Tag: Independent Director

Bright Brothers appoints Kuchimanchi Viswanath as Independent Director

Bright Brothers Limited announced the appointment of Kuchimanchi Viswanath as Independent Director on the company’s Board, with effect from August 24, 2022. Kuchimanchi Viswanath is a Bachelor of Commerce (Bangalore University) and a Fellow Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountant of India since 1983. He has immense knowledge and specializes in Audit & Assurance…

Vastu Housing Finance appoints veteran banker Vishu Ramachandran to its Board

Vastu Housing Finance Corporation Limited has announced the appointment of Vishu Ramachandran on its Board as an Independent Director. Ramachandran is a globally acclaimed banker with hands-on experience in retail banking, risk management, operations, digital transformations, strategy, and corporate finance. He has worked for more than 35 years at Standard Chartered Bank in significant leadership…

ABB India re-appoints V K Viswanathan to its Board

ABB India Limited announced the re-appointment of V K Viswanathan as Independent Director on the company’s Board, with effect from November 13, 2022. According to the company’s exchange filing, “we wish to inform you that based on the recommendation of the Nomination and Remuneration Committee, the Board at its meeting held on August 9, 2022,…

Edelweiss Financial Services appoints Shiva Kumar as Independent Director

Financial services conglomerate Edelweiss Financial Services Limited has appointed Shiva Kumar as Independent Director on the company’s Board, with effect from August 4, 2022. According to the company’s exchange filing, “we would like to inform you that the Board of Directors of the Company (the Board) at its Meeting held today, has inter alia approved…

Accelya Solutions India appoints Saurav Adhikari as Independent Director

Accelya Solutions India Limited announced the appointment of Saurav Adhikari as an Independent Director on the company’s Board, with effect from August 2, 2022. According to the company’s exchange filing, “the Board of Directors has passed a resolution today i.e. on 2nd August, 2022 approving the appointment of Mr. Saurav Adhikari (DIN: 08402010) as an…

Kansai Nerolac Paints appoints Bhaskar Bhat as Independent Director

Kansai Nerolac Paints Limited, one of the leading paint companies in India, announced the appointment of Bhaskar Bhat as an Independent Director on the company’s Board, with effect from August 10, 2022. According to the company’s exchange filing, “Consequent to resignation of Mr. N. N. Tata as an Independent Director, Mr. Bhaskar Bhat (holding Director…

Atos appoints Caroline Ruellan as Independent Director

The Board of Directors of Atos SE, on the recommendation of the Nomination and Governance Committee chaired by Elizabeth Tinkham, has co-opted Caroline Ruellan as a new independent director. This appointment will strengthen the Board of Directors and more widely the Group’s governance, in order to support Atos’ transformation. Caroline Ruellan, a French citizen, is…

Cipla appoints Dr. Mandar Purushottam Vaidya as Independent Director

Pharmaceutical company Cipla Limited announced the appointment of Dr. Mandar Purushottam Vaidya as an Independent Director of the company, with effect from July 29, 2022. According to the company’s exchange filing, “the Board of the Directors at its meeting held today i.e., on 29th July 2022, has appointed Dr. Mandar Purushottam Vaidya (DIN: 09690327) as…

Exide Industries appoints Sridhar Gorthi to its Board

Automotive battery maker Exide Industries Limited announced the appointment of Sridhar Gorthi to its Board, with effect from July 29, 2022. According to the company’s exchange filing, “Based on the recommendation of the Nomination and Remuneration Committee (“NRC”), Mr. Sridhar Gorthi (DIN : 00035824) has been appointed as an Additional Director w.e.f. 29th July 2022…

Syngene re-appoints Sharmila Karve as Independent Director

Syngene International Limited, an integrated research, development and manufacturing services company, announced the re-appointment of Sharmila Abhay Karve as Independent Director on the company’s Board, with effect from July 20, 2022. According to the company’s exchange filing, “Pursuant to Regulation 30 of SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015, we wish to inform you…

Future Lifestyle Fashions appoints Bharat Ram and Neelam Chhiber to its Board

Apparel firm Future Lifestyle Fashions Limited announced the appointment of Bharat Ram and Neelam Chhiber as Independent Directors on the company’s Board, with effect from July 19, 2022. Bharat Ram (aged 59 years) holds Master in Business Administration. He has over three decades of experience in the Home Textiles, Apparel and FMCG sectors, associated with…

Escorts Kubota appoints R C Bhargava as Independent Director

Escorts Kubota Limited announced the appointment of Ravindra Chandra Bhargava as Independent Director on the company’s Board, with effect from May 13, 2022. R. C. Bhargava joined the Indian Administrative Service in 1956, on the basis of an All-India competitive examination and secured the number one position in India. Bhargava joined Maruti Udyog Limited, soon…

Astron Paper & Board Mill appoints Anand Maheshwari as Independent Director

Astron Paper and Board Mill Limited, a recycled corrugated paper manufacturer in India, announced the appointment of Anand Maheshwari as an Independent Director on the company’s Board, with effect from July 14, 2022. According to the company’s exchange filing, “the Board of Directors of the Company has approved Appointment of Mr. Anand Maheshwari (DIN: 09662124)…

Delhivery appoints Aruna Sundararajan to its Board

Logistic and supply chain startup Delhivery announced it has appointed Aruna Sundararajan as Non-Executive Independent Director on the company’s Board, with effect from July 8, 2022. According to the company’s exchange filing, “this is to inform you that based on the recommendations of Nomination and Remuneration Committee, the Board vide its resolution dated July 08,…

LIC re-appoints Anil Kumar as Independent Director

Life Insurance Corporation of India announced it has re-appointed Prof. Anil Kumar as Independent Director of the company, with effect from July 20, 2022. According to the company’s exchange filing, “This is to inform that the Board of Directors has approved the Re-appointment of Prof. Anil Kumar, as an Independent Director of the Corporation, for…