THE PERFORMANCE EVALUATION OF THE BOARD AND ITS COMMITTEES IS APPLICABLE TO THE COMPANY FROM THE FINANCIAL YEAR 2021-22. ACCORDINGLY, THE ANNUAL PERFORMANCE EVALUATION OF THE BOARD AND ITS COMMITTEES, CHAIRMAN, INDIVIDUAL DIRECTORS INCLUDING INDEPENDENT DIRECTORS, WAS CARRIED OUT BY EACH OF THE BOARD MEMBER AND THE EVALUATION WAS CARRIED OUT THROUGH A STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRES COVERING VARIOUS ASPECTS AND ATTRIBUTES WHICH, INTER-ALIA, INCLUDES FOLLOWING:PERFORMANCE OF THE ENTIRE BOARD AND ITS COMMITTEES WAS EVALUATED BY EACH DIRECTOR ON PARAMETERS SUCH AS QUALIFICATIONS, EXPERTISE AND EXPERIENCE OF THE BOARD, COMPLIANCE WITH CORPORATE GOVERNANCE REGULATIONS AND GUIDELINES, DISCHARGE OF ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES, APPROPRIATENESS OF BOARD SIZE AND ITS COMPOSITION, BOARD DIVERSITY, COMPOSITION AND CONSTITUTION OF COMMITTEES, TERMS OF REFERENCE OF THE COMMITTEES, REPORTING OF SUGGESTIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE COMMITTEES TO THE BOARD, UNDERSTANDING OF OPERATIONAL PROGRAMMES AND RISK EXPOSURE, FREQUENCY OF MEETINGS OF THE BOARD AND ITS COMMITTEES, DISCUSSIONS ON STRATEGIC AND GENERAL ISSUES, AVAILABILITY OF QUALITY INFORMATION IN A TIMELY MANNER, ETC.PERFORMANCE OF THE CHAIRPERSON WAS EVALUATED BY ALL THE DIRECTORS AND SEPARATELY BY INDEPENDENT DIRECTORS AFTER CONSIDERING THE VIEWS OF EXECUTIVE AND NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS ON PARAMETERS SUCH AS LEADERSHIP, STAKEHOLDERS’ MANAGEMENT, EXTERNAL INSIGHTS INTO FUTURE FUNCTIONING OF THE COMPANY, UPDATES WITH THE LATEST DEVELOPMENTS, REPRESENTING CONCERNS OF INDEPENDENT DIRECTORS TO EXECUTIVE MANAGEMENT, CHAIRMAN’S ROLE IN PROMOTING GOOD CORPORATE GOVERNANCE PRACTICES.THE PERFORMANCE OF EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS WAS EVALUATED ON THE PARAMETERS SUCH AS UNDERSTANDING OF THE COMPANY’S BUSINESS MODEL AND ALLOCATION OF ITS RESOURCES, ANTICIPATING BUSINESS TRENDS, OPPORTUNITIES, AND PRIORITIES AFFECTING THE COMPANY’S PROSPERITY AND OPERATIONS, ESTABLISHMENT OF EFFECTIVE ORGANIZATION STRUCTURE, UNDERSTANDING OF THE COMPANY’S FINANCIAL MEASURES RELEVANT TO ITS BUSINESS AND FINANCIAL SITUATION, ETC.ALL DIRECTORS ON THE BOARD WERE INDIVIDUALLY EVALUATED BY FELLOW DIRECTORS (EXCEPT THE DIRECTOR HIMSELF/HERSELF BEING EVALUATED) ON PARAMETERS SUCH AS PARTICIPATION AND CONTRIBUTION BY A DIRECTOR, HIS/HER ATTENDANCE AT BOARD MEETINGS AND PREPAREDNESS FOR BOARD MEETINGS, DEVOTION OF TIME AND EFFORTS TO UNDERSTAND THE COMPANY AND ITS BUSINESS, CONTRIBUTION AT BOARD MEETINGS, UNDERSTANDING OF GOVERNANCE, REGULATORY, FINANCIAL, FIDUCIARY AND ETHICAL REQUIREMENTS OF THE BOARD AND ITS COMMITTEES, MAINTENANCE OF PRIVACY OF CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION, ETC. |