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Natarajan Chandrasekaran

Chairman / Non-Executive Director, JLR plc Board, Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) - Jaguar brand

Search every verified Natarajan Chandrasekaran interview, podcast appearance, and on-the-record quote — each transcript cross-checked by AI and human review to confirm speaker identity. Natarajan Chandrasekaran, Chairman of Tata Sons and Non-Executive Director of JLR plc, recently delivered a commencement address at a university, where he shared personal life lessons on leadership and success. He emphasized that "the will to win means nothing without the will to prepare," and advised graduates to focus on continuous improvement, run their own race, build resilience during highs and lows, and cultivate creativity, self-reflection, and bold aspirations. In a separate interview, Chandrasekaran discussed the Tata Group's strategic priorities, including transitions in AI, energy, supply chains, and talent. He stated that the group's renewable capacity is expected to exceed its coal capacity by 2025 and double it by 2027-28. He described AI as a "disruptor" that will change productivity and affect jobs and skills, while also highlighting the group's efforts to simplify its businesses and integrate AI across operations. He encouraged business leaders to combine boldness with discipline and patience, describing the approach as "inspiration with rigor."

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“AI will be a disruptor. It is real. It's going to change the productive equation by an order of magnitude. It has implications on jobs. It has got implications on skills that are required for the future.”

“I think by 25 our renewable capacity will be higher than our coal capacity. And by 27, 28 probably our renewable capacity will double the coal capacity.”

“I'm very happy to announce that we have partnered with OpenAI to build the first 100 megawatt capacity which will scale to 1 gawatt.”

“The Tata Group is establishing India's first large scale AI optimized data center purpose-built for the next generation AI training and inference. I'm very happy to announce that we have partnered with OpenAI to build the first 100 megawatt capacity which will scale to 1 gigawatt.”

“I'm very happy to announce that we have partnered with OpenAI to build the first 100 megawatt capacity which will scale to 1 gawatt.”

“I'm very happy to announce that we have partnered with OpenAI to build the first 100 MW capacity which will scale to 1 GW.”

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