TATA GROUP

The Tata Group is a multinational conglomerate based in Mumbai, India. In terms of market capitalization and revenues, Tata Group is the largest private company in India. It has interests in steel, automobiles, information technology, communication, power, tea and hotels. The Tata Group has operations in more than 85 countries across six continents and its companies export products and services to 80 nations. The Tata Group comprises 98 companies in seven business sectors, 27 of which are publicly listed. 65.8% of the ownership of Tata Group is held by the charitable trust of Tata. Companies which form a major part of the group include Tata Steel, Corus Steel, Tata Motors, Tata Consultancy Services, Tata Tea, Tata Power, Tata Communications and the Taj Hotels.

The Tata Group comprises 98 operating companies in seven business sectors: information systems and communications; engineering; materials; services; energy; consumer products; and chemicals. The Group was founded by Jamsetji Tata in the mid 19th century, a period when India had just set out on the road to gaining independence from British rule. Consequently, Jamsetji Tata and those who followed him aligned business opportunities with the objective of nation building. This approach remains enshrined in the Group's ethos to this day.

Tata acquisitions and targets

* February 2000 - Tetley Tea Company, $407 million
* 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, $167 million * December 2005 - Brunner Mond Chemicals Limited, $120 million
* June 2006 - Eight O'Clock Coffee, $220 million
* November 2006 - Ritz Carlton Boston, $170 million
* Jan 2007 - Corus Group, $12 billion
* March 2007 - Bumi Resources, $1.1 billion
* April 2007 - Campton Place Hotel, San Francisco, $60 million
* 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

Targets

* Close Brothers Group, $2.9 billion
* Orient Express Hotels, $2.5 billion
* January 2008 - T-Systems International (IT division of Deutsche Telekom)

Companies

Tata Chemicals · Tata Consultancy Services · Tata Elxsi · Tata Interactive Systems · Tata Motors · Tata Steel · Tata Power · Tata Tea · Tata Communications · Tata Technologies Limited · Tata Teleservices · Titan Industries · The Indian Hotels Company · Trent (Westside) · Voltas

Notable non-Indian Companies

Corus Group · Tetley · Tata Daewoo Commercial Vehicle · VSNL International Canada · Jaguar Cars · Land Rover · Brunner Mond

Brands

Good Earth Teas · Tanishq · Taj Hotels · Tata Sky · Tata Indicom · Titan · Westside · Voltas

Notable People

Jamsetji Tata · Dorabji Tata · Nowroji Saklatwala · J. R. D. Tata · Ratan Tata · Pallonji Mistry

Tata Motors

Tata Motors Limited, formerly known as TELCO (TATA Engineering and Locomotive Company), is a multinational corporation headquartered in Mumbai, India. It is India's largest passenger automobile and commercial vehicle manufacturing company.
Part of the Tata Group, it is one of the world's largest manufacturers of commercial vehicles. The OICA ranked it as the world's 20th largest automaker, based on figures for 2006. Tata Motors was established in 1945, when the company began manufacturing locomotives. The company manufactured its first commercial vehicle in 1954 in collaboration with Daimler-Benz AG, which ended in 1969. Tata Motors was listed on the NYSE in 2004, and by 2005 it was ranked among the top 10 corporations in India with an annual revenue exceeding INR 320 billion.
Tata Novus

Tata Novus is the Tata Motors' first offering from its acquisition of Daewoo's truck manufacturing unit. Tata Novus is based on the Daewoo Novus truck available in South Korea. It was launched in December 2005. Tata Motors became the first Indian manufacturer to introduce 300 horsepower (220 kW) heavy commercial vehicles.
Tata Novus is powered by a Cummins C8.3-300 engine that’s Bharat Stage III compliant. It comes with a fully synchronised gear box with 10 forward gears and 2 reverse gears.

Tata Magic

In June 2007 Tata Motors launched the passenger variant of the Ace, named Magic and also India's first Maxivan - The Tata Winger, on a new platform. The company's objective is "to change the way an average Indian travels" Tata Motors' two new vehicles Magic and Winger will attempt to cater to the two ends of the light commercial passenger segment.

The Magic is the passenger version of the Ace mini-truck, the new Magic features an all-steel cabin. It offers a flexible seating capacity of 4-7 passengers with adequate legroom.

Tata Motors' two new vehicles, Magic and Winger, are expected to cater to the two ends of the taxi segment. The Winger, which is a sturdier and more refined product, will attempt to wrestle market share in the Staff (ITES/ BPO employees) transportation segments, Hotel & Inter-urban Tourist segments, Airport drop & pickup etc.

Both the Magic and the Winger are being launched nation-wide, starting with Maharashtra and Gujarat, after which availability will be extended to other parts of the country in a phased manner.

Tata Consultancy Services

Tata Consultancy Services Limited (TCS) is an Indian software services and consulting company. It is one of the world's largest providers of information technology and business process outsourcing services. As of 2007, it is Asia's largest information technology firm and has the largest number of employees among Indian IT companies with strength of over 110,000 employees in 47 countries. The company generated consolidated revenues of US $5.7 billion for fiscal year ended 31 March 2008 and is listed on the National Stock Exchange and Bombay Stock Exchange in India.
TCS is part of one of Asia's largest conglomerates, the Tata Group, which has interests in areas such as energy, telecommunications, financial services, manufacturing, chemicals, engineering and materials.

Offices and development centres
Indian branches
TCS has development centres and/or regional offices in the following Indian cities: Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Vadodara, Bhubaneswar, Chennai, Coimbatore, Delhi, Gandhinagar, Goa, Gurgaon, Hyderabad, Jamshedpur, Kochi, Kolkata, Lucknow, Mumbai, Pune, Siruseri,Thiruvananthapuram and indore.

Global units
Africa: South Africa
Asia (outside India): Bahrain, China, Indonesia, Israel, Japan, Malaysia, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, UAE
Australia: Australia
Europe: Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom
North America: Canada, Mexico, USA
South America: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Uruguay.
Global presence

TCS has set up nearshore centres in North America, Europe and Asia-Pacific, regional development centres in Hungary, Uruguay and Brazil and a global development centre in China, in addition to India.
In February, 2007, TCS kicked off a joint venture in China with Microsoft and three Chinese entities.

Tata Sky

Tata Sky is a DTH satellite television provider in India. It is a joint
venture between the Tata Group, that owns 80% and STAR TV that owns a 20% stake.

