Tata Group - Definition and Overview

Tata is an important group of companies in India. They are named after their founding and controlling family, the most famous member of which was J.R.D. Tata.

Companies of the Tata group include:

• TISCO (Tata Iron and Steel Company Ltd) is India's first private Iron and Steel Company, and also the first company founded by J.N. Tata (the founder of the Tata Groups). Its works are located at Jamshedpur, with headquarters at Bombay.

• TELCO (Tata Engineering and Locomotives Ltd) is a company of Tata group of companies which produces automobiles for the Indian Market. Its product range for goods and passenger transport. It is now called Tata Motors.

• Tata Tea Limited is the world's second largest manufacturer of packaged tea and tea products. It also owns the Tetley brand of tea sold primarily in Europe.

• Seven out of ten medium and heavy commercial vehicles in India bear the Tata mark, widely trusted in India. The Indica V2 - India's only fully indigenously designed and manufactured passenger car - has been a great commercial success.

• Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) is India's largest software company with 2003-04 revenues being over US$ 1.5bn. It has recently announced plans to make a mammoth initial public offering on the Indian stock markets.

See also

• Tata Indica

External link

• Tata Group of Companies (http://www.tata.com/)