THE TATA

GROUP
THE TATA Group comprises operating companies in seven
business sectors Materials, Engineering, Information Technology
and communications, Energy, Services, Consumer Product and
Chemicals. The group was founded in the last quarter of the 19th
century in India when the country had just set out on the road for
gaining independence from British rule. Consequently, the
founders of the Group alined business opportunities with nation
building. This approach remains ingrained into the group’s ethos
even today even as it spreads its operations to other geographies.

The Tata Group is today India’s largest conglomerate with

revenues of $ 83.3 bn in the financial year ending march
31,2011.The Group Companies had 424,365 people on their rolls on
March 31,2011.Its 31 publicly listed companies have a combined
market capitalisation .Which is one of the highest among all
business houses in India and a shareholder base over 3.6 million.
Group companies export products and services to over 85
countries and have operations in over 80 countries.

The Tata companies share a set of five core values derived from
the Group’s early which even today drive all business decisions
.These values are: Integrity, Understanding, Excellence, Unity and
Responsibility. The Group and its companies have been distinctive
in their adherence to business ethics and their commitment to
corporate social responsibility. This legancy has earned the trust
of the Group’s stakeholders in a measure few business houses can
match.