Mr. Partho Pratim Kar was appointed as a Non-Executive Non-Independent Director on the Board of our Company w.e.f. February 12, 2021. Considering his active involvement in managing the operational and other administrative affairs of the Company, the Board of Directors had redesignated Mr. Partho Pratim Kar as the Joint Managing Director of the Company w.e.f. April 15, 2024. He is a renowned business leader, works in the area of strategy consulting and has held leadership roles with organizations such as the Aditya Birla Group, Arvind Mafatlal group, Gruppo La Perla and Pearl Global Industries Limited. Mr. Partho Kar has been a member on the Board of the Indian Institute of Management Lucknow since 1997. He was a member of lIM Bill 2012 Committee of the Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India. He was the recipient of the British Chevening Gurukul Scholarship in 1997 and the Distinguished Alumnus Award of the international Management Institute, Delhi in 2006, as recognition of his contribution to business and society. He is a Management Graduate from International Management Institute, Delhi, holds a Post Graduate Degree from XLRI, Jamshedpur and a Fellow, Global Governance and Globalization from London School of Economics and Political Science.