KNKansai Nerolac Paints500165Company secretary change

Company Secretary to retire on 30 November 2026; Rukmini Subramanian appointed from 1 December 2026

Board of Directors approved a change in Key Managerial Personnel at its meeting on 4 November 2026.

By ScoutQuest · Wed 4 Nov 2026, 7:43 PM IST · 2 min read

Retirement Date (CS & Compliance Officer)

close of business on 30 November 2026

Appointment Date (New CS & Compliance Officer)

Ms. Rukmini Subramanian from 1 December 2026

Outgoing CS Tenure

association of around 37 years

What the company told the exchanges

The Board of Directors of Kansai Nerolac Paints Limited met on Wednesday, 4 November 2026 and approved a change in the company's Key Managerial Personnel. Two things happen in sequence: a retirement at the end of November 2026, and a new appointment from the start of December 2026.

Retirement

• Mr. G. T. Govindarajan, Company Secretary and Compliance Officer, will retire from the services of the company with effect from the close of business on 30 November 2026.
• The reason recorded for the change is Retirement.
• The Board placed on record its appreciation for his contribution during an association of around 37 years with the company.

New appointment

• The Board, on the recommendation of the Nomination and Remuneration Committee, approved the appointment of Ms. Rukmini Subramanian as Company Secretary and Compliance Officer with effect from 1 December 2026.
• She will also be the Nodal Officer with effect from 1 December 2026, in place of Mr. G.T. Govindarajan.
• Her profile as disclosed: a legal and secretarial professional with over 2 decades of experience across listed companies; an Associate Member of the Institute of Company Secretaries of India; degrees in Law and Commerce from Mumbai University; associated with Kansai Nerolac Paints Limited since 2021 in the legal and secretarial function; previously with Grindwell Norton Limited, Reliance Communications Limited and S. N. Ananthasubramanian & Co., a firm of practicing Company Secretaries.

Key Managerial Personnel from 1 December 2026

• Mr. Pravin D. Chaudhari, Managing Director
• Mr. Yash Ahuja, Chief Financial Officer
• Ms. Rukmini Subramanian, Company Secretary

How to read this

• This is a succession in a statutory compliance role. The Company Secretary is the officer who signs off on secretarial records and acts as the company's link with the stock exchanges on compliance matters; the change is disclosed because the person is a Key Managerial Personnel.
• The transition is stated to be seamless: the outgoing officer retires at the close of business on 30 November 2026 and the incoming officer takes charge from 1 December 2026, so the role does not fall vacant for a working day in between.
• The incoming officer is not new to the company, having been in its legal and secretarial function since 2021, and the appointment follows a recommendation by the Nomination and Remuneration Committee.
• The update carries no financial figures, so there is no rupee impact to weigh from this disclosure.

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