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5. Corporate Social Responsibility Committee
The CSR Committee has been constituted in line with the provisions of Section 135 of the Companies Act, 2013, and
the rules made thereunder.
The role of the Committee, the topics reviewed by it and the frequency of review are mentioned in Table 3.5.
Table 3.5: Role of the Committee and frequency of review
Role of the Committee Frequency
of review
Review the CSR Policy and recommend modifications as necessary A
Recommend to the Board, the expenditure to be incurred on the activities undertaken A
Review the performance of the Company in the area of CSR, including the evaluation of the impact of the company’s
CSR activities
H
Consider and recommend to the Board, the CSR report of the Company for approval and inclusion in the Annual
Report of the Company
A
Consider and recommend to the Board, the Annual Action Plan of the Company for the next financial year, and
subsequent modifications, if any
A
Recommend the deployment strategy for CSR activities, through partnerships with various agencies, intermediaries
and foundations
P
Review and noting of CFO Compliance Certificate on utilisation of CSR funds A
Frequency: A — annually; P — periodically; H – half yearly
The Committee met twice in 2024 — on June 18 and December 17. The necessary quorum was present for all the
meetings. Details of attendance at the meetings of the CSR Committee in 2024 are presented in Table 3.6.
Details of the Company’s CSR activities undertaken during the year were reviewed by the Committee at these meetings.
Details are mentioned in annexures to the Directors’ Report.
Table 3.6: Attendance of Directors at Board and Committee meetings, and last Annual General Meeting
The following table shows attendance of Directors at the Board and Committee meetings held during 2024 and at
the last AGM of the Company. Attendance at the Board and Committee meeting(s) is presented as the number of
meeting(s) attended, out of the number of meeting(s) required to be attended or held during their respective tenure.
Name
Board/
Committee /
General meeting
Mr Girish
Paranjpe
Ms
Shyamala
Gopinath
Mr Amar
Raj Bindra
Ms Nishi
Vasudeva
Ms Vinita
Bali@
Mr Ewout
Steenbergen%
Mr Yann
Le Pallec
Mr Girish
Ganesan
Mr
Saugata
Saha#
Mr Amish
Mehta
Board 6/6 6/6 5/6 6/6 - 1/1* 6/6 5/6 4/5* 6/6
Audit Committee 6/6 5/5* 6/6 5/5* 1/1* - 1/1* - 3/4* -
Risk Management
Committee
- 3/3 3/3 - - - 1/1* - 2/2* 3/3
Nomination and
Remuneration Committee
2/2* 3/3 - - 1/1* - - 3/3 - -
Stakeholders’ Relationship
Committee
4/4 - - - - - - 3/4 - 4/4
Corporate Social
Responsibility Committee
2/2 - - 2/2 - - - - - 2/2
37th Annual General Meeting Yes Yes Yes Yes - - Yes Yes Yes Yes
Note: (1) The first number in each cell represents the Director attendance, and the second number indicates the total number
of meetings
* Indicates the number of meetings held during the tenure of the Director for the respective forum
 @ Retired as Independent Director w.e.f. February 13, 2024
 % Resigned as a Non-Executive Director w.e.f. February 16, 2024
# Appointed as a Non-Executive Director w.e.f. February 17, 2024
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