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Mukund was born in Chennai on April 5, 1968. He completed his B.Tech at the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi in 1989 and served in his final year as General Secretary of the Student affairs Council. He received Rhodes Scholarship to study at Oxford University,where he completed a Masters and Doctorate in International Relations. His doctoral dissertation was published by Oxford University Press, and is titled "Global Environmental Politics - India and the North-South Politics of Global Environmental Issues."
Mukund joined the Tata Group through the Tata Administrative Service (TAS) in January 1995. He was assigned to the office of Mr. Ratan Tata, Chairman, Tata Sons Limited, in 1996. Mukund's current designation is Vice President, Tata Sons Limited, and he continues to support Mr. Tata as a member of his office. He also serves on the boards of several Tata companies,including Tata Teleservices Limited, Videsh Sanchar Nigam Limited and Piem Hotels Limited. | 