CONSOLIDATING CONTROL OVER THE GROUP
1993 Russi Mody removed. Ratan Tata becomes Tata Steel chairman
1995 Darbari Seth, chairman of Tata Chemicals and Tata Tea (now Tata Global Beverages), retires
1997 Ajit Kerkar retires from Indian Hotels
1997 Ratan Tata becomes chairman of key group companies, Tata Power and Indian Hotels
1998 A unified group logo launched and group companies asked to pay royalty for using Tata name to Tata Sons
DIVESTING NON-CORE COMPANIES
1994 Sells Tata Oil Mills (Tomco) to Hindustan Unilever
1997 Sells Lakme brand and assets to Hindustan Unilever
1998 Pharma company Merind sold to Wockhardt
1998 Voltas divests white goods division
CAR DREAMS AND MORE…..
1992 Tata Sierra, the group's first car, launched
1994 Tata Sumo drives out
1998 Tata Indica and Tata Safari launched
1998 Retail debut: Trent starts operations
2003 Tata Indicom begins CDMA mobile service
2004 Indian Hotels launches IndiOne (now Ginger hotels), a chain of no-frills business hotel
2006 Tata Sky, DTH venture, starts service
2006 Croma, a retail chain for consumer electronics and durables starts operations
2008 Tata Motors unveils Nano, the world's cheapest car
2009 Tata Docomo debuts in mobile service
2009 Tata Chemicals launches Swach, the low-cost water purifier
GOING GLOBAL
2000 Tata Tea acquires Tetley Group, UK for $ 450 million
2004 Tata Motors buys the commercial vehicles unit of Daewoo Motors, South Korea
2006 Tata Chemicals acquires Brunner Mond Group, UK to become world's second largest soda ash maker
2006 Tata Tea acquires Eight O Clock Coffee, US
2006 Indian Hotels buys Ritz Carlton Boston for $ 170 million
2007 Tata Steel snaps up Corus for $ 12 billion, becomes the world's sixth largest steel maker
2007 Indian Hotels picks up 11% stake in Orient Express Hotels
2008 Tata Motors acquires JLR for $2.3 billion
2008 Tata Chemicals acquires General Chemicals, US for $1 billion
2012 Indian Hotels makes bid for OEH
HIS CONTROVERSIES
1997 Tata Tea allegedly paid protection money to ULFA in Assam
2008 Farmers’ protest Nano plant at Singur, West Bengal; Tata shifts production to Sanand, Gujarat
2010 Ratan Tata dragged into Radia tape controversy
HIS MISSES….
1998 Tata proposal to launch an airlines rejected by the government
1999 FIs blocked Tata Sons plans to raise stake in ACC through a preferential allotment.
2000 Tata group sells its entire stake in ACC to Ambuja Cement
2001 Withdraws from race to acquire Air India
2012 OEH board reject take-off bid by Indian Hotels
