| PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 134(3), 149(8) AND SCHEDULE IV OF THE COMPANIES ACT, 2013 READ WITH SEBI LISTING REGULATIONS, ANNUAL PERFORMANCE EVALUATION OF THE BOARD, THE DIRECTORS AS WELL AS COMMITTEES OF THE BOARD HAS BEEN CARRIED OUT. THE PERFORMANCE EVALUATION OF ALL THE DIRECTORS AND THE BOARD AS A WHOLE WAS CONDUCTED BASED ON THE CRITERIA AND FRAMEWORK ADOPTED BY THE BOARD, DETAILS OF WHICH ARE PROVIDED IN THE CORPORATE GOVERNANCE REPORT. THE PROPERLY DEFINED AND SYSTEMATICALLY STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE WAS PREPARED AFTER HAVING CONSIDERED VARIOUS ASPECTS AND BENCHMARKS OF THE BOARD’S FUNCTIONING, COMPOSITION OF THE BOARD AND ITS COMMITTEES, PERFORMANCE OF SPECIFIC DUTIES, OBLIGATIONS AND GOVERNANCE. THE EVALUATION PROCESS FOCUSED ON VARIOUS ASPECTS OF THE BOARD AND COMMITTEES’ FUNCTIONING INCLUDING THEIR COMPOSITION, EXPERIENCE, COMPETENCIES, PERFORMANCE OF SPECIFIC DUTIES, OBLIGATIONS, GOVERNANCE ISSUES, ATTENDANCE AND CONTRIBUTION OF INDIVIDUAL DIRECTORS AND EXERCISE OF INDEPENDENT JUDGEMENT. |