Bosch Ltd — Board/Management Information 2018

Dec 4, 2018

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Corporate Relationship Department BSE Limited 1[st ] Floor, New Trading Ring Rotunda Building Phiroze Jeejeebhoy Towe rs Dalal Street, Fort Mumbai - 400 001 Scrip code:500530

The Manager Listing Department National Stock Exchange of India Ltd. Exchange Plaza, C-1, Block G Bandra-Kurla Complex Sandra (E) - Mumbai 400 051 Scrip code: BOSCHL TD

Bosch Limited Post Box No:3000 Hosur Road, Adugodi Bangalore-560030 Karnataka, India Tel +91 80 67528626 www.bosch.in L85110KA1951PLC000761

December 04, 2018

Dear Sir/Madam

Ref: Regulation 30 of SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015 ("Listing Regulations") read with SEBI Circular CIRCFD/CMD/42015 dated September 09, 2015.

We wish to inform you that the Board of Directors, vide Circular Resolution No. 2 of 2018 passed today i.e. December 04, 2018, approv·ed the appointment of Dr. Gopichand Katragadda as an Additional Director designated as an Independent Director of the Company for a term of five years with effect from December 04, 2018.

Dr. Katragadda is not related to any director of the Company.

Pursuant to SEBI Circular LIST/COMP/14/2018-19 dated June 20, 2018, we confirm that Dr. Katragadda is not debarred from holding the office of director by virtue of any SEBI order or any other such authority. Brief profile of Dr. Katragadda is enclosed as Annexure.

This is for your information and records.

Thanking you,

Yours faithfully, for Bosch Limited,

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Rajesh Parte (Company Secretary & Compliance Officer)

Registered Office: Bosch Limited, Hosur Road, Bangalore-560030, Karnataka. India Managing Director: Soumitra Bhattacharya, Joint Managing Director: Andreas Wolf

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Annexure:

Profile of Dr. Gopichand (Gopi) Katragadda:

Dr. Gopichand Katragadda is the Tata Group Chief Technology Officer and Innovation Head. In this role, Gopi facilitates the development of pioneering products and services, strategic technology collaborations, and evangelizes innovation across the $100B Group.

Previously, as Chairman and Managing Director, he helped grow GE's largest R&D Centre - the John F. Welch Technology Centre, to be amongst the world leaders in intellectual property generation. Gopi also served as the chairman for GE·BEL.

Before joining GE, Gopi was the VP of Technology at the US based Karta Technologies. Here, Gopi led the development of advanced sensor technology for US government agencies and research consortiums. He also was an Adjunct Professor at the University of Texas and served on the Board of Directors for Texas Public Radio.

Gopi provides the voice of technology for various Government of India organisations. He chairs the CII National Technology Committee and the CII Western Region Innovation Taskforce. He is the India chair for the UK-India Joint Economic and Trade Committee.

Gopi is a Fellow of the Institute of Engineering and Technology. He is a GE Certified Six Sigma Master Black Belt. Gopi has over 30 publications and 5 patents. He has authored a book on innovation · "SMASH," currently in its second edition, published by Wiley. He contributed to the establishment of the Advanced Materials CoE at IIT·Madras and the Advanced Manufacturing CoE at IIT·Kharagpur. Gopi has helped set up and has driven the ongoing Tata research collaborations with Harvard and Yale.

Gopi holds MS and PhD degrees in Electrical Engineering from Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa.