India, Nov. 11 -- Tata Trusts is said to have appointed Chairman Noel Tata's son Neville Tata and Tata Group veteran Bhaskar Bhat to the board of Sir Dorabji Tata Trust, in what is seen a "consolidation of control" by Noel Tata.

The appointments, first reported by The Economic Times on Tuesday, come days after Mehli Mistry exited the Tata Trusts board. Separately, the tenure of Venu Srinivasan has been revised from a life term to three years, following a mandate by the Maharashtra government that capped the number of lifetime trustees on the board of a philanthropic organisation.

HT.com has not independently verified this information.

A graduate of Bayes Business School, Neville Tata (32) joined Trent Ltd. in 2016 in the packaged foods...