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(Standing left to right) AN Mambro, Ms Freny Lala, RM Lala, SN Batliwala, Ms FJ Shroff, TR Doongaji,
RP Narla, JJ Bhabha, Director, Tata Sons Limited, H Raghunath and ZD Mistry. (Kneeling left to right)
MRI Sheikh, SA Sayyed, HG Sayyed and RB Adangale. $

at TCA. One of his strong suits was Records there. HG Sayyed, who initially started off with
Administration, and he became intensely just routine office duties when he joined TCA, was
involved in all the activities of the Archives. The encouraged to develop his software and computer
introduction of the newsletter, ‘Sands of Time’, was skills. In the initial years, TCA hired personnel to
also his idea. Quizzing children on the Tata history, conserve the documents. SA Sayyed worked closely
during their visits to the exhibitions, was another with these conservators and was also trained in
forte of his, which he initiated during his time. conservation procedures. RB Adangale too was
trained in Records Management.
Most of the members of the team were novices in
the field of archiving but the continued support The knowledge and skills gained through these
and encouragement of the management ensured trainings helped bring about a wave of change
that the team received the required training in the various practices and methods adopted
through workshops and professional courses in by TCA in record management, conservation,
Archival Management from time to time. preservation and digital storage.

Ms FJ Shroff was sent for training in Archival This team continued to expand its outreach
Administration to the Modern Archives Institute, activities through exhibitions, setting up of heritage
National Archives and Records Administration, corners, publications and dissemination of Records
USA in 2006 while RP Narla visited the National as required by Tata companies, researchers
Archives of France to get a better understanding and various institutions. There were two other
on the practices followed in Records Management Chief Archivists in the past for a brief period.

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