| YOUR BOARD HAS DEVISED AN EVALUATION POLICY FOR EVALUATING THE PERFORMANCE OF THE BOARD, ITS COMMITTEES, EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS, INDEPENDENT DIRECTORS. BASED ON THE SAME, THE PERFORMANCE WAS EVALUATED FOR THE FINANCIAL YEAR ENDED MARCH 31, 2024. AS PART OF THE EVALUATION PROCESS, THE PERFORMANCE OF NON- INDEPENDENT DIRECTORS, THE CHAIRMAN AND THE BOARD WAS CONDUCTED BY THE INDEPENDENT DIRECTORS. THE PERFORMANCE EVALUATION OF THE RESPECTIVE COMMITTEES AND THAT OF INDEPENDENT AND NON- INDEPENDENT DIRECTORS WAS DONE BY THE BOARD EXCLUDING THE DIRECTOR BEING EVALUATED. THE POLICY INTER ALIA PROVIDES THE CRITERIA FOR PERFORMANCE EVALUATION SUCH AS BOARD EFFECTIVENESS, QUALITY OF DISCUSSION, CONTRIBUTION AT THE MEETINGS, BUSINESS ACUMEN, STRATEGIC THINKING, TIME COMMITMENT AND RELATIONSHIP WITH THE STAKEHOLDERS, CORPORATE GOVERNANCE PRACTICES, CONTRIBUTION OF THE COMMITTEES TO THE BOARD IN DISCHARGING ITS FUNCTIONS ETC. THE BOARD CARRIED OUT FORMAL ANNUAL EVALUATION OF ITS OWN PERFORMANCE AND THAT OF ITS COMMITTEES VIZ., THE AUDIT COMMITTEE, STAKEHOLDERS’ RELATIONSHIP COMMITTEE, NOMINATION AND REMUNERATION COMMITTEE (NRC). THE BOARD ALSO CARRIED OUT THE PERFORMANCE EVALUATION OF ALL THE INDIVIDUAL DIRECTORS INCLUDING THE CHAIRMAN OF THE COMPANY. ADDITIONALLY, NRC ALSO CARRIED OUT THE EVALUATION OF THE PERFORMANCE OF ALL THE INDIVIDUAL DIRECTORS AND CHAIRMAN OF THE COMPANY. THE PERFORMANCE EVALUATION WAS CARRIED OUT BY WAY OF OBTAINING FEEDBACK FROM THE DIRECTORS THROUGH A STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE PREPARED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE POLICY ADOPTED BY THE BOARD AND AFTER TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION THE GUIDANCE NOTE ON BOARD EVALUATION ISSUED BY SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE BOARD OF INDIA. |
| YOUR BOARD HAS DEVISED AN EVALUATION POLICY FOR EVALUATING THE PERFORMANCE OF THE BOARD, ITS COMMITTEES, EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS, INDEPENDENT DIRECTORS. BASED ON THE SAME, THE PERFORMANCE WAS EVALUATED FOR THE FINANCIAL YEAR ENDED MARCH 31, 2025 . AS PART OF THE EVALUATION PROCESS, THE PERFORMANCE OF NON- INDEPENDENT DIRECTORS, THE CHAIRMAN AND THE BOARD WAS CONDUCTED BY THE INDEPENDENT DIRECTORS. THE PERFORMANCE EVALUATION OF THE RESPECTIVE COMMITTEES AND THAT OF INDEPENDENT AND NON- INDEPENDENT DIRECTORS WAS DONE BY THE BOARD EXCLUDING THE DIRECTOR BEING EVALUATED. THE POLICY INTER ALIA PROVIDES THE CRITERIA FOR PERFORMANCE EVALUATION SUCH AS BOARD EFFECTIVENESS, QUALITY OF DISCUSSION, CONTRIBUTION AT THE MEETINGS, BUSINESS ACUMEN, STRATEGIC THINKING, TIME COMMITMENT AND RELATIONSHIP WITH THE STAKEHOLDERS, CORPORATE GOVERNANCE PRACTICES, CONTRIBUTION OF THE COMMITTEES TO THE BOARD IN