Tata Sky was incorporated in 2004 but was launched only in 2006. It currently offers close to 110 channels and some interactive ones. The company uses the Sky brand owned by BSkyB.

Audio channels

781 - AIR Jallandhar

Television channels

100 - Tata Sky Help Channel 101 - DD National 103 - STAR Plus 105 - STAR One 107 - NDTV Imagine 109 - STAR Utsav

111 - Sony Entertainment Television 113 - SAB TV 115 - Sahara One 117 - Zee TV 119 - Bindass 121 - Zoom 150 - 9X

152 - ETV Rajasthan 153 - ETV Uttar Pradesh 154 - ETV Bihar 180 - Aastha 181 - Sanskar 201 - STAR World 205 - BBC Entertainment

207 - AXN 209 - Discovery Travel & Living 211 - Fashion TV 213 - Zee Cafe 215 - Zee Trendz 217 - Zone Reality
219 - NDTV GOOD TIMES (Comes with ACTVE Cooking, a round the clock cooking recipes and demonstrations along with tips and trivia on television for the first time in Indian television. Exclusive for TATA Sky customers)

301 - STAR Gold 305 - SET Max 307 - Filmy 309 - Zee Cinema 311 - UTV Movies 341 - STAR Movies 345 - PIX 347 - HBO 349 - Zee Studio

351 - World Movies 370 - Showcase Promo 371 - Showcase 1 (Pay Per View) 372 - Showcase 2 (Pay Per View) 373 - Showcase 3 (Pay Per View)

374 - Showcase 4 (Pay Per View) 375 - Showcase 5 (Pay Per View) 376 - Showcase 6 (Pay Per View) 401 - DD Sports

403 - STAR Sports 405 - ESPN 407 - Ten Sports 409 - Neo Sports 411 - Neo Sports Plus 413 - STAR Cricket 501 - DD News

502 - STAR News 503 - NDTV India 504 - Aaj Tak 505 - Zee News 506 - Zee Business 507 - CNBC Awaaz 508 - Lok Sabha TV

509 - India TV 510 - News 24 532 - NDTV 24x7 533 - NDTV Profit 534 - Times Now 535 - Headlines Today 536 - BBC World 537 - CNBC-TV18

Other channels

Active Newsroom - NDTV Metronation

Active Doordarshan - Rajyasabha Tv

Active Doordarshan - Gyan Darshan

Active Doordarshan - DD Urdu

Active Doordarshan - DD Bharati

Voltas

Voltas Limited is an engineering, air conditioning and refrigeration company based in Mumbai, India. It offers engineering solutions for a wide spectrum of industries in areas such as heating, ventilation and air conditioning, refrigeration, electro-mechanical projects, textile machinery, machine tools, mining and construction equipment, materials handling, water management, building management systems, indoor air quality and chemicals.

Voltas is a part of the Tata Group. The Chairman of Voltas is Ishaat Hussain. The managing director is A. Soni. Its shares are traded on the Bombay Stock Exchange under symbol 500575. Its 2006 sales were 19,544,000,000 rupees.

India's premier air conditioning and engineering services provider

Voltas Limited offers engineering solutions for a wide spectrum of industries in areas such as heating, ventilation and air

conditioning, refrigeration, electro-mechanical projects, textile machinery, machine tools, mining and construction

equipment, materials handling, water management, building management systems, indoor air quality and chemicals.

The Company's strengths lie principally in

* the design and manufacture of industrial equipment
* management and execution of air conditioning and public works projects
* sourcing, installation and servicing of technology-based systems
* representation of global technology leaders, serving diverse industrial sectors and applications.

Business Description
Voltas Limited. The Group's principal activities are to manufacture, develop and distribute electrical and agricultural equipment and pesticides. The products of the Group include air conditioners, water coolers, refrigerators and washing machines. The Group is also engaged in trading of pesticides and chemicals, forklift trucks, hydraulic truck cranes, machines tools, earth moving equipment, textile machinery and equipment, agro industrial products, electrical equipment, pollution control equipment and other consumer products. The Group operates in four segments, namely, Electro mechanical project and services, Engineering products and services, Unitary cooling product for comfort and commercial and Others.

Voltas offers engineering solutions for a wide spectrum of industries in areas such as heating, ventilation and air conditioning, refrigeration, electro-mechanical projects, textile machinery, machine tools, mining and construction equipment, materials handling, water management, building management systems, indoor air quality and chemicals.
The Company's strengths lie principally in the design and manufacture of industrial equipment; management and execution of air conditioning and public works projects; sourcing, installation and servicing of technology-based systems; and representation of global technology leaders, serving diverse industrial sectors and applications.

Trent (Westside)

Trent is the retail arm of the Tata group. Started in 1998, Trent operates Westside, one of the many growing retail chains in India. The foresight of the Tata group, which invested in retail relatively early is paying high dividends as retail is one of the booming sectors in India.

Star India Bazaar

Trent also operates the newly launched hypermarket, Star India Bazaar which is situated in Ahmedabad and Bangalore.

Business

The company has a turnover of Rs. 357.6 crores (FY 2005-2006) and currently operates 22 stores in the major metros and mini metros of India. An international shopping experience, a perception of values, and offering the latest styles, has created a loyal following for Westside's own brand of merchandise.

Westside was named the 'Most Admired Large Format Retail Chain of the Year' by the Lycra Images Fashion Awards 2005.

Westside operates stores in Mumbai, Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Delhi, Chennai, Kolkata, Hyderabad, Pune, Surat, Vadodara, Indore, Noida, Gurgaon, Ghaziabad, Mysore, Jaipur, Lucknow, Nagpur.

Taj Hotels, Resorts and Palaces

Taj Hotels, Resorts and Palaces form one of the finest chains of luxury hotels and resorts worldwide. The Indian Hotels Company Limited, and its subsidiaries are collectively known as Taj Hotels, Resorts and Palaces. A part of the Tata Group, India's premier business conglomerate, Taj Hotels Resort and Palaces comprise 77 hotels, 7 authentic palaces, 6 private islands and 12 resorts and spas, spanning 52 destinations in 12 countries across 5 continents. Besides India, Taj Hotels Resort and Palaces are located in The United States of America, The United Kingdom, Africa, the Middle East, Maldives, Mauritius, Malaysia, Bhutan, Sri Lanka and Australia.
The Taj Mahal Palace & Tower, Mumbai, a 105-year old heritage hotel, opened by Jamshetji Nusserwanji Tata, founder of the Tata Group, on December 16, 1903, retains its stature as the flagship Taj property. This grand hotel epitomized the group philosophy that still holds true today: provide impeccable service and unparalleled facilities so every stay is a memorable one.
Besides the Taj Mahal Palace & Tower, Mumbai, the Taj has many iconic, legendary and award-winning hotels around the world, and in India. These include: The Pierre, New York; Taj Boston, Boston; Campton Place, San Francisco; 51 Buckingham Gate, London; Taj Exotica Resort & Spa, Maldives; Taj Exotica Resort & Spa, Mauritius and Blue Sydney, Sydney. In India, these include: Taj Lake Palace, Udaipur; Rambagh Palace, Jaipur; Umaid Bhawan Palace, Jodhpur; The Taj Mahal Hotel, New Delhi; The Taj West End, Bangalore; Taj Malabar, Cochin and Taj Exotica, Goa.

