Success tips from S Ramadorai and B Muthuraman

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Success tips from S Ramadorai and B Muthuraman

One is the man of steel while the other is a techy. One heads India’s largest steel company and the other is the force behind India’s largest IT service provider. B Muthuraman and S Ramadorai, different faces of the same group - The Tata Group.

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One is the man of steel while the other is a techy. One heads India's largest steel company and the other is the force behind India's largest IT service provider. B Muthuraman and S Ramadorai, different faces of the same group - The Tata Group. Both are focussed towards driving growth in Tisco and Tata Consultancy Services and making them brands of excellence.

Muthuraman's journey with Tata Steel or Tisco started in 1966 as a graduate trainee. Having worked in various departments, he then embarked on Tata's cold rolling mill project in 1994. After completing it in a record time, Muthuraman took on the responsibility of Tata Steel's major diversification projects. He then rose to become the Managing Director of Tata Steel in 2001 and since then, he has been instrumental in driving change at Tata Steel.

Subramanium Ramadorai, also known as Ram, joined Tata Consultancy Services or TCS in 1972. Instrumental in setting up TCS' operations in New York in 1979, Ramadorai took over as the CEO in 1996 and since then he has played an integral role in building TCS into India's first USD 1 billion IT services company.

Both these Tata titans are unabashedly vocal about the needs of their respective industries, but barely shy when it comes to the media. While Muthuraman is comfortable with the quarterly media's scrutiny, TCS Chief, Ramadorai is beginning to settle down and smile before the cameras.

The Tata titans, B Muthuraman and S Ramadorai share their respective stories on their successful journey in The Tata Group.

Excerpts of CNBC-TV18's exclusive interview with B Muthuraman and S Ramadorai:

Q: What sort of a journey has it really been because both of you started of with the Tatas way back in the late 60s, the early 70s. It's been a phenomenal journey?

Ramadorai: We came at a time when there was no reason to come back from abroad.

Q: I believe it was your father who actually told you about this job opening at the Tatas?

Ramadorai: Absolutely, and Mr Tobaccowala, who used to be the President of Tata Incorporated in New York interviewed me, then I decided to take a plunge and come here.

Q: You got married at the same time I believe?

Ramadorai: Yes, I got married in the same year. So there were two reasons, parents wanted to me come back to have a job and then to get married, so they were all the good reasons to be back.

Q: Your have pretty much been in Tatas from the late 60s as well. Right out of IIT Madras, for you, what was it that drove you to the Tata Group?

Muthuraman: I did my training at Tata Steel when I was a student in IIT Madras and I had an opportunity to go abroad for higher studies. I went and talked to my professor and then he said that if you had got a job with Tatas, you should do not go abroad. That's exactly the reason why I joined Tata Steel and I have never regretted it. It's a great institution; it's a great company.

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