PURSUANT TO APPLICABLE PROVISIONS OF SCHEDULE IV OF COMPANIES ACT, 2013, READ WITH SECURITIES EXCHANGE BOARD OF INDIA (LISTING OBLIGATION AND DISCLOSURE REQUIREMENTS) REGULATIONS, 2015, THE BOARD HAS CARRIED OUT ANNUAL EVALUATION OF ITS OWN PERFORMANCE, PERFORMANCE OF THE DIRECTORS INCLUDING CHAIRMAN ASSESSMENT AS WELL AS THE EVALUATION OF THE WORKING OF ITS COMMITTEES. DURING THE YEAR, FEEDBACK WAS SOUGHT BY WAY OF STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRES AND EVALUATION WAS CARRIED OUT BASED ON VARIOUS CRITERIA AND THE RESPONSES RECEIVED FROM THE DIRECTORS. THE CRITERIA FOR PERFORMANCE EVALUATION OF THE BOARD INCLUDED ASPECTS SUCH AS BOARD COMPOSITION AND QUALITY, SETTING STRATEGY, OVERALL DIRECTION, EFFECTIVENESS OF BOARD PROCESSES, BOARD AND MANAGEMENT RELATIONS, CONTRIBUTION, BOARD DEVELOPMENT, TIMELINESS OF INFORMATION ETC., THE CRITERIA FOR PERFORMANCE EVALUATION OF THE COMMITTEES INCLUDED ASPECTS SUCH AS STRUCTURE AND COMPOSITION OF COMMITTEES, EFFECTIVE PARTICIPATION OF MEMBER OF THE COMMITTEES, DELIBERATIONS AND SUGGESTIONS MADE BY THE COMMITTEE, EFFECTIVENESS OF THE COMMITTEE’S RECOMMENDATION FOR THE DECISIONS OF THE BOARD, ETC., A SEPARATE PEER REVIEW EXERCISE WAS CARRIED OUT TO EVALUATE THE PERFORMANCE OF INDIVIDUAL DIRECTORS. THE PERFORMANCE EVALUATION OF THE CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD WAS ALSO CARRIED OUT, CONSIDERING THE VIEWS OF ALL THE REMAINING DIRECTORS. FURTHER, THE INDEPENDENT DIRECTORS, AT THEIR EXCLUSIVE MEETING HELD DURING THE YEAR, REVIEWED THE PERFORMANCE OF THE BOARD, ITS CHAIRMAN AND NON- EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS AND OTHER ITEMS AS STIPULATED UNDER THE LISTING REGULATIONS. |