Dilip Puri is an Independent Director on the Board of our Company. He holds a diploma in hotel management from the Oberoi School of Hotel Management and has also completed the Service Marketing Management, Strategic Management, Managing Change Entrepreneurially for Business Success, Information Management and Managing Human Resources modules of the Advanced Management Programme in Business Administration conducted by the Poon Kam Kai Institute of Management, University of Hong Kong. He has over 21 years of experience in the hospitality industry. Prior to joining our Company, he was associated with the Indian Hotels Company Limited (Taj Group) and HI Hotels India Private Limited as general manager, Duet India Hotels as chief executive officer, Starwood Hotels and Resorts India Private Limited as managing director, India and vice president, South Asia, Bass Hotels and Resorts as its general manager and Sarova Hotels Limited as its director of operations. He has also been awarded the ‘Hall of Fame’ award at Hotelier India Awards in 2017.