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Two New Directors Join The Board Of Bombay Stock Exchange Limited

Date 10/11/2006

Bombay Stock Exchange Limited, inducted Mr. Ishaat Hussain and Mr. Sudipto Sarkar as Public Interest Directors on its Board.

Welcoming their appointment, Mr. Rajnikant Patel, Managing Director and CEO of BSE said, " We are honoured to have Mr. Hussain and Mr. Sarkar on our Board. Corporate BSE will draw upon their rich professional experience and expertise in their respective fields to its advantage."

Brief Profiles:

Mr. Ishaat Hussain a graduate in economics from St Stephens College, New Delhi and a fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (FCA) is the finance director of Tata Sons Ltd. He is also a director of several Tata Group companies including Tata Industries, Tata Steel and Voltas. He is a member of the SEBI committees on insider trading and primary capital markets. Prior to joining Tata Sons, Mr. Hussain was the senior vice president and executive director of finance at Tata Steel for almost 10 years.

Mr. Sudipto Sarkar is presently practicing as a senior Advocate in the Kolkata High Court and has wide experience in Commercial Law particularly Company Law, Intellectual Property and shipping Laws. He also has several publications to his credit on Law of Evidence, Law of Civil Procedures and Specific Relief Act. He is the collaborating editor of Ramaiya's Guide to the Companies Act, 1956 and a contributor to several volumes of International Law Reports (Cambridge). He is on the boards of JSW Steel Ltd. and Vesuvius India Ltd.