RIR POWER ELECTRONICS LIMITED — Board/Management Information 2023

Feb 7, 2023

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Ref.RIR/SEC/13476/2023 7[th] February, 2023

The Bombay Stock Exchange Limited Corporate Relationship Department, 1[st] Floor, Rotunda Building,

P. J. Towers, Dalal Street, Mumbai-400001 Scrip Code : 517035

Sub.: Intimation under Regulation 30 of the SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015 – Appointment of Dr. Madhav Manjrekar as NonExecutive Independent Director of the Company

Dear Sir,

This is to inform you that the Board of Directors of the Company had at their meeting held today i.e. 7[th] February, 2023 considered and approved the appointment of Dr. Madhav Manjrekar as an Additional Director in the category of Non-Executive – Independent Director of the Company w.e.f. 07-02-2023 for a period of 5 years, subject to regularization of his appointment by the shareholders of the Company at the upcoming General Meeting of the Company by means of a special resolution.

Brief Profile of Dr. Madhav Manjrekar, in terms of the SEBI Listing Regulations, is annexed herewith.

We request you to take note of the above and bring this to the notice of all concerned.

Thanking You, Yours faithfully, For RIR POWER ELECTRONICS LIMITED

(Formerly RUTTONSHA INTERNATIONAL RECTIFIER LTD.)

BHAVIN Digitally signed by BHAVIN PREMJIRAMBHIA DN: cn=BHAVIN PREMJI PREMJI RAMBHIA, c=IN, st=Maharashtra,o=Personal, title=3251, serialNumber=a2199c79c1e43b845 RAMBHIA e70ee0cb7756cec9e092c9ac134dd62dcdcaa81bf5e3a6b Date: 2023.02.07 11:54:42 +05'30'

BHAVIN P RAMBHIA COMPANY SECRETARY

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Brief Profile of Dr. Madhav Manjrekar

	Name of the Director	Name of the Director	Dr. Madhav Devidas Manjrekar
	Reason for change viz. appointment,~~resignation,~~ ~~removal, death or otherwise~~		Appointment
	Date of appointment/ ~~cessation~~		7thFebruary, 2023
	Terms	of Appointment	Appointed as a Non – Executive Independent Director (Additional Director) on the Board of the Company for a period of 5 years, subject to approval of the shareholders, by means of a special resolution
	Brief Profile		Dr. Madhav Manjrekar, Senior Member of IEEE, is a tenured Associate Professor at the University of North Carolina in Charlotte. He also serves as an Assistant Director of the Energy Production & Infrastructure Center (EPIC), a research center founded by industry champions such as Duke Energy, EPRI, Siemens, and Westinghouse at the university. Named as an e4 Carolinas Emerging Leader in Energy, Dr. Manjrekar has led technology and innovation teams in the areas of energy and power systems for more than 25 years. Prior to joining academia, he worked as the Vice President of Global Research and Innovation at Vestas, and previously has held various leadership and management positions at Siemens, Eaton and ABB. Dr. Manjrekar continues his engagement with the corporate world as Technology Evangelist and Member of Technical Advisory Boards at QM Power (a KCK portfolio company), Marel Power, and NextPower 360, and manages Vaidyut LLC (a consulting and holding LLC) and The Nacre Foundation (a non-profit corporation). Dr. Manjrekar holds over 10 US and international patents, has published over 100 journal and conference papers and has received multiple IEEE prize paper awards. He has also served on various policy forums and task forces, including High Mega- Watt Leadership Team of National Institute of Standards and Technology, the Smart Grid Task Force of North American Electric Reliability Corporation, IEEE Standards P2800 and P2030, and review panels for ARPA-E, US Department of Energy, and the National Science Foundation. Dr. Manjrekar’s expertise has been sought by governments of USA and India, and industries interested in evaluating and developing next generation technologies, exploring further applications, and identifying new value streams in following areas:

	• Grid-following/forming power electronic converters for renewable energy and energy storage • Electric vehicle, aircraft, and ship propulsion systems with electric motors & drives • Vehicle charging infrastructure with on/off board power conversion and utility power interface • Ultra-high frequency, high efficiency, small footprint power supplies (Watts-MW rated) for military, medical, industrial, commercial, residential, and transportation applications • Next generation protection and control involving variety of solutions such as solid-state circuit breakers with WBG power devices, HIL simulations and digital twins, interoperability frameworks such as OpenFMB, and scalability means via Microsoft Azure and AWS • Trusted hardware and secure communications for grid-tied inverters and balance of system components that integrate distributed energy resources with the utility power grid Dr. Madhav Manjrekar received his B.E. degree from Government College of Engineering, Pune, India, his M.Tech. from Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India, M.S. from Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana, and Ph.D. from University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, in 1993, 1995, 1997, and 1999 respectively. He is currently enrolled in the Chief Technology Officer (CTO) Program at The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in the cohort of 2023.
Disclosure of relationships between Directors inter-se	Dr. Madhav Manjrekar is not related to any Directors or Key Managerial Personnel of the Company
Declaration	In Compliance with BSE Circular no. LIST/COMP/14/2018-19 dated June, 20, 2018 and as per the confirmation received from Dr. Madhav Manjrekar, we confirm you that he has not been debarred from holding the office of Director by virtue of any SEBI Order or any such authority. He further confirms that he does not hold any Equity shares of RIR Power Electronics Limited as on date.