Tata Sons Chairman Chandrasekaran gets U.K.’s honorary civilian award

Tata Group Chairman N. Chandrasekaran has been conferred with United Kingdom’s “The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (Civil Division)“, a prestigious honorary civilian awards to foreign nationals.

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Mr. Chandrasekaran has been awarded with honorary DBE/KBE for his services to U.K./India Business relations.

Commenting on it, Mr. Chandrasekaran said, “I am deeply humbled by this prestigious recognition, for which I am grateful to His Majesty, King Charles.”

In a post by Tata Group on X, Mr. Chandrasekaran said, “I would like to express how proud we are at the Tata Group to maintain such a strong strategic relationship with the U.K. across the technology, consumer, hospitality, steel, chemicals, and automotive sectors.”

“We are incredibly proud of our iconic British brands like Jaguar Land Rover and Tetley. We employ more than 70,000 people in the U.K. We enjoy fruitful and world-class research and academic partnerships with great institutions in this country which include the University of Oxford, the London School of Economics, the University of Warwick and the University of Swansea,” he added.

Expressing his gratitude on behalf of the Tata Group, he said, “…My deep thanks to HM Government for their support for the Group. It is a strong and enduring relationship, and I look forward to strengthening our presence in the U.K. further. Thank you once again for paying me this great honour.”