Tata Coffee was merged with Tata Consumer Products, while Tinplate Company of India, Tata Metaliks and Tata Steel Long Products were folded into Tata Steel. The friction between him and Noel Tata, who became chairman of Tata Trusts in 2024, following the death of Ratan Tata, came into the open over Chandra’s proposed third term as Tata Sons chairman. The immediate task for Chandra’s successor will therefore be execution rather than reinvention: making Air India profitable and operationally stronger, scaling Tata Electronics and its semiconductor ambitions, delivering returns from Tata Digital and other new businesses while preserving the cash-generating strength of TCS, Tata Motors, Titan and other established businesses.