After row, Srinivasan quits Hirabai trust

MEHLI MISTRY HAD CHALLENGED ELIGIBILITY

- URVI MALVANIA

• TVS patriarch cites other biz commitments

VENU SRINIVASAN, CHAIRMAN emeritus of TVS Motor and the vice-chairman and trustee to seven trusts of the Tata Group, has stepped down from the Bai Hirabai Jamsetji Tata Navsari Charitable Institution (BHJTNCI), citing commitments to other businesses.

Bai Hirabai, a 1923-founded philanthropic trust and part of the Sir Ratan Tata Trust and Allied Tata Trusts, focuses on welfare initiatives for the Parsi community in Navsari through education and healthcare. It shares governance linkages with key entities such as the Sir Ratan Tata Trust. Srinivasan had been serving as a trustee at BHJTNCI. His resignation comes shortly after former SRTT trustee Mehli Mistry formally challenged the appointment and continuation of two trustees Srinivasan and former Defence Secretary Vijay Singh-before the Maharashtra charity commissioner. The timing of Srinivasan's resignation places the move squarely against the backdrop of the dispute.