The board meeting of Tata Sons on Friday will be focused on approving the accounts for the last year and setting out the agenda for the current year’s operating plans, according to sources with knowledge of the agenda.The meeting, which falls on the first anniversary of the crash of an Air India Ahmedabad-London flight, will also take forward the questions that had been raised by Tata Trusts Chairman Noel Tata, on the functioning of the loss-making entities, the new ventures that the Tata group has forayed into and the overall group performance, the sources said.None of the contentious issues are on the agenda and they are unlikely to be discussed even as ‘other matters’, the sources said.Contentious issuesThe continuance of Venu Srinivasan as a nominee director of the Trusts on the board of Tata Sons, is not likely to be taken up at this meeting. It is an item to be discussed at the trustees level and that will happen only if both Sir Dorabji Tata Trust and Sir Ratan Tata Trust (SRTT) can hold the meetings together. SRTT cannot hold a meeting, pending an enquiry by the Maharashtra Charity Commissioner into the composition of the Trusts’ board of trustees.While discussions on the reappointment of Tata Sons Chairman N Chandrasekaran are in progress, they are unlikely to be taken up at the meeting on Friday, with the focus being more on the roadmap presented by him for the future trajectory of the group. Some of the concerns raised by Tata had already been addressed at the May 26 meeting, said the sources, pointing out that there was time till February next year, when Chandrasekaran’s current term comes to an end.The third contentious issue of the listing of Tata Sons, over which sharp divisions have arisen among the trustees, is also unlikely to be decided on Friday, though it is likely to be discussed informally by board members, sources said.“This is still something that the Trusts have to decide,” said the source.Amicable compromiseInsiders with knowledge of the matter said that Tata was trying to settle many of the differences that had arisen among the trustees and arrive at an amicable compromise.The trustees have also been roiled by allegations filed by complainants, including trustee Venu Srinivasan, over non-compliance with the provisions of the Maharashtra Public Trusts Act that governs the composition of the trustee boards, and the alleged ‘unlawful’ transfer of 833 shares of Tata Sons from a charitable trust to Naval Tata in 1989.Tata Trusts has rejected both allegations. There was no reply to e-mails sent to Tata Trusts and Tata Sons.Published on June 10, 2026