Udaipur Cement Works Limited informed that the Board of Directors have appointed Ambassador Bhaswati Mukherjee as an Additional Director in the category of Independent (Woman) Director, for a term of three consecutive years with effect January 24, 2020, subject to requisite approval of the Members at the next Annual General Meeting of the Company. Ambassador Bhaswati Mukherjee, aged 65 years, is a retired Diplomat. She had joined Indian Foreign Service in 1976 and held various positions in the Government. Amb Mukherjee had been Ambassador of India to the Netherlands between 2010 and 2013. She is an Independent Director on the Board of Directors of JK Lakshmi Cement Limited and Jindal Stainless Limited. Amb. Mukherjee has been a visiting Professor at the Foreign Service Institute and in different Universities in India and abroad on disarmament and strategic issues, India's relations with its neighbors and EU, challenges emerging from use of chemical weapons as well as on Soft Power, Diaspora and India's cultural and civilizational heritage.