The newly-formed Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD) Trust Board has representatives not only from Andhra Pradesh but also from four neighbouring States.
While a majority of the nominees belong to Andhra Pradesh, the governments of Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu were was successful in securing four berths each on the board as against three by Telangana, and two by Karnataka.
Six of the 24-member trustees have retained their berths in the coveted board, and they include Milind Keshav Narvekar, Ketan Desai and Bora Saurabh from Maharashtra; S. Shankar and Krishnamurthy Vaidyanathan from Tamil Nadu; and S.R. Viswanatha Reddy, an MLA from Yelahanka in Karnataka.
