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Govt approaches Ratan Tata for heading AI

New Delhi: The government is understood to have approached industrialist Ratan Tata to head an advisory board of the ailing Air India. Sources in the know said that Civil Aviation Minister Praful Patel and Tata had met recently, and the Minister is believed to have sought his help in turning around the ca ....Read more

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AL VS TATA COMAPANYSBy: Gopalan | Wednesday , 15 Jul '09 17:39:39 PM Reply | Forward i am really worried why Mr RATHAN TATA has been given this assignement when he is having his own misery. Some of the company is worst than AL.TATABP SOLAR INDIA LTD one of the company were in managements is asking executives to put there resignation forcefully ( THREATING TO TERMINATE IF NOT GIVEN IN STIPULATED TIME )already 24 executives have been shown the doors.Comming days more executive will tumble.Rathan tata is a great man but people under him ......??????

Thinking Outside the BoxBy: Giri Girishankar | Friday , 10 Jul '09 17:57:25 PM Reply | Forward A few days ago, it was Mr. Nandan Nilekani. Now it is Mr. Tata. It is encouraging and heartening to see that the Indian Government is beginning to see the light of the day and become more practical. The country is fortunate in having Dr. Singh as the PM. India has demonstrated in the recent past that its entrepreneurs and managers are world-class and are capable of motivating their organizations to exceptional performance. Their skill and acumen deserve to be utilized for the best outcomes at a national level.Congratulations Mr. Patel and Dr. Singh.

AI and Ratan TataBy: gautam | Friday , 10 Jul '09 7:36:44 AM Reply | Forward What makes Praful to rush to Ratan and straightway offer chairmamship of AI.I think Tata's hands are full and he is having problem in handling his own group of companies which are posting huge losses.Jamshed was pioneer of aviation industry in India but same cannot be said about Ratan.This is classic case of appeasement and lack of farsightedness.By pleasing an industrialist Praful wants to hide his own failures. He was aviation minister for last 5 years and he didnot know even that AI is on death bed!Praful must resign for his one more flack.

Retiree EducatorBy: Mathew George | Thursday , 9 Jul '09 12:58:30 PM Reply | Forward Air India need a helping hand.It is not the blame game that is going to serve.One can see the anxiety on the part of the Ministry concerned in doing it the right way.RJD Tata is very much known as a very successful enterpreuner and it is right on the part of Praful Patel to offer the Chairmanship of a committee to steer back the Air lines to the correct course.We have to a constructive criticism of the whole story

Unions, Staff and their work cultureBy: Prakash Krishnagiri | Thursday , 9 Jul '09 12:32:28 PM Reply | Forward Once any Indian lands up a job with any Government Institution. He/she feels that the job is secured and automatically the vigor to work diminishes. That is why there is lot of lethargy in All Government Offices and State-owned companies. All these employees are backed by Unions and the unions threaten to shut down operations or go slow..in the name of seeking justice for their members. The Unions never ever thought about the performance of their members. The unions should be the one shown the gate first. There are no unions in Middle East and things are working smoothly here. There is no answerability among the Indian Government employees. Unless these things are taken care of, nothing can be done to make any of these govt owned companies profitable. Even this current job cut will have the Unions gearing up for another round of strike and may be NO SHOW (an airline term) at work. The Govt. Staff should fear about their job, only then will they work properly.

AIR INDIABy: ARPrabhakar | Thursday , 9 Jul '09 10:33:14 AM Reply | Forward I am pained that such a fine out fit is going from bad to worse. Why rope in Mr Rattan Tata, who has his hans full with his own company responsibilities.Let me handle the Airlines for a period of a minimum 2 years and the results will be there for all to see. This kind of 'giant affairs' need personal and sympathetic considerations and not washing off the hands of resposibility.

Mr Tata as an advisorBy: Dr Tarashankar Rudra | Thursday , 9 Jul '09 9:50:27 AM Reply | Forward Dear Sir/Madam, It is welcome news by Air India (AI) to request for the expertise of Mr Ratan Tata as an OUTSTANDING MANAGER. Owing to the global turmoil that is affecting his own Businesses, I would humbly request Mr Tata to only take up an expert advisory role without heading the committee to run the executive affairs of AI.

TATA to Lethargy in Air India, By: ARUN VIRMANI | Thursday , 9 Jul '09 9:36:18 AM Reply | Forward Yes Mr Ratan Tata, it seems the words of Shakespeare, "There are tides in the affairs of Men, which if taken at their height, lead to Fortune".I see such a tide, particularly the far of New York, and i am proud that you had once qualified as an Architect from Princeton ! May you become the 'Prince' who turned around the 'Indian Maharaja'...wish i could be of some 'khidmat' to Air India, which i have yet to travel with !!

Careful Mr Ratan Tata.....By: indian | Thursday , 9 Jul '09 7:41:37 AM Reply | Forward After all these years milking Air India dry,having snatched it from the Tatas and ignominously having thrown the reknowned Mr JRD out of the airline, the Indian Govt wants to put Mr Ratan Tata in charge? And in an advisory capacity only ? Obviously they want some eminent person to take the blame and take the credits for themselves if it is turned round to make a profit.No way, Mr Ratan Tata, please join the board ONLY if privatisation is on the agenda and on no other terms! My foot!!! Mr Tata will take the blame and our slothful babus and politicians will take the credit and free rides on the Maharaha's back? Mr Tata should not step into this horseshit at all costs at least not under the present terms. Sincerity is sorely lacking in Praful Patel's offer.

Mr.By: Dinyar Mulla-Feroze | Thursday , 9 Jul '09 6:15:27 AM Reply | Forward The Tatas sold Air-India to the GOI for a comensation of Rs.1/-,did I say Sold sorry I meant Stole. The Govt. stole a perfectly working and Classy Airline and turned it into a lump of turd. The primary responsibility of that was corrupt bureaucrats,ministers and their appointed lackies. Now they blame the Employees and want to penalise them by stealing their rightfully earned compensation. Half or more of the employees have been stuffed by these culprits and many more on the payrol do not even exist. Hand the Airline lock stock and barrel to the rightful owners the Tatas and not the Johnny come latelies like the Goels Malyas Gopinaths and Wadias.The sooner this is done the better..

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