Dinesh Kumar Mehrotra is the Chairman of our Board and an Independent Director. He holds a bachelor’s degree of science from the University of Patna. He joined Life Insurance Corporation of India (“LIC”) as a direct recruit officer in 1977 and worked with LIC for over 35 years. He has worked as the chairman of LIC and prior to taking charge as chairman of LIC, he was association with LIC as an executive director (international operations). He has served on the board of directors of ACC Limited, ITC Limited, IL&FS Limited, among others. He is also associated with the National Insurance Academy and the Insurance Institute of India. He was appointed as an Independent Director of our Company with effect from March 30, 2015 and as the Chairman of our Board with effect from April 23, 2015.