Tata Group To Create Five Lakh Jobs In EV, Semiconductor, Solar Industries By 2030: Chandrasekaran
The job creation plan gives hope to the one million young people who enter the workforce each month, Chairman N Chandrasekaran said in an annual letter.

Tata Group plans to create five lakh manufacturing jobs over the next five years in battery, semiconductors, electric vehicles and solar industries, said N Chandrasekaran, the chairman of the conglomerate's holding entity Tata Sons.
"Over the next half a decade, these will come in part from investments in facilities across India — factories and projects that will produce batteries, semiconductors, electric vehicles, solar equipment and other critical hardware destined to play a central role in the economy of tomorrow. This is in addition to the many services jobs we expect to introduce across retail, tech services, and hospitality, among sectors," he wrote in an annual letter to the staff.
"Such moves are exciting for our group and for India, but more importantly, they give hope to the one million young people who enter our workforce each month. Thankfully, manufacturing has powerful multiplayer effects; indirect employment opportunities from sectors such as semiconductor manufacturing are substantial," he said.
Giving a recap of 2024 for the salt-to-software conglomerate, Chandrasekaran highlighted key milestones like groundbreaking ceremonies at over seven new manufacturing plants, including India's first semiconductor fab at Dholera in Gujarat and an outsourced semiconductor assembly and test facility in Assam.
"There is the electronic assembly plant in Narasupura, Karnataka and automotive plant in Panakkam, Tamil Nadu and MRO facilities in Bengaluru, Karnataka. We also have new battery cell manufacturing factories in Sanand, Gujarat and in Somerset, UK. We inaugurated the C295 final assembly line in Vadodara, Gujarat and began solar module production in Tirunelveli, Tamil Nadu," he said.
Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. and Tejas Networks Ltd. have delivered India’s first indigenous 4G mobile telecom stack for BSNL and are ready for 5G, he said.
"Our retail companies contain to scale up. Air India has brought together four airlines to create one integrated airline group to serve India and the world. And Indian Hotels' Taj brand continues to be the world's strongest hotel brand," he added.
Ratan Tata Remembered
Chandrasekaran said the death of Ratan Tata this year was a loss of "irreplaceable role model and leader".
"Though it is difficult to begin a new year without Mr Tata, there is comfort in knowing that the business he devoted his life to continues to thrive. Big strategic bets, made with this encouragement, are bearing fruit, particularly in hi-tech industries and manufacturing where our footprint continuous to expand," he wrote.
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Chandrasekaran said the use of artificial intelligence in fields like healthcare and mobility will continue to see significant acceleration.
"AI can transform healthcare in other profound ways, not only enhancing how we understand and treat diseases but also how we diagnose them. Machine learning is being used more in environmental research, while large language models hold the potential to significantly expand access to clinical care... While AI-led breakthrough in healthcare and mobility can help the whole of humanity, manufacturing has the potential to transform our economy in India," he said.