High Energy Batteries India Ltd. announced that the Board of Directors of the company at its meeting held on March 15, 2014, has recorded the retirement of Sri S Sridharan as Managing Director on March 31, 2014; approved the appointment of Dr. G.A. Pathanjali as Managing Director with effect from April 1, 2014 by short closing his present term of appointment as Executive Director and co-opted Sri. T R Sivaraman, as an additional Director, designated as Director (Finance) with effect from April 1, 2014.