Ayan Kumar Das

Key Result Areas:  Long-term Strategy Development: Developing long-term CSR strategic Roadmap with direction from the Board and in close relation with Senior leadership- Prepare and deliver strategic updates to leaders up to and including the Board  CSR Governance: Developing governance for CSR programs encompassing due diligence, partner identification, setting up Key Result Areas, monitoring mechanism. Ensuring CSR programs are in alignment with Company’s vision as well as SDGs and ensure achieving excellence in CSR  Project Design: Designing long term intervention projects focused on education, health, livelihood development, water conservation, environment  Planning & Implementation: Collaborating with Plant and business teams to effectively plan and implement CSR projects. Lead the team to drive alignment of core projects that advance Company’s CSR leadership position and reputation  Opportunity Visualization: Identifying social challenges and opportunities, transforming them into corporate strategies and CSR initiatives  Business Function Integration: Collaborating with Investor Relations, Legal, Accounting, Marketing, and Operations to integrate CSR and ESG data accurately in regulatory filings, investor briefs, RFPs, and more  Ensuring effective financial compliance and effective Fund Management of CSR Programmes  Stakeholder Management: Managing relationships, networks, and teams that include a diverse group of people representative of the public and private sectors, non-profits, and civic leaders, as well as program beneficiaries  Data management and Research: Utilizing analytics and data to identify trends, conduct third party impact assessment of CSR initiatives, and make data-driven recommendations to the leadership  Communication Management: Closely working with the Communication, Legal & Secretarial Lead to disseminate information about the CSR ncluding finalization of Annual Report and Shareholders’ dissemination.

Significant Highlights:  Designed a long-term CSR strategy and roadmap, including financial planning for inclusive growth encompassing community and supply-chain, aligned with the vision of JSW Group, SDGs, CSR Rules, and location needs  Drove and provided leadership support to the CSR execution team across thrust areas of education, health and nutrition, WASH, livelihood, micro enterprise development, women’s empowerment and sports to achieve the program objectives; acted as an interface with the community  