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{{Short description|Indian multinational conglomerate company}}

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| type = [[Private company|Private]]

| industry = [[Conglomerate (company)|Conglomerate]]

| location = [[Bombay House]], [[Mumbai, Maharashtra]], India

| key_people = {{Unbulleted_list|[[Ratan Tata]]<br>([[Emeritus|Chairman Emeritus]])|[[Natarajan Chandrasekaran]]}}

(Chairman)<ref>{{cite web | url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/company/corporate-trends/tata-vs-mistry-supreme-court-stays-nclat-order-favouring-cyrus-mistry/articleshow/73184138.cms | title=Supreme Court stays NCLAT order restoring Cyrus Mistry as Tata Sons Executive Chairman | publisher=ET News | date=11 January 2020 | access-date=14 January 2020}}</ref>

| products = {{hlist

  | [[Fast-moving consumer goods|FMCG]]

  | [[Electric Utility]]

  | [[Football Club]]

  | [[Home Appliances]]

  | [[IT services]]

  | [[E-Commerce]]

  | [[Real Estate]]

  | [[Steel]]

  | [[Software]]

  | [[Cement]]|[[Telecommunications|Telecom]]

| revenue = {{up}} {{INR}} 9.1 lakh crore <br> ({{US$|123 billion |link=yes}})<ref name="Tata Financials">{{cite web |url=https://www.tata.com/about-us |title=Tata Group Business Overview |work=Tata Group}}</ref>

| revenue_year = 2020

| num_employees = 750,000<ref name="Tata Financials"/> (2020)

| subsid = [[List of entities associated with Tata Group]]

| homepage = {{URL|https://www.tata.com/}}

'''Tata Group''' is an Indian [[Multinational corporation|multinational]] [[Conglomerate (company)|conglomerate]] manufacturer of automobiles, airplanes and other products, headquartered in [[Mumbai]], [[Maharashtra]], India. Founded in 1868 by [[Jamshedji Tata]], the company gained international recognition after purchasing several global companies. It is one of the biggest and oldest industrial groups in India. Each Tata company operates independently under the guidance and supervision of its own board of directors and shareholders.

Significant Tata affiliates include [[Tata Chemicals]], [[Tata Communications]], [[Tata Consultancy Services]], [[Tata Consumer Products]], Tata Elxsi, [[Tata Motors]], [[Tata Power]], [[Tata Steel]], [[Jamshedpur FC]], [[Tanishq]], [[Voltas]], [[Tata Cliq]], [[Tata Projects Limited]], [[Tata Capital]], [[Titan Company|Titan]], [[Trent (Westside)|Trent]], [[Indian Hotels Company Limited]], [[TajAir]], [[Vistara]], [[Cromā]], and [[Tata Starbucks]].

 

=== 1868–1904 ===

At the age of 28, [[Jamshedji Nusserwanji Tata]]   worked in his father's company. In 1870 with Rs.21,000 capital, he founded a trading company. Further he bought a bankrupt oil mill at [[Chinchpokli]] and converted it into a cotton mill, under the name Alexandra Mill which he sold for a profit after two years. In 1874, he set up another cotton mill at [[Nagpur]] named Empress Mill. He dreamed of achieving four goals, setting up an iron and steel company, a unique hotel, a world-class learning institution and a hydro-electric plant. During his lifetime, in 1903, the [[The Taj Mahal Palace Hotel|Taj Mahal Hotel]] at [[Colaba]] waterfront was opened making it the first hotel with electricity in India.

After Jamsetji's death, his older son [[Dorabji Tata]] became the chairman in 1904. Sir Dorabji established the Tata Iron and Steel company (TISCO), now known as [[Tata Steel]] in 1907. Marking the group's global ambitions, Tata Limited opened its first overseas office in London. Following the founder's goals, Western India's first hydro plant was brought to life, giving birth to [[Tata Power]]. Yet another dream, Indian Institute of Science was established with the first batch admitted in 1911.

