Birla Cable Limited informed that the Members of the Company by way of Special Resolutions passed through Postal Ballot including Remote e-Voting on March 21, 2024 have approved the appointment of Shri Pandanda Kariappa Madappa (DIN: 00058822) and Smt. Kiran Aggarwal (DIN: 06991807) as the Non-Executive Independent Directors of the Company, not liable to retire by rotation, for a first term of five (5) consecutive years with effect from April 1, 2024 to March 31, 2029. Shri Pandanda Kariappa Madappa holds a Bachelor's Degree in Commerce from St.

Xaviers College, Kolkata and a Master's degree from William E. Simon Graduate School of Business, University of Rochester, USA. He is a qualified Chartered Accountant and has served in diverse fields at senior positions in various corporates in India. He is presently serving as the Managing Director of Macmet Engineering Limited, India's most successful Pipe Conveyor and Cross-Country Conveyor system supplier.

He is a promoter of various Companies including ETA Aerospace which is a precision component manufacturer for the Aerospace and Defence industries, Macmet Technologies Limited which was India's most successful Defence Simulator company, having supplied simulators to Indian Air Force, Army and Navy and Macmet Interactive Technologies Pvt. Ltd. which was the first Indian company to develop Set Top Boxes and Addressable Devices. Smt.

Kiran Aggarwal joined the Indian Administrative Service in 1964 and retired in 2002. During her tenure, she held significant posts as Principal Adviser, Planning Commission, Secretary to Govt. of India in the Ministries of Supply, Housing, Urban Development and Women and Child Development.

As Additional Secretary in the Government of India, she worked in the Department of Administrative Reforms, Public Grievances and Training. In the State of Haryana, she held key posts in the Departments of Education, Tourism, Cultural. Affairs etc.

Post retirement, she has served on some committees set up by the Government of India. These inter-alia were Training programmes for IAS probationers, Working of the AICTE, Committee to look into why government doctors were opting for private sector jobs, Trustee on the Victoria Memorial Hall Trust etc. Presently she is heading a Committee for Monitoring the Provision of Shelter for the Urban Homeless in Chandigarh.

She is also on the Governing Body of the Janki Devi Memorial College, which is affiliated to the Delhi University. She is also heading an NGO working in Haryana and Delhi.