Mumbai and Bengaluru, Dec. 1 -- Tata Trusts' former trustee and late Ratan Tata's close confidante, Mehli Mistry, has resigned from the board of his friend's cherished project, Small Animal Hospital Trust, which claims to have become the country's largest speciality hospital for pet animals.

Mistry said he would not like to seek funds from the philanthropic entities that control the country's largest conglomerate, from which he was removed last month.

A few hours after Mistry's resignation on Monday morning, a second trustee of Small Animal Hospital Trust, Dr Anirudh Kohli, CEO, Breach Candy Hospital Trust, also resigned.

"As I am no longer associated with SDTT (Sir Dorabji Tata Trusts) and SRTT (Sir Ratan Tata Trusts), I will not be i...