File picture of Neville Tata, son of Tata Trusts Chairman Noel Tata
The Sir Ratan Tata Belief (SRTT) board assembly, which was scheduled to nominate Tata Trusts chairman Noel Tata’s son Neville Tata as a trustee on Saturday (January 17, 2026), is known to have been known as off because of lack of quorum.
The cancellation of the assembly comes greater than two months after an preliminary try to carry Neville Tata onto the board of SRTT, which holds a 23.6% stake in Tata Sons, the promoter holding firm of the $180 billion Tata Group, failed.
“All administrators had been unable to attend, which is a situation of board appointment,” stated an individual with direct information of the event.
The official added that the assembly could possibly be rescheduled within the coming days.
Nevertheless, some imagine that it could be canceled this time as it could take extra time for discussions among the many trustees to achieve an settlement on the appointment.
Inquiries to Tata Trusts remained unanswered.
The administrators of SRTT are Noel Tata, Venu Srinivasan, Vijay Singh Jimmy N. Tata, Jehangir HC Jehangir and Darius Khambata.
In November final yr, Neville Tata and former group firm chief Bhaskar Bhatt had been appointed as administrators of Sri Dorabji Tata Belief (SDTT), which owns 28% of Tata Sons. Nevertheless, they might not be appointed to SRTT, which holds 23.6% stake in Tata Sons. Different Tata associated belief firms maintain 13.8% of Tata Sons shares.
It was apparently due to the opposition raised by Veenu Srinivasan.
Srinivasan, who was unanimously appointed as life trustee in October 2025, needed to see his appointment reviewed “in accordance with authorized and regulatory necessities.”
The Maharashtra authorities amended the Maharashtra Public Trusts Act in September 2025, which limits the variety of life trustees to one-fourth of the power of the board and mandates a hard and fast interval if the belief deed is nameless.
