The Board of Directors of Coromandel International Limited has approved the appointment of Dr. Deepali Pant Joshi, Sankarasubramanian S., and Dr. Raghuram Devarakonda for five years with effect from February 1, 2023. 

The Board of Directors has approved the appointment of Dr. Deepali Pant Joshi as Additional Director, to be designated as “Non-Executive & Independent Director”, of the company for a term of 5 years with effect from February 1, 2023.

Deepali Pant Joshi is a Fellow of Harvard University Asia Centre with post-doctoral work in Finance and Economics. She is also a distinguished Fellow of SKOCH Foundation. Dr. Joshi has done Ph.D. and LL.B. from University of Allahabad and University of Lucknow, and also completed management studies from IGNOU, Delhi. Dr. Joshi had been a Career Central Banker. She joined Reserve Bank of India (RBI) in 1981 superannuated as Executive Director, RBI in 2017.

Sankarasubramanian S. has also been appointed as Additional Director of the company with effect from February 1, 2023. He will be designated as Executive Director – Nutrient Business, for a term of 5 years from February 1, 2023 till January 31, 2028, subject to the approval of the members of the company.

Sankarasubramanian S. is a Graduate in Mathematics from University of Madras and is a member of The Institute of Cost and Management Accountants of India. He completed his Advanced Management Program (AMP) at Harvard Business School in the year 2009. He has been with the Murugappa Group since 1993 and has close to 30 years of experience in Finance, Operations and General Management.

Devarakonda has also been appointed as Additional Director of the company with effect from February 1, 2023. He is designated as Executive Director – Crop Protection, Bio Products & Retail Business for a term of 5 years from February 1, 2023 till January 31, 2028, subject to the approval of the members of the company.

Devarakonda has done Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from University of California at Berkeley, post-doctoral research fellowship at University of Vienna and B.Tech. from Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai. He is presently serving Coromandel International as President Crop Protection, Bio Products & Retail since August 2021. He has over 27 years' experience in Indian industry and business consulting with about 14 years in C-Suite positions.