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Summary

Tata Digital, founded in March 2019 under India's Tata Group, is utilizing MongoDB's modern database to enhance its digital infrastructure and unify its various consumer brands through the Tata Neu super-app, which consolidates brands like IHCL, AirAsia India, and BigBasket into a single platform. At a MongoDB event in Mumbai in 2023, Chief Architect Pavan Podila discussed how MongoDB supports Tata Digital's efforts to streamline operations across its ecosystem, including the NeuPass loyalty program, which integrates various brand-specific loyalty schemes into a unified system, offering seamless rewards through NeuCoins. MongoDB also aids in managing the complex product information management (PIM) challenges associated with Tata's diverse brand portfolio, and the Offer Engine, which handles numerous daily promotions across brands. Concurrently, MongoDB's outgoing CEO, Dev Ittycheria, announced his retirement, set for November 2025, with Chirantan "CJ" Desai poised to succeed him. CJ brings significant growth experience from previous roles at ServiceNow and Cloudflare, and his leadership is expected to guide MongoDB into its next phase, capitalizing on the rise of AI and data-intensive applications. Dev emphasized the strategic timing of this leadership transition as a move to strengthen MongoDB's competitive edge and future growth, while he plans to remain involved with the company as a board member.