Mumbai: Tata Sons chairman N Chandrasekaran was on Monday appointed as chairman of Air India.
A Tata Group veteran, Chandrasekaran was reappointed chairman of Tata Sons for a second term of five years last month. He had served as MD and CEO of Tata Consultancy Services before being named chairman of Tata Sons in 2017.
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Tata Group had earlier named former Turkish Airlines chairman Ilker Ayci as CEO and MD of Air India. But he declined the offer after Swadeshi Jagran Manch – believed to be linked to Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh – asked the Central government to block Ilker’s appointment over national security concerns.
