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Profit triples, revenue doubles: Revisiting the 10 years of Tata Sons chief N ChandrasekaranN Chandrasekaran's tenure at the helm of one of India's largest conglomerates has been marked by notable turnarounds in companies such as Tata Steel and Indian Hotels, but also faces challenges such as BigBasket and the challenges surrounding Indian IT currently.By Yoosef K   February 25, 2026, 10:50:03 AM IST (Published)3 Min ReadN Chandrasekaran took over as the Chairman of Tata Sons in 2017. Since then, the group's financial performance has significantly improved barring a blip in the last few months. The current financial year has been a challenging one, particularly for TCS and Tata Motors.

Here's a look at the conglomerate's journey during Chandrasekaran's term at the helm of affairs so far:

Tata Group's revenue has nearly doubled and profits have tripled with N Chandrasekaran at the helm of the $300 billion conglomerate. In FY17, the group's revenue was just over ₹6 lakh crore. By FY25, revenue had risen to more than ₹11.5 lakh crore.

The Tata Group's group's profits, which stood at around ₹35,000 crore rupees nine years ago have nearly touched ₹1 lakh crore.

When Chandra took over in 2017, Tata Steel was reporting an annual loss of over ₹4,400 crore rupees. Since then, the company has turned things around posting a profit of over 3,400 crores in FY25.

Similarly, Indian Hotels Company has swung from a ₹63 crore loss in FY17 to a profit of more than $1,900 crores in FY25, reflecting a revival in the hospitality cycle.

The Misses

However, not all bets have paid off. In 2021, Tata Digital acquired a majority stake in BigBasket for about ₹9,500 crore to strengthen its e-commerce push. But intensifying competition from quick-commerce players and others has eroded BigBasket’s market share from nearly 50% to under 10% in the last five years.

The TCS Challenge

TCS contributed to nearly 75% of the group's valuation's by 2020. But since then, a combination of other group companies outperforming and TCS' own underperformance, has led to its valuation contribution drop to just 36%.

Despite the challenges surrounding Indian IT in the last few weeks, TCS remains the group's crown jewel with a market capitalisation of over ₹9 lakh crore. Tata group's total market capitalization currently stands at ₹26 lakh crore.

The current financial year has been a challenging year for TCS. In the first 9 months of this financial year, TCS has seen its revenue grow by only 3%, while profits have declined by more than 2%.

Tata Motors

Tata Motors is also struggling after a major cyberattack at JLR and the tariff tensions hurting automobile business worldwide.

The company has also demerged its Commercial Vehicle business into a separate entity and both of them now trade on the bourses as individual names.

The Developments So Far

Sources told CNBC-TV18 that the Tata Sons board on Tuesday postponed discussions on Chandrasekaran’s reappointment to its June meeting after differences emerged, particularly over linking performance-related conditions to the extension.

Chandrasekaran will, however, continue as chairman until February 2027, as per an earlier approval.

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