Over the years, Taj Hotels, Resorts and Palaces has been refining the art of hospitality. It has retained the spirit and charm of the traditions of India, but has blended these with avant garde facets and expertise required to create a hotel brand that is classic and contemporary. Taj imbibes the local ethos and differentiates itself with a variety of experiences as the company's influence travels to newer locales, cuisines and cultures.
Awards & Recognition

• 2007 Corporate Hotelier of the World (HOTELS magazine) - Raymond N. Bickson, MD and CEO, Taj Hotels Resorts and Palaces
• Leading Hotels of the World Ltd. (LHW) Chairman’s Award 2007 & 2006 for Best Advertising Campaign
• SENSES Visions Award 2007 at the SENSES Wellness Awards 2007 - Taj Spa
• Superbrand 2007 across 1699 brands in 58 countries
• Platinum Award - Reader’s Digest Trusted Brands Awards 2007 and 2005
• Dun & Bradstreet - American Express Corporate Awards 2007 - India's Top 500 Companies 2007 - in the "Hotels" category - The Indian Hotels Company Ltd.
• Inaugural 'Genius of the Web 2007' award by CNBC-Web 18 in association with Frost & Sullivan for the Best Hotel Website in India.
• Avaya GlobalConnect Customer Responsiveness Award 2007 & 2005 (Travel and Tourism - Hospitality)
• Indian Hotels Company Ltd in Standard & Poor's Global Challengers Class of 2007
• Today's Traveller Leadership award for India's Most Recognised Hotel Brand – Taj Hotels Resorts & Palaces
• CNBC TV18 International Trade Award - Outstanding Exporter of the Year 2006-07 in the Travel, Tourism and Hospitality category
• Frost & Sullivan Indian CEO Choice Award for The Most Preferred Group of Hotels
• Dun & Bradstreet - American Express Corporate Award 2006 - Highest performer in the Hospitality sector
• India’s Most Trusted Hotel Brand – Economic Times Brand Equity Most Trusted Brands Survey 2005
• Travel + Leisure 2005 Global Vision Award – Corporate Initiative
• Best Travel Online Campaign worldwide in the Web Marketing Association’s 2005 Internet Advertising Competition
• World Travel Market 2004 – 25th Anniversary Silver Award - sponsored by Trav Talk
• 10th World Travel Awards, New York - Posthumous Award - Mr. J. R. D. Tata - voted by travel agents worldwide
• PATA Gold Awards 2003 (Pacific Asia Travel Association) Corporate Environmental Programme - ECOTAJ Environmental Initiatives
• ‘Selling Long Haul’ Travel Awards 2002 - Best Hotel Group in India
• Hermes 2002 International Hospitality Award – Best Innovation in Human Resources for its employee loyalty programme S.T.A.R.S. “Special Thanks And Recognition System”
• Pacific Asia Travel Writers Association (PATWA)– ITB, Berlin 2002 – Lifetime contribution for promoting the Hospitality Industry

Titan Industries

Titan Industries is the world's sixth largest wrist watch manufacturer and India's leading producer of watches under the Titan and Sonata brand names. It is a joint venture between one of India's most respected business organization - the Tata Group and the Tamil Nadu Industrial Development Corporation (TIDCO). Its product portfolio includes watches, clocks, accessories and jewellery, in both contemporary and traditional designs. It exports watches to about 32 countries around the world with manufacturing facilities in Hosur, Dehradun, Goa and manufactures precious jewellery under the Tanishq brand name, making it India's only national jewellery brand. It is a subsidiary of the Tata Group.

Watch division

Titan watch division was started in 1984, however its operations began not earlier than 1986. At launch it was the third watch company in India after HMT and Allwyn. Titan formed a joint venture with Timex, which lasted until 1998, and setup a strong distribution network across India. As of 2005, Titan watches account for a 25% share of the total Indian market and are also sold in about 40 countries through marketing subsidiaries based in London,Aden,Dubai and Singapore. Titan watches are sold in India through retail chains controlled by Titan Industries.

Titan Industries has claimed to have manufactured the world's slimmest wrist watch - Titan Edge. Produced indigenously after four years of research and development, the Titan Edge has a total slimness of just 3.5 mm and a wafer thin movement of 1.15 mm. Apart from the Titan Edge, Titan also offers Steel, Regalia, Raga, Fastrack, Technology, Nebula, Bandhan and Sonata along with its premium watch brand Xylys.

Titan watches have been made famous by the melodious advertisements based on Mozart's 25th symphony, 1st movement. Titan watches have its main manufacturing unit in Hosur, Tamilnadu.

Precision Engineering Division
Precision Engineering Division of Titan was started in 2002. It has become one of the leading manufacturers of Precision Parts for Automotive and Aerospace Industries.

The Diverse Product range includes pointers, dashboard clusters like Fuel Gauge, Temperature Gauge, Gear Shift Indicators, Clocks for Automobiles and any kind of Injection molded Plastic parts, Electromechanical Assemblies for automobiles, all kinds of pressed and turned parts for automobiles. The Tooling Sector of Precision Engineering Division manufactures all kinds of Press Tool, Molds, Jigs, Fixtures for various industries.

Jewelery division

Tanishq is currently the most prominent jewellery brand of India, and it pioneered the concept of branded jewellery and ornaments in India. The name Tanishq has been formed by combining "Tan" (body in Hindi) and "Ishq" or (love in Hindi).

