Tata Sons' chairman: Names of those in race for top job kept under wraps

TCS meeting a day ago was a giveaway

It was at the TCS House in Fort, Mumbai, that the word got out Wednesday evening that CEO N Chandrasekaran would be named the chairman of the holding company, Tata Sons. A meeting held at the headquarters of Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) to finalise Chandrasekaran’s successor at the top IT firm gave enough hints to the employees that a change was in the offing, it is learnt. The word spread fast as it was also a day before TCS' Q3 result when activity was at its peak. 

Some hours later, at Bombay House, not too far from the TCS HQ,