Overview of the Familiarization Programme conducted for the Independent Director (Ms. Ketaki Bhagwati) of the Bank: Sessions were conducted by the Bank on July 03, 2024 (from 10:00 a.m. to 6:25 p.m.), July 4, 2024 (from 10:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.) and July 5, 2024 (from 11:00 am to 5:45 p.m.) to familiarise Ms. Ketaki Bhagwati with the nature of the industry in which the Bank operates. The topics covered were Kotak Group Structure, Financials, Companies Act and LODR (important provisions), Commercial Bank, Human Resources, Consumer Bank, Kotak Securities (Institutional Equities), Investment Banking, Wealth Management, Wholesale Banking, Asset Reconstruction, Treasury, Risk Management, Internal Audit, Asset Management, Kotak Securities (Retail), Information Technology, Customer Service, Digital, CSR & ESG.
Cyber Security Awareness Session was conducted for the Board of Directors on November 14, 2024 from 4.00 p.m. to 5.30 p.m. and January 30, 2025 from 12 noon to 1:00 pm by Ernst & Young(E&Y) LLP, India, which was attended by Dr. Ashok Gulati, Ms. Ashu Suyash, Mr. C S Rajan, Mr. Uday Kotak, Mr. Amit Desai, Ms. Ketaki Bhagwati, Mr. Eli Leenaars, Mr. Ashok Vaswani and Ms. Shanti Ekambaram.
Presentations on critical parameters, such as, Business Strategy, Financial Outlook, Financial Reports and their integrity, risk, compliance, ESG, CSR, Financial Inclusion, Human Resources, Consumer Banking Business, Private Banking, Wholesale Banking Business, Technology and Customer Service were also made to the Directors periodically.
Attendance of Non-Executive Directors (tabular form)
Name of the Non-Executive Director
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Attendance of Directors in the programme
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No. of programmes attended
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No. of hours spent in the programmes attended
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FY 21-22
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FY 22-23
|
FY 23-24
|
FY 24-25
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Cumulative
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FY 21-22
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FY 22-23
|
FY 23-24
|
FY 24-25
|
Cumulative
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Farida Khambata@
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12
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N.A.
|
N.A.
|
N.A.
|
14
|
24
|
N.A.
|
N.A.
|
N.A.
|
41
|
Prakash Apte
|
12
|
6
|
15
|
N.A.
|
37
|
16
|
7
|
9
|
N.A.
|
53
|
Uday Khanna
|
12
|
6
|
23
|
25
|
73
|
16
|
7
|
16
|
20
|
109
|
Uday Shankar
|
12
|
5
|
18
|
41
|
81
|
16
|
6
|
12
|
34
|
97
|
Dr. Ashok Gulati
|
15
|
6
|
23
|
44
|
88
|
31
|
7
|
16
|
37
|
91
|
Ashu Suyash
|
9
|
6
|
23
|
44
|
82
|
23
|
7
|
16
|
37
|
83
|
C S Rajan^
|
N.A.
|
9
|
23
|
43
|
75
|
N.A.
|
16
|
16
|
36
|
68
|
Eli Leenaars*
|
N.A.
|
N.A.
|
8
|
42
|
50
|
N.A.
|
N.A.
|
6
|
34
|
40
|
C Jayaram
|
11
|
6
|
23
|
N.A.
|
43
|
15
|
7
|
14
|
N.A.
|
55
|
Amit Desai
|
6
|
9
|
21
|
44
|
80
|
7
|
11
|
14
|
37
|
69
|
Ketaki Bhagwati $
|
N.A.
|
N.A.
|
N.A.
|
40
|
40
|
N.A.
|
N.A.
|
N.A.
|
31
|
31
|
Uday Kotak#
|
NA
|
NA
|
23
|
44
|
67
|
NA
|
NA
|
16
|
37
|
53
|
Note:
@ceased to be a Director and an Independent Director with effect from September 7, 20'22
^ appointed as Independent Director with effect from October 22, 2022
* appointed as Independent Director with effect from January 1, 2024
# held position as a Non-Executive Director with effect from September 2, 2023
$ appointed as Independent Director with effect from May 18, 2024
& Ceased to be Director with effect from May 01, 2024