MMA AMALGAMATIONS BUSINESS LEADERSHIP AWARD 2023 Mr Chandrasekaran, Chairman, TATA sons

📅 Jun 23, 2025 Madras Management Association 41 MIN 54 VIEWS 12 SEGMENTS · 2 SPEAKERS

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We need to hear you over that music. Ladies and gentlemen. Yeah. Heat. Ladies and gentlemen, I now call upon our awardee, Mr. N. Chandrasekaran to deliver his award acceptance speech and the 20th Anantharamakrishnan Memorial Lecture on India's leadership in a pivotal decade. Please welcome him to the podium with as big an applause as you can.

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Chandrasekaran, N. (2025, June 23). MMA AMALGAMATIONS BUSINESS LEADERSHIP AWARD 2023 Mr Chandrasekaran, Chairman, TATA sons [Interview transcript]. Madras Management Association. CEOInterviews.AI. https://ceointerviews.ai/interview/1086305/

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N. Chandrasekaran. "MMA AMALGAMATIONS BUSINESS LEADERSHIP AWARD 2023 Mr Chandrasekaran, Chairman, TATA sons." Madras Management Association, 23 Jun. 2025. Transcript, CEOInterviews.AI, https://ceointerviews.ai/interview/1086305/.

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Key Quotes (2)

“I really don't understand the craze around valuations. It has become a needless distraction in my mind to all managements. Valuation is clearly an outcome. You can't work for it. You only have control or input. Executing a compelling strategy in a very very disciplined manner by the right team and management. Giving primacy to governance and sustainable growth will deliver valuations.”

▶ 22:23 POLICY

“The fourth one I'm going to say is a bit controversial. All my companies will say there is no AOP required, that is annual operating plan required. See the budgeting process in all companies that I have seen, ours and outside, it is the bedrock of management for the board. It forms the basis for everything. But I think this process actually stops people from thinking big and aspiring big and givin”

▶ 33:14 CONTROVERSIAL

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About N. Chandrasekaran

N. Chandrasekaran, Chairman (Non-Executive) at Tata Consumer Products and Chairman of Tata Sons, has recently spoken on leadership, artificial intelligence, and the Tata Group's strategic direction. At an event in Chennai on September 19, 2026, he shared personal lessons on hard work and resilience, citing marathon runner Juma Ikangaa's adage that "the will to win means nothing without the will to prepare." He emphasized that preparation, consistent effort, and learning from setbacks are essential for progress, and he cautioned that fear of failure can hinder advancement. He also advised focusing on one's own journey and measuring progress against personal goals rather than comparing oneself to others. In August 2026, Chandrasekaran discussed his vision for the Tata Group as his term as Tata Sons chairman approaches its end in February 2027, noting his decision not to seek another term. He described artificial intelligence as "the infrastructure of intelligence," a self-learning and rapidly scaling utility that he called the single biggest opportunity for India's technology and IT sectors. He stated that Tata Consultancy Services expects to deploy as many AI agents as its human workforce within three years, which he said would lead to a decrease in hiring. He also outlined the group's focus on energy transition, predicting that renewable capacity will exceed coal capacity by 2025 and double it by 2027-28. Chandrasekaran emphasized the need for boldness combined with discipline and patience, describing his approach as "inspiration with rigor."

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