Business Standard reported that with TATA Steel Managing Director Mr H M Nerurkar's term set to end in less than a year, the race for the top job has intensified.
According to report, four candidates, all TATA Steel executives, are being considered Mr Koushik Chatterjee, Mr T V Narendran, Mr Anand Sen and Mr Partha Sengupta.
Mr Koushik Chatterjee, group chief financial officer, was inducted into the Tata Steel board last month
Mr TV Narendran, vice president (safety and flat products), was actively involved in TATA Steel's first acquisition, NatSteel
Mr Anand Sen, vice president, is in charge of the company's Kalinganagar project
Mr Partha Sengupta is vice pesident (raw materials), a key division
Insiders said that though Mr Nerurkar's term would come to an end only in October 2013, the announcement would come by January, in keeping with TATA group practices.
