Industrialist and chairman of the Wadia Group Nusli Wadia’s (pictured) bid to carry out organizational changes at the 86-year-old 
top educational trust Modern Education Society (MES) funded by his family, has been challenged. Academician Dilip Joag, grandson of Vishwanath Joag, a key founder of MES has alleged that Wadia, who has functioned as the president of the Society since 1998, is attempting to seize control of its vast properties and oust prominent members, according to news reports.
The Society runs seven campuses in Bombay and Poona — Nowrosjee Wadia College (established 1932), Cusrow Wadia Institute of Technology (1938), D. G. Ruparel College (1952), New Law College (1954), Ness Wadia College (1969), Neville Wadia Institute of Management Studies and Research (1993) and College of Engineering (1999).
Wadia and his son Ness approached the Charity Commissioner (CC) in December 2016, requesting to be allowed to form a new constitution for MES. They presented a draft document, claiming that the trust did not have an authentic and authorized constitution, noted the Mumbai Mirror of May 17, 2018. Nusli has also reportedly suggested that he be made MES president for life. According to the Wadias, while a senate looks after MES’s overall administration, day-to-day functioning is handled by life members, led by the secretary. Nusli’s application suggests that life members had disregarded the senate’s authority.
Dilip, who is not a member of MES, has filed an intervention petition, urging the CC to dismiss Nusli’s application and has argued that the Wadias have not substantiated their allegation that MES is being badly managed. Calling Nusli’s move "undemocratic,” Dilip told The Hindu of May 16 that he has "seen the Society function very smoothly” on the basis of the constitution framed by his grandfather.