Tata Electronics appoints Randhir Thakur as new CEO and MD

Tata Electronics Private Limited (TEPL) has appointed Randhir Thakur as the chief executive officer and managing director. Thakur joins this new role after leading Intel Foundry Services as its president. He has over 40 years of experience in global manufacturing, research and development, and profit and loss management.

“I am humbled and grateful to Chairman N. Chandrasekaran for giving me this opportunity of a lifetime to work for the Tata Group — the conglomerate that I have admired for its highest standards of integrity and service to customers, communities, and the country. I am excited to contribute to building Tata Electronics as an integral and trusted part of the global electronics industry enabling our customer’s success. For semiconductors as well as precision manufacturing, we intend to deliver innovation, quality, and cost advantage with speed and at scale,” said Thakur.

Thakur has worked at organisations like Intel, Applied Materials, SanDisk, and Marvell Semiconductor. He comes with expertise in ecosystem leadership, process technology equipment, driving M&A and joint ventures, and product development, while collaborating closely with ecosystem partners and customers.

Born in Himachal Pradesh, Thakur is an electronics and telecommunications engineer from the National Institute of Technology, Kurukshetra. He also has a master’s degree in electrical engineering from the University of Saskatchewan, Canada, and a Ph.D. in electrical engineering from the University of Oklahoma. He was named a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in 2013. He holds more than 300 patents in the semiconductor field.

“The roadmap for Tata Electronics is exciting and Thakur’s in-depth knowledge and multi-functional experience will bode well for the company. I am confident that under his leadership, Tata Electronics will lead India to take its rightful position in the global semiconductor and precision manufacturing industry,” said Chandrasekaran, Chairman, Tata Sons Pvt. Ltd. Founded in 2020, TEPL is a greenfield venture of the Tata group with expertise in manufacturing precision components.