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MUMBAI: The boardrooms of India’s most powerful philanthropic trusts are looking at an uncomfortable May 8 reckoning. The Sir Dorabji Tata Trust (SDTT) and Sir Ratan Tata Trust (SRTT), which together hold a 52% controlling stake in Tata Sons, will convene to review their nominee directors on the holding company’s board, among other agenda items.The…
MUMBAI: The boardrooms of India’s most powerful philanthropic trusts are looking at an uncomfortable May 8 reckoning. The Sir Dorabji Tata Trust (SDTT) and Sir Ratan Tata Trust (SRTT), which together hold a 52% controlling stake in Tata Sons, will convene to review their nominee directors on the holding company’s board, among other agenda items.The…
MUMBAI: Months after his exit, former Sir Ratan Tata Trust (SRTT) trustee Mehli Mistry has challenged the positions of Venu Srinivasan and Vijay Singh on the board of the Bai Hirabai Jamsetji Tata Navsari Charitable Institution, arguing they are ineligible under the 1923 deed, which bars non-Zoroastrians and non-Mumbai residents, and has called for an…
MUMBAI: The Sir Ratan Tata Trust (SRTT) cancelled its Saturday board meeting, which was expected to consider the induction of chairman Noel Tata’s son, Neville Tata, as a trustee. In contrast, board meetings of Sir Dorabji Tata Trust (SDTT) and Tata Education and Development Trust (TEDT) proceeded as scheduled.The cancellation suggests that Neville’s appointment may…
MUMBAI: He says nothing and chooses not to vote, but his silence speaks volumes at Tata Trusts. Jimmy Naval Tata, 85, the reclusive younger brother of the late Tata Trusts chairman Ratan Tata and a trustee of the Sir Ratan Tata Trust (SRTT), stayed away from voting on Tuesday on Mehli Mistry’s reappointment as a…
Given that Mistry is ineligible to vote regarding his own term renewal, the outcome at SDTT represents a majority decision. Tata Trusts tussle: In a significant development at the Tata Trusts, Mehli Mistry’s position appears uncertain as chairman Noel Tata, vice chairman Venu Srinivasan and trustee Vijay Singh have not approved for extending his term,…
