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Who was the first Chairman of TCS

  1. F C Kohli

  2. JRD Tata

  3. Ratan Tata

  4. Nani Palkhivala
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Explanation

JRD Tata (Jehangir Ratanji Dadabhoy Tata) was the first Chairman of TCS, founding it in 1968. F.C. Kohli is considered the 'father of the Indian IT industry' and was TCS's first CEO/deputy chairman, Ratan Tata became chairman later, and Nani Palkhivala was a noted jurist and Tata group executive but not TCS chairman.

AI explanation

JRD Tata is marked correct as the first Chairman of TCS. As chairman of Tata Sons (the parent holding company) when TCS was founded in 1968, JRD Tata also held the chairmanship of TCS in its early years, before Ratan Tata later took over the Tata Group (and TCS) chairmanship. F.C. Kohli, while central to TCS's founding and often called the 'father of the Indian IT industry,' served as the company's first General Manager/CEO, not Chairman. Ratan Tata became chairman decades later, and Nani Palkhivala, though a Tata Group figure, was not TCS's first chairman.

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