[[J. R. D. Tata]] was made chairman of the Tata Group in 1938. Under his chairmanship, the assets of the Tata Group grew from US$101 million to over US$5 billion. Starting with 14 enterprises, upon his departure half a century later in 1988, Tata Sons had grown to a conglomerate of 95 enterprises. These enterprises consisted of ventures that the company had either started or in which they held controlling interest. New sectors such as chemicals, technology, cosmetics, marketing, engineering, and manufacturing, tea, and software services earned them recognition.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.britannica.com/topic/Tata-Group|title=Tata Group {{!}} History, Companies, Subsidiaries, & Facts|website=Encyclopedia Britannica|language=en|access-date=2020-03-20}}</ref>

In 1952, JRD founded an airline, known as [[Air India|Tata Air Services]] (later renamed Tata Airlines). In 1953, the Government of India passed the Air Corporations Act and purchased a majority stake in the carrier from [[Tata Sons]], though JRD Tata would continue as chairman till 1977.

=== 1991–present ===

In 1991, [[Ratan Tata]] became chairman of Tata Group.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Here's a brief history of the Tata Group's six chairmen|url=https://www.businesstoday.in/current/economy-politics/a-brief-history-of-the-tata-groups-six-charmen/story/238925.html|access-date=2020-07-31|website=www.businesstoday.in}}</ref> This was also the year of [[Economic liberalisation in India|economic liberalization in India]], opening up the market to foreign competitors.<ref>{{Cite news|title=One more push|work=The Economist|url=https://www.economist.com/leaders/2011/07/21/one-more-push|access-date=2020-07-31|issn=0013-0613}}</ref> During this time, Tata Group began to acquire a number of companies, including [[Tetley]] (2000), [[Tata Steel Europe|Corus Group]] (2007), and [[Jaguar Cars|Jaguar]] and [[Land Rover]] (2008). In 2017, [[Natarajan Chandrasekaran]] was appointed chairman.

* [[Natarajan Chandrasekaran]] (2017–present)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/company/corporate-trends/tata-vs-mistry-supreme-court-stays-nclat-order-favouring-cyrus-mistry/articleshow/73184138.cms|title=Supreme Court Stays NCLAT order restoring Cyrus Mistry as Chairman|date=11 January 2020|via=The Economic Times}}</ref>

==Affiliates==

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| caption4 = Packets of [[Tata Tea]]

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Tata Group of Companies has many affiliates. These affiliates function in almost all sectors. This section lists the Tata companies and details their business:

 

* [[Tata Chemicals]]

** [[Tata Swach]]

** [[Tata Chemicals Europe]]

*** [[Magadi Soda Company]]

 

===FMCG===

* [[Tata Consumer Products]], second-largest global manufacturer of tea.

** [[Tata Salt]]

** [[I-shakti]]

** [[Tata Tea]]

*** [[Tetley]]

** [[Tata Coffee]]

*** [[Eight O'Clock Coffee]]

** [[Tata Starbucks]], a 50:50 joint venture company, owned by [[Starbucks Corporation]] and Tata Consumer Products

* [[Casa Décor]]

* [[Tata Ceramics]]

* [[TRL Krosaki Refractories Limited]]

* [[Tata Zoya]]

* [[Titan Industries]]

** [[Fastrack (fashion accessories)|Fastrack]], youth fashion brand

** [[Tanishq]]

* [[Voltas]], consumer electronics company

 

 

===Retail and E-commerce===

 

* [[Trent (Westside)]]

** [[Landmark Bookstores]]

* [[Tata Cliq]] as an [[E-commerce]] platform

* Supermarket Grocery Supplies Pvt. Ltd. ([[Bigbasket]]), online grocery delivery service.

 

* [[Tata Power]], one of the largest private sector power companies

** [[Tata Power Solar]], (formerly as JV with [[BP Solar]], now wholly owned)

** Tata Power Trading

 

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* [[Tata Advanced Systems Limited]]

* [[Tata Motors]], India's largest manufacturer of [[commercial vehicles]] and [[automobile|passenger cars]]; parent company of:

** [[Hispano Carrocera]]

** [[Jaguar Land Rover]] (manufacturing cars under the [[Jaguar cars|Jaguar]] and [[Land Rover]] marques)

** [[Tata Daewoo Commercial Vehicle]]

** [[Tata Marcopolo]]

** [[Tata Hitachi Construction Machinery]]

** [[Tata Technologies Limited]] inc. [[INCAT]]

 

* Nelco Ltd. (national radio and electronics company)

