Overview
- Vijay Singh has told the Tata Trusts he does not want reappointment and has stepped down as a trustee of the Sir Ratan Tata Trust before his current term ended.
- Singh will continue as a trustee of the Sir Dorabji Tata Trust for one more year according to current reporting.
- In May, Singh and fellow vice-chair Venu Srinivasan left the Tata Education and Development Trust after Mehli Mistry formally opposed their reappointments and challenged their eligibility under a 1923 deed that requires trustees to be practising Parsi Zoroastrians and permanent Mumbai residents.
- Singh has asked the Maharashtra charity commissioner for an independent inquiry into a 1989 transfer of Tata Sons shares, bringing further regulatory attention to the trusts.
- Trust officials have not given an on-record response, and the disputes have practical effects such as restrictions on trustee meetings that the Sir Ratan Tata Trust says could delay roughly ₹400 crore in grants and affect its participation in Tata Sons’ annual meeting.