byzantine court position see tatas tes aules . tata group type private industry conglomerate founded 1868 ; 148 years ago 1868 founder jamshedji tata headquarters mumbai maharashtra india area served india key people cyrus pallonji mistry chairman products airlines automotive consumer goods chemicals defence & aerospace electrical distribution engineering services financial services healthcare information technology locomotives steel telecommunication real estate revenue us 108.7 billion 2015 1 profit us 6.7 billion 2015 1 total assets us 117.9 billion 2015 1 owner tata sons 100 % number of employees 600 000 2015 1 subsidiaries list of subsidiaries website www.tata.com tata group is an indian multinational conglomerate holding company headquartered in mumbai maharashtra india . it was founded in 1868 by jamshedji tata and gained international recognition after purchasing several global companies . it is one of india s largest conglomerates . in 2014 15 the revenue of tata companies taken together was 108.78 billion . 2 these companies collectively employ over 600 000 people . 2 each tata company or enterprise operates independently under the guidance and supervision of its own board of directors and shareholders . there are 30 publicly listed tata enterprises with a combined market capitalisation of about 134 billion as on march 31 2015 . 3 tata companies with significant scale include tata steel tata motors tata consultancy services tata power tata chemicals tata global beverages tata teleservices titan tata communications and taj group . contents 1 head of group 2 subsidiaries 3 acquisitions 4 philanthropy 5 controversies and criticisms 5.1 munnar kerala 5.2 kalinganagar orissa 5.3 supplies to burma s military regime 5.4 land acquisition in singur 5.5 dhamra port 5.6 soda extraction plant in tanzania 5.7 data and intellectual property theft 5.8 fire breakout at headquarters 6 see also 7 references 8 external links head of group edit jamsetji nusserwanji tata 1868 1904 sir dorab tata 1904 1932 nowroji saklatwala 1932 1938 jehangir ratanji dadabhoy tata 1938 1991 ratan tata 1991 2012 cyrus pallonji mistry since 2012 subsidiaries edit main article list of entities associated with tata group bombay house the head office of tata group tata bus tata nano packages of tata tea himalayan tata mineral water tata bus in sri lanka thai assembled tata xenon pick up truck this section lists the tata companies and details their business chemicals tata chemicals rallis india tata pigments limited general chemical industrial products brunner mond advinus therapeutics magadi soda company consumer products tata salt i shakti casa d cor tata swach tata global beverages is the world s second largest manufacturer of packaged tea and tea products . tata starbucks is a 50 50 joint venture company owned by starbucks corporation and tata global beverages eight o clock coffee tetley tata coffee himalayan mineral water brand tata ceramics infiniti retail crom tata industries titan industries trent westside landmark bookstores tata sky voltas consumer electronics company tata international ltd. tanishq tata zoya fastrack youth fashion brand titan eye optical stores from titan industries tata refractories westside energy tata power is one of the largest private sector power companies . tata power solar started as a joint venture between tata power and bp solar now a wholly owned company . hooghly met coke and power company jamshedpur utilities and services company tata power delhi distribution ltd formerly known as north delhi power ltd powerlinks transmission tata power trading tata projects engineering tal manufacturing solutions tasl tata advanced systems limited tata autocomp systems limited taco hispano carrocera tata motors manufacturer of commercial vehicles largest in india and passenger cars jaguar land rover manager of tata s english brands jaguar cars and land rover tata daewoo commercial vehicle tata projects tata technologies limited tata marcopolo tata consulting engineers limited tata cummins telco construction equipment trf voltas global engineering centre tata advanced materials tata advanced systems tata motors european technical centre tata petrodyne tata precision industries telcon construction equipment information systems and communications computational research laboratories incat nelco nelito systems tata business support services tata consultancy services ltd. tcs is one of the world s largest it services companies . tata elxsi neotel tata interactive systems tata teleservices tata docomo tata communications cmc limited vsnl international canada tatanet managed connectivity and vsat service provider services tata sons tajair mjunction vistara air asia india joint venture with air asia the indian hotels company taj hotels vivanta by taj the gateway hotels & resorts ginger hotels roots corporation tata housing development company ltd. thdc tata limited tata aig general insurance tata aia life insurance e nxt financials ltd. tkm global logistics and supply chain tata ag tata asset management tata financial services tata capital financial services limited tata international ag tata investment corporation tata advanced systems limited drive india enterprise solutions tata quality management services tata realty and infrastructure limited tata interactive systems tata africa holdings tata autocomp systems tata industrial services tata nyk tata services tata strategic management group steel tata steel tata steel europe tata steel kzn tata steel processing and distribution jamipol natsteel holdings tata bluescope steel tata metaliks tata sponge iron tayo rolls the tinplate company of india tata bearings tm international logistics core sciences tata institute of fundamental research tata institute of social sciences acquisitions edit february 2000 tetley tea company 407 million 4 march 2004 daewoo commercial vehicle company 102 million august 2004 natsteel s steel business 292 million november 2004 tyco global network 130 million july 2005 teleglobe international holdings 239 million october 2005 good earth corporation december 2005 millennium steel thailand 165 million december 2005 brunner mond chemicals 10 million june 2006 eight o clock coffee 220 million november 2006 ritz carlton boston 170 million january 2007 corus group 12 billion 5 march 2007 pt kaltim prima coal kpc bumi resources 1.1 billion april 2007 campton place hotel san francisco 60 million january 2008 imacid chemical company morocco 6 february 2008 general chemical industrial products 1 billion march 2008 jaguar cars and land rover 2.3 billion march 2008 serviplem sa spain april 2008 comoplesa lebrero sa spain may 2008 piaggio aero industries s.p.a. italy june 2008 china enterprise communications china june 2008 neotel south africa october 2008 miljo grenland innovasjon norway philanthropy edit the tata group has helped establish and finance numerous research educational and cultural institutes in india . 