Mr. Naresh Chandra is our Non-Executive Chairman and Independent Director. He graduated with a masters' degree in science from Allahabad University. A former civil servant, he joined the Indian Administrative Services in 1956 and has served as Chief Secretary in the State of Rajasthan, Commonwealth Secretariat Advisor on Export Industrialisation and Policy in Colombo (Sri Lanka), Advisor to the Government of Jammu and Kashmir, and successively Secretary to the Ministries of Water Resources, Defence, Home and Justice in the GoI. In December 1990, he became Cabinet Secretary, the highest post in the Indian civil service. In 1992, he was appointed Senior Advisor to the Prime Minister of India. He has served as the Governor of the state of Gujarat in 1995-1996 and Ambassador of India to the United States of America in 1996-2001. He has also chaired the Committee on Corporate Audit and Governance, the Committee on Private Companies and Limited Companies Partnerships and the Committee on Civil Aviation Policy, for the GoI. He has been honoured with the Padma Vibhushan, a high civilian award, by the Government of India in 2007. He is a director of various companies, including Eros plc and Vedanta Resources plc. He was appointed as a Non-Executive Chariman and Independent Director by our Company on September 28, 2009.

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