During the first week of October 2025, when the Tata Trusts board came together to review its leadership structure, one appointment was made with no discussion. Venu Srinivasan, the Chennai-based industrialist who spent five decades building up TVS Motors as an international brand, would remain a Lifetime Trustee and Vice Chairman of the Trusts. Earlier this week, reports about Mehli Mistry being ousted from the Trusts also bore Venu Srinivasan’s name as one of the three trustees who opposed the extension of Mistry’s term with the Trusts.

At 73, Srinivasan’s name might not be featured in India’s corporate chatter that often, although that took a turn with the entire Tata Trusts rift coming out in public. His influence across manufacturing, finance and philanthropy cannot be unseen. Toda

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