Mr. N. J. Yasaswy, an independent director on the Board, obtained a Bachelor’s degree in Commerce from the Andhra University. He is a chartered accountant and has also obtained the ICWA degree. He was the recipient of the Basu Foundation Award for the Best Student of the Year from the Institute of Cost and Works Accountants of India in 1972 and the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India in 1973. Prior to starting his own consultancy firm titled Yasaswy Management Associates (P) Limited in 1981, Mr. Yasaswy was associated with the Administrative Staff College of India as a faculty member, the Board of Studies of Nagarjuna University and was a visiting faculty member at Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad. He is a founder-member and Governor of the Institute of Chartered Financial Analysts of India (ICFAI) and the ICFAI University and has authored several books on finance and investments. He was also employed as the Chairman of the Andhra Pradesh State Trading Corporation and the Vice-Chairman of the Public Enterprises Management Board. He was recently nominated as a member of the SEBI Committee on Accounting Standards.