Tata group leaders meet Amit Shah, Nirmala Sitharaman

Prime honchos of the Tata group, together with Tata Trusts Chairman Noel Tata and Tata Sons Chairman N. Chandrasekaran, on Tuesday (October 7, 2025) met Union House Minister Amit Shah and Finance Minister Nirmala. Sitharaman amid infighting amongst trustees over board appointments and governance points.

Mr. Noel Tata and Mr. Chandrasekaran, together with Tata Trusts Vice-Chairman Venu Srinivasan and trustee Darius Khambata, arrived collectively within the night at Mr. Shah’s residence for the assembly. Ms. Sitharaman additionally joined in on the House Minister’s residence.

The assembly got here in opposition to the backdrop of infighting among the many trustees of Tata Trusts over board appointments and governance points, which threatened to affect the functioning of the over $180 billion conglomerate.

Tata Trusts exerts decisive affect over India’s most dear conglomerate by its about 66% stake in Tata Sons, the promoter and holding firm of the salt-to-semiconductor group.

Sources mentioned Tata Trusts was mentioned to be vertically cut up, with one part aligned with Mr. Noel Tata, who was appointed chairman of the Trusts following the demise of Ratan Tata. The opposite grouping of 4 trustees is led by Mehli Mistry, who has ties with the prolonged Shapoorji Pallonji household, which owns about 18.37% of Tata Sons.

Mr. Mistry reportedly feels he has been saved out of the loop on key issues.

Sources mentioned the flashpoint is alleged to be board seats at Tata Sons, which controls the 156-year-old group that spans round 400 firms, together with 30 listed companies.

Tata Trusts, Tata Sons and Mr. Srinivasan declined to touch upon the matter and feedback from Mr. Mistry couldn’t be obtained as calls and messages remained unanswered.

“The first query in entrance of the federal government, contemplating how vital and necessary the Tata Group is to the nation’s financial system, is whether or not it may possibly let a person take management of it. The infighting amongst trustees of Tata Trusts has an affect on Tata Sons,” a supply mentioned.