** Nelito Systems - Started as an IT JV of Nelco and [[Itochu]], DTS of Japan bought out

* [[Tata Communications]]

** [[VSNL International Canada]]

* [[Tata Consultancy Services Ltd.]] ([[Tata Consultancy Services|TCS]]), one of world's largest IT services companies

** [[CMC Limited]]

** [[Computational Research Laboratories]]

* [[Tata Business Support Services]]

* [[Elxsi|Tata Elxsi]]

* [[Tata Teleservices]]

** [[Tata Sky]]

** [[Tata DoCoMo]]

 

* Tata NYK

 

====Airlines====

* [[Air Asia India]] joint venture with [[Air Asia]]

* [[Vistara]] joint venture with [[Singapore Airlines]]

 

* [[Bombay Brasserie]]

 

* [[The Indian Hotels Company]]

*** [[Ginger Hotels]]

** [[Taj Hotels]]

*** [[Vivanta By Taj]]

*** [[TajAir]]

 

* Indicash ATM (India's first and largest [[White-label ABMs|white-label]] ATM network)

* e-Nxt Financials Ltd.

* [[TATA AIG General Insurance]]

* [[Tata Capital]]

* Tata Communications Payment Solutions (banking and financial services)

 

* Tata Africa Holdings

* Tata International AG

* [[Tata Investment Corp]]

 

* [[Tata Housing Development Company]] Ltd. (THDC)

 

====Organisational services====

* Tata Quality Management Services

 

 

* [[Tata Steel]]

** [[Tata BlueScope Steel]]

** [[Tayo Rolls]]

** Tata Sponge Iron

** [[Tata Steel Processing and Distribution]]

===Acquisitions===

* February 2000 – [[Tetley]] Tea Company, $407&nbsp;million<ref>{{cite web|url=http://inhome.rediff.com/money/2006/aug/24spec.htm|title=Tatas' shopping spree: 27 in 6 years!|date=24 August 2006|work=Rediff|access-date=15 August 2015}}</ref>

* January 2007 – [[Corus Group]], $12&nbsp;billion<ref>{{cite web|url=http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2007-02-01/news/28480187_1_tata-steel-tata-corus-benjamin-steinbruch|title=Tata Steel gives India a pound of UK|work=timesofindia-economictimes|access-date=15 August 2015}}</ref>

* January 2008 – Imacid Chemical Company, Morocco<ref name="Tata Pulls Ford Units into Its Orbit">{{cite news |first=Heather|last=Timmons|title=Tata Pulls Ford Units into Its Orbit|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/04/business/worldbusiness/04tata.html?sq=tata&st=cse&adxnnl=1&scp=7&adxnnlx=1238497443-4R16x3p9Aj5a8CErvf45bw|work=The New York Times|date=4 January 2008|access-date=21 June 2009}}</ref>

* May 2018 – Bhushan Steel Limited, India

===Former companies===

* [[Tata Oil Mills Company]] and its subsidiary [[Lakmé Cosmetics|Lakme]]

Tata Group has helped establish and finance numerous research, educational and cultural institutes in India,<ref name="The rainbow effect">{{cite news|url=http://www.tata.com/0_our_commitment/community_initiatives/overview.htm | title=The rainbow effect |date=4 May 2008}}</ref><ref name="synergos.org">{{cite news|url=http://www.synergos.org/globalgivingmatters/features/0503tatagroup.htm | title=India's Tata Group: Empowering marginalized communities |date=4 May 2008}}</ref> and received the [[Carnegie Medal of Philanthropy]].<ref name="carnegiemedals.org">{{cite news |url=http://www.carnegiemedals.org/news/2007medals.html |title=U.S. and Indian philanthropists recognized for conviction, courage and sustained efforts |date=4 May 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080926022720/http://www.carnegiemedals.org/news/2007medals.html |archive-date=26 September 2008 |df=dmy-all}}</ref> Some of the institutes established by the Tata Group are:

* Tata Center for Technology & Design at Massachusetts Institute of Technology<ref>{{cite web|url=http://tatacenter.mit.edu/|title=MIT Tata Center: MIT Tata Center|website=tatacenter.mit.edu}}</ref>

