I am a Chartered Accountant and All-India Rank Holder (49th Rank, November 1989), retired as General Manager (Internal Audit & Direct and Indirect Taxes) from The Shipping Corporation of India Ltd. (SCI), a Government of India Enterprise. I have over 20 years of experience in taxation, internal audit, Audit Committee coordination, GST implementation, and multi-division financial oversight, including serving as Designated Finance Officer (DFO) for several operational and functional divisions of SCI. I wish to inform you that I have successfully passed the Independent Directors’ Online Proficiency Self-Assessment Test and that my name is included in the Independent Directors’ Data Bank maintained by the Indian Institute of Corporate Affairs (IICA), in accordance with the provisions of the Companies Act, 2013 and the applicable rules. Now I am practicing chartered accountant proprietorship of P.K. Rane & company, with experience in the area of financial management statutory compliances, taxation & audit and specially retiral trust audits.