Tanishq is India's largest jewellery brand with a wide range of jewellery in 22Kt pure gold studded with diamonds or coloured gems. It is the fastest growing jewellery brand in India. Tanishq, established in 1995, challenged the established family jeweller and introduced new rules in precious jewellery; a category as old as civilization. Tanishq challenged the age-old jeweller's word with Tata's guaranteed purity. It exploded the market with facts about rampant impurity across India. It introduced technology-backed challenge in a category completely governed by individual trust. Tanishq introduced innovations like Karatmeter, the only non destructive means to check the purity of gold; machine made jewellery, which offers superior finish and value to the customer and handcrafted jewellery which is influenced by various jewellery traditions of India.

Tanishq has set up production and sourcing bases with thorough research of the jewellery crafts of India. The 1,35,000 sq. ft. factory is equipped with the latest and most modern machinery and equipment. The factory complies with all labour and environmental standards, located at Hosur, Tamil Nadu. The brand brings together the work of karigars, who specialize in different styles of making jewellery. Karigars, who continue to be an exploited lot with other jewellers, are paid fair remuneration and work under good working conditions in Tanishq.

Face of Titan

The Company also runs a one of a kind contest in the retail industry called the Face Of Titan (FOT) contest to identify the most talented Sales person, Manager & Service personnel Technician & Cashier. contest recognizes the best based on a set of parameters that give a measure of the overall development of the individual in each of the categories mentioned above and is not solely on sales.

The contest leapfrogged into the digital era from the year 2006-07 with the introduction of IT in the capturing of survey data across all of it's 200+ stores,that year also saw the introduction of the data gathered at the store level being used to profile the staff at various levels using a custom built web based software.

Tata Power

The Tata Power Company Limited is India’s largest private sector electricity generating company with an installed generation capacity of over 2300 MW. The Company has emerged as a pioneer in the Indian power sector, with a track record of performance, customer care and sustained growth. Tata Power has a presence in all areas of power sector generation (thermal, hydro, solar and wind) transmission and distribution. Inspired by a powerful vision, the founders of Tata Power pioneered the generation of electricity in India with the commissioning of India’s first large hydro-electric

project in 1915. The thermal power stations of the company are located at Trombay in Mumbai, Jojobera in Jharkhand and Belgaum in Karnataka. The hydro stations are located in the Western Ghats of Maharashtra and the wind farm in Ahmednagar.

The Company has been a front-runner in introducing state-of-the-art power technologies. Among its achievements, the company has to its credit the installation of India’s first 500 MW unit at Trombay, the first 150 MW pumped storage unit at Bhira, and a flue gas desulphurization plant for pollution control at Trombay. An optimum mix of hydel and thermal capacity enables the company to supply power at competitive tariffs to its customers. At 2.4% the Company's transmission & distribution losses are among the lowest in the country. Tata Power having served Mumbai’s consumers for over nine decades has since spread its footprint across the country and abroad. Outside Mumbai, the company now has generation capacities in the States of Jharkhand and Karnataka and a Distribution Company in Delhi.

The Distribution joint venture with the Government of Delhi called the “North Delhi Power Limited” (NDPL), has met with considerable success. This joint venture serves over 800,000 consumers (in a population of 4.5 million) spread over in an area of 510 km² and has a peak load of 1050 MW. Since its formation in 2002 the company has launched a series of technological improvements for upgrading reliability and other consumer services. NDPL as a joint venture company has to serve the North and North Delhi from the distribution point of view. Initially an agreement was signed for five years between the Delhi government and Tata Power, which will be reviewed in July 2005. Now as per information received that the contract again has been implemented to next four years. NDPL has achieved a great success in cutting down the losses from 51% to 28% in span of five years.

The Company has also executed several overseas projects in the Middle East, Africa and South East Asia. Of particular interest are the Jebel Ali ‘G’ station (4 x 100 MW + desalination plant) in Dubai, Al-Khobar II (5 x 150 MW + desalination plant) and Jeddah III (4 x 64 MW + desalination plant) in Saudi Arabia, Shuwaikh (5 x 50 MW) in Kuwait, EHV substations in UAE and Algeria, and power plant operation and maintenance contracts in Iran and Saudi Arabia.

In a ‘first of its kind’ project, Tata Power has entered into a 51:49 joint venture with PowerGrid Corporation of India for the 1200 km Tala transmission project. The joint venture is India’s first transmission project to be executed with public-private partnership.

Tata Power has also bagged contract for building 4000 MW power plant at Mundra. One unique aspect of this project is that for the first time in India a 4000MW power plant is being built utilizing one large construction project; all other large projects have always involved stage construction.

Tata Nano

The Tata Nano is a proposed city car debuted by India's Tata Motors at the 9th annual Auto Expo on January 10, 2008 at Pragati Maidan in New Delhi, India. Called the people’s car in Tata's promotional material, it was projected to be the least expensive production car in the world. The standard version of the Nano is projected to sell for Rs. 100,000 (approximately US $2500, GBP 1277, or € 1700) , not including fees or delivery.

Newsweek identifies the Nano as a part of a "new breed of 21st-century cars" that embody "a contrarian philosophy of smaller, lighter, cheaper" and portend a new era in inexpensive personal transportation — and potentially, "global gridlock" . The Wall Street Journal confirms a global trend toward small cars, led by the Nano.
The project to create a 1 lakh (1 lakh = 100,000) rupees car began in 2003, under the Chairman of Tata Motors, Ratan Tata. The strategy behind the project was the awareness of the number of Indian families who had two wheeled transport, but couldn't afford a four wheel car,[11] and was based on the company's success in producing the low cost 4 wheeled Ace truck in May 2005.

Technical specifications

According to Tata Group's Chairman Ratan Tata, the Nano is a 33 PS (33 hp/24 kW) car with a 623 cc rear engine and rear wheel drive, and has a fuel economy of 4.55 L/100 km (21.97 km/L, 51.7 mpg (US), 62 mpg (UK)) under city road conditions, and 3.85 L/100 km on highways (25.97 km/L, 61.1 mpg (US), 73.3 mpg (UK)). It is the first time a two-cylinder non-opposed petrol engine will be used in a car with a single balancer shaft. Tata Motors has reportedly filed 34 patents related to the innovations in the design of Nano, with powertrain design alone having 34 patents.[15] The head of Tata Motors' Engineering Research Centre, Girish Wagh has been credited with being one of the brains behind Nano's design.

According to Tata, the Nano complies with Bharat Stage-III and Euro-IV emission standards

Rear mounted engine

The use of a rear mounted engine to help maximize interior space makes the Nano similar to the original Fiat 500, another technically innovative "people's car". A concept vehicle similar in styling to the Nano, also with rear engined layout was proposed by the UK Rover Group in the 1990s to succeed the original Mini but was not put into production. The eventual new Mini was much larger and technically conservative. The independent, and now-defunct, MG Rover Group later based their Rover CityRover on the Tata Indica.

