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On the recommendation of the Audit and Risk Management Committee, the Board of Directors has approved the appointment of M/s M S K A &amp; Associates LLP (formerly known as M S K A &amp; Associates), Chartered Accountants (FRN: 105047W/W101187), as Statutory Auditors of the Company in place of M/s S.R. Batliboi &amp; Co. LLP, (on completion of two consecutive terms of appointment in accordance with the applicable provisions of the Companies Act, 2013), to hold office from the conclusion of the 61st Annual General Meeting for a term of five consecutive years, i.e., until the conclusion of the 66th Annual General Meeting, subject to the approval of the shareholders of the Company, as may be required under the prevailing provisions of law.

2. The Board of Directors has noted that Ms. Pallavi Joshi Bakhru (DIN: 01526618) will step down from the position of Independent Director of the Company with effect from the close of business hours on April 30, 2026.
The cessation is consequent to her association as a Designated Partner at Grant Thornton Bharat LLP and the proposed appointment of Walker Chandiok &amp; Co LLP, member firms of Grant Thornton International, as statutory auditors for certain Vedanta Group companies and is in order to ensure compliance with applicable independence and governance requirements.
Further, the Board on recommendation of the Nomination &amp; Remuneration Committee has approved the appointment of Dr. Meena Hemchandra (DIN: 05337181) as an Additional Director designated as a Non- Executive Independent Director of the Company for a first term of 1 year effective from May 01, 2026 to April 30, 2027 subject to approval of the shareholders of the Company.</in-capmkt:RemarksForWebsiteDissemination><in-capmkt:DateOfReport contextRef="MainI">2026-04-29</in-capmkt:DateOfReport><in-capmkt:TypeOfChange contextRef="D_ChangeInManagement1">Tenure completion</in-capmkt:TypeOfChange><in-capmkt:CategoryForChange contextRef="D_ChangeInManagement1">Auditors</in-capmkt:CategoryForChange><in-capmkt:DesignationOfDesignatedPerson contextRef="D_ChangeInManagement1">Statutory Auditor</in-capmkt:DesignationOfDesignatedPerson><in-capmkt:SalutationOfDesignatedPerson contextRef="D_ChangeInManagement1">M/s.</in-capmkt:SalutationOfDesignatedPerson><in-capmkt:NameOfDesignatedPerson contextRef="I_ChangeInManagement1">S.R. Batliboi &amp; Co. LLP</in-capmkt:NameOfDesignatedPerson><in-capmkt:EffectiveDateOfReasonOfChange contextRef="I_ChangeInManagement1">2026-04-29</in-capmkt:EffectiveDateOfReasonOfChange><in-capmkt:TypeOfChange contextRef="D_ChangeInManagement2">Appointment</in-capmkt:TypeOfChange><in-capmkt:CategoryForChange contextRef="D_ChangeInManagement2">Auditors</in-capmkt:CategoryForChange><in-capmkt:DesignationOfDesignatedPerson contextRef="D_ChangeInManagement2">Statutory Auditor</in-capmkt:DesignationOfDesignatedPerson><in-capmkt:SalutationOfDesignatedPerson contextRef="D_ChangeInManagement2">M/s.</in-capmkt:SalutationOfDesignatedPerson><in-capmkt:NameOfDesignatedPerson contextRef="I_ChangeInManagement2">M S K A &amp; Associates LLP</in-capmkt:NameOfDesignatedPerson><in-capmkt:EffectiveDateOfReasonOfChange contextRef="I_ChangeInManagement2">2026-04-30</in-capmkt:EffectiveDateOfReasonOfChange><in-capmkt:TermOfAppointmentInMonths contextRef="D_ChangeInManagement2" unitRef="pure" decimals="INF">60</in-capmkt:TermOfAppointmentInMonths><in-capmkt:BriefProfile contextRef="D_ChangeInManagement2">M/s M S K A &amp; Associates LLP (formerly known as M S K A &amp; Associates) established in 1978, is an Indian limited liability partnership firm registered with the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) and the PCAOB (US Public Company Accountancy Oversight Board) having offices across 12 cities in India at Mumbai, Gurugram, Chandigarh, Kolkata, Ahmedabad, Chennai, Goa, Pune, Bengaluru, Kochi, Hyderabad and Coimbatore. The audit firm has a valid peer review certificate. 
The Firm primarily provides audit and assurance services, tax and advisory services, to its clients. The Firm's Audit and Assurance practice has significant experience across various industries, markets and geographies.</in-capmkt:BriefProfile><in-capmkt:WhetherTheStatutoryAuditorOrSecretarialAuditorHoldsAValidCertificateIssuedByThePeerReviewBoardOfInstituteOfCharteredAccountantsOfIndiaOrInstituteOfCompanySecretariesOfIndia contextRef="D_ChangeInManagement2">true</in-capmkt:WhetherTheStatutoryAuditorOrSecretarialAuditorHoldsAValidCertificateIssuedByThePeerReviewBoardOfInstituteOfCharteredAccountantsOfIndiaOrInstituteOfCompanySecretariesOfIndia><in-capmkt:TypeOfChange contextRef="D_ChangeInManagement3">Appointment</in-capmkt:TypeOfChange><in-capmkt:CategoryForChange contextRef="D_ChangeInManagement3">Director</in-capmkt:CategoryForChange><in-capmkt:DesignationOfDesignatedPerson contextRef="D_ChangeInManagement3">Non - Executive Independent Director</in-capmkt:DesignationOfDesignatedPerson><in-capmkt:PositionOfDirectorInBoardTwo contextRef="D_ChangeInManagement3">Not Applicable</in-capmkt:PositionOfDirectorInBoardTwo><in-capmkt:PositionOfDirectorInBoardThree contextRef="D_ChangeInManagement3">Not Applicable</in-capmkt:PositionOfDirectorInBoardThree><in-capmkt:SalutationOfDesignatedPerson contextRef="D_ChangeInManagement3">Ms.</in-capmkt:SalutationOfDesignatedPerson><in-capmkt:NameOfDesignatedPerson contextRef="I_ChangeInManagement3">Meena Hemchandra</in-capmkt:NameOfDesignatedPerson><in-capmkt:EffectiveDateOfReasonOfChange contextRef="I_ChangeInManagement3">2026-05-01</in-capmkt:EffectiveDateOfReasonOfChange><in-capmkt:TermOfAppointmentInMonths contextRef="D_ChangeInManagement3" unitRef="pure" decimals="INF">12</in-capmkt:TermOfAppointmentInMonths><in-capmkt:BriefProfile contextRef="D_ChangeInManagement3">Dr. Meena Hemchandra is a career central banker with four decades of experience in various departments of Reserve Bank of India and the financial sector. She was Executive Director of Reserve Bank of India incharge of supervision of Banks, Non-Banking Finance Companies and Cooperative Banks from June 2015 till her superannuation in November 2017. Her earlier experience includes treasury management, having headed the Department of External Investment and Operations (a department that manages the country’s forex reserves) between 2005 and 2011. She also has expertise in Strategic Planning, and in foreign exchange regulations having worked in the Foreign Exchange Department at various points in her career. She has in-depth understanding of corporate governance and corporate balance sheets having worked in departments relating to large corporate finance, supervision over banks and from her long board tenures. 

