The board of directors of RKEC Projects Limited at its meeting held on February 14, 2024, approved the appointment of Mr. S M Jain as an Additional Director (Category: Independent Director) of the Company. Mr. Jain has experience of 37 years. Qualification: Chartered Accountant (ICAI).

Bachelors of Commerce (University of Rajasthan). Company Secretary (Intermediate) from ICSI. Experience: Directorship: Non-Executive, Non-Independent Director - Care Rating Limited since March, 2023; Independent Director - Choice International Limited (Listed entity) since May, 2023.

Executive Director (Finance & Accounts and Taxation) - Life Insurance Company of India (Central Office, Mumbai). Director & Chief Executive - LICHFL Care Homes Limited (Mumbai). Chief Risk Officer - LIC Pension Fund (Mumbai).

Secretary - Investment-Operation, Investment-Risk Management & Research and Marketing (Central Office, Mumbai). Senior Divisional Manager (Ahmedabad). Regional Manager (F&A) (Bhopal).

Marketing Manager (Jodhpur & Vadodara). key Achievements: Assisted LIC's SEBI (LODR) Compliance in just 12 days following its listing on May 17, 2022. Life Insurance Corporation of India also received income-tax refund of over INR 250,000 million, which included interest of over INR 68,000 million during my tenure and active intervention.

Provided guidance in a GST manual that was prepared for the first time in the history of LIC by the taxation cell to help branch divisions and zonal offices; further, the manuals were circulated to every office of LIC. Closely speculated and purchased equity during COVID-19, yielding a very good return and significantly improving the LIC pension fund's position among pension funds. Essar Power Gujarat Limited's one-time settlement was completed with 100% principal recovery.

A portfolio of SPVs of Essel Infra was sold, which became a sticky account. Key player in the organization for holding the international midterm review conference of MDRT USA at Hyderabad. Pioneered the sale of Bima Plus and Future Plus policies, paved the way for ULIP marketing, and have marketing experience spanning 14 years.

Worked as a member of Investment Committee as an Advisory board of Alternate investment Funds: Advisory opinion of Spring Healthcare India Fund (Sabre Partners). Member of the Supervisory Board of the Bio Technology Fund (APIDC Venture Capital Pvt. Ltd.).

Supervisory Board of India Advantage Fund Series 2 (ICICI Venture). Nominated as a member of: The study group of IFRS17 implementation in India set up by ICAI & IRDAI. Sub-committee on Expenses of Management (EoM) set up by IRDAI.

Training: Training from Institute of Directors regarding role of Directors and its MasterClass from 15/02/2023 to 17/02/2023.