Tata Chemicals

Tata Chemicals Ltd is a Tata Group Company (India) with plant locations in Mithapur (Gujarat),Babrala (UP), and Haldia (West Bengal), States, in India. It is headquartered in Mumbai, India.

Tata Chemicals has the largest single soda ash production capacity plant in India. This was the second soda ash plant built in India by Shri Kapilram Vakil that started operating in the year 1944. The township Mithapur, derives its name from "Mithu" which means salt in Gujarati language.

Since 2006 Tata Chemicals has owned Brunner Mond, a United Kingdom-based chemical company with operations in Kenya and The Netherlands.

On March 27, 2008, Tata Chemicals Ltd acquired 100 per cent stake in US-based General Chemical Industrial Products Inc (GCIP) for $1 billion (around Rs 4,000 crore) to become the world’s second largest maker of soda ash. With all these acquisitions, combined capacity of production has increased to around 5.5 million tonnes of soda ash. Currently, TCL makes 2.9 million tonne (mt) of soda ash a year, while GCIP makes 2.5 mt.

Tata Teleservices

Tata Teleservices Limited (TTSL) is part of the Tata Group of Companies, an Indian Conglomerate. It runs the brand name Tata Indicom in India in various telecom circles of India. The company forms part of the Tata Group's presence in the Telecommunication Industry in India, along with Tata Teleservices (Maharashtra) Limited (TTML) and VSNL.

TTSL was incorporated in 1995 and was the first company to offer CDMA Mobile services in India, specifically in the state of Andhra Pradesh.

In December 2002, the company acquired the erstwhile Hughes Telecom (India) Ltd. which was renamed Tata Teleservices (Maharashtra) Limited.

In September 2007, Tata Indicom launched the Talk World plan, an International Long Distance Plan.

Tata is the direct competitor with Reliance, both CDMA operators in India. The company provides unified telecommunication solutions including mobile, fixed wireless, fixed line and broadband. Other competitors are Vodafone, Airtel, Aircel, Idea, MTNL, BSNL providing GSM based mobile telephony.

The company was first in India to provide free intra network calling within city limits. They launched a unique scheme providing lifetime rental free connectivity on its mobile and fixed wireless for a one time charge.

On February this year, TTSL announced to provide CDMA mobile services targeted towards the youth, in a JV with Virgin, UK,on a MVNO basis.

Tata Elxsi

Tata Elxsi Limited (BSE: 500408, NSE: TATAELXSI) is a technology company of the Tata Group in India. It delivers outsourced product design and R&D services and solutions to customers worldwide, while also providing solutions through four core practices: product design services, design and engineering, system integration services, and visual computing labs. The company has a team of more than 3600 engineers and designers. It is headquartered in Bangalore.

Key Service Domains

Automotive
Tata Elxsi offers custom, full life cycle product R&D services to automobile manufacturers and component suppliers.The company have over a decade of experience in product development and engineering services for automotive companies and are fully conversant with open and standardized automotive software architecture and advanced automotive control applications.As Associate Member of the AUTOSAR and FlexRay consortiums[8], Elxsi support customers in developing solutions for next-generation automotive electronics.
As a member of the Automobile Multimedia Interface Collaboration(AMI-C) – a key standards body influential in defining telematics and infotainment system standards – Elxsi contributed to the definition of the 1394 automotive technical specifications.

Consumer Electronics
Tata Elxsi provides services to consumner electronics OEMs for products like Digital Set-top boxes, digital cameras / camcorders, Audio / Video Players, Digital Video Recorders, Home Appliances, Gaming Consoles and Home Entertainment in areas of embedded intelligence and communication capabilities.
Tata Elxsi provides services in the areas of Silicon/FPGA, Board Design, Firmware, Processors, RTOS, Drivers, Multimedia and Streaming .Networking
Tata Elxsi provides services for devices used in Broadband Infrastructure, IP Networks, Wireless Communications and Convergence

Semiconductors
The Tata Elxsi Chip Design Center offers services to help IC manufacturers go from paper to wafer. Tata Elxsi has product design experience in FPGA's, ASIC's, 0.12 or 0.13 micron technology, verification of processors, developing of behavioral models and technology migration.
Storage
One of Tata Elxsi's first projects 13 years ago was to building a 6-channel SCSI adapter and software for the ELXSI mainframe computer. Since then it has evolved from concentrating on server-attached storage to networked attached storage.
Scientific Instrumentation
Tata Elxsi provides services for data capture, filtering, processing, and presentation for equipment manufacturing and product development in the scientific field.

Telecom

* Design, development and testing of solutions for GSM, GPRS, CDMA, UMTS, WCDMA and

WiMAX

* Application development including MMS/EMS clients for mobile handsets, and enterprise servers/carrier class servers for field support. * Middleware development to support multimedia content delivery over wireless networks
Visual Computing Labs (VCL)
Visual Computing Labs (VCL) is focused on providing Animation (2D & 3D), Special Effects, and Gaming services.
VCL offers services in Pre-production, Production and Post-production of content for Advertising, Film & TV, and Gaming, both in India as well as internationally [15].
Visual Computing Labs operates out of multiple locations, including facilities at Bangalore and Mumbai and also out of Los Angeles, California for services in Animation and Visual Effects. Tata Elxsi also have a large facility located at Whitefield, Bangalore, for Game Development, Customized Software Plug-in Development and for R&D.

Movie credits for VCL
2008
* Roadside Romeo * Taare Zameen Par * Jodhaa Akbar
2007
* Gandhi, My Father * Deha * Ta Ra Rum Pum * Spider-Man 32006
* One Night with the King * Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna * Slayer (TV) * Kabul Express * Jaan-E-Mann * Dhoom 2 * Fanaa * Rang De Basanti
2005
* Neal 'N' Nikki * Home Delivery: Aapko... Ghar Tak * Salaam Namaste * Anniyan * Bunty Aur Babli * Kaal * Bose:The Forgotten Hero * Into the Blue * xXx: State of the Union
2004
* Veer-Zaara * Hum Tum * Dhoom * Swades * Agnipankh
2003
* Leprechaun: Back 2 tha Hood * Kal Ho Naa Ho * Boys
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Achievements
* National Film Award for Best Special Effects - Anniyan (2006) * Star Screen Award Best Special Effects - Rang De Basanti (2007)

Tata Tea Limited

Tata Tea Limited, also known as Tata-Tetley, is the world's second largest manufacturer and distributor of tea . Owned by India's Tata Group, the Tata Tea Limited markets tea under the following major brands — Tata Tea, Tetley, Good Earth Teas and JEMČA.
While Tata Tea is largest tea brand in India, Tetley is the largest tea company in the United Kingdom and Canada and the second largest in the United States by volume and JEMČA is Czech Republic's leading tea company. Tata Tea Limited along with its subsidiary companies manufactures 70 million kilograms of tea in India, has 54 tea estates, 10 tea blending and packaging factories, and employs around 59,000 people.The company owns 51 tea estates in India and Sri Lanka, especially in Assam, West Bengal and Kerala. The company is the largest manufacturer of Assam tea and Darjeeling tea and the second-largest manufacturer of Ceylon tea.