DISCHARGING ITS FUNCTIONS ETC. THE BOARD CARRIED OUT FORMAL ANNUAL EVALUATION OF ITS OWN PERFORMANCE AND THAT OF ITS COMMITTEES VIZ., THE AUDIT COMMITTEE, STAKEHOLDERS’ RELATIONSHIP COMMITTEE, NOMINATION AND REMUNERATION COMMITTEE (NRC). THE BOARD ALSO CARRIED OUT THE PERFORMANCE EVALUATION OF ALL THE INDIVIDUAL DIRECTORS INCLUDING THE CHAIRMAN OF THE COMPANY. ADDITIONALLY, NRC ALSO CARRIED OUT THE EVALUATION OF THE PERFORMANCE OF ALL THE INDIVIDUAL DIRECTORS AND CHAIRMAN OF THE COMPANY. THE PERFORMANCE EVALUATION WAS CARRIED OUT BY WAY OF OBTAINING FEEDBACK FROM THE DIRECTORS THROUGH A STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE PREPARED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE POLICY ADOPTED BY THE BOARD AND AFTER TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION THE GUIDANCE NOTE ON BOARD EVALUATION ISSUED BY SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE BOARD OF INDIA. |
| YOUR BOARD HAS DEVISED AN EVALUATION POLICY FOR EVALUATING THE PERFORMANCE OF THE BOARD, ITS COMMITTEES, EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS, INDEPENDENT DIRECTORS. BASED ON THE SAME, THE PERFORMANCE WAS EVALUATED FOR THE FINANCIAL YEAR ENDED MARCH 31, 2023. AS PART OF THE EVALUATION PROCESS, THE PERFORMANCE OF NON- INDEPENDENT DIRECTORS, THE CHAIRMAN AND THE BOARD WAS CONDUCTED BY THE INDEPENDENT DIRECTORS. THE PERFORMANCE EVALUATION OF THE RESPECTIVE COMMITTEES AND THAT OF INDEPENDENT AND NON- INDEPENDENT DIRECTORS WAS DONE BY THE BOARD EXCLUDING THE DIRECTOR BEING EVALUATED. THE POLICY INTER ALIA PROVIDES THE CRITERIA FOR PERFORMANCE EVALUATION SUCH AS BOARD EFFECTIVENESS, QUALITY OF DISCUSSION, CONTRIBUTION AT THE MEETINGS, BUSINESS ACUMEN, STRATEGIC THINKING, TIME COMMITMENT, AND RELATIONSHIP WITH THE STAKEHOLDERS, CORPORATE GOVERNANCE PRACTICES, CONTRIBUTION OF THE COMMITTEES TO THE BOARD IN DISCHARGING ITS FUNCTIONS ETC. THE BOARD CARRIED OUT FORMAL ANNUAL EVALUATION OF ITS OWN PERFORMANCE AND THAT OF ITS COMMITTEES VIZ., THE AUDIT COMMITTEE, STAKEHOLDERS’ RELATIONSHIP COMMITTEE, NOMINATION AND REMUNERATION COMMITTEE (NRC). THE BOARD ALSO CARRIED OUT THE PERFORMANCE EVALUATION OF ALL THE INDIVIDUAL DIRECTORS INCLUDING THE CHAIRMAN OF THE COMPANY. ADDITIONALLY, NRC ALSO CARRIED OUT THE EVALUATION OF THE PERFORMANCE OF ALL THE INDIVIDUAL DIRECTORS AND CHAIRMAN OF THE COMPANY. THE PERFORMANCE EVALUATION WAS CARRIED OUT BY WAY OF OBTAINING FEEDBACK FROM THE DIRECTORS THROUGH A STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE PREPARED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE POLICY ADOPTED BY THE BOARD AND AFTER TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION THE GUIDANCE NOTE ON BOARD EVALUATION ISSUED BY SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE BOARD OF INDIA. |