Former TCS chief Ramadorai resigns as chairman of NSDA, NSDC

NEWDELHI: Tata veteran S Ramadorai has resigned as chairman of the government’s skill development agencies — NSDA and NSDC — sparking speculation that he might be headed back to India’s largest conglomerate.

Ramadorai, 71, quit sometime last month and his resignation has been accepted by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, sources privy to the development said.

Rohit Nandan, vice-chairman of the governing body and secretary, ministry of skill development and entrepreneurship, has been appointed interim head till a full-time chairman is appointed.

The former Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) chief was appoin– ted chairman of the skill development agencies in May 2013 with Cabinet rank. He is also chairman of Tata Institute of Social Sciences and AirAsia India.

His resignation triggered talk that he might be headed back to the Tata Group, where a search committee is looking for a fulltime chairman after the board of Tata Sons ousted its first nonfamily chairman, Cyrus Mistry, last month.

Meanwhile, days after the Group Executive Council set up by Mistry at Tata Sons was disbanded, NS Rajan and Nirmalya Kumar have resigned from their respective board positions as non-executive directors at Indian Hotels Company and Tata Chemicals, the companies told the Bombay Stock Exchange in separate filings.

Rajan’s resignation is effective from October 28, while Kumar resigned with effect from October 31, the company statements said.

Rajan, Kumar and Madhu Kannan, another member of the erstwhile GEC, had quit the Tata group last week.