India's Tata Motors says car head resigns

MUMBAI May 17 (Reuters) - Tata Motors (TAMO.BO), India's largest vehicles maker, said on Monday the head of its passenger car unit had resigned from the company.

Rajiv Dube, who joined the company in 1983, played a crucial role in Tata's entry into the passenger car segment with the launch of the Indica hatchback in December 1998 and the ultra-low cost Nano last year.

S. Krishnan, who currently looks after the sales, marketing and support functions for commercial vehicles, will take on additional charge of the premier car division, the company said in a statement.

Girish Wagh, head of small car project, will now be also responsible for passenger car manufacturing and product development, it added. (Reporting by Janaki Krishnan; Editing by Ranjit Gangadharan)