Tata Trusts

Best of BS Opinion: External, financial sectors need sustained engagement

Today's opinions examine India's external vulnerabilities, SCO diplomacy, the limits of industrial policy, governance questions at Tata Sons and lessons from five decades of Indian advertising

Tata Trusts gets all-clear from charity regulator on NRTT share transfer

This comes at a time when the Tata group is witnessing a leadership crisis amid a deepening rift between Tata Sons and its largest shareholder Tata Trusts

Questions behind the twin crises

While there has been fuzziness around the reasons precipitating the twin crises, within days of each other last month, a closer look will show a functional arbitrariness in both cases

Best of BS Opinion: Asim Munir, power, and paranoia

Today's opinions examine the Saudi-Turkiye-Pakistan defence pact, leadership challenges at the Tata group, Asim Munir's growing powers and the political potency of negative branding

Tata Trusts, IIM Bangalore sign MoU to develop undergraduate education

Tata Trusts will fund academic infrastructure, research and faculty development at IIM Bangalore's undergraduate school and support its new residential campus

Tatas and India

The purpose of the Tata group was to build Indian industries on solid foundations. Tata companies built for the long term

Tata Sons AGM scheduled for Tuesday likely to be adjourned over Trust issue

The Annual General Meeting of Tata Sons, scheduled for Tuesday, is likely to be adjourned as Sir Ratan Tata Trust, a key shareholder in the holding company of the Tata Group, is unable to nominate a representative due to a regulatory restriction imposed by Maharashtra's Charity Commissioner, people familiar with the matter said. The meeting is scheduled to consider, among other matters, the directorship of Tata Sons Chairman N Chandrasekaran, who has decided not to seek another term when his current tenure ends in February. As per a notice circulated by the company earlier, the AGM is scheduled to be held on Tuesday, August 18, 2026 at 2:30 pm through video-conferencing or other audio-visual means. Apart from taking up Chandrasekaran's renomination as director, the Tata Sons AGM is also supposed to consider and approve the standalone and consolidated financial statements of the company for fiscal year ended March 31, 2026 and to declare dividend on ordinary shares of the company for

Tata Sons' search for chairman faces SRTT bump ahead of August 18 AGM

Freeze on Sir Ratan Tata Trust casts shadow on August 18 AGM

Tata Trusts to set up Selection Committee to pick Chandra's successor

The development follows Chandrasekaran's decision, communicated to the Tata Sons board on Wednesday, not to offer himself for another term as chairman.

Tata Trust passes resolution to initiate setting up of selection committee

Sir Dorabji Tata Trust has passed a resolution to initiate the setting up of a selection committee to recommend a successor to N Chandrasekaran as Tata Sons chairman

Best of BS Opinion: Time to rethink Tata Sons, Tata Trusts relationship

Today's pieces examine Tata Sons' governance, India's compliance maze, the next phase of GST reforms, West Bengal's investment record and a book on entrepreneurial failure

Tata Sons succession: From Mistry's brief stay to Chandrasekaran's exit

Tata Sons faces another leadership change as N Chandrasekaran opts out of a third term, reopening the succession question and highlighting the power balance between the Tata Trusts and the group board

How Tata Sons chooses its chairman: The succession process explained

N Chandrasekaran's exit brings Tata Sons' succession process into focus, which remains a carefully structured exercise rather than a conventional corporate appointment

Full text of N Chandrasekaran's letter of resignation to Tata Sons' Board

Chandrasekaran joined the Tata group nearly 40 years ago and rose through the ranks to become the CEO of Tata Consultancy Services in 2009 and the chairman of the group in 2017

N Chandrasekaran steps down as Tata Sons chairman: Tracing his tenure

N Chandrasekaran has resigned as Tata Sons chairman and will complete his current term without seeking reappointment

Tata Trusts to Charity Commissioner: Allow SRTT to take part in AGM

Tata Trusts trustees have approached Maharashtra's Charity Commissioner seeking permission for Sir Ratan Tata Trust trustees to attend key meetings ahead of the Tata Sons AGM

Tata Trusts meets this week ahead of high-stakes AGM over quorum concerns

Tata Trusts is set to meet on August 13 ahead of Tata Sons' August 18 AGM, with quorum concerns and N Chandrasekaran's reappointment among key issues

Tata Trusts to hike philanthropic spending to ₹2k cr in FY27: CEO

Tata Trusts will increase its philanthropic spending to about Rs 2,000 crore in the current fiscal, according to its CEO Siddharth Sharma, who hit back at media focussing only on 'chaos' in the congregation of charities that control Tata Sons, the holding company of the over USD 180 billion Tata Group. Seeking to put "the record straight about the core activity of the Tata Trusts, for which we exist- philanthropy", in a post on LinkedIn, Sharma bemoaned the media amplifying "certain narratives unfortunately, at times, without verification & analysis- that happens", terming it "both the reality and the tragedy of our times". Recollecting how the Tata Trusts came into existence and its purpose, he wrote, "As the majority shareholders in Tata Sons, we deploy, year after year, the dividends that we receive, into philanthropic causes that uplift those at society's margins and help build a nation. This predates, by 122 years, the CSR mandate that was introduced in 2014 for Indian ...

Tata Trusts' Vijay Singh seeks probe into 1989 Tata Sons share transfer

Tata Trusts Vice Chairman has urged Maharashtra's charity commissioner to order an inquiry into the transfer of Tata Sons shares from the Navajbai Ratan Tata Trust to late industrialist Naval Tata

Tata Trusts board skips thorny issues as key decisions remain pending

Tata Trusts confined discussions to routine matters, deferring decisions on N Chandrasekaran's tenure and Tata Sons' potential listing amid legal challenges