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Mr. Murugappan holds a Master’s degree in Chemical Engineering from University of Michigan, USA. Having served as the Managing Director of Carborundum Universal (CUMI) in the past, he is currently serving as the Chairman of CUMI, Tube Investments of India, Cholamandalam MS General Insurance Company. He is also serving on the Boards of Mahindra & Mahindra, IIT Madras Research Park, Cyient and TI Financial Holdings, among others. Mr. Murugappan was elected as a fellow of the Indian Ceramic Society and is also a member of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers, Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers, Plastics & Rubber Institute. He is also a member of the Board of Governors, IIT Madras.

Mr. Ravichandran is an Engineering Graduate and holds a Post Graduate Diploma in Management from IIM, Ahmedabad. He is also a qualified Cost Accountant and a Company Secretary. Having served Ashok Leyland early in his career, he joined Murugappa Group’s Parry Group of Companies mainly in the fields of Finance and Marketing. He served as the Whole Time Director / Managing Director of Coromandel International Limited during 2004-2010. Currently, he is also serving as Lead Director (Fertilisers & Sugars) on the Murugappa Corporate Board.

Board of Directors

M. M. MurugappanChairman

B.V.R. Mohan ReddyNon-Executive & Independent Director

V. Ravichandran Vice Chairman

Prasad Chandran Non-Executive & Independent Director

Mr. Reddy holds a degree in Mechanical Engineering from the College of Engineering, Kakinada and postgraduate de-grees from IIT, Kanpur and University of Michigan, U.S.A. He is the Founder and Executive Chairman of Cyient Lim-ited. He is also serving on the Boards of Vizag IT Park and Infotech HAL. Currently serving as Chairman of the Board of Governors of IIT, Hyderabad, he is a proud recipient of an Honorary Doctorate from JNTU, Hyderabad; Distinguished Alumnus Award from IIT Kanpur, ASME (American Society of Mechanical Engineers) CIE Leadership Award for out-standing leadership in advancing the use of computers in Information Engineering and Life Time Achievement Award from Hyderabad Management Association. He has served as the Chairman of NASSCOM and CII, Southern Region.

Mr. Chandran holds a bachelor’s degree in Chemistry from Bombay University and a MBA from University Business School, Chandigarh. He pursued advanced management ed-ucation in Wharton Business School, University of Pennsylva-nia, and AOTS from Tokyo University, Japan. He has opted to superannuate after 37 years of corporate life, of which the last 13 years was as Chairman & Managing Director of BASF India Limited. He is an Independent Director on the Board of HDFC Pension Management Company Limited and HDFC Standard Life Insurance Company Limited.

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Mr. Venkatachalam holds a graduate degree from the University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore and a master’s degree in Business Administration from George Washington University, USA. In an illustrious career of more than two and a half decades, he has held several leadership positions in various Murugappa Group Companies. He is presently the Chairman of Coromandel Engineering Company Limited and Parry Agro Industries Limited. He also serves on the Boards of Ramco Cements Limited, Ramco Systems Limited and E.I.D. Parry (India) Limited.

Mr. Bose holds a Masters degree in Social Policy and Planning from London School of Economics and Masters of Arts from St. Stephen’s College, Delhi. Having joined Indian Administrative Service in 1976, he has served with various departments of Government of India. He has served as Secretary (Department of Revenue), Secretary (Expenditure) and Secretary (Disinvestment) as well as Secretary in the Thirteenth Finance Commission besides serving as a member of the core group for the Union Budget. His tenure as Principal Secretary (Finance) of the Government of Madhya Pradesh witnessed various reforms including fiscal responsibility legislation, outcome budgeting, extensive use of the PPP mechanism and contributory pension scheme. He had done an early stint in the Department of Economic Affairs, MoF, GoI as Deputy Secretary in the Fund Bank Division. He is currently serving on the Boards of HDFC Standard Life Insurance Co., TATA AIG General Insurance Co., ONGC and BSE.

Mr. Goel holds a Post Graduate Diploma in Management from Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, and Bachelor’s degree in Economics from St. Stephens College, New Delhi. Having started his career in 1987 with GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare (GSK) as AreaSales Manager, he rose from ranks in a career spanning more than 25 years, donning various roles in India, UK, UAE, Nigeria and South Africa and was serving as Vice President for Africa when he moved from GSK. Prior to joining Coromandel, he was with Cipla Limited as Country Head - India. He has extensive experience in managing businesses, driving sales across multiple geographies and building B2C businesses. Mr. Goel had served on the Advisory Board of Lagos Business School besides being a Member of Africa Economist Forum and a Member of the Commercial Directors Forum in India.

Ms. Rao, a graduate in English Literature, is Fellow of the Harvard University, Fellow of the Brown University and a recipient of the degree of Doctor of Letters (HonorisCausa) from the Pondicherry University. A career diplomat from the Indian Foreign Service (1973-2011), she has served the Government in several important positions including the Foreign Secretary of India. She has represented India in several countries during her distinguished career. She was the first Indian woman to be appointed as High Commissioner to Sri Lanka, Ambassador to China and also the first woman spokesperson of the Ministry of External Affairs. After her retirement, she was appointed Ambassador of India to the United States for a tenure of two years.

Nirupama Rao Additional Director - Non-Executive & Independent

Sumit Bose Non-Executive & Independent Director

M M Venkatachalam Non-Executive Director

Sameer Goel Managing Director