Dr. V.L. Indira Dutt Chairperson & Managing DirectorDIN: 00139883

Dr. V. L. Indira Dutt, has a B.A (Economics) from Madras University and serves as Chairperson & Managing Director of the Company.

She has over 36 years of experience and has ably supported the then Executive Chairman in the strategic planning & direction of the operations of the company and has personally contributed towards the growth and operations of the Cement Plants at Macherla and Muktyala.

Presently, she serves as Chairperson of Fives Cail – KCP Limited, KCP Vietnam Industries Limited, Director of Velagapudi Foundation and V. Ramakrishna Sons Private Limited. She is the President of the Word Telugu Federation (WTF) and Andhra Chamber of Commerce.

Dr. V.L. Indira Dutt is the Chairperson of the Corporate Social Responsibility Committee, member of Investment Committee Remuneration Committee, Finance Committee and member of Nomination and Remuneration Committee, Risk Management Committee and Stakeholders Relationship Committees of the Company.

She was the President of FICCI Ladies Organization (FLO) and was the Chairperson of SAARC Chamber Women Entrepreneurs Council (SCWEC) and is the President of Gandhinagar Ladies Club, Chennai, Advisory Committee Member of Andhra Mahila Sabha, Chennai, Managing Committee Member of Cement Manufacturers Association and Advisory Committee Member of Centre for Entrepreneurship Training & Development (CED), Hyderabad.

Smt. V. Kavitha DuttJoint Managing DirectorDIN: 00139274

Smt. V Kavitha Dutt is the Joint Managing Director of the company. She is a graduate in Business Management (BBA) with specialization in International Business from Cedar Crest College, Allentown, Pennsylvania. She also holds a Post-Graduate Diploma in Human Resources from New York University (NYU), New York.

She has over 23 years’ experience and has significantly contributed at all levels of management, including strategy, new projects, financial and human resources management.

Smt. V. Kavitha Dutt is the Chairperson of the Risk Management Committee and member of the Audit Committee, Corporate Social Responsibility Committee, Stakeholders Relationship Committee, Investment committee and Finance Committees of the Company.

Presently she serves as Director on the Boards of DCM Shriram Industries Limited, Apollo Hospitals Enterprise Limited, Apollo Healthco Limited, ABI Showatech (India) Limited, Bharat Biotech International Limited, Centum Electronics Limited, KCP Vietnam Industries Limited, V Ramakrishna Sons Private Limited, Velagapudi Foundation, Chennai Willington Corporation Foundation and Member - Board of Directors - United Way of Chennai.

She is currently Vice President of World Telugu Federation (WTF), Executive Committee Member of Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) and Andhra Chamber of Commerce.

She was the President of FICCI Ladies Organization (FLO), Vice Chairman of SCWEC, India, Chairperson of FICCI Tamil Nadu State Council and President of Madras Management Association (MMA).

Smt. V. Kavitha Dutt is the Honorary Consul General of Vietnam in Chennai.

Sri Ravi ChitturiTechnical Director DIN: 00328364

Sri. Ravi Chitturi, has a Bachelor Degree in Mechanical Engineering from College of Engineering, Anna University, Chennai and Master’s Degree in Computer Science from Alabama A & M University, Huntsville, AL, USA.

He has over 36 years experience in Automotive, Banking, IT and Capital Goods Manufacturing sector with specific expertise in Portfolio & Risk Management and Manufacturing strategies.

He was the Managing Director of KCP Technologies Limited. Earlier he was a Senior Technology Analyst with Republic New York Corporation, New York.

He is on the Boards of KCP Technologies Limited, BGE Engineering India Private Limited and KCP Vietnam Industries Limited.

He is a member of Risk Management Committee and Corporate Social Responsibility Committees of the Company.

Dr. Janaki PillaiNon-Executive Independent Director DIN: 008713712

Dr. Janaki Pillai has a B.A. (Hons) in Economics from Lady Shriram College, New Delhi and a PhD in Sociology from Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi.

Sri. Thiruvengadam ParthasarathiNon-Executive Independent Director DIN: 0016375

Sri. Thiruvengadam Parthasarathi holds B.Tech in Chemical Engineering from IIT Madras, Post Graduate Diploma in Industrial Engineering and he is a Fellow Member of the Institute of Cost Accountants of India.

He is having 42 years of experience of Professional Management Consultancy, formally retired as Senior Director from Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu India in 2015 held various positions in the firm.

His area of specialization includes Operations, Cost Management, Strategy, Joint Ventures and Acquisitions, Risk Management and Talent Management. Have been involved in engagement in Private, Public Sectors, Government, International Organizations, Voluntary and NGOs in India, South east Asia, Middle east Asia, Europe and the USA.

He is the Chairman of Audit Committee and Nomination & Remuneration committee and Member of Stakeholders Relationship Committee, Risk Management Committee and Investment Committee of the Company.

Sri. Harish LakshmanNon-Executive Independent DirectorDIN: 0012602

Sri. Harish Lakshman is the Chairman of Rane Group, a Rs.7,400 Crores (USD 870 million) automotive components manufacturing group based out of Chennai. Through its 31 manufacturing facilities across India, Rane Group serves customers across 30+ countries. Four of Rane Group companies are listed on Indian stock exchanges.

As an active member of several industrial associations and government panels, he has been a well-regarded spokesman of the automotive industry. He also played a key role as President of Automotive Component Manufacturers Association of India (ACMA) for the period 2013-14.