7 8 the tata group was awarded the carnegie medal of philanthropy in 2007 for philanthropic activities . 9 some of the institutes established by the tata group are tata institute of fundamental research tata institute of social sciences indian institute of science national centre for performing arts tata management training centre tata memorial hospital tata centre for technology & design at iit bombay tata center for technology & design at massachusetts institute of technology tata football academy tata cricket academy tata trusts a group of philanthropic organisations run by the head of the business conglomerate tata sons 10 the jrd tata ecotechnology centre the energy and resources institute earlier known as tata energy and research institute a non governmental research institute . tata medical center was inaugurated on 16 may 2011 by ratan tata 11 tata cancer hospital the tata group has donated 2.20 billion 50 million to the harvard business school hbs to build an academic and a residential building on the institute s campus in boston massachusetts . the new building will be called the tata hall and used for the institute s executive education programmes . 12 the amount is the largest from an international donor to harvard business school ratan tata the former chairman of tata group . one tata project brought together tata group companies tcs titan industries and tata chemicals was developing a compact in home water purification device . it was called tata swach which means clean in hindi and would cost less than 1000 rupees us 21 . the idea of tata swach was thought of from the 2004 tsunami in the indian ocean which left thousands of people without clean drinking water . this device has filters that last about a year long for a family of five . it is a low cost product available for people who have no access to safe drinking water in their homes . 13 the advantage of this device is that it does not require the use of electricity . 14 tcs also designed and donated an innovative software package that supposedly teaches illiterate adults how to read in 40 hours . the children of the people who have been through our literacy program are all in school says pankaj baliga global head of corporate social responsibility for tcs . 13 in 1912 tata group expanded their ceo s concept of community philanthropy to be included in the workplace . they instituted an eight hour workday before nearly any other company in the world . in 1917 they recommended a medical services policy for tata employees . the company would be among the first worldwide to organise modern pension systems workers compensation maternity benefits and profit sharing plans . 13 the charitable trusts of tata group fund a variety of projects for example the tata swach and the tcs project . they founded and still support such cherished institutions as the indian institute of science tata institute of fundamental research the national centre for the performing arts and the tata memorial hospital . each tata group company channels more than 4 percent of its operating income to the trusts and every generation of tata family members has left a larger portion of its profit to them . 13 after the mumbai attacks salaries of the attacked taj hotel employees were paid despite the hotel being closed for reconstruction . about 1600 employees were provided food water sanitation and first aid through employee outreach centres . ratan tata personally visited families of all the employees that were affected . the employee s relatives were flown to mumbai from outside areas and were all accommodated for 3 weeks . tata also covered compensation for railway employees police staff and pedestrians . the market vendors and shop owners were given care and assistance after the attacks . a psychiatric institution was established with the tata group of social science to counsel those who were affected from the attacks and needed help . tata also granted the education of 46 children of the victims of the terrorist attacks . 15 16 in 2013 the tata group through the tata relief committee and the himmotthan society an associate organisation of the sir ratan tata trust has been working in close collaboration with the uttarakhand government to provide relief to the impacted local communities in three districts of the state . the relief activities which include provision of food and household material have so far covered over 65 villages and 3 000 families . in the first phase of relief the group expects to reach over 100 villages . the tata group also plans to implement long term measures for the economic ecological and resource sustainability of the affected communities and areas . the plan currently under development will be based on a baseline survey of impacted villages which is being carried out by teams from the centre for disaster management at the tata institute of social sciences tiss mumbai in collaboration with local organisations and communities . 17 18 controversies and criticisms edit the tata group has also attracted several controversies and criticisms including the following below . munnar kerala edit the kerala government had filed an affidavit in the high court saying that tata tea had grabbed forest land of 3 000 acres 12 km2 at munnar . the tatas on the other hand say they possess 58 741.82 acres 237.7197 km2 of land which they are allowed to retain under the kannan devan hill resumption of lands act 1971 and there is a shortage of 278.23 hectares in that . the then chief minister of kerala v.s. achuthanandan who vowed to evict all on government land in munnar formed a special squad