The top Tata brass, outgoing chairman N Chandrasekaran and Tata Trusts chairman Noel Tata briefed senior government functionaries on the turmoil inside the conglomerate ahead of the chairman's announcement last Wednesday that he would step down as Tata Sons chairman in Feb, people familiar with the matter told The Times of India .
The engagement with the government officials covered the rift between Chandrasekaran and Noel Tata over strategy and governance, lingering uncertainty over whether Chandrasekaran would be reappointed and the direction of new business ventures, the cited sources said.
