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Who was the Tata Group Veteran R.K Krishna Kumar?
The Tata Group veteran, RK Krishnakumar was a former Tata Sons director and was one of the confidants of Ratan Tata. Read this article to know about his exemplary contribution and success.
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Who was Tata Veteran RK Krishna kumar?
Who was Tata Veteran RK Krishna kumar?
Tata Group veteran and former Tata Sons director RK Krishnakumar passed away in Mumbai on January 1, 2023. Krishnakumar is well-known for his involvement in a number of acquisitions by the Tata Group, including the £ 271 million purchase of Tetley in 2000 that elevated Tata Global Beverages to the position of second-largest tea producer in the world.


Who was RK Krishnakumar?
Krishna Kumar was born to Sukumaran and Sarojini on July 18, 1938, in Thalassery, Kerala, in southern India. He attended Madras Christian College Higher Secondary School in Chennai, where his father was the police commissioner, to complete his education. Before relocating to Mumbai, he completed his graduate studies at Loyola College in Chennai before earning his master's degree with distinction from the Presidency College of the University of Madras.

Deeply religious and affectionately referred to as KK, he was occasionally seen in Mumbai's Matunga suburb purchasing flowers from the shops close to South Indian temples. His wife Ratna and son Ajith, who serves as COO at Tata Consumer, were frequently by his side.

Journey of RK Krishnakumar at TATA
After starting his career in 1963 with Tata Administrative Service, Krishna Kumar was transferred to Tata Finlay, a partnership between Tata and Finlay of Glasgow that operated as a tea, coffee, and spice company. Kumar joined Tata Tea's board of directors in 1988 and was made the company's managing director in 1991.

He then moved on to work as managing director of Indian Hotels before becoming vice-chairman of Tata Tea in 1997. From 2002 until his retirement in July 2013, Krishna Kumar served as a director on the board of Tata Sons Ltd, the holding company for the Tata Group.

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Relation between Ratan Tata and KK
When Ratan Tata had to deal with hostile group satraps, such as Ajit Kerkar, who didn't like Ratan Tata succeeding JRD Tata, KK, as he was known at Bombay House, the headquarters of the Tata group, stood firmly by Ratan Tata.

KK and Ratan Tata were among the first senior executives to arrive at the Taj Hotel on the first day of the Taj Hotel siege during the 2008 Mumbai terrorist attacks. Then, while RNT served as the crisis manager, he witnessed the tragedy along with him.
Even after Ratan Tata retired from the company in 2013, Krishna Kumar's relationship with Ratan Tata.

1. By Rajlaxmi R. Bhosale R K Krishna Kumar

2. Krishnakumar Rayaroth Kuttambally R. K. Krishna Kumar -TATA Chairman, Tata Tetley Vice chairman, Tata tea Managing director, Taj group of hotels

3. R K Krishna Kumar The fundamental issue was the task of building a vision, structuring it and making it relevant so that it can be implemented.

4. R K Krishna Kumar-Creating a global brand

5. R K Krishna Kumar KK, for his part, didn't become Tata's lieutenant overnight. The son of a former police commissioner of Madras, RK Sukumaran , KK witnessed corporate history being made repeatedly — gradually he also became a part of it. The importance of the man at the Tata group is underlined by his vice-chairmanship of two large Tata companies: the Indian Hotels Company Ltd (IHCL), which owns the Taj brand; and Tata Global Beverages, which has transformed from just a tea company. KK is chairman of at least five other Tata companies, including Tata Coffee and Infiniti Retail (which owns the Croma brand). He is a trustee on the main Tata Trusts.

6. R K Krishna Kumar

7. Commodity to branded business and then into Acquisitions Tata Tea moved from: Which transformed the company into a global beverage company.

8. TATA GLOBAL BEVERAGES

9. TATA GLOBAL BEVERAGES Acquisition of Tetley was a large step into the global arena that evolved in the direction that Tata Tea was taking for the last 17 years.

10. TATA GLOBAL BEVERAGES

11. Inside India's first Starbucks in Mumbai

12. STAR BUCKS

13. Inside India's first Starbucks in Mumbai Starbucks was launched in India on Feb 1, 2012 under a joint venture with Tata Global Beverages called Tata Starbucks Ltd. The cafés will be branded as "Starbucks Coffee: A Tata Alliance"

14. Tata Starbucks Ltd Type Joint Venture Traded as Starbucks "A Tata Alliance" Industry Restaurants Genre Coffee house Headquarters India Number of locations 15 stores (June 2013) Area served India Key people Avani Saglani Davda (CEO) [1]

15. Products Whole bean coffee Boxed tea Made-to-order beverages Bottled beverages Baked goods Merchandise Frappuccino beverages Smoothies

16. Putting the Taj operation on the global map Process improvement Delivering much higher service standards Setting global service standards Providing world class service Tata Business Excellence Model (TBEM)has been a very useful tool.

17. TAJ HOTELS ,RESORTS & PALACES

18. ROYAL RETREATS

19. ROMANTIC RONDEZVOUS

20. TAJ AIR

21. Piaggio P.180 Avanti II

22. The Piaggio Aero’s P.180 Avanti II Most remarkable airplanes, with a unique Italian style and design. The innovation in design offers enhanced performance resulting in reduced noise levels in the passenger cabin and increased fuel efficiency. This turbo-prop aircraft has a cabin that rivals the size of popular midsize business jets. Can land on shorter runways as compared to jet aircrafts. Taj Air continue to meet expectations of a very demanding customer in terms of comfort, speed, efficiency and major city to a satellite city connection.

23. Piaggio P.180 Avanti II

24. Taj Khazana An Indian boutique with a global appeal Taj Khazana It is an ovation to the boundless creative talent of Indian artisans and craftsmen. 

25. Taj Khazana

26. R K Krishna Kumar

27. Trustee on the Governing Boards

28. R K Krishna Kumar The Government of India honoured Mr. R.K. Krishna Kumar with one of the prestigious civilian award, the Padma Shri , in 2008.

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