23 | Annual Report | 2024-2025 Mr. Ulhas Sharadkumar Deshpande is a Non-Executive Independent Director of the Company since January 15, 2024. He is a postgraduate in Human Resource Management from Tata Institute of Social Sciences and started his illustrious career with GSK in 1982. In 2003, Ulhas decided to fulfil his entrepreneurial aspirations and set up Adventity Global Services, a company in the sunrise KPO/BPO sector catering to financial services sector in India and abroad. Thereafter he has set up an incubation start up in the microfinance sector which helped and provided expertise to entrepreneurs desirous of setting up microfinance companies, some of which later on became successful Companies. He returned to the corporate sector and worked with RPG Enterprises and Bharti-Axe Limited before retiring from active corporate work in November, 2014. He has also been a Mentor to few start-ups helping them scale up and build the right business model and organisations. He is a trustee of a school set up near Mumbai for the differently abled children and is actively involved in running the school. Mr. Narasimha Kummamuri Murthy is an Independent Director of the Company. He has a brilliant Academic record, getting ranks in both CA & ICWA courses, and entered the profession of Cost & Management Accountancy in 1983. He is associated with the development of Cost & Management Information Systems for more than 175 Companies covering more than 50 Industries. He is closely involved with several National Institutions at Board Level, presently on the Boards of various reputed organisations. He has been associated with more than 45 High Level Committees as Chairman / Member both at National & State Level. Currently he is serving on the Board of various companies like Raymond Limited, Raymond Lifestyle Limited, Axis Finance Ltd, Max Financial Services Ltd, etc. Earlier he was associated as Director / Member with various organisations like National Stock Exchange India Ltd., Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Ltd., UTI., IDBI Bank Ltd., UTI Bank Ltd. (Axis Bank), Max Life Insurance Company Ltd., Max Bupa Health Insurance Ltd., NABARD - Board of Supervision, CARE Ratings Ltd., - External Rating Supervision Committee, etc. His efforts in the furtherance of Costing & Management Accounting Profession in India were recognised by the Institute of Cost Accountants of India, which has honoured him by giving citation in October 2007 and December 2024. Mr. Jose Joseph Kattoor is an Independent Director of the Company. He has worked in the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) from January 1991 to June 2023 and retired as an Executive Director. During his tenure as Executive Director of the Reserve Bank of India, he has handled four departments of RBI viz. Enforcement Department, Corporate Strategy Department, Currency Department and Human Resource Department. Ulhas Sharadkumar Deshpande Narasimha Kummamuri Murthy Jose Joseph Kattoor
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