* Tata Centre for Technology & Design at IIT Bombay<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tatacentre.iitb.ac.in/tatacentre/|title=Tata Centre for Technology & Design at IIT Bombay}}</ref>

In 2008, Tata Group donated US$50 million to [[Cornell University]] for "agricultural and nutrition programs in India and for the education of Indian students at Cornell."<ref>{{cite news |title=$50 million endowment from Tata trust bolsters Cornell ties to India, and to eminent alumnus|url=http://news.cornell.edu/stories/2008/10/tata-trust-gives-50-million-endowment-cornell|work=Cornell|location=USA|date=17 October 2008|access-date=11 June 2018}}</ref>

In 2010, Tata Group donated {{INR}} 2.20&nbsp;billion (US$50&nbsp;million) to the [[Harvard Business School]] to build an academic and a residential building for executive education programmes on the institute's campus in [[Boston]], [[Massachusetts]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|last=Singh|first=D. K.|date=2018-04-09|title=Tata Trusts accused of favouring Harvard over 'under-privileged' Indian universities|url=https://theprint.in/economy/tata-trusts-accused-of-favouring-harvard-over-indian-universities/47919/|access-date=2020-07-31|website=ThePrint|language=en-US}}</ref> The building, now known as Tata Hall,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/report_tatas-gift-rs220-crore-to-harvard-business-school_1453288 |title=Tatas gift Rs220 crore to Harvard Business School – Mumbai – DNA |publisher=Dnaindia.com |date=16 October 2010 |access-date=2 February 2011}}</ref> is the largest endowment received by Harvard Business School from an international donor.<ref name=":0" />

In 2017, Tata Trusts gifted US$70 million to [[University of California, San Diego]] and also partnered with them in setting up [https://tigs.ucsd.edu/ Tata Institute for Genetics and Society(TIGS)] to address some of the world's most pressing issues, ranging from public health to agriculture. In recognition of the donation, the building which houses TIGS has been named Tata Hall.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Tata Hall|url=https://blink.ucsd.edu/sponsor/advancement/advancement-services/stewardship/named-buildings/Tata%20Hall.html|access-date=2020-10-01|website=blink.ucsd.edu}}</ref> It is also the largest international donation made to University of California, San Diego.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2017-09-11|title=UC San Diego names new science center after Indian philanthropists|url=https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/science/sd-me-tata-building-20170911-story.html|access-date=2020-10-01|website=San Diego Union-Tribune|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Tata Institute for Genetics and Society Advances with Building Naming, Inaugural Chair Holders|url=https://ucsdnews.ucsd.edu/feature/tata_institute_for_genetics_and_society_advances_with_building_naming_inaug|access-date=2020-10-01|website=ucsdnews.ucsd.edu}}</ref>

In 2017, [[Tata Consultancy Services (TCS)]] donated an unprecedented $35 million grant to [[Carnegie Mellon University]], the largest ever industry donation to the university, to collaborate on promoting next-generation technologies that will drive the [[Fourth Industrial Revolution]], including cognitive systems and autonomous vehicles.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cmu.edu/news/stories/archives/2017/april/tcs-hall-groundbreaking.html|title=Carnegie Mellon and Tata Consultancy Services Break Ground on Global Research Facility in the U.S.|publisher=Carnegie Mellon University}}</ref>

[[File:RatanTata.jpg|thumb|upright|[[Ratan Tata]], the former chairman of Tata Group<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/company/corporate-trends/big-rejig-ratan-tata-to-replace-cyrus-mistry-as-tata-sons-chairman/articleshow/55031245.cms|title=Cyrus Mistry Replaced by Ratan Tata as Tata Sons chairman – The Economic Times|newspaper=The Economic Times|access-date=2016-10-27}}</ref>|alt=Ratan-Tata]]

In 2017, the Tata Football Academy won the bid to form the [[Jamshedpur FC]], a football club based on [[Jamshedpur]] of [[Jharkhand]] in the 4th edition of the [[Indian Super League]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=2017-11-13|title=Why Indian Super League got the Tata Group to review its football investment|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/football/why-indian-super-league-got-the-tata-group-to-review-its-football-investment/story-HDd9RfPZ1rsbrneNUp7ZjI.html|access-date=2020-07-31|website=Hindustan Times|language=en}}</ref>

