Based on the recommendation of the Nomination and Remuneration Committee, the Board of Directors (Board) of Tata Steel Limited has on May 27, 2023 unanimously approved the appointment of Dr. Shekhar C. Mande (DIN: 10083454) as an Additional Director (Non-Executive, Independent) effective June 1, 2023 to hold office of Director up to the date of the upcoming Annual General Meeting of the company. Further, the Board has approved the appointment of Dr. Mande as an Independent Director of the Company for a term of 5 years effective June 1, 2023 through May 31, 2028 subject to the approval of the shareholders of the company. Dr. Shekhar C. Mande is a structural and computational biologist and a well-known research scientist.

He is a distinguished professor at the Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune. Prior to this, Dr. Mande was the Director General of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) and Secretary of the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research (DSIR), Government of India. He is one of India's leading experts in DNA fingerprinting and diagnostics.

As Director of the National Centre for Cell Science (NCCS), an autonomous Institute of the Department of Biotechnology, Government of India, Dr. Mande oversaw the launch of the Indian Human Microbiome Initiative in the Northeast. In 2005, he was awarded the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology - the most prestigious science award in India - in the category of Biological Sciences. Dr. Mande hold Ph.D. from Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore in Molecular Biophysics.

He holds Masters and Bachelor's degree in physics from Nagpur University.