| THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS HAS CARRIED OUT AN ANNUAL EVALUATION OF ITS OWN PERFORMANCE, THE PERFORMANCE OF BOARD COMMITTEES, AND INDIVIDUAL DIRECTORS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THE COMPANIES ACT, 2013, AND THE SEBI LISTING REGULATIONS, 2015. THE BOARD WAS HIGHLY SATISFIED WITH THE EVALUATION PROCESS AND THE OVERALL PERFORMANCE, EXCEPT FOR ONE INSTANCE OF ATTENDANCE WHICH WAS NOTED. THE BOARD CONDUCTED A SELF-EVALUATION PROCESS, SEEKING INPUT FROM ALL DIRECTORS ON CRITERIA SUCH AS BOARD COMPOSITION AND STRUCTURE, EFFECTIVENESS OF BOARD PROCESSES AND INFORMATION FLOW, AND OVERALL FUNCTIONING. THE BOARD EVALUATED THE PERFORMANCE OF THE COMMITTEES AFTER SEEKING INPUTS FROM THE RESPECTIVE COMMITTEE MEMBERS, BASED ON CRITERIA SUCH AS COMMITTEE COMPOSITION, EFFECTIVENESS OF MEETINGS, AND RELATED ASPECTS. THE BOARD REVIEWED THE PERFORMANCE OF INDIVIDUAL DIRECTORS BASED ON CRITERIA SUCH AS PREPAREDNESS, CONTRIBUTION TO DISCUSSIONS, AND THE QUALITY OF THEIR INPUT DURING BOARD AND COMMITTEE MEETINGS. THE EVALUATION OF INDEPENDENT DIRECTORS WAS CONDUCTED BY THE ENTIRE BOARD, EXCLUDING THE DIRECTOR BEING ASSESSED. IN SEPARATE MEETINGS OF THE INDEPENDENT DIRECTORS, THE PERFORMANCE OF EACH DIRECTOR (NON-INDEPENDENT DIRECTORS AND INDEPENDENT DIRECTORS), THE BOARD AS A WHOLE, THE COMMITTEES OF THE BOARD, THE CHAIRMAN AND MANAGING DIRECTOR & CEO OF THE COMPANY, AND THE FLOW OF INFORMATION WERE EVALUATED, TAKING INTO ACCOUNT THE VIEWS OF THE EXECUTIVE AND NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS. AT THE BOARD MEETING FOLLOWING THE MEETINGS OF THE INDEPENDENT DIRECTORS AND THE NOMINATION AND REMUNERATION COMMITTEE, THE PERFORMANCE OF THE BOARD, ITS COMMITTEES, AND INDIVIDUAL DIRECTORS WAS DISCUSSED. THE EVALUATION OF INDEPENDENT DIRECTORS WAS CONDUCTED BY THE ENTIRE BOARD, EXCLUDING THE INDEPENDENT DIRECTOR BEING EVALUATED. |