture between the ITC Ltd.
Tata Group and the Tamil Nadu Industrial Development Corporation (TIDCO), was set up to manufacture watches. In 1996, Tata Jaypee Grou
Teleservices (TTSL) was established to lead the Group's foray into the telecom sector. In 1998, Tata Indica, India's first indigenously Jindal Steel
designed and manufactured car, was launched by Tata Motors. In 2000, Tata Tea acquired the Tetley Group, UK. This was the first major
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acquisition of an international brand by an Indian business group. In 2001, Tata entered into insurance business in joint venture with Tata
AIG. In 2007, Tata Steel acquired Corus the fifth largest steel company in the world. Mahindra Gr
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The two Promoter companies of Tata Group are: Tata Sons and Tata Industries. Tata Sons is the promoter of all key companies of the
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Tata Group and holds the bulk of shareholding in these companies. Tata Sons is the owner of the Tata name and the Tata trademark,
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which are registered in India and several other countries. Tata Industries was set up by Tata Sons in 1945 as a managing agency for
businesses it promoted. Tata Industries' mandate was recast, in the early 1980s, to promote the Group's entry into new and high-tech ONGC India
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The rest of the Tata companies spread over seven sectors in which Tata Group operates are: Proctor & Ga
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1. Engineering
Reliance AD
(a) Automotive: Reliance Gr
Sahara India
Tata AutoComp Systems Satyam Com
Subsidiaries / associates / joint ventures: Automotive Composite Systems International, Automotive Stampings and Assemblies, Sterlite Indu

2. Knorr Bremse Systems for Commercial Vehicles, TACO Engineering, TACO Faurecia Design Centre, TACO Hendrickson Suzlon Ener
Suspension Systems, TACO Interiors and Plastics Division, TacoKunststofftechnik, TACO MobiApps Telematics, TACO Supply Tata Group
Chain Management, TACO Tooling, TACO Visteon Engineering Center, Tata Ficosa Automotive Systems, Tata Johnson TVS Group
Controls Automotive, Tata Toyo Radiator, Tata Yazaki AutoComp, TC Springs, Technical Stampings Automotive UB Group
Tata Motors Videocon
Wipro Techn
Subsidiaries / associates / joint ventures: Concorde Motors, HV Axels, HV Transmissions, Nita Company, TAL Manufacturing
Solutions, Tata Cummins, Tata Daewoo Commercial Vehicles Company, Tata Engineering Services, Tata Precision Industries,
Tata Technologies, Telco Construction Equipment Company
(b) Engineering Services
Tata Projects
TCE Consulting Engineers
Voltas
(c) Engineering Products
TAL Manufacturing Solutions
Telco Construction Equipment Company
TRF
2. Materials
(a) Composites
Tata Advanced Materials
(b) Metals
Tata Steel
Subsidiaries / associates / joint ventures: Hooghly Met Coke and Power Company, Jamshedpur Injection Powder (Jamipol),
Lanka Special Steel, mjunction services, NatSteel, Sila Eastern Company, Tata Metaliks, Tata Pigments, Tata Ryerson, Tata
Sponge Iron, Tata Refractories, Tayo Rolls, The Indian Steel and Wire Products, The Tinplate Company of India, TM
International Logistics, Wires Division.
3. Energy
(a) Power
Tata BP Solar India
Tata Power
Subsidiaries / associates / joint ventures: Tata Ceramics, Tata Power Trading, North Delhi Power Limited
(b) Oil & Gas
Tata Petrodyne

3. 4. Chemicals
Rallis India
Tata Chemicals
Tata Pigments
5. Services
(a) Hotels and Realty
Indian Hotels (Taj group)
Subsidiaries / associates / joint ventures: Taj Air , Roots Corporation (Ginger Hotels)
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(b) Financial Services
Tata AIG General Insurance
Tata AIG Life Insurance
Tata Asset Management
Tata Financial Services
Tata Investment Corporation
(c) Other Services
Tata Quality Management Services
Tata Services
Tata Strategic Management Group
6. Consumer Products
Infiniti Retail
Tata Tea
Subsidiaries / associates / joint ventures: Tetley Group, Tata Coffee, Tata Tetley, Tata Tea Inc
Tata Ceramics
Tata McGraw Hill Publishing Company
Titan Industries
Trent
7. Information Systems and Communications
(a) Information Systems
Nelito Systems
Tata Consultancy Services
Subsidiaries / associates / joint ventures: APONLINE, Airline Financial Support Services, Aviation Software Development
Consultancy, CMC, CMC Americas Inc, Conscripti, HOTV, Tata America International Corporation, WTI Advanced Technology
Tata Elxsi

4. SerWizSol
Tata Interactive Systems
Tata Technologies
(b) Communications
Tata Sky
Tata Teleservices
Subsidiaries / associates / joint ventures: Tata Teleservices (Maharashtra), Tata Internet Services
VSNL
Tatanet
(c) Industrial Automation
Nelco
Subsidiaries / associates / joint ventures: Tatanet
Note: The above information was last updated on 21-07-2007