MARATHON MAN

Because

Chandrasekaran is steadying the $100 billion Tata Group following the tumultuous removal of his predecessor Cyrus Mistry, resolving the $1.2 billion legal issue with NTT DoCoMo to allow for its exit from Tata Teleservices and merging the mobile services business with Airtel

Because

he is moving swiftly on internal restructuring, with Tata Power selling its defence business to Tata Advanced Systems for Rs 2,230 crore, and its stake in Tata Communications to Tata Sons. The housing and infrastructure businesses are also being merged to create one large entity

DEFENCE HAWK

He will head a taskforce of the Department of Defence Production to study use of Artificial Intelligence in the military

LONG HAUL

In October 2017, he took a flight to Stockholm to participate in the 30 km Lidingoloppet run, touted as the world’s largest cross-country run, wearing a special bib, 1868, to commemorate the year Tata Group was founded. Tata Steel signed a joint venture with European steel maker Thyssenkrupp on the same day he flew out for the marathon