| PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THE COMPANIES ACT, 2013 AND SEBI (LISTING OBLIGATIONS AND DISCLOSURE REQUIREMENTS) REGULATIONS, 2015, THE BOARD EVALUATED ITS PERFORMANCE, COMMITTEES, AND INDIVIDUAL DIRECTORS. THE PERFORMANCE OF THE BOARD AS A WHOLE, COMMITTEES AND INDIVIDUAL DIRECTORS WAS EVALUATED BY SEEKING INPUTS FROM ALL DIRECTORS BASED ON CERTAIN PARAMETERS AS PER THE GUIDANCE NOTE ON BOARD EVALUATION ISSUED BY SEBI SUCH AS: BOARD STRUCTURE AND COMPOSITION; MEETINGS OF THE BOARD IN TERMS OF FREQUENCY, AGENDA, DISCUSSIONS AND DISSENT, IF ANY, RECORDING OF MINUTES AND DISSEMINATION OF INFORMATION; FUNCTIONS OF THE BOARD, INCLUDING GOVERNANCE AND COMPLIANCE, EVALUATION OF RISKS, STAKEHOLDER VALUE AND RESPONSIBILITY, BOARD AND MANAGEMENT, INCLUDING EVALUATION OF THE PERFORMANCE OF THE MANAGEMENT. THE FEEDBACK RECEIVED FROM THE DIRECTORS WAS DISCUSSED AND REVIEWED BY THE INDEPENDENT DIRECTORS AT THEIR SEPARATE MEETING HELD ON 17TH MARCH, 2025 AND WAS SHARED WITH THE NRC AND BOARD. AT THE SEPARATE MEETING OF INDEPENDENT DIRECTORS, THE PERFORMANCE OF NON-INDEPENDENT DIRECTORS, INCLUDING THE CHAIRMAN, THE BOARD AS A WHOLE AND VARIOUS COMMITTEES, WAS DISCUSSED. THE INDEPENDENT DIRECTORS IN THE SAID MEETING ALSO EVALUATED THE QUALITY, QUANTITY AND TIMELINESS OF THE FLOW OF INFORMATION BETWEEN THE MANAGEMENT AND THE BOARD, WHICH IS NECESSARY FOR THE BOARD TO EFFECTIVELY AND REASONABLY PERFORM THEIR DUTIES. THEY EXPRESSED THEIR SATISFACTION IN RESPECT THEREOF. THE PERFORMANCE OF THE INDIVIDUAL DIRECTORS, THE PERFORMANCE AND ROLE OF THE BOARD AND COMMITTEES WERE ALSO DISCUSSED AT THE BOARD MEETING HELD ON 26TH MAY, 2025. THE PERFORMANCE EVALUATION OF INDEPENDENT DIRECTORS WAS DONE BY THE ENTIRE BOARD, EXCLUDING THE INDEPENDENT DIRECTOR BEING EVALUATED. |