| PURSUANT TO THE APPLICABLE PROVISIONS OF THE COMPANIES ACT, 2013 AND SEBI (LISTING OBLIGATIONS AND DISCLOSURE REQUIREMENTS) REGULATIONS, 2015, THE BOARD HAS CARRIED OUT AN ANNUAL EVALUATION OF ITS OWN PERFORMANCE, PERFORMANCE OF THE DIRECTORS AS WELL AS THE EVALUATION OF THE WORKING OF ITS COMMITTEES. THE NOMINATION AND REMUNERATION COMMITTEE HAS DEFINED THE EVALUATION CRITERIA FOR THE BOARD, ITS COMMITTEES AND DIRECTORS. THE BOARD’S FUNCTIONING WAS EVALUATED ON VARIOUS ASPECTS, INCLUDING INTER ALIA DEGREE OF FULFILLMENT OF KEY RESPONSIBILITIES, BOARD STRUCTURE, COMPOSITION, ESTABLISHMENT AND DELINEATION OF RESPONSIBILITIES TO VARIOUS COMMITTEES, EFFECTIVENESS OF BOARD PROCESSES, INFORMATION AND FUNCTIONING. DIRECTORS WERE EVALUATED ON ASPECTS SUCH AS ATTENDANCE AND CONTRIBUTION AT BOARD/COMMITTEE MEETINGS AND GUIDANCE/SUPPORT TO THE MANAGEMENT OUTSIDE BOARD/COMMITTEE MEETINGS. IN ADDITION, THE CHAIRMAN WAS ALSO EVALUATED ON KEY ASPECTS OF HIS ROLE, INCLUDING SETTING THE STRATEGIC AGENDA OF THE BOARD, ENCOURAGING ACTIVE ENGAGEMENT BY ALL BOARD MEMBERS. AREAS ON WHICH THE COMMITTEES OF THE BOARD WERE ASSESSED INCLUDED DEGREE OF FULFILLMENT OF KEY RESPONSIBILITIES, ADEQUACY OF COMMITTEE COMPOSITION AND EFFECTIVENESS OF MEETINGS. THE PERFORMANCE EVALUATION OF THE INDEPENDENT DIRECTORS WAS CARRIED OUT BY THE ENTIRE BOARD, EXCLUDING THE DIRECTOR BEING EVALUATED. THE PERFORMANCE EVALUATION OF THE CHAIRMAN AND THE NON INDEPENDENT DIRECTORS WAS CARRIED OUT BY THE INDEPENDENT DIRECTORS WHO ALSO REVIEWED THE PERFORMANCE OF THE BOARD AS A WHOLE. THE NOMINATION AND REMUNERATION COMMITTEE ALSO REVIEWED THE PERFORMANCE OF THE BOARD, ITS COMMITTEES AND OF THE DIRECTORS. |