In 2020, Tata Group has donated 1500 [[crore]]s to [[PM CARES Fund|PM Cares Fund]] to fight against [[COVID-19 pandemic]] in India.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Pathak|first=Kalpana|date=2020-03-28 |title=Tata Group commits ₹1,500 crore to fight Covid-19|url=https://www.livemint.com/companies/news/tata-group-commits-1500-crore-to-fight-covid-19-11585403361686.html |access-date=2020-07-02|website=Livemint|language=en}}</ref>

# '''[[Sir Dorabji Tata and Allied Trusts|Sir Dorabji Tata Trust and Allied Trusts]]'''<ref>{{Cite web|title=Board of Trustees {{!}} Sir Dorabji Tata Trust and Allied Trusts|url=https://www.tatatrusts.org/about-tatatrusts/sdtt-board-of-trustees|access-date=2021-03-04|website=Tata Trusts|language=en}}</ref>

#* Lady Tata Memorial Trust

# '''[[Sir Ratan Tata Trust|Sir Ratan Tata Trust & Allied Trusts]]'''<ref>{{Cite web|title=Board of Trustees {{!}} Sir Ratan Tata Trust and Allied Trusts|url=https://www.tatatrusts.org/about-tatatrusts/srtt-board-of-trustees|access-date=2021-03-04|website=Tata Trusts|language=en}}</ref>

==Controversies and criticisms==

The Kerala Government filed an affidavit in the high court alleging that [[Tata Tea]] had "grabbed" forest land of {{convert|3000|acre|km2}} at [[Munnar]]. The Tatas provided that they possessed {{convert|58741.82|acre|km2}} of land, which they are allowed to retain under the [[Kannan Devan Hills|Kannan Devan Hill]] (Resumption of Lands) Act, 1971, and there was a shortage of {{convert|278.23|ha|km2}} in that. The Chief Minister of Kerala [[V.S. Achuthanandan]], who vowed to evict all on government land in Munnar, formed a special squad for the Munnar land takeover mission and started acquiring back properties. However, the mission was aborted due to both influential land-holders and opposition from Achuthanandan's own party.<ref>{{cite news |title=Tata Group refutes charge of encroachment in Munnar |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/business/tata-group-refutes-charge-of-encroachment-in-munnar/story-MtBwdg9n5vQQAIAy8uQI5N.html |access-date=25 October 2018 |agency=Hindu Times |publisher=HT Media Limited |date=July 15, 2017}}</ref>

On 2 January 2006, [[Kalinganagar]], Tribal Orissa villagers protested the construction of a new steel plant for Tata Steel on land historically owned by them. Some of the villagers had been evicted without adequate relocation. Police retribution was brutal: 37 protesters were injured and 13 killed, including 3 women and a 13-year-old boy. One policeman was hacked to death by a mob, after police had opened fire on protestors with tear gas and rubber bullets. Family members of the deceased villagers later claimed that the bodies had been mutilated during post-mortem examination.<ref>{{cite web|author=Nityanand Jayaraman |url=http://www.corpwatch.org/article.php?id=13620 |title=CorpWatch : Stolen for Steel: Tata Takes Tribal Lands in India |publisher=Corpwatch.org |date=24 May 2006 |access-date=16 July 2010}}</ref>

In December 2006, Myanmar's chief of general staff, General Thura Shwe Mann, visited the Tata Motors plant in Pune.<ref>[https://www.telegraphindia.com/india/myanmar-ties/cid/747570?ref=search-page "Myanmar Ties." 8 December 2006. ''The Telegraph'', Calcutta, India].</ref> In 2009, TATA Motors announced that it would manufacture trucks in Myanmar. Tata Motors reported that these contracts to supply hardware and automobiles to Burma's military were subsequently criticised by human rights activists.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tehelka.com/story_main41.asp?filename=Op210209india_ethical.asp |title=India's Independent Weekly News Magazine |publisher=Tehelka |access-date=16 July 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.zeenews.com/nation/2009-02-04/504665news.html |title=Ansari visits Myanmar tomorrow, 3 MoUs to be signed |publisher=Zeenews.com |date=4 February 2009 |access-date=16 July 2010}}</ref>

