(FILES) Tata Group CEO Natarajan Chandrasekaran delivers a speech during the AI Impact Summit in New Delhi on February 19, 2026. In little over a month, the chairman of India's corporate giant Tata Group has gone from seeking another term to announcing his departure to returning to the role. The saga around N. Chandrasekaran, who has headed the $185-billion empire for nearly a decade, has laid bare the succession challenge confronting India's industrial behemoths. (Photo by Ludovic MARIN / AFP via Getty Images)