University of Oxford’s Somerville College honours Tata Sons chairman Natarajan Chandrasekaran with Foundation Fellowship

The ceremony of conferral was held on September 23, in the company of Vice-Chancellor of the University of Oxford, Professor Irene Tracey, the High Commissioner of India, HE Vikram Doraiswami, Mr Varun Chandra, the UK Prime Minister’s Special Adviser on Business and Investment, and many other friends and colleagues from the Tata Group and the University of Oxford.

What prompted his election?

Chandra was elected a Foundation Fellow in recognition of his role in enabling the creation of Somerville College’s flagship teaching and learning hub, the Ratan Tata Building. Named in honour of Chandra’s mentor, the revered philanthropist Ratan Tata. Somerville College’s new building will create a permanent home for the Oxford India Centre for sustainable development, which has been leading research into matters of sustainability and development affecting India and the world since 2013.

N Chandrasekaran, Chairman, Tata Sons, commented: “This rare institution has been quietly blazing a trail on behalf of the most pressing social causes facing our world for almost 150 years and continues to do so today. Their work chimes powerfully with the values of our business and its shining light, Ratan Tata.”

Chandra continued, “I am confident that the fertile interdisciplinary environment of Somerville College and the enduring bridge the OICSD creates between Oxford and India mean that this partnership will only grow in the years to come. Working together, we have the opportunity to tackle some of the biggest environmental and social questions facing the world.”

Natarajan Chandrasekaran earned a Bachelor’s degree in Applied Sciences from the Coimbatore Institute of Technology, Tamil Nadu, followed by a Master of Computer Applications (MCA) from the National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli. Chandrasekaran has become the chairman of Tata Consulting Services, before taking on the Chairmanship of other key Tata Group subsidiaries and finally his current position as Chairman of Tata Sons and the Tata Group, India’s largest business conglomerate.

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