He currently serves in the Past President’s Council and as Chairman of Finance Committee of ACMA. In addition to being a Director in the Rane Group of Companies, Harish serves as an Independent Director in public limited companies like Oriental Hotels Limited, KCP Limited and Lumax Industries Limited. Harish serves as Nominee Director in ZF Lifetec Rane Automotive Inda Pvt. Ltd.

Harish has been keenly involved in CSR initiatives of Rane Group, as the Trustee of Rane Foundation (RF), a public charitable trust, founded by Rane Companies. He is also the Chairman of Worth Trust and a Trustee of Swabodhini Charitable Trust, both of which serve persons with disabilities.

In addition to being a Director in Rane Group of Companies, Harish serves as an Independent Director in public limited company - Oriental Hotels Limited.

Sri. C. Panduranga RaoNon-Executive Independent Director DIN: 0010012716

Sri. C. Panduranga Rao is an Officer from the batch of 1983 of Indian Revenue Service (IRS) (Customs & Indirect Taxes) and has wide experience in administering Indirect Taxes for over three and half decades in various capacities in Customs, Central Excise, Service Tax and GST.

He holds a Master Degree in Political Science from University of Delhi.

He was the Principal Chief Commissioner of Tamilnadu and Puducherry when GST was introduced in the year 2017 and took several measures in simplifying the GST provisions throughout his jurisdiction.

He has handled various facets of tax administration including Assessment, Investigation, Policy making, Adjudication and Litigation in Customs, Central Excise and Service Tax.

During his career, he was trained in prestigious institutions like IIM, ISB and Syracuse University.

After his retirement, he was appointed to Settlement Commission and retired as Vice-Chairman of the Commission.

He is the Chairman of Stakeholders Relationship Committee, Member of Audit Committee, Nomination Remuneration Committee and Finance Committee of the Company.

Sri V. Chandrakumar PrasadNon-Executive Non-Independent DirectorDIN: 008744154

Sri V. Chandrakumar Prasad, US national (NRI) has a B.S. in Chemistry from Loyola College, Chennai and M.S. in Management Science (Chemical Engineering, Economics, Finance and Industrial Psychology) from Stevens Institute of Technology, New Jersey (USA). He is also certified in Productivity in Manufacturing (New Jersey Institute of Technology) and SAP in Procurement / Engineering (Nestle University, USA). He was also a member of NCC Air Wing and played Tennis for Loyola College.

After his MS, Mr. Prasad joined Buitoni / Perugina (Head quartered in Italy and reported directly to the owner from 1970 to 1987. He held various positions from Engineering team leader to Director of Engineering / Procurement and helped to build 3 green field factories for Buitoni in USA.

On acquisition of Buitoni by NESTLE, Switzerland in 1988, Mr. Prasad joined them as a Corporate project Engineer and Strategic procurement Manager for Noth America (Canada, USA and Mexico) and handled 60 factories globally on various project activities for the head office in Switzerland. From 2006-2012 he was assigned to join a team of 3 to build the largest green field food factory in the world in Indiana and upgrade several other factories in USA. His expertise is in line layouts, creating standards, safety, root cause analysis, waste, cost savings, etc. He also spent time mentoring engineers, technicians and operators in continuous improvement techniques and team building. After 46 years of solid manufacturing and procurement expertise, he retired at the end of 2015.

He is a member of Risk Management Committee of the Company.

Mr. V. Chandrakumar Prasad is also a Director on the Board of Directors of Fives Cail KCP Limited.

Sri. K.V. SubbaiahAdditional Director (Non-Executive Director)DIN: 10828022

Sri. K.V. Subbaiah has a B.E from VR Siddhartha Engineering College, Vijayawada..

He has more than 42 years of experience in various units/divisions of the KCP Limited.

He started his career as Assistant Engineer in Workshop unit, Vuyyuru, Krishna District Andhrapradesh, worked as Asst.Manager at Lakshmipuram Sugar unit of The KCP Limited and played keyrole in renovation and modernization of the Unit. He worked as Asst Manager/Manager (Vietnam operations) for the KCP Limited in Vietnam.

From year 2000 he is working as Joint General Director/General Director of our subsidiary company M/s KCP Vietnam Industries Limited, Vietnam (KCP VIL) and played vital role in shifting the loss making sugar plant from TT Hue province to Phu Yen province and in subsequent expansion and diversification of the subsidiary company (KCP VIL).

Currently he is working as General Director (KCP VIL) and is managing our two sugar units in Vietnam.

Sri. K.V. Subbaiah received several awards/recognitions from the Government of Vietnam.

Sri. Parthapratim BrahmaAdditional Director (Non-Executive Independent Director)DIN 0009784238

Sri. Parthapratim Brahma has a B.E (Mechanical) from Calcutta University, and M.Tech (Production Science & Technology) from Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur.

He has more than 42 years of experience in shipbuilding, boiler and pressure vessel industry in various capacities in manufacturing, quality assurance, quality control, learning and competency developments and he served in various roles to include area operations, business developments and technical governance and retired as Area Technical and Quality Manager, South Asia Middle East and Africa Lloyd’s Register of Shipping.

Currently associated with TWI India Ltd. as Mentor. Professional Membership with The Welding Institute, UK (MWeldI)

He is a Member of American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)

He is a Member of Life member Indian Institute for Non-destructive Testing (ISNT)

Presently he is serving as Director on the Board of our Joint Venture Company M/s Fives Cail KCP Limited.