Mohankumar Parameshwara Krishna is an Independent Director on the Board of our Company. He holds a diploma in hotel management and catering technology from the Institute of Hotel Management, Catering Technology and Applied Nutrition, Mumbai. He has participated in the Executive Program in Hospitality Management conducted by Cornell University and the National University of Singapore, the Global Program for Management Development conducted by the University of Michigan Business School, the Taj Cornell Summer University Program conducted by School of Hotel Administration, Cornell University and the workshop on Challenges of Strategic Leadership for Top Managers of the Taj Group of Hotels conducted by the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad. He has over 35 years of experience in the hospitality sector. Prior to joining our Company, he was associated with the Taj Group, where he served as chief operating officer of Gateway Hotels, Mumbai, area general manager, Kerala and general manager of Malabar Hotel, Cochin and the Lexington Hotel, New York.