The Tata group of companies, represented by Tata Sons and the British luxury automaker Jaguar Land Rover, NA, announced a holiday gift of 10,000 new books to New Jersey school children ages 8-10. Along with the nonprofit social enterprise First Book, Jaguar Land Rover and Tata Sons presented books to over 130 third and fourth grade students at Jackson Avenue School in Hackensack, NJ, where they hosted a reading celebration on Wednesday, December 17th. Read more.

This year marks over 15 years of a partnership between Tata Chemicals (Soda Ash) Partners, the United Steelworkers Local 15320, and the United Way of Southwest Wyoming. This year employees of Tata Chemicals pledged over $104,000 to benefit their community. Midway through the campaign, Martin Keighley, Managing Director at Tata Chemicals North America,  announced that the company would match the employee donations dollar-for-dollar up to the final pledge amount. As a result, the company will be sending over $208,000 in United Way pledges to their communities. Many thanks to the employee volunteers who donated many hours of their time to ensure the success of this year's United Way Drive. 

Tata Interactive Systems (TIS) recently hosted an interactive session 'Conversations with Elliott Masie,' in association with its partner, Juniserv ME. Learning personalization, mobile learning, collaborative learning and wearables and digital technologies were some of the topics that Elliott Masie discussed. Masie, chair of the Learning CONSORTIUM, is recognized as a futurist, analyst, researcher and organizer on the critical topics of workforce learning. He heads The MASIE Center, a Saratoga Springs, NY think tank focused on how organizations can support learning and knowledge within the workforce. Snehnath Neendoor, Vice President -- Middle East, TIS, stated, "Over the last 25 years, we have been at the forefront of bringing the latest innovations in learning to our clients, and this event is a commitment of that to our clients and partners in the region". The event focused on innovations that will provide more scalable, personalized and learner-driven content solutions for the workplace. Reflecting on the challenges facing professionals today as well as the future of learning, Masie discussed why it is imperative for organizations to embrace a wide variety of new learning technologies, approaches and methods. Read more.