Monsanto India Ltd. announced that the board of directors of the company at its meeting held on July 30, 2014 appointed Mr. Shilpa Divekar Nirula as the Managing Director of the Board of Directors of the company with effect from September 01, 2014 and also approved the resignation of Mr. Gyanendra Shukla as the Managing Director of the company w.e.f. September 01, 2014.