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Blue Tribe awards its integrated mandate to Chimp&z Inc
MUMBAI: Vegan meat start-up Blue Tribe Foods has awarded its integrated marketing mandate to Chimp&z Inc after a multi-agency pitch.
The account will be handled by the agency’s headquarters in Mumbai. It will conceptualise a 360-degree digital marketing strategy for the brand, ranging from social media, creatives, performance, ORM, SEO, public relations, and web development along with an e-commerce platform creation.
Chimp&z Inc has successfully partnered with several brands including Unicef, Discovery Communications, TLC India and Religare Health Insurance in the recent past.
A new entrant in the plant-based meat industry, Blue Tribe is floated by Alkem Labs promoter Sandeep Singh, and Nikki Arora Singh to replace the usage of meat in the food supply chain in India. The brand, armed with research and innovation in food science, is on a mission to revolutionise how the world eats its meat. Their ready-to-cook frozen plant-based meat products taste, look, feel, and cook like meat.
Chimp&z Inc CEO & co-founder Angad Singh Manchanda said, “Chimp&z Inc strives for challenges and there is no better challenge than establishing a niche brand like Blue Tribe in the digital world. Considering the recent demand for sustainable alternatives to meat, Blue Tribe has to step in armed and ready. We aim to provide them with all the digital arms and ammunition needed through their journey. The end goal is to make Blue Tribe a household name from the substitute meats industry in all parts of India."
Blue Tribe co-founder Sandeep Singh said, “About 60 per cent of India’s population consumes meat, making the country a large meat market, and hence, a potential one for plant-based meat. Blue Tribe is founded with a conscious attempt to replace animals in the food supply chain for a sustainable and healthier future for generations to come. To establish our brand as a better alternative, we will have to raise awareness about the impact of animal agriculture and we decided to do so digitally. Chimp&z Inc’s pitch stood out as a complete strategy for the smooth launch of our brand into the market and people’s minds.”
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Tata Sons defers decision on chairman N Chandrasekaran’s third term
Term runs till 2027, but board differences are stalling extension talks
MUMBAI: Tata Sons has deferred a decision on whether to extend the tenure of its chairman, N Chandrasekaran, injecting fresh uncertainty into the leadership timeline of India’s largest conglomerate.
The board had last year cleared a third executive term for Chandrasekaran running until February 2027, when he turned 65. However, deliberations on any further extension were put on hold this week after differences emerged during a board meeting, CNBC-TV18 reported, citing people familiar with the matter.
The pause underscores internal strains as the group pushes through an aggressive investment cycle while grappling with uneven financial returns. The Economic Times reported that Chandrasekaran himself asked for discussions on his reappointment to be deferred after some directors raised concerns about mounting losses at several newer businesses.
Those concerns were led by Tata Trusts chairman Noel Tata, the principal shareholder of Tata Sons. Other board members countered that losses were expected in early-stage, capital-intensive ventures designed to secure the group’s long-term position.
Since taking charge in 2017, following the ouster of Cyrus Mistry, Chandrasekaran has driven a phase of expansion and consolidation. Over the past five years, the tata group has nearly doubled revenue and more than tripled net profit and market capitalisation, while committing about Rs 5.5 lakh crore to investments aimed at making the conglomerate “future fit”, according to its latest annual report.
Recent numbers, however, present a more mixed picture. Tata Sons reported a 24 per cent rise in revenue to Rs 5.92 lakh crore in fiscal 2025, while net profit fell 17 per cent to Rs 28,898 crore.
In its annual report, the company said the year opened with expectations of macroeconomic stability and easing inflation. That optimism faded as uncertainty over global trade policy intensified, complicating the operating environment.
For now, the question of leadership continuity at the apex of the Tata Group remains unresolved and closely watched by investors assessing the cost and conviction behind the conglomerate’s long-term bets.
