Mr. Surin Shailesh Kapadia is an Independent Director of the Company. Mr. Surin Kapadia is a fellow member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India and Partner of M/s G. M. Kapadia & Co., Chartered Accountants. He is the head of the Firm's Transaction Advisory and Valuation practices. He is also an integral part of the consultancy and corporate law practices of the Firm and is actively involved in rendering of high value-added professional services. Mr. Kapadia has over 15 years' experience in the field of taxation, exchange control laws, mergers and acquisition and valuation. He is actively involved in the activities of the Bombay Chartered Accountants' Society (BCAS). Mr. Kapadia serves as a member of the Balloting Committee of The Club, Mahabaleshwar and the Managing Committee of Raheja Chambers Premises Cooperative Society Ltd. He also serves on the Finance Advisory Committee of CanKids...KidsCan, a registered charitable national society working to make a change for childhood cancer in India - this gives him an opportunity to develop his philanthropic pursuits.