Prasad Raghava Menon has been appointed as an Additional Director of Neuland Laboratories Limited categorized as Independent, on the Board of the company, for a term of five consecutive years, effective from October 31, 2022.

His appointment has been approved by the Board based on recommendations of the Nomination and Remuneration Committee and is subject to approval of the shareholders.

Prasad Raghava Menon, aged 76 years, is a chemical engineer from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kharagpur, India. Menon has over 41 years of diverse experience in some of the premier multinational and Indian companies in the chemical and power industry.

After a 20 years stint with chemical giant ICI, Menon went on to become Director - Technical, at Nagarjuna Fertilizers and Chemicals Limited, where he oversaw the construction and commissioning of the Company’s urea fertilizer project in Kakinada.

In the year 2000, he took over as Managing Director of Tata Chemicals and in the year 2006, he stepped outside the chemicals field to become the Managing Director of Tata Power, from where he eventually retired in January 2011. After retirement from executive role, Menon continued to be a Director on various Tata Boards such as Tata Chemicals, Tata Projects (Chairman), Vistara (Chairman), Tata Consulting Engineers (Chairman), Tata Quality Mngt Services (Chairman), Group Sustainability and Safety Council (Chairman) till 2016. He has also served on various Boards as Independent Director - Axis Bank, Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Limited, SKF India, Sanmar Group, Singapore Tourism Board, Grantham Research Centre for Climate Change London, TERI.

As on the date, Prasad Raghava Menon is a director on the Boards of Data Patterns (India) Limited and Chemplast Sanmar. Menon is also on the Boards of Wildlife Trust of India (Chairman), Centre for Environment Education, and Kaivalyadham Yoga Institute.