Tata's Leadership Experiment: The Story of the Tata Administrative Service

The Untold Story of the Tata Group's Most Ambitious Leadership Development Programme

In the mid-1950s, JRD Tata envisioned the creation of an exclusive management cadre for the Tata Group, christened the Tata Administrative Service (TAS). His vision was to create future leaders who would perpetuate the Tata values such as integrity, excellence, unity and responsibility throughout the Group. At the core of all these values was the agenda of nation building. Understanding fully well that leade...