THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS HAS CARRIED OUT AN ANNUAL EVALUATION OF ITS OWN PERFORMANCE, BOARD COMMITTEES, AND EXECUTIVE, NON-EXECUTIVE AND INDEPENDENT DIRECTOR PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THE ACT AND THE CORPORATE GOVERNANCE REQUIREMENTS AS PRESCRIBED BY THE SEBI LISTING REGULATIONS. THE PERFORMANCE OF THE BOARD WAS EVALUATED BY 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. AS PROVIDED BY THE GUIDANCE NOTE ON BOARD EVALUATION ISSUED BY THE SEBI. THE PERFORMANCE OF THE COMMITTEES WAS EVALUATED BY THE BOARD AFTER SEEKING INPUTS FROM THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS ON THE BASIS OF CRITERIA SUCH AS THE COMPOSITION OF COMMITTEES, EFFECTIVENESS OF COMMITTEE MEETINGS, ETC. THE BOARD AS WELL AS THE NOMINATION AND REMUNERATION COMMITTEE (NRC) REVIEWED THE PERFORMANCE OF INDIVIDUAL DIRECTOR ON THE BASIS OF 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. THE BOARD AND NRC ALSO REVIEWED THE PERFORMANCE OF THE BOARD AS A WHOLE AND ITS COMMITTEES. IN A SEPARATE MEETING OF INDEPENDENT DIRECTORS, THE PERFORMANCE OF NON-INDEPENDENT DIRECTORS AND THE BOARD AS A WHOLE WAS EVALUATED. THE OUTCOME OF THE EVALUATION EXERCISE WAS DISCUSSED AND DELIBERATED AT THE RESPECTIVE MEETINGS OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND COMMITTEES OF THE BOARD. THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS ALSO EXPRESSED THEIR SATISFACTION TOWARDS THE PROCESS FOLLOWED BY THE COMPANY FOR EVALUATING THE PERFORMANCE OF THE DIRECTORS, BOARD AND ITS COMMITTEES |