KPIT Technologies Limited at its board meeting held on October 30, 2021 approved Appointment of Prof. Rajiv Lal (DIN: 09360601) as an Additional & Independent Director of the Company, with effect from November 1, 2021. Prof. Lal's current research concerns the opportunities and challenges in building a Business around Smart Connected products/JOT. Working with a large number of companies, his work explores why IOT remains an unfulfilled promise and attributes most of the reasons to the unique difficulties in adoption and monetization of businesses where data is the key ingredient.