Mr A Vellayan holds a Diploma in Industrial Administration from Aston University, Birmingham, UK and Masters in Business Studies from the University of Warwick, Business School, UK.

Mr Vellayan is also the Chairman of the Muruagappa Group. He is a Director on the board of Governors, Doon School, Dehra Dun. He has held position such as Vice President, Federation of Indian Export Organisation (FIECO) and member of National Export Committee - Confederation of Indian Industry (CII). He was the Managing Director of Tube Investments of India Limited and TI Diamond Chain Limited. He is presently the Chairman of Coromandel International Limited and EID Parry (India) Limited. He has got work experience of about 25 years.

Mr V Ravichandran is basically an Engineering Graduate and holds Post Graduate Diploma in Management from IIM, Ahmedabad. He is also a Cost Accountant and a Company Secretary. After having served Ashok Leyland Limited initially for a short period, joined the Murugappa Group and had served Parry Group of Companies mainly in the fields of finance and marketing. He also headed the Crop Protection Products businesses. He is currently the Managing Director of Coromandel International Limited.

Mr M M Venkatachalam graduated from the University of Agricultural Sciences in Bangalore and holds a Masters Degree in Business Administration from George Washington University, USA. He has held senior positions in the Murugappa Group of Companies spanning over period of two and a half decades. Mr Venkatachalam is presently the Chairman of Parry Enterprises Limited and Parry Agro Industries Limited, he also serves on the boards of Laser Words Limited, Parry Murray Limited and Ramco Systems Ltd.

Mr M K Tandon has been associated with the Indian Insurance Industry for more than 35 years. He had, after completing his Masters Degree in Commerce and Degree in Law both from Lucknow University, started his career with LIC of India. Thereafter, he had held various senior positions and became Managing Director of General Insurance Company Ltd and retired as Chairman & Managing Director of National Insurance Company Limited, Kolkata. Mr Tandon is an Independent Director on the Board of Directors of some reputed companies.

Mr K Balasubramanian is a Graduate in Commerce from the University of Madras and has done Advanced Management programme from the Harvard Business School. He has 40 years of experience in International Banking. Presently, he is a Member GMR Holding Board. He is also on the Board of some of the GMR Group of Companies and DQ Entertainments Limited.

Dr B V R Mohan Reddy is a Graduate in Mechanical Engineering and holds a Master's degree in Management Engineering from University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA; and a Master's Degree in Industrial Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kanpur. Dr Mohan Reddy is the Founder Chairman and Managing Director of Infotech Enterprises Limited. He is also on the Boards of Vizag IT Park Limited, Ocimum Bio Solutions Limited and Tele Atlas (India) P Limited.

Mr R A Savoor is a B.Sc. Tech. He retired as Managing Director of Castrol India Ltd. with effect from April 24, 2002. He was with Castrol India Ltd. for 34 years, of which 12 years as Chief Executive and Managing Director. Under his leadership Castrol India had grown from being a minor oil company to becoming the number two lubricant company in India and the second largest Castrol Company worldwide. He is presently the Chairman of Foseco India Ltd and Independent Director on the Boards of EID Parry (India) Limited and Automotive Stampings and Assemblies Ltd.

Mrs Ranjana Kumar Bachelor of Arts, a Gold Medalist, had an illustrious career in the Indian banking industry spanning over four decades. She had started her career with Bank of India in the year 1966 as a probationary officer and held several senior positions in the Bank. She was CEO of US operations of Bank of India based in New York. She moved to Canara Bank as its Executive Director holding concurrent charge as Chairperson of Canara bank. Thereafter she became the Chairperson of Indian Bank and continued for a period of three and half years. She is also credited with turning around the ailing Indian Bank as its Chairperson within a period of 3 years and has authored a book on the turnaround of Indian Bank. She also headed the National Bank of Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD). Mrs. Ranjana Kumar retired as Vigilance Commissioner, Central Vigilance Commission, Government of India.