In the early 1980s, the tea industry in India was experiencing rising input and labor costs and dwindling margins as well as high taxes. India was facing competition on the world market not just from China, but other countries entering the business.
In 1983, Tata tea decided to move from the commodities business to consumer branding. The first brand Tata tea was introduced. This was followed by other brands like Kannan Devan, Agni, Gemini, and Chakra Gold. In spite of being the largest market in the world, the concept of branded tea took time to be accepted.

1990s – Exporting Branded tea

In the 1990s Tata decided to take its brands into the global markets. It formed an export joint venture with Britain's Tetley tea in 1992. Other new enterprises included a majority interest in Consolidated Coffee Ltd. (Tata Coffee Ltd.) and a joint venture to manage agricultural estates in Sri Lanka. Tata Tea Inc. in the United States processed and marketed Instant tea from its facility in Florida, based on sourcing of Instant tea products out of Munnar, Kerala
By 1999, Tata’s brands had a combined market share of 25% in India. The company had 74 tea gardens and was producing 62 million kilograms of tea a year, two-thirds of it packaged and branded. Towards the end of 1999, the tea business was hit by a drought in much of India. In addition, Russia, once the largest buyer of Indian tea, temporarily withdrew from the market.
The Indian tea industry being the second largest employer in the country has enjoyed the attention of the Indian Govt. For the last few years, the performance of Indian exports has not been encouraging. During these tough times, the govt. has been sympathetic to the demand of industry and cultivators. It has passed resolutions supporting the industry domestically and has also lobbied extensively with organizations like the WTO internationally.

1.Indian administration along with European Union and 6 other countries- Brazil, Chile, Japan, South Korea, and Mexico; filed a complaint with the WTO against Byrd Amendment formally known as Continued Dumping and Subsidy Offset Act of 2000 (CDSOA) legislated by the US.
The essence of this act was that non-US firms which sell below cost price in the US can be fined, and the money given to the US companies who made the complaint in the first place.
This act adversely affected the commodities business of the complainant states and has since been repealed after WTO ruled the Act to be illegal.

2.The Indian govt. took cognizance of the changed tea and coffee market and set up Inter-Ministerial Committee ( IMC ) to look into their problems in late 2003.The IMC has recommended that govt. share the financial burden of plantation industry on account of welfare measures envisaged for plantation workers mandated under the Plantation Labour Act 1951.IMC has also recommended to introduce means so that the Agricultural Income Tax levied by the state governments can be slashed and the tea industry be made competitive.It has recommended that sick/bankrupt plantation estates should be provided with analogous level of relaxation for similarly placed enterprises/estates as are available to industries referred to BIFR.

3.Special Tea Term Loan (STTL) for the tea sector was announced by the Indian govt. in 2004.
It envisaged restructuring/rephasing of irregular portion of the outstanding term/working capital loans in the tea sector with repayment over 5 to 7 years and a moratorium of 1 year, which was to be on a case to case basis for large growers. The STTL also provides for working capital up to Rs. 2 lakhs at a rate not exceeding 9% to small growers

4.Latest initiatives by the tea Board
The tea Board plans to launch a new marketing initiative, which will include foray into new markets such as Iran, Pakistan, Vietnam and Egypt. It also plans to renew its efforts in traditional markets like Russia, UK, Iraq and UAE. Noteworthy is its intent to double tea exports to Pakistan within this year.
Assam orthodox tea is all set to receive the Geographical Indications (GI) exclusivity. A GI stamp identifies a certain product as emanating from the territory of a WTO member or region or locality in that territory, where a given quality, reputation or other characteristic of the good is essentially attributable to its geographic origin.
Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) on December 29, 2006 to set up the Special Purpose Tea Fund (SPTF) under the tea Board for funding replantation and rejuvenation (R&R) programme.
The CCEA gave its approval for pegging the subsidy at 25 per cent and adoption of a funding pattern of 25 per cent promoter's contribution, 25 per cent subsidy from the Government and 50 per cent loan from the SPTF. Also banks have been instructed to increase the lending period to over 13 yrs.

TATA Steel

Tata Steel, formerly known as TISCO (Tata Iron
and Steel Company Limited), is a steel company based in Mumbai, India. It is part of Tata Group of companies.
Its main plant is located in Jamshedpur, Jharkhand, though with its recent acquisitions, the company has become a multinational with operations in various countries. The registered office of Tata Steel is in Mumbai. In the year 2000, the company was recognised as the world's lowest-cost producer of steel. The company was also recognised as the world's best steel producer by World Steel Dynamics in 2005. The company is listed on BSE and NSE; and employs about 82,700 people (as of 2007).
Ratan Tata is the Chairman and B. Muthuraman is the Managing Director of the company. Dr. Tridibesh Mukherjee and Mr. Arun Singh are Deputy Managing Directors of the company
Tata Steel is a limited company registered in India under the Companies Act, 1956.
Tata Steel was established by Indian Parsi businessman Jamshedji Nusserwanji Tata in 1907 (he died in 1904, before the project was completed). Tata Steel introduced an 8-hour work day as early as in 1912 when only a 12-hour work day was the legal requirement in Britain. It introduced leave-with-pay in 1920, a practice that became legally binding upon employers in India only in 1945. Similarly, Tata Steel started a Provident Fund for its employees as early as in 1920, which became a law for all employers under the Provident Fund Act only in 1952. Tata Steel's furnaces have never been disrupted on account of a labour strike and this is an enviable record of sorts.