The [[Tata Nano Singur controversy|Singur controversy]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rediff.com/money/2006/dec/09tata.htm|title=Singur farmers: Why they oppose Tata plant|access-date=15 August 2015}}</ref> in [[West Bengal]] was a series of protests by locals and political parties over the forced acquisition, eviction, and inadequate compensation to those farmers displaced for the Tata Nano plant, during which Mamata Banerjee's party was widely criticised as acting for political gain. Despite the support of the [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]] [[West Bengal#Government and politics|state government]], Tata eventually pulled the project out of West Bengal, citing safety concerns. [[Narendra Modi]], then [[Chief Minister of Gujarat]], made land available for the Nano project.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hinduonnet.com/fline/fl2522/stories/20081107252203700.htm |title=Singur's loss |publisher=Hinduonnet.com |date=7 November 2008 |access-date=2 February 2011}}</ref>

On Aug 31, 2016, in a historic judgement, the Honorable Supreme Court of India set aside the land acquisition by the West Bengal Government in 2006 that had facilitated Tata Motors' Nano plant, stating that the West Bengal government had not taken possession of the land legally, and were now required to repossess and return it to local farmers within 12 weeks without compensation.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.firstpost.com/politics/singur-verdict-announced-sc-says-return-land-to-farmers-heres-a-timeline-of-the-case-2984206.html|title=Singur verdict announced, SC says return land to farmers: Here's a timeline of the case – Firstpost|date=2016-08-31|newspaper=Firstpost|language=en-US|access-date=2016-10-25}}</ref>

===Dhamra Port, Odisha===

The [[Port of Dhamara]] has received significant coverage, sparking controversy in India, and in Tata's emerging global markets.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ethicalcorp.com/content.asp?ContentID=5515 |title=India – Tata in troubled waters – Ethical Corporation |publisher=Ethicalcorp.com |date=November 2007|access-date=16 July 2010}}</ref> The Dhamra port, an equal joint venture between Tata Steel and [[Larsen & Toubro]], has been criticised for its proximity to the Gahirmatha Sanctuary and [[Bhitarkanika National Park]] by Indian and international organisations, including [[Greenpeace]]; [[Gahirmatha Beach]] is one of the world's largest mass nesting sites for the [[olive ridley turtle]], and India's second largest mangrove forest, [[Bhitarkanika]], is a designated [[Ramsar site]], and critics claimed that the port could disrupt mass nesting at Gahirmtha beaches as well as the ecology of the Bitharkanika mangrove forest.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://greenpeace.in/turtle/category/docs |title=Documents And Reports &#124; Save the turtles |publisher=Greenpeace.in |date=12 June 2009 |access-date=16 July 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/enviornment/sea-dredging-affecting-olive-ridley-turtles-says-green-body_10034689.html |title=Sea dredging affecting Olive Ridley turtles, says green body |publisher=Thaindian.com |date=5 April 2008 |access-date=16 July 2010}}</ref>

TATA Steel employed mitigation measures set by the project's official advisor, the [[International Union for Conservation of Nature]] (IUCN), and the company pledging to "adopt all its recommendations without exception" when conservation organisations asserted that a thorough environmental impact analysis had not been done for the project, which had undergone changes in size and specifications since it was first proposed.<ref>[https://www.tatasteel.com/media/3080/ccr-2010-11.pdf Tata Steel] "Corporate Citizenship Report 2010/2011", TataSteel.com, 2011, page 20. Retrieved October 24, 2018.</ref>

In 2007, Tata Group joined forces with a Tanzanian company to build a [[soda ash]] extraction plant in Tanzania.<ref name="autogenerated1">{{cite news |title=Dar annoys neighbours over $400m soda ash project|url=https://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/news/-/2558/256646/-/t682syz/-/index.html|work=[[The East African]]|publisher=[[Nation Media Group]]|date=5 November 2007 |access-date=21 June 2009}}</ref> Environmental activists oppose the plant because it would be near [[Lake Natron]], and it has a very high chance of affecting the lake's ecosystem and its neighbouring dwellers,<ref name="autogenerated2">{{cite news |first=Patty|last=Magubira |title=Tanzania: UK Activists Pile Pressure Against Soda Ash Project|url=http://allafrica.com/stories/200805160426.html|work=The Citizen|location=Dar es Salaam|publisher=[[AllAfrica.com]]|date=16 May 2008 |access-date=21 June 2009}}</ref> jeopardising endangered [[lesser flamingo]] birds. Lake Natron is where two-thirds of lesser flamingos reproduce.<ref>{{cite news |first=Maulik|last=Pathak |title=Tata Chemicals' African safari hits green hurdle|url=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/Chem__Fertilisers/Tata_Chemicals_African_safari_hits_green_hurdle/articleshow/2504026.cms|work=The Economic Times |location=India|date=31 October 2007 |access-date=21 June 2009}}</ref> Producing soda ash involves drawing out salt water from the lake, and then disposing the water back to the lake. This process could interrupt the chemical makeup of the lake.<ref name="autogenerated1" /> 22 African nations signed a petition to stop its construction.<ref name="autogenerated1" />

In April 2016, a U.S. Federal Grand Jury awarded [[Epic Systems]] a $940 million judgement against Tata Consultancy Services and Tata America International Corp. Filed 31 October 2014; the suit charged that "6,477 unauthorized downloads could be used to enhance Tata's competing product, Med Mantra."<ref name="Grand Jury Award">{{cite news|title=US jury slaps $940 million fine on Tata group in trade secret case|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/india-business/US-jury-slaps-940-million-fine-on-Tata-group-in-trade-secret-case/articleshow/51853815.cms|access-date=16 April 2016|newspaper=[[The Times of India]]|date=16 April 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160416195148/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/india-business/US-jury-slaps-940-million-fine-on-Tata-group-in-trade-secret-case/articleshow/51853815.cms|archive-date=16 April 2016|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref name="Epic case to trial">{{cite news|author1=Judy Newman|title=Jury trial begins in Epic Systems Corp. lawsuit against India's Tata Consultancy|access-date=16 April 2016|newspaper=[[Wisconsin State Journal]]|date=5 April 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160416195514/http://host.madison.com/wsj/business/jury-trial-begins-in-epic-systems-corp-lawsuit-against-india/article_a9cc0620-62da-5b89-85d4-2654e87a8459.html|archive-date=16 April 2016|url=http://host.madison.com/wsj/business/jury-trial-begins-in-epic-systems-corp-lawsuit-against-india/article_a9cc0620-62da-5b89-85d4-2654e87a8459.html}}</ref><ref name="EHR Intelligence">{{cite news|author1=Kyle Murphy, PhD|title=Epic Systems Taking TCS to Court over Theft of Trade Secrets|url=https://ehrintelligence.com/news/epic-systems-taking-tcs-to-court-over-theft-of-trade-secrets|access-date=16 April 2016|publisher=EHR Intelligence|date=11 April 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160416230911/https://ehrintelligence.com/news/epic-systems-taking-tcs-to-court-over-theft-of-trade-secrets|archive-date=16 April 2016}}</ref> In 2017, U.S. District Court Judge William Conley reduced the Award to $420 million; the company states that the judgement is also being appealed, as "not supported by evidence presented during the trial and a strong appeal can be made to superior court to fully set aside the jury verdict.”<ref>[https://host.madison.com/wsj/news/local/health-med-fit/award-to-epic-in-trade-secrets-case-reduced-from-million/article_1b1cdef4-16b6-5087-bb22-f0730898a98c.html Wahlberg, David] "Award to Epic in trade secrets case reduced from $940 million to $420 million", ''Wisconsin State Journal'', October 4, 2017. Retrieved July 12, 2018.</ref>

In July 2018, the [[National Company Law Tribunal]] (NCLT), which "adjudicates issues relating to Indian companies,"<ref>{{cite web|title=National Company Law Tribunal constituted – new perspectives for dispute resolution|url=https://www.lexology.com/library/detail.aspx?g=b6ddd99b-bba5-46fc-9b12-57206932b31d|publisher=Khaitan & Co|access-date=13 June 2016}}</ref> issued a verdict in the company's favor on charges of mismanagement leveled in 2016 by ousted chairman, [[Cyrus Mistry]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Ratan Tata welcomes NCLT verdict|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/64920213.cms|newspaper=The Economic Times|date=9 July 2018|access-date=12 June 2018}}</ref>

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