Announcements

Appointment of Ms. Vishruta Kaul as an Additional Director (DIN: 09652393) categorized as Non-Executive and Independent Women Director of the Company.

Ms. Vishruta Kaul is a Partner at Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co., a leading law firm. She has an extensive and diverse experience in M&A, Private Equity, Venture Capital and restructuring transactions.She has also been awarded as a Notable Practioner for Merger & Acquisition by IFLR 1000, 2019-20.

Appointment of Mr. Siva Kumar Pothepalli as an Additional Director (DIN: 08368463) categorized as Non-Executive & Non- Independent Director of the Company.

Mr. Siva Kumar Pothepalli is the Founder and Director of Antelopus Energy Private Limited. He has briefly worked with Delonex Energy UK as the Director Operations focusing on Chad assets. Earlier he was working with Cairn as Director- Rajasthan Asset & Executive Committee
member. He was leading Operations & Development of all Onshore Oil fields in Rajasthan.

He has more than 25 years of experience in both upstream and downstream industry and has worked in various roles in Offshore Assets of Ravva & Cambay and Onshore Assets of Rajasthan.

Mr. Siva is a Chemical Engineer from NIT Warangal and has done his Post Graduate degree in Management from AIM, Philippines.

Appointment of Mr. Baikuntha Nath Talukdar as an Additional Director (DIN: 01926119) categorized as Non-Executive and Independent Director of the Company.

Mr. Talukdar was the former Director General, Directorate General of Hydrocarbons (DGH), Government of India from 06 Feb 2014 to 30 June 2015. He is a 1st position rank holder (Gold Medalist) in B.Tech (Hons.) and Petroleum Engineer from The Indian Institute of Technology (the Indian School of Mines), Dhanbad, India and he has also been a distinguished Alumni Awardee of the Indian School of Mines, Dhanbad.
Mr. Talukdar was a Technical Member of the (Petroleum of and Natural Gas), Appellate Tribunal for Electricity, Government of India from 03 March 2016 to 31 December 2019.
He was also former Director (Exploration & Development) in Oil India Limited (OIL) From 01 December 2007 to 05 February 2014.

Appointment of Mr. Suniti Kumar Bhat (DIN: 08237399) as an Additional Director and Managing Director of the Company.

Mr. Suniti Kumar Bhat is the Founder and Director of Antelopus Energy Private Limited, an India-focused energy Company. Mr. Bhat served as the Chief Operating Officer and Member- Executive Committee at Cairn Oil & Gas. He has extensive experience in exploration, development and production operations of all assets and has successfully led the implementation of the world’s largest polymer flooding project at the Mangala Field.

In his more than 25 years of experience in the global Oil & Gas Industry, he has had successfully stints in Reservoir Management and Production Optimization with operators including BG and Centrica in UK & Central Asia. He has completed a General Management Program from Harvard Business School, Masters in Petroleum Engineering from Stanford University and has a BE (Hons.) in Chemical Engineering from Punjab University Chandigarh.

Appointment of Ms. Yogita Rohilla as a Company Secretary and Compliance Officer of the Company with effect from 01 July 2022.

The Company is pleased to announce the appointment of Ms. Yogita Rohilla as the Company Secretary & Compliance Officer of the Company. Ms. Rohilla is a member of The Institute of Company Secretaries of India (ICSI) besides holding the membership of the Institute she is also a Law graduate from the Rajasthan University.

Resignation of Mrs. Deepa Bhalla from the post of Company Secretary of the Company with effect from the end of business hours on 30 June 2022.

Mrs. Deepa Bhalla, (Company Secretary) has informed the Company of her inability to continue as Company Secretary of the Company and her intention to resign as Company Secretary of the Company due to her pre-occupation and other personal reasons pursuant to her letter dated 30 June 2022. She has also informed the Company in her said letter that there are no other reasons than what is stated therein for her resignation as Company Secretary of the Company.

Resignation of Mr. Vijay Kirpal from the post of Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of the Company with effect from the end of business hours on 30 June 2022.

Mr. Vijay Kirpal, (Chief Financial Officer) has informed the Company of her inability to continue as CFO of the Company and her intention to resign as CFO of the Company due to her pre-occupation and other personal reasons pursuant to his letter dated 30 June 2022. He has also informed the Company in her said letter that there is no other reason than what is stated therein for her resignation as Company Secretary of the Company.

Resignation of Mr. Derek James Corbishley (DIN: 06515723) from the post of Non-Executive Independent Director of the Company with effect from 30 June 2022.

Mr. Derek James Corbishley, (Non-Executive Independent Director) has informed the Company of his inability to continue as Non-Executive Independent Director of the Company and his intention to resign as Non-Executive Independent Director from the Board of the Company due to his pre-occupation and other personal reasons pursuant to his letter dated 30 June 2022. He has also informed the Company in his said letter that there is no other reason than what is stated therein for his resignation as Non-Executive Independent Director of the Company.

Accordingly, the Board of Directors at their meeting held today have accepted his resignation as a Non-Executive Independent Director of the Company with immediate effect.

Resignation of Mr. Tarik Currimbhoy (DIN: 00729714) from the post of Non-Executive Independent Director of the Company with effect from 30 June 2022.

Mr. Tarik Currimbhoy, (Non-Executive Independent Director) has informed the Company of his inability to continue as Non-Executive Independent Director of the Company and his intention to resign as Non-Executive Independent Director of the Board of the Company due to his pre-occupation and other personal reasons pursuant to his letter dated 30 June 2022. He has also informed the Company in his said letter that there is no other reason than what is stated therein for his resignation as Non-Executive Independent Director of the Company.

Accordingly, the Board of Directors at their meeting held today have accepted his resignation as a Non-Executive Independent Director of the Company with immediate effect.

Resignation of Mrs. Sonali Bhagwati Dalal (DIN :01105028) from the post of Non-Executive Woman Independent Director of the Company with effect from 30 June 2022.

Mrs. Sonali Bhagwati Dalal, (Non-Executive Woman Director) has informed the Company of her inability to continue as Non-Executive Woman Director of the Company and her intention to resign as Non-Executive Woman Director from the Board of the Company due to her pre-occupation and other personal reasons pursuant to her letter dated 30 June 2022. She has also informed the Company in her said letter that there is no other reason than what is stated therein for her resignation as Non-Executive Woman Director of the Company.

Accordingly, the Board of Directors at their meeting held today have accepted her resignation as a Non-Executive Woman Director of the Company with immediate effect.