‘Vanished’ interview is back on Tata website
MUMBAI: The removal of the in-house interview with Cyrus Mistry, done when he was chairman of Tata Sons, from the group’s holding company’s website was an “operational mistake” and the interview is soon on the group’s website (https://goo.gl/ eOau55). It was restored soon after five on Wednesday evening.
It so happened that after Mystry was ousted as chairman of Tata Sons the people who manage its website were trying to move him from chairman to former chairman and place the interview suitably. “In the process, the interview was deleted. It was an honest operational mistake,” said a group executive who refused to be named.
The interview’s disappearance was being interpreted as a sign that the battle resulting from Mistry’s ouster as Tata Sons chairman will be an ugly one full of — as it is these days called — bad optics.
The interview, published in September, was the only one Mistry gave during his four years as
THE INTERVIEW, PUBLISHED IN SEPTEMBER, WAS THE ONLY ONE MISTRY GAVE DURING HIS FOUR YEARS AS TATA SONS CHAIRMAN
Tata Sons chairman. It was conducted by an in-house publication of the group. Over about 5,000 words, Mistry talked about what he was doing with the group.
He said the group’s companies needed “to earn the right to grow”.
The group leaders will help them earn this right by helping them improve their operations and possibly by restructuring their capital. He said the group needed to take another look at its strong hierarchical structure if it were to become more agile. And he wanted the group to innovate more.
“We are building for the next 150 years,” he had said.
Now he is out in less than four. But at least the interview is back.