Published on November 23, 2016
Tata Network Forums (TNF) India - East organised the Apex TNF India – East Meeting followed by a general meeting, at Beldih Club, Jamshedpur.
TNF India – East has a two-tier system wherein the Apex body comprising the MDs, CEOs, and senior most executives in the region provides the direction and guidelines on the TNF focus areas and activities. Based on these guidelines, the teams, led by a CEO or senior executive of a company, work on a theme by designing and organising workshops, meetings and joint sessions of all the companies in the eastern region.
The Apex body decided to pursue the following themes for this year:
| Theme | To be led by |
| Customer-centricity | Peeyush Gupta, Vice President (Steel Marketing and Sales) Tata Steel |
| Digital | Dr Arpan Pal, Principal Scientist & Head of Innovation Lab, TCS |
| Supply Chain and Vendor Development | AB Lall, Plant Head, Tata Motors, Jamshedpur |
| Operational Excellence & Quality | Sanjiv Paul, MD, Tata Metaliks |
| Human Resource | Tarun Daga, MD, TCIL |
The general meeting of the TNF witnessed around 80 executives from about 25 Tata group companies. TV Narendran, Chairman, TNF India – East, and MD, Tata Steel (India and Southeast Asia), welcomed the gathering and set the context for the evening by introducing the key speaker, Chandra Shekhar Ghosh, Founder, MD & CEO, Bandhan Bank. Anand Sen, President (TQM and Steel), Tata Steel, briefed the audience about the TNF. He shared how nine forums across the globe are creating a bond between executives of the Tata group companies and spreading the feeling of ‘Tataness’ amongst them.
Mr Ghosh delivered an inspirational talk sharing his experiences on how he created the Bandhan Bank from scratch into a micro-finance company and then finally into a full-fledged bank.
Mukesh Prasad, Convener, TNF India – East delivered the vote of thanks. Mr Narendran recognised the volunteers from different companies who provided tremendous support to the TNF throughout the year in organising various programmes.