Rs 500 Crore And Counting: The Powerful Legacy Of The Tata Mumbai Marathon

The Tata Group has demonstrated terrific support to sustain the Tata Mumbai Marathon, a long-distance running endurance competition that spellbinds Mumbai once a year! The TMM, promoted by Procam International’s dynamic duo in Anil Singh and Vivek Singh, and held on the third Sunday of a new calendar year with a melange of cultures, is easily the best sporting event of the year and several corporates, including the IDFC FIRST Bank, the Maharashtra Government and its departments, and several others deserve a  pat on their back and “shabhaash” encomiums. The Tata Sons and Tata Consultancy Services are the two top-of-the-drawer brands that have sponsored the marathon, which has raised well over Rs 500 crore for charitable causes in India. It’s their unstinted support that has enabled the event to be accorded the Gold Label Race badge. The African runners – from Kenya and Ethiopia – have dominated the marathon – with a prize money pool of $ 389,524 for the January 2027 race — for many years. They lend admirable quality to the premier race over 42 km and other races like the full marathon, half marathon, Open 10k, Dream Run, Senior Citizen and Disability Run. Air India Express got on board for the 22nd edition and joined others like ASICS, AMARON, Bisleri, Red Bull, Vedanta, Trident Hotel, United Way Mumbai and Sir H N Reliance Foundation Hospital, all of whom take pride in supporting the race that’s run through the city’s iconic localities and landmarks like the Coastal Road and the Worli Sea Link. The African runners take away a substantial part of the money, and the Indian runners too, mostly from the armed forces. In three years, the TMM will complete its silver jubilee, an occasion for Mumbaikars to celebrate memorably.