She has strong skills in IT governance having established the ‘Standing Committee on Cyber Security in Banks’ in RBI and being its first Chairperson. She oversaw the framing of RBI guidelines on cyber security in June 2016.

She had also been the Principal of the Reserve Bank’s College of Agricultural Banking involved in training in Agriculture and Rural Credit, Co-operative Banking, Financial Inclusion, Financial Literacy, etc. 

Her Board experience of over fifteen years includes Reserve Bank of India nominee directorship on the Boards of Union Bank of India, Canara Bank and ECGC. Post-retirement she completed her full term an Independent Director on the Board of Clearing Corporation of India Limited and was with Suryoday Small Finance Bank Limited for over three years. She advises on banking sector regulation, financial matters and cyber-security/IT governance in banks.

She holds degrees in Economics including a Ph.D. from the Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics, Pune, with her thesis on “An Early Warning Framework for Financial Stress.” She has pursued executive education in Advanced Risk Management at Wharton, is a CFA (India) and CAIIB, and has also completed a Diploma in C++ Programming along with a postgraduate programme in Data Science and Business Analytics from the University of Texas–Austin and Great Lakes Institute, Delhi.

Currently, she is a Non-Executive Independent Chairperson at Karur Vysya Bank, an Independent Director on the Board of Triveni Engineering &amp; Industries Limited, also having directorship in Unified Fintech Forum - Section 8 Company and an Independent Director in Home Credit India Finance Private Limited. She is a Senior Advisor with DMI finance Limited.</in-capmkt:BriefProfile><in-capmkt:DisclosureOfRelationshipsBetweenDirectorsInCaseOfAppointmentOfDirector contextRef="D_ChangeInManagement3">Ms. Meena Hemchandra is not related inter se in terms of Section 2 sub section 77 of the Companies Act 2013 read with Rule 4 of the Companies Specification of Definition Details Rules 2014 with any of the Directors of the Company.</in-capmkt:DisclosureOfRelationshipsBetweenDirectorsInCaseOfAppointmentOfDirector><in-capmkt:AffirmationThatThePersonProposedToBeAppointedAsDirectorIsNotDebarredFromHoldingTheOfficeByVirtueOfAnySEBIOrderOrAnyOtherAuthority contextRef="D_ChangeInManagement3">true</in-capmkt:AffirmationThatThePersonProposedToBeAppointedAsDirectorIsNotDebarredFromHoldingTheOfficeByVirtueOfAnySEBIOrderOrAnyOtherAuthority><in-capmkt:WhetherTheDirectorBeingAppointedIsDisqualifiedFromHoldingTheOfficeOfDirectorPursuantToProvisionsOfSection164OfTheCompaniesAct2013 contextRef="D_ChangeInManagement3">false</in-capmkt:WhetherTheDirectorBeingAppointedIsDisqualifiedFromHoldingTheOfficeOfDirectorPursuantToProvisionsOfSection164OfTheCompaniesAct2013></xbrli:xbrl>
