The board of BASF India Limited announced that Mr. Gops Pillay has resigned as director of the company with effect from March 31, 2017, Mr. Rajesh Naik has been appointed as whole-time director of the company with effect from April 1, 2017, Mr. Raimar Jahn has been appointed as a director of the company with effect from April 1, 2017 in place of Dr. Rainer Diercks who has retired from services of BASF SE. Mr. Narendranath J. Baliga has been appointed as an alternate director to Mr. Raimar Jahn with effect from April 1, 2017, Dr. Lakshmi Nadkarni has been appointed as an alternate director to Dr. Andrea Frenzel with effect from April 1, 2017.