Coromandel International Limited informed that based on the recommendation of the Nomination and Remuneration Committee, the Board of Directors at its meeting held on November 03, 2022, approved the following appointments: Appointment of Dr. Deepali Pant Joshi (DIN: 07139051) as Additional Director, to be designated as "Non-Executive & Independent Director", of the Company for a term of 5 years with effect from February 1, 2023. Appointment of Mr. Sankarasubramanian S. (DIN: 01592772) as Additional Director of the Company with effect from February 1, 2023. Appointment of Dr. Raghuram Devarakonda (DIN: 09749805) as Additional Director of the Company with effect from February 1, 2023.

Brief profile of Dr. Deepali Pant Joshi: Ms. Deepali Pant Joshi, aged 64 years, is a Fellow of Harvard University Asia Centre with post-doctoral work in Finance and Economics. She is also the distinguished Fellow of SKOCH Foundation. Dr. Joshi has done Ph.D. and LL.B. from University of Allahabad and University of Lucknow, and also completed management studies from IGNOU, Delhi.

Dr. Joshi had been a Career Central Banker. She joined Reserve Bank of India (RBI) in 1981 superannuated as Executive Director, RBI in 2017. Dr. Joshi held various important assignments, including RBI Banking Ombudsman, Regional Director, etc., during her tenure in RBI.

She was also part of some of the important committees of Planning Commission, Malegam Committee, etc. Dr. Joshi has also various publications and books to her credit like "The New Economic Paradigm: India in the Covid World". She is holding independent directorship in various entities like NABFINS (NABARD subsidiary), IFCI Factors.

Dr. Deepali Pant Joshi has vast experience and core competencies in Microfinance, Financial Inclusion, Regulation and Supervision, Currency Management, Financial Institutions, Payment Systems and ForEx. Brief profile of Mr. Sankarasubramanian S: Mr. Sankarasubramanian S. aged 53 years, is a Graduate in Mathematics from University of Madras and is a member of The Institute of Cost and Management Accountants of India . He has done his Advanced Management Program (AMP) at Harvard Business School in the year 2009.

He has been with the Murugappa Group since 1993 and has close to 30 years of experience in Finance, Operations and General Management. He started with EID Parry India Limited in Corporate Finance and held various positions in Finance before moving to Coromandel International Limited in 2003. He was leading Business Finance and Treasury in Coromandel before taking up the role of Chief Financial Officer (CFO) in the year 2011.

In the year 2017, he moved from CFO role to head the Fertiliser Business of Coromandel and is currently designated as President, Nutrient Business of the company responsible for Fertilisers and Specialty Nutrients business segments. His core strengths are in Business Strategy, General Management, M&A and Policy Interventions especially for the Fertiliser Sector. He has been closely associated with Fertiliser Industry over the last two decades.

He is currently on the boards of Tunisian Indian Fertilizer S.A., Foskor (Pty) Ltd. and some of the subsidiaries. Brief profile of Dr. Raghuram Devarakonda: Dr. Raghuram Devarakonda, aged 55 years, has done Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from University of California at Berkeley, post-doctoral research fellowship at University of Vienna and B.Tech. from Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai.

He is presently serving Coromandel International as President Crop Protection, Bio Products & Retail since August 2021. He has over 27 years' experience in Indian industry and business consulting with about 14 years in C-Suite positions. Dr. Devarakonda started his career as a consultant with Accenture, Mumbai.

He also worked for the Murugappa Group as Head Corporate Strategy and Planning Department and was the Business Head of Tl cycles for about 6 years. Later, in his second stint with the firm, he joined Accenture as Managing Director (Partner) Advanced Customer Strategy. He also served as Chief Operating Officer at Ramco Cements.

Dr. Devarakonda is passionate about sustainable profitable growth in businesses.