Production

Tata Steel annually produces 9 million tonnes of steel in India and 21.4 million tonnes overseas, making it the fifth largest steel producer in the world. It produced a record-breaking 5.0 million tonnes of salable steel in its Jamshedpur works in 2006-07.
The company's gross revenue in that financial reporting year was Rs. 20196.24 crores. Its PBT was Rs.6261.65 crores and PAT was Rs.4222.15 crores in the same year.

Tata Communications

Tata Communications Limited along with its global subsidiaries (Tata Communications) is a leading global provider of the new world of communications. The company leverages its Tata Global Network, vertical intelligence and leadership in emerging markets to deliver value-driven, globally managed solutions to the Fortune 1000 and midsized enterprises, service providers and consumers.

The Tata Communications portfolio includes transmission, IP, converged voice, mobility, managed network connectivity, hosted data center, communications solutions and business transformation services to global and Indian enterprises and service providers, as well as broadband and content services to Indian consumers. The Tata Global Network encompasses one of the most advanced and largest submarine cable networks, a Tier-1 IP network, connectivity to more than 200 countries across 300 PoPs, and more than 1,000,000 square feet (93,000 m²) of data center space. Tata Communications serves its customers from its offices in 80 cities in 40 countries worldwide. Tata Communications has a strategic investment in South African operator Neotel, providing the company with a strong anchor to build an African footprint.

The number one global international wholesale voice operator and number one provider of international long distance, enterprise data and Internet services in India, the company was named "Best Wholesale Carrier" at the World Communications Awards in 2006 and was named the "Best Pan-Asian Wholesale Provider" at the 2007 Capacity Magazine Global Wholesale Telecommunications Awards for the second consecutive year.

Now the leading integrated provider to drive and deliver a new world of communications, Tata Communications became the unified global brand for VSNL, VSNL International, Teleglobe, Tata Indicom Enterprise Business Unit, and CIPRIS on February 13, 2008.

Tata Communications Ltd. is a part of the $29 billion Tata Group; it is listed on the Bombay Stock Exchange and the National Stock Exchange of India and its ADRs are listed on the New York Stock Exchange NYSE TCL.

Industry Leader

No 1 Global wholesale voice.

No 1 Global submarine cable capacity.

No 1 Data and Internet services in India.

State-of-the-art Infrastructure

200000 route km Global Network.

300 PoPs worldwide.

20+ Terabit submarine capacity.

1 M square feet of data center space.

Customers

1500 Global Carriers.

600 Mobile operators.

“Fortune 1000” of India.

5000+ SMEs in India.

500000 Internet and broadband subs.

History

VSNL's roots date back to two telegraph companies, Eastern Telegraph Co. (ETC, founded 1872) and Indian RadioTelegraph Co. (IRT, founded 1927).

In 1932 the two merged to form Indian Radio and Cable Communications Co. (IRCC).

In 1986 VSNL (Videsh Sanchar Nigam Limited which translates to Overseas Telecommunication Corporation Limited in English) was incorporated as a wholly owned government entity.

In 2000 Tata Group acquires a controlling stake in VSNL, Tata Indicom, the umbrella brand for Tata Telecom Services, starts operation.

In 2002 The Indian Government privatized VSNL. Tata Group holds 46% stake in VSNL, The Indian government holds 26% stake.

In 2004 VSNL International is launched.

In 2005 VSNL acquires Tyco Global Network, becoming one of the world’s largest providers of submarine cable bandwidth.

In 2006 VSNL acquires Teleglobe, growing its global reach, operational strengths, and deep carrier relationships.

In 2007 Tata Group acquires a controlling stake in Neotel, the No 2 Provider in South Africa.

In 2008, Tata Communications became the unified global brand for VSNL, VSNL International, Teleglobe, Tata Indicom Enterprise Business Unit, and CIPRIS.

Tata Safari

The Tata Safari is an SUV produced by Tata Motors of India. It is the first SUV to be designed, developed and manufactured entirely in India. The Safari is said to deliver almost the same power and torque as the Mitsubishi Pajero, but available at 60% of the Pajero's price (although this hasn't been thoroughly confirmed). It was released in 1998 with a 1.9-litre Turbo Diesel engine.
The Safari was extensively modified in August 2005, which included the addition of a new 3-litre DiCOR engine along with modified interiors and exteriors. This 3-litre engine is the first diesel engine from Tata Motors with common rail technology. A 2-litre petrol engine was also added to the range that same year. It was this modified version that won the Motor Forum's Car of the Year for 2007, in the SUV category. Voted by the users, it beat out rivals such as the Toyota RAV 4, Land Rover Freelander and Honda CRV.
Launched in 1998 in Turbo Diesel form, the Safari had 90 bhp (67 kW) power. It came with a synchromesh forward five-speed gearbox, with a 4X4 option. However, it was regarded to be grossly underpowered, with a heavy body rollover.
The new Tata Safari DiCOR (DiCOR standing for "Direct Injection Common Rail engine") is powered by a 3000 cc inline-four cylinder engine that develops 114 bhp (85 kW) at 3000 rpm and 30 kgf·m (300 N·m) of torque between 1600 and 2000 rpm. The engine is taken from the Tata 407, a truck manufactured by Tata Motors.
The new engine is mated to a five-speed gearbox, with a new, sporty gear lever. Tata recently displayed a EURO 4 compliant 2.2-litre DiCOR engine with 143 bhp (107 kW) at the 2006 Bologna Motor Show [2]. A new Safari DiCOR 2.2L VTT (Variable Turbine Technology) with 140 bhp (100 kW) and 320 N·m (236 ft·lbf) of torque launched on October 5, 2007. It has some improved interior features like two-tone upholstery and leather seats. The high end version of the Safari comes with full safety features like airbags and ABS with EBD, and is priced at almost $20,000.
The main issue with the Safari is that it is quite a heavy vehicle; it tilts the scales at 2115 kg (4663 lb) (kerb); adding an extra 110 kg (243 lb) for the 4WD variant [3]. The consequence of that is though the engine specifications sound great on paper - 30 kgf·m (290 N·m) of torque at 1600 rpm is decent by any standards - it is not a great leap in terms of outright performance [4]. Nevertheless, with the DiCOR engine, the 4WD Safari is substantially quicker than the 2000 cc turbodiesel model.

