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Total Debt and Amortisation Schedule ` in crores competencies in the area of gut Microbiome, energy Sciences,
Repayment schedule of existing debt data analytics and advanced Materials.

8,000 7,702 the Centre has explored the application of FoS (fructo-
7,000 oligosaccharides) for skin microbiome and immunity application
to develop next-generation applications in nutraceuticals. It has
6,000
developed customised vitamin and mineral solutions for the
5,000 industry for fortification of staple foods. IC has built significant
4,070 expertise in fermentation technology and has developed
4,000
3,141 numerous Fossence-based product concepts and prototypes for
3,000 nQ Innovation, aimed at serving society through science.
2,000
IC is currently building competency in lithium cell technology
1,000
367 121 chemistry. It includes the synthesis of cathode active material
0 1 and cell assembly to make lithium battery cells. IC has internalised
Mar’ 20 FY 21 FY 22 FY 23 FY 24 FY 25
gross debt lithium cell technology, transferred from ISro and has built
tCl Standalone and subsidiaries strategic relationships with Indian national laboratories to
leverage the science available in the country.
Note:
1. Gross debt of ` 7,702 crore includes ` 589 crore of working the IC materials division has continued its journey in building the
capital loans and ` 1,324 crore of bridge loan. HdS business for the Company. the team has recently developed
a new functionalised silica grade for stretchable elastomer used
2. The repayment schedule for term loans has been prepared in garment applications that significantly improves end-product
considering the existing repayment terms. Some of these performance. an abrasive grade silica was also developed for oral
loans/facilities may be refinanced, in full or in part, from care (toothpaste application) for effective removal of pellicle film
time to time in future depending on the requirement and the from the surface of teeth.
business plans.

Innovation and Technology Digitalisation & Information Technology
Innovation Centre tCl is in an exciting era of Industry 4.0 where businesses are
increasingly adopting digital technologies. the Company has
the Innovation Centre (IC) at pune is the Company’s science and embarked on a journey to standardise and streamline processes
technology hub for seeding new businesses and accelerating the and empower people with technologies. this will help it to
Company’s businesses. IC supports tCl’s businesses by providing make informed decisions and drive profitable growth. It has
a customer-centric scientific problem-solving approach for taken definitive steps towards this by implementing a common
sustainable differentiation. the Centre works with all the business enterprise resource planning (erp) system across all group
units, including Material Sciences, nutritional Solutions, Basic companies, including Customer relationship Management (CrM)
Chemistry and new businesses such as energy. It uses a multi- and distributor Management System (dMS) modules in the Basic
disciplinary scientific approach to develop products and services. Chemistry Business.

at present, the Company has a total of 123 active patent families,
out of which 35 have been granted. In FY 2019-20, IC filed during the year under review, the existing supplier collaboration
4 new patent applications in India and 2 applications in the and sourcing platform was extended to all across the subsidiary
uS and published 4 research papers in international peer-reviewed companies. tCl conducted an external study on data Maturity
journals. assessment, to provide an insight into the use of digitisation in
the Company, unlocking the power of data. It also undertook
tech-talk and innCoteCH are the two key initiatives and platforms a digital roadmapping exercise, aided by an external expert
for knowledge-sharing and learning new technology trends and agency, to prioritise future steps in the strategic planning of
practices at IC. during the year under review, innCoteCH was digital programme. Work was initiated on a modern laboratory
conducted with the inclusion of all the r&d centres, including Information Management system (for r&d labs), transportation
that of rallis. the conference was inaugurated by padma Shri Management System, dealer Connect System (at rallis) and
dr. Mashelkar and attended by global scientists including padma Human resource Management System. tCl is strengthening its
Shri dr. M. M. Sharma. during the year, IC also developed significant internal capability in digital and data analytics to make analytics

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