S. Devarajan

Gebundenes Buch

Designed to Win

The Tata Elxsi Story

Beschreibung

Tata Elxsi may not be the first company that comes to mind when you think of the Tata Group, but as the highest-valued Tata company today, it has been quietly transforming industries. From revolutionizing electric vehicles with cutting-edge energy and embedded product design solutions to shaping the future of media and communication, Tata Elxsi has become a global innovation powerhouse. And it's not just automakers who rely on Elxsi. The company helps broadcast and communication giants design next-generation set-top boxes, app frameworks, and cloud services for smart TVs and OTT platforms. Its client list reads like a who's who of global industry leaders--Ford, Jaguar Land Rover, Nissan, Mahindra, Motorola, Comcast, Echostar, Panasonic, and many more. Yet, Tata Elxsi's success story is even more remarkable considering its past: once a heavily debt-ridden company on the brink of collapse, it has reinvented itself into one of the Tata Group's most consistently high-performing organizations. What drives Tata Elxsi's extraordinary turnaround? What strategies, decisions, and cultural shifts powered its rise from near-bankruptcy to industry leadership? And what lessons can entrepreneurs, leaders, and professionals learn from its evolution--across innovation, sales, marketing, strategy, and organizational design? This book explores those questions and more, offering a rare look into the journey of a little-known yet exceptional Tata company whose impact stretches across industries and continents.

Autor

Devarajan (Dev) founded Transmation Consulting with the goal of giving technology companies a platform to accelerate and transform their business strategies. He has held several prominent leadership roles in the tech sector. Dev is an independent director on the board of Tata Play Limited and also serves on the boards of Prime Focus Ltd. and Prime Focus Technologies Ltd. In addition, he sits on the board of DNEG India, one of the world's largest VFX companies with eight Academy Awards to its name. He is also an independent director and board member of India's largest staffing company, Quess Corp., and serves on the board of GVS Software. Previously, Dev was the Managing Director of Cisco Systems in India, where he helped establish and run Cisco's largest R&D center outside the United States. He built a successful offshore development program and supported the creation of operationally efficient, cost-effective development centers integrated with Cisco's global R&D labs. During his tenure, he played a key role in expanding Cisco India's workforce to 3,500 employees and helped guide the establishment of the Cisco Development Centre in China. Before joining Cisco, Dev was the Managing Director of Tata Elxsi, becoming one of the youngest directors in the Tata Group. He successfully transformed Tata Elxsi from a loss-making business into one of the group's most successful technology companies.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Penguin Random House India Pvt. Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. November 2025
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780143469742
• ISBN-10: 0143469746
• Artikelnr.: 76024031