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Board of Directors

MR. BHASkAR BHAT
Non-Executive Director
A mechanical engineer from IIT Madras with a post-graduate diploma in management from IIM Ahmedabad,
Mr. Bhat joined the Tata Watch Project (initiated at Tata Press) in 1983, which is now Titan Company Limited. He then took
over as Managing Director of the Company on April 1, 2002 and held the position till his superannuation on September
30, 2019. Mr. Bhat has engineered the creation of many brands including pioneering the concept of franchising and
retailing in Watches, Jewellery, Eyewear and Precision Engineering. He was awarded the Distinguished Alumnus Award
of IIT Madras in 2008. He was inducted as a Director on the Board of Tata Sons in November 2017. He was appointed as
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Non-Executive Director of Tata Chemicals Limited in December 2016.
MS. VIBHA PAuL RISHI
Non-Executive Independent Director
Ms. Vibha Paul Rishi holds a BA Degree in Economics from Delhi University and an MBA with specialisation in marketing
from the Faculty of Management Studies, New Delhi. She is an experienced business leader who has worked with Titan,
PepsiCo, Max India and Future Group with stints in India, the UK and USA. Her last role was as the Executive Director,
Brand and Human Capital of Max India. She has worked at senior positions in branding, strategy, innovation and human
capital around the world. She serves on the Boards of several reputed companies and is also on the Board of Pratham,
an NGO that works to provide education to underprivileged children in India and is the Non-Executive, Independent
B E A C D Director on the Board of Tata Chemicals since September 2014.

MR. S. PADMANABHAN
Non-Executive Director
Mr. Padmanabhan is a distinguished alumnus of IIM Bangalore, a Gold Medallist and alumnus from PSG College of
Technology, Coimbatore and has also completed the Advanced Management Program at Harvard Business School.
His career with the Tata Group companies spans over 35 years. During a 26-year stint with Tata Consultancy Services,
Mr. Padmanabhan held several senior leadership roles. In the past, he has held the positions of Executive Director of Tata
Power as well as the Group Chief Human Resources Officer at Tata Sons. He also serves on the Boards of several other
Tata companies. Appointed as a Non-Executive Director of Tata Chemicals Limited in December 2016, he is currently the
D A B E F Executive Chairman, Tata Business Excellence Group (TBExG) and head of Ethics.

MS. PADMINI kHARE kAICkER
Non-Executive Independent Director
Ms. Padmini Khare Kaicker is a Chartered Accountant from the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India, a Certified
Public Accountant (USA) and a Diploma holder in Business Finance from the Institute of Chartered Financial Analysts of
India. She is the Managing Partner of B. K. Khare & Co., one of the leading Indian accounting firms. She has a wide and
varied experience in the areas of audit, taxation, corporate finance, risk management, corporate governance, M&A and
restructuring. She serves on the Board of several companies and has been a Non-Executive, Independent Director on the
Board of Tata Chemicals Limited since April 2018.
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DR. C. V. NATRAj
Non-Executive Independent Director
Dr. C. V. Natraj is a Ph.D. in Chemistry from the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore. He also has postdoctoral research
experience in biochemistry from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. Dr. Natraj has more than 30 years of experience
in research. He headed the research function as Director on the Board of Hindustan Lever Limited and later went on to
lead the Corporate Research function for Unilever as Senior Vice President. He is the Technical Advisor to the Society for
Innovation and Development at the Indian Institute of Science. He was appointed on the Board of Tata Chemicals Limited
as a Non-Executive, Independent Director in August 2019.
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