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Interim Company Secretary & Compliance Officer ceases; successor Urvi Upadhyay to join on 2nd November, 2026

Ms. Sarika More ceased to be Interim Company Secretary & Compliance Officer with effect from close of business hours of 30th October, 2026.

By ScoutQuest · Fri 30 Oct 2026, 7:13 PM IST · 2 min read

Interim CS & Compliance Officer Cessation Date

close of business hours of 30th October, 2026

Successor Joining Date

2nd November, 2026

Board Approval Date for Appointment

6th August, 2026

What the update says

• The Board of Directors, at its meeting held on 6th August, 2026, approved the appointment of Ms. Urvi Upadhyay as the Company Secretary and Compliance Officer (Key Managerial Personnel).
• She was directed to join the company on or before 6th November, 2026, and her joining date has now been confirmed as 2nd November, 2026.
• Ms. Sarika More ceased to be the Interim Company Secretary and Compliance Officer with effect from close of business hours of 30th October, 2026.
• The letter of resignation is to be placed before the Board of Directors at its upcoming Board Meeting for its consideration and formal acceptance.

Why this matters

The Company Secretary and Compliance Officer is a Key Managerial Personnel. The role covers board and committee support, secretarial records, and the company's updates and disclosures with the exchanges and the regulator. A change in this seat is therefore a governance-level event rather than a routine staffing matter, and companies have to intimate the exchanges under Regulation 30 of the SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015.

What the reader can take away

• The outgoing officer held the post in an interim capacity, which points to a stop-gap arrangement until a full-time appointment was made.
• A successor had already been approved by the Board and a joining date is now confirmed, so the handover is time-bound rather than open-ended.
• The exit from the interim role takes effect from close of business hours of 30th October, 2026, with the new officer joining on 2nd November, 2026.
• The resignation itself moves to the Board at its next meeting for consideration and formal acceptance.

Points worth following

• The Board's formal acceptance of the resignation at its upcoming meeting.
• Confirmation of the new officer's joining and the completion of the handover of secretarial and compliance responsibilities.

Perception: a scheduled leadership handover of a Key Managerial Personnel, with the successor's appointment already approved and a joining date confirmed. The departure of a compliance officer is generally watched for continuity, which the confirmed succession addresses.

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