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NIIT Ltd. Board/Management Information 2021

Jun 4, 2021

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Board/Management Information

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NIIT Limited 85, Sector-32, Institutional Gurgaon 122001, India Tel: +91 (124) 4293000 Fax: +91 (124) 4293333 Email: [email protected]

Registered Office: 8, Balaji Estate, First Floor Guru Ravi das Marg, Kalkaji New Delhi 110 019, India CIN: L74899DL1981PLC015865

www.niit.com

June 4, 2021

The Manager The Manager BSE Limited National Stock Exchange of India Ltd Corporate Relationship Department, Listing Department 1[st] Floor, New Trading Ring, Exchange Plaza Rotunda Building 5[th] Floor, Plot no C/1, G Block Phiroze Jeejeebhoy Towers, Bandra Kurla Complex Dalal Street, Mumbai 400 001 Bandra (E), Mumbai – 400 051

Subject: Disclosure / Intimation pursuant to Regulation 30 of the SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulation, 2015

Ref : Scrip Code : BSE – 500304; NSE – NIITLTD

Dear Sir/Madam,

Pursuant to Regulation 30 read with Schedule III Part A Para A (7) of SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015, we hereby inform you that the Board of Directors at its meeting held on June 4, 2021, have inter alia:

  • a) approved the appointment of Ms. Avani Vishal Davda (DIN: 07504739) and Ms. Sangeeta Singh (DIN: 07694463) as Additional Directors (Non-executive/Independent) of the Company with effect from June 5, 2021. These appointments shall be for a term of five years each, subject to the approval of shareholders at the forthcoming annual general meeting (AGM).

Ms. Avani Davda and Ms. Sangeeta Singh are not related to any director of the Company.

Brief profile of Ms. Avani Davda and Ms. Sangeeta Singh are enclosed as Annexure-A & B respectively.

  • b) recommended the appointment of Mr. Sapnesh Lalla, Chief Executive Officer of the Company as Director to the shareholders for approval. Post approval of shareholders at the forthcoming annual general meeting, he shall be redesignated as Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer of NIIT Limited. The appointment shall be for a period of 5 years from the date of approval by shareholders at AGM.

Mr. Sapnesh Lalla is not related to any director of the Company.

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  • c) recommended the appointment of Mr. Udai Singh Pawar as Non-executive nonindependent Director of the Company to the shareholders for approval. The appointment shall be effective from the date of approval by shareholders at the forthcoming AGM. Mr. Udai Singh Pawar has professional experience of over fifteen years after his undergraduate studies at IIT Kanpur, graduated in 2005 with an Integrated Masters in Physics. Post his stint at Microsoft Research Lab in Bangalore focusing on Technology for Education, he moved into film-making. With his interest in inter- disciplinary technology and art, Udai is also investing in some startups, while he works on his future film projects, focusing on OTT platforms.

Mr. Udai Pawar is son of Mr. Rajendra Singh Pawar, Non-executive Chairman/Promoter of the Company.

  • d) recommended the appointment of Ms. Leher Vijay Thadani as Non-executive nonindependent Director of the Company to the shareholders for approval. The appointment shall be effective from the date of approval by shareholders at the forthcoming AGM. Ms. Leher Vijay Thadani has over ten years of professional experience after completing her MBA from George Washington University. Her experience in reputation management, public affairs, management consulting and communications spans a variety of sectors including technology, food & beverage, energy, automotive, chemicals and government.

Ms. Leher Vijay Thadani is daughter of Mr. Vijay K Thadani, Vice Chairman & Managing Director /Promoter of the Company.

None of the above individuals is debarred from holding the Office of Director by virtue of any order passed by SEBI or any other such authority.

Kindly take the same on record and acknowledge receipt.

Thanking you,

Yours truly, For NIIT Limited

Digitally signed by Deepak Bansal DN: c=IN, o=Personal, pseudonym=d6d405d162ef6bda3a371503c014 Deepak 05e46dcdf1fac20802082f5e4825e05d2d8c, postalCode=110033, st=DELHI, serialNumber=fff2c2cd651e10899edbc3dbc92c 5db44be46796a9cc000c593547953a3b6f01, Bansal cn=Deepak Bansal Date: 2021.06.04 13:28:40 +05'30' Deepak Bansal Company Secretary & Compliance Officer

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Annexure - A

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Avani Vishal Davda

Avani Vishal Davda, a passionate business leader, has led businesses across consumer, retail and hospitality sectors. She has experience of business strategy in consumer and retail business of more than 19 years. Her strengths lie in developing business strategy and the ability to execute with a sharp focus on business sustainability through growth and profitability.

Currently, Avani is Advisor at Bain & Company and also on the board of Mahindra Logistics Limited since 2018. Earlier, she was the Managing Director of Godrej Nature’s Basket Ltd- a 100% subsidiary of Godrej Industries Ltd. and prior to that she was the Founder Chief Executive Officer of Tata Starbucks Ltd., the joint venture of Starbucks Coffee Company and Tata Global Beverages Limited (TGBL).

Her professional career took off when Avani joined the Tata Group’s coveted leadership program - Tata Administrative Service in 2002 where worked in Tata companies including TAJ Luxury Hotels, IHCL and Tata Consumer Products Ltd.

Avani featured in “ET & Spencer Stuart Women Ahead” 2019. She was nominated as a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum, Geneva in 2014, ranked 13 on “The Most Innovative Women in Food and Drink” list in Fortune and Food & Wine and listed in Fortune US’s annual global list of “40 under 40 leaders” in 2013.

She completed her Bachelor’s degree in Commerce with Honors (Advertising & Media) from H.R. College, University of Mumbai and Master’s degree in Management Studies (MMS) from NMIMS, University of Mumbai (Gold Medalist).

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Annexure - B
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Sangita Singh

Sangita Singh is a global business leader with 30 years of experience in the technology industry. She has been instrumental in delivering hypergrowth for multi-billion-dollar businesses at IBM as General Manager, Cloud Applications, at Infosys as EVP, Healthcare & Life Sciences, and at Wipro Technologies as Chief Executive, Healthcare & Life Sciences. These positions included key technology portfolios of Applications, Cloud, Artificial Intelligence (AI), and industries like Healthcare & Life Sciences. She has worked in New York, London and Bangalore.

Currently she is the Growth Acceleration Advisor at VIANAI, a Silicon Valley-based start-up, consulting with CIOs & CDOs in the Healthcare and Life Sciences sector, to solve complex business problems with AI and Machine Learning implementations.

Sangita brings in experience across product management, enterprise sales and marketing in the global arena and P&L management. Throughout her career, she has helped build high-performance teams and inspired them with an overarching purpose and sense of entrepreneurial spirit.

She is a Partner at Social Venture Partners, a philanthropic network that invests in collaborative solutions – building powerful relationships to tackle communities’ social challenges. She was also a board member at Infosys BPO.

Sangita has been named by Business Today as one of the 30 most powerful women in business for the years 2014 and 2015. Sangita was also recognized by World Economic Forum (WEF) as Young Global Leader in 2010 and 50 on Fast Track by India Today in 2010.

Sangita is Bachelor of Engineering in EE from the NIT, Durgapur, India.