Thachat Viswanath Narendran (born 2 June 1965) is an Indian business executive. He is currently the global CEO and Managing Director of

Tata Steel Tata Steel Limited is an Indian multinational steel-making company headquartered in Mumbai, Maharashtra, with its primary operations based in Jamshedpur, Jharkhand. It is a subsidiary of the Tata Group. Formerly known as Tata Iron and Steel ...

, one of the largest steel producers in the world. He is the current President of

Confederation of Indian Industry The Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) is a Non-governmental organization, non-governmental business and industry organisation and advocacy group headquartered in New Delhi, India, founded in 1895. CII is a membership-based organisation. ...

Early life and education

Narendran holds an undergraduate degree in

mechanical engineering Mechanical engineering is the study of physical machines and mechanism (engineering), mechanisms that may involve force and movement. It is an engineering branch that combines engineering physics and engineering mathematics, mathematics principl ...

from Regional Engineering College, Tiruchirappalli (now known as

National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli The National Institute of Technology Tiruchirappalli (NIT-Tiruchirappalli or NIT-Trichy) is a National university, national research university, research deemed university near the city of Tiruchirappalli in Tamil Nadu, India. It was founded as ...

) and an MBA from

Indian Institute of Management Calcutta Indian Institute of Management Calcutta (IIM Calcutta or IIM-C) is a public business school located in Joka, Kolkata, West Bengal, India. It was the first Indian Institute of Management to be established, and has been recognized as an Institu ...

Career

Narendran joined Tata Steel in 1988 after completing his management degree from

. He worked in the International Trading Division of Tata Steel from 1988 to 1997 wherein he spent five years in Dubai looking after Tata Steels' exports to the Middle East. From 1997 to 2001, he spent time in Tata Steels' marketing and sales division and was involved in market development work for the Cold Rolling Mill Project, Supply Chain Management, Sales Planning, etc. From 2001 to 2003, he was the Chief of Marketing & Sales (Long Products) and played a key role in building the 'Tata Tiscon' brand and the distribution network for the same. From 2003 to 2005, he worked with B. Muthuraman, the then Managing Director of Tata Steel, as his Principal Executive Officer. Before being appointed as MD - Tata Steel India and South East Asia, on 1 November 2013, Narendran was the Vice President - Safety & Flat Products Divisions of Tata Steel. T. V. Narendran, CEO & Managing Director of

Limited was the President of the

(CII) for the year 2021-22. In May 2022, He was succeeded by

Sanjiv Bajaj Sanjiv Bajaj (born 2 November 1969) is an Indian billionaire businessman who currently serves as the chairman and managing director of Bajaj Finserv. Early life and education Born into the Bajaj Family, Bajaj family, Sanjiv is the great-grand ...

as the President of CII. On 31 October 2017, he was appointed as the global CEO and MD of Tata Steel.

Board memberships

He is currently on the Boards of Tata Steel Limited, Tata Steel Europe, CEDEP, XLRI and

World Steel Association World Steel Association, abbreviated as worldsteel, is the international industry association for the iron and steel sector. The association is one of the largest and most dynamic industry associations in the world, with members in every major s ...

Early life and education

Career

Board memberships

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