Consolidated net profit rose about 35% to 14.48 billion rupees ($174.15 million) in the quarter ended Dec. 31, the country's top paintmaker said in a filing, surpasssing analysts' expectations of 14.04 billion rupees on an average, as per LSEG data.

($1 = 83.1457 Indian rupees)

(Reporting by Hritam Mukherjee in Bengaluru; Editing by Mrigank Dhaniwala)