Dhanlaxmi Bank Limited announced that the Board of Directors of the Bank, at its meeting held on February 21, 2023, has appointed Ms. Vardhini Kalyanaraman (DIN:09730053) as Additional Director (Independent Category) on the Board of the Bank. Ms. Vardhini Kalyanaraman is not debarred from holding the office of Director by virtue of the Orders of SEBI or any other such authority. Ms. Vardhini Kalyanaraman is a qualified Chartered Accountant and a Post Graduate in Commerce with an overall work experience of 16 years.

Presently she is a partner of the Chartered accountant firm M/s Chandran & Raman. She also has work experience of 6 years in CRISIL Ltd. in the field of Bank Loan Ratings and Equity Research. Ms. Vardhini Kalyanaraman has undertaken statutory audits of various public /private limited companies and SUs including NLC India Ltd, ONGC, Mangalore Petrochemicals Ltd. etc.

As a partner of M/s Chandran & Raman, she was also involved in the statutory audits of various banking companies including the central statutory audits of Corporation Bank for 3 years and tax audits 01 various firms. Ms. Vardhini Kalyanaraman has also passed the valuation exam of Securities and Financial Assets of IBBI.