The board of directors of Balrampur Chini Mills Limited at meeting held on 30 June 2022, noted the cessation of directorship of Dr. A. K. Saxena as the whole-time director of the company effective closure of business hours of 31 July 2022, on completion of his tenure. The board approved the appointment of Mr. Praveen Gupta (DIN: 09651564) as a Whole-time Director (Additional Director) of the Company effective 1st July, 2022 for a term of three consecutive years, subject To Approve the shareholders of the Company. In view of the emerging importance of Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG), the Board has constituted a separate Board Level Committee for ESG with effect from 1st July, 2022.

The Committee shall oversee the development of ESG strategy and review the practices and initiatives of the Company relating to the same and ensure that they are effective and up to date. ESG Committee of the Board of Directors of the Company shall comprise of the following members: Mr. Vivek Saraogi, Chairman and Managing Director, Mr. Dinesh Kumar Mittal, Lead Independent Director, Ms. Veena Hingarh, Independent Director and Mr. Praveen Gupta, Whole-Time Director (Additional Director). Mr. Vivek Saraogi, Chairman and Managing Director of the Company shall act as the Chairman of the ESG Committee.

Currently, Mr. Praveen Gupta is the Executive President, Corporate Technical Team at Balrampur Chini Mills Limited. With 40 years of work experience of which 14 have been spent with BCML, Mr. Gupta has spearheaded operations, expansion and new technologies implementation in various leadership roles. Quintessentially a people's person, he has led consensus driven growth across categories and organizations.

He has been essaying a chief role in the ongoing migration of BCML towards the more value-accretive segments. He now leads CTI, to build technical excellence around engineering & process functions that may drive accountability for business results, with focus on standardization & streamlining of operations & maintenance processes across all manufacturing units of BCML. Following early short stints at Telco, Usha Breco and Hindustan Development Corporation, Mr. Praveen Gupta entered the Sugar industry in 1993 when he joined as Vice President at Upper Ganges Sugars and Industries Ltd. He joined BCML after 15 years at Upper Ganges.

Mr. Gupta earned his MBA from IIM, Kolkata in 1984 after completing his Mechanical Engineering from the Delhi College of Engineering, Delhi. He is also an alumnus of the Birla Public School, Pilani.