Tata Sumo

Tata Sumo is a multi-utility car released by Tata Motors of India in 1994
Prior to the Sumo, the Indian market had stagnated, where the most modern vehicles in the same class were from the class were from Mahindra, primarily derived from the original Willys Jeep models. As such, the Sumo was able to quickly make a name for itself. As such, the Tata Sumo can claim to have created the utility vehicle segment in India.
The Sumo is based on Tata Motors' 207 pick-up platform and thus, shared most of its other mechanicals with other Tata vehicles like the Tata Sierra, Tata Estate, Tata Tatamobile, Tata Telcoline (TL) and Tata 207DI. In 1994, the Tata Sumo originally came with a 1948 cc normally aspirated diesel engine. Later, an option of a turbocharged version of the same engine was also offered.
To stay alive in the competition, the Sumo regularly went through minor cosmetic upgrades such as body coloured bumpers, body graphics and so on. Some of its higher variants shared interior components from the more expensive Tata Safari SUV and the Tata Indigo sedan.
A no-frills version called the Tata Spacio is also available. It is equipped with a 3000 cc DI diesel engine sourced from the popular LCV Tata 407. The prominent visual difference was the presence of round headlamps instead of the rectangular lamps. A soft top version of the Spacio called the Spacio ST was also introduced for the rural markets.

The Sumo received an extensive facelift in 2004 and was renamed the Sumo Victa in face of competition from relatively modern competitors.
The Victa has a feature set that is is seen as relatively uncommon for an MUV in India. Power windows, power steering, dual AC, central locking, clear lens multi reflector head lamps, crystal finish tail lamp cluster, anti glare ORVMS with electronic control, remote keyless entry, tachometers, LCD monitors, voice warnings, multiple trip odometers are all either standard or available options.
After the facelift, the Spacio inherited the styling elements of the older Tata Sumo. In 2007, the Victa became available with the Spacio's 3000 cc engine. And in terms of styling, the positioning of the spare wheel was changed from the rear tailgate to the underbody of the vehicle.
This model comes in 8 & 10 seater variants and is very much popular with private transporters & contract taxi vendors because of its lower cost.

Tata Estate

The Tata Estate is a MUV car produced by the Tata Motors.It was the company's first attempt at building a car.The car was considered fairly advanced during its time and had many features which were not common among cars in India at the time including power windows, power steering and a tachometer.The car performed better than expected, but was out of production due to its lack of powerful engine. The car had the TATA 207 Engine.

Specifications

Engine

* Displacement: 1948 cc * Fuel: Diesel * Number of Cylinders: 4 * Maximum Power: 68 bhp (51 kW/69 PS) @ 4500 rpm
* Length: 4625 mm (182.1 in) * Width: 1710 mm (67.3 in) * Ground Clearance: 150 mm (5.9 in) * Wheelbase: 2825 mm (111.2 in)

Tata Xover

The Tata Xover concept is also based on Tata Estate platform.Tata Xover (pronounced crossover) is a 7-seat crossover SUV concept car created by the Indian carmaker Tata Motors. It was first introduced at the 2005 Geneva Motor Show. The Xover is 4.85 metres (190.9 in) long and designed to accept Tata's next generation Euro IV compliant powertrains

Tata Sierra

The Tata Sierra, or Tata Sierra Turbo was a sport utility vehicle produced by Tata Motors of India.
It was the first automobile fully designed and produced in India. The vehicle also forms the basis for DC Design's Arya Concept vehicle.The Sierra is powered by a 1.9 turbodiesel. Initially it had naturally aspired engine but latter version were Turbocharged. The Sierra Turbo is believed to be the first turbo charged engine on cars in India at the time. The later version had distinguishable plastic fender flare and remodelled headlamp based on another tata vehicle Tata Estate. Tata used to provide 4x4 on special request. It was a three door SUV.Being the first automobile from Tata Motors, part of the India's largest industrial house the Tata Group and better known for its dominance in the commercial vehicle segment, the Sierra is a concept suited to Indian conditions of driving. This is the first diesel vehicle to be accepted as a personal car in that country without the derogatory connotations associated with diesels. The design though not class leading is quite acceptable. It featured some firsts in India, such as adjustable steering. Engine noise is also remarkably well suppressed, while cruising in high gear it is difficult to tell what is under the bonnet Other features included power windows, power steering and a tachometer. The body is very sturdy and so is the chassis. Durability is the hallmark of this machine. Tata Sierra is no longer in production now.

Engine specifications
* Type: Four-cylinder, in-line, longitudinal location, diesel * Displacement: 1948 cc + 750 cc turbo * Bore x Stroke: 83 mm (3.3 in) x 90 mm (3.5 in) * Cylinders: Four * Maximum power: 90 PS (89 hp/66 kW) @ 4500 rpm * Maximum torque: 19 kg·m (190 N·m/140 ft·lbf) @ 2500 rpm * Compression ratio: 22:5:1
* Transmission: Manual * Number of gears: 4 Forward, 1 Overdrive and 1 Reverse

Dimensions
* Length: 4410 mm (173.6 in) * Width: 1710 mm (67.3 in) * Ground clearance: 170 mm (6.7 in) * Wheelbase: 2400 mm (94.5 in)

Tata Indica

The Tata Indica is a small hatchback automobile manufactured by Tata Motors of India. The model is also exported to Europe as well as retailing in South Africa from late 2004. In the UK it was imported by MG Rover and was called the CityRover.
On 30 December 1998, Tata Motors (previously called TELCO) introduced the most modern car ever to be designed by an Indian company: the Indica. Marketed with slogans like "The Big... Small Car" and "More car per car," the ad campaign focused on roomy interiors and affordability. Within a week, the company received 1,15,000 bookings. In two years, the Indica became the number one car in its segment.
Partly designed and developed by Tata Motors, it is a five-door compact hatchback with a 1.4 L petrol/diesel engine designated as 475DL internally. This is a homegrown engine which is derived from the engine used by Tata in their line of pickups and SUVs earlier with a reduced stroke. The original engine was designated as 483DL which stood for 4 cylinder and 83 mm stroke.

Contrary to popular belief, the car was not designed entirely in India. The outer body styling was done by an Italian design house called I.DE.A Institute, under contract from Tata Motors, with heavy interaction with Tata's in-house design team. The engine, however, was indigenous.
During India's 2006 Auto Expo in New Delhi, Tata unveiled the Indica Silhouette concept car, a radical, high-performance Indica featuring rear-wheel drive, extensive bodywork, and a 3.5 litre 330 hp (246 kW) V6.[3] The car is capable of accelerating from 0-100 km/h in 4.5 seconds, and maxes out at 270 km/h (168 mph). The Silhouette is currently only a concept vehicle, and is obviously a far cry from the standard Indica.