Somerville College, University of Oxford said it has elected Tata Sons Chairman N Chandrasekaran as a Foundation Fellow, the highest honour conferred by Somerville College for philanthropy.

Chandrasekaran was elected to the Fellowship by outgoing Principal Baroness Jan Royall and the Governing Body of Somerville College in summer 2025. The ceremony of conferral was held on September 23, in the company of Vice-Chancellor of the University of Oxford, Professor Irene Tracey, the High Commissioner of India, Vikram Doraiswami, Varun Chandra, the UK Prime Minister’s Special Adviser on Business and Investment, and officials from the Tata Group and the University of Oxford.

The Fellowship is in recognition of Chandra’s “instrumental role in enabling the creation of Somerville College’s new flags

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