Ms. Alka Marezban Bharucha is an Independent Director of the Company since 31st March, 2015. Ms. Bharucha chairs the transactions practice at Bharucha & Partners, which is a full-service law firm established in 2008. She is an Advocate on the Record of the Supreme Court of India. Her core areas of expertise are mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, private equity, banking and finance. Ms. Bharucha's general corporate work includes the establishment of mutual funds and providing regulatory advice to foreign institutional investors, foreign venture capital investors, merchant bankers and other financial intermediaries.

Ms. Bharucha is an Independent Director on the Board of Hindalco Industries Limited, ITC Limited, Ultratech Cement Limited, Orient Electric Limited, Honda Cars India Limited and India Cements Limited. She is also a Director on the Board of Safalya Investments and Traders Private Limited.

Ms. Bharucha has passed the examination of Articled Clerks held by the Bombay Incorporated Law Society and is a qualified solicitor. She holds a Master of Laws degree from the University of London.