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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 later became Titan Watches, and now Titan Company. At Titan, he has
handled sales and marketing, HR, international business and various general managerial
assignments. He has served as managing director of Titan Company Limited since April
2002. He was awarded the Distinguished Alumnus Award of IIT Madras in 2008.
He was appointed as Director on the Board of the Tata Sons in November, 2017.
He was appointed as non-executive director of Tata Chemicals in December, 2016.

Mr. Nasser Munjee
Independent Non-Executive Director
With a Masters degree from the London School of Economics, Mr. Munjee, has held
various positions at HDFC for more than 20 years, including serving as executive director.
He was the managing director of IDFC and served on the board of various multinational
companies and trusts. He was a technical advisor on the World Bank's Public Private
Partnership Infrastructure and Advisory Fund. Mr. Munjee has been the chairman of DCB
Bank since June 2005 and was appointed as independent, non-executive director of Tata
Chemicals Limited in 2006.

Dr. YSP Thorat
Independent Non-Executive Director
Dr. Thorat started his career with the Reserve Bank of India in 1972 and was appointed
its executive director in 2003. His major contribution has been in the eld of policy
support for agriculture nance, supervision, and export credit. In 2004, he was appointed
managing director, NABARD, and a year later became chairman. In the past, he has been
associated with the Planning Commission, Government of India, for the 10th and 11th
ve year plans. Dr. Thorat is also a director of Rallis India, Britannia Industries and Ambit
Capital and also serves as an independent non-executive director of Tata Chemicals
Limited since January 2010.

Ms. Vibha Paul Rishi
Independent Non-Executive 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 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 companies and was appointed as an independent, non-executive
director of Tata Chemicals Limited in September 2014.

Mr. S. Padmanabhan
Non-Executive Director
Mr Padmanabhan, is a distinguished alumnus of IIM Bangalore, and a Gold Medallist
and alumnus from PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore and has also completed the
Advanced Management Program at Harvard Business School. During a 26-year stint with
Tata Consultancy Services, Mr. Padmanabhan held several senior leadership roles. He was
also an executive director of Tata Power between 2008-2014 and the Group Chief Human
Resources O cer at Tata Sons Limited. He is on the board of Tata Consulting Engineers
Limited (chairman), In niti Retail and The Associated Building Company. Appointed non-
executive director of Tata Chemicals Limited since December 2016, he is currently the
executive chairman, Tata Business Excellence Group (TBExG).
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