Greaves Cotton Appoints M. Unnikrishnan as Independent Director

The Board of Directors of Greaves Cotton Limited has approved the appointment of Mangalath Unnikrishnan as an Additional and Independent Director for 5 years, with effect from April 1, 2024. Subject to the approval of the shareholders.

Unnikrishnan has previously held the position of MD and CEO of Thermax Group for over 13 years and played a pivotal role in the growth, professionalisation, and globalisation of the company. Currently, he is the CEO of IITB-Monash Research Academy, a research institute dedicated to a PhD programme in cutting-edge technologies and management, jointly promoted by IIT Bombay and the Monash University of Australia. He is the Chairperson of the Research Council of the Central Mechanical Engineering Research Institute, Durgapur. He serves as a director of the IIT Palakkad Technology Innovation Hub Foundation and on the boards of several other listed and unlisted companies. He is also a member of the Apex Council for the selection and mentoring of the Prime Minister’s Research Fellowship for Doctoral Research. He is a graduate in mechanical engineering from VNIT, Nagpur; he has also completed his Advanced Management Programme from the Harvard Business School, Boston, USA. He continues to be a keen student of energy, the environment, and management.