| THE INDEPENDENT DIRECTORS OF THE COMPANY HAS CARRIED OUT ON 27.05.2024 AND ON 28.01.2025 DURING THE YEAR EVALUATION OF ITS OWN PERFORMANCE, BOARD COMMITTEES, AND BOARD OF DIRECTORS PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THE COMPANIES ACT, SEBI LISTING REGULATIONS. AND THE GUIDANCE NOTE ON BOARD EVALUATION ISSUED BY THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE BOARD OF INDIA. THE PERFORMANCE OF THE BOARD WAS EVALUATED BY THE BOARD AFTER SEEKING INPUTS FROM ALL THE DIRECTORS ON THE BASIS OF CRITERIA SUCH AS THE BOARD COMPOSITION AND STRUCTURE, EFFECTIVENESS OF BOARD PROCESSES, INFORMATION AND FUNCTIONING, ETC. THE PERFORMANCE OF THE COMMITTEES WAS EVALUATED BY THE BOARD AFTER SEEKING INPUTS FROM THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS ON THE BASIS OF THE CRITERIA SUCH AS THE COMPOSITION OF COMMITTEES, EFFECTIVENESS OF COMMITTEE MEETINGS, ETC. THE BOARD AND THE NOMINATION AND REMUNERATION COMMITTEE REVIEWED THE PERFORMANCE OF THE INDIVIDUAL DIRECTORS ON THE BASIS OF THE CRITERIA SUCH AS THE CONTRIBUTION OF THE INDIVIDUAL DIRECTOR TO THE BOARD AND COMMITTEE MEETINGS LIKE PREPAREDNESS ON THE ISSUES TO BE DISCUSSED, MEANINGFUL AND CONSTRUCTIVE CONTRIBUTION AND INPUTS IN MEETINGS, ETC. IN ADDITION, THE CHAIRMAN WAS ALSO EVALUATED ON THE KEY ASPECTS OF HIS ROLE. IN SEPARATE MEETINGS OF INDEPENDENT DIRECTORS, PERFORMANCE OF NON-INDEPENDENT DIRECTORS, PERFORMANCE OF THE BOARD AS A WHOLE AND PERFORMANCE OF THE CHAIRMAN WAS EVALUATED, TAKING INTO ACCOUNT THE VIEWS OF EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS AND NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS. THE SAME WAS DISCUSSED IN THE BOARD MEETING THAT FOLLOWED THE MEETING OF THE INDEPENDENT DIRECTORS, AT WHICH THE PERFORMANCE OF THE BOARD, ITS COMMITTEES AND INDIVIDUAL DIRECTORS WAS ALSO DISCUSSED. PERFORMANCE EVALUATION OF INDEPENDENT DIRECTORS WAS DONE BY THE ENTIRE BOARD, EXCLUDING THE INDEPENDENT DIRECTOR BEING EVALUATED. |