K.N. Bhat joined the Board in June 2003. He is an independent Director practicing law before the Supreme Court of India. He has more than 4 decades of experience in the field of law involving commercial law including arbitration, banking, corporate law, constitution, indirect taxation, etc. He was also the Additional Solicitor General of India from September 1996 to May 1998. He is a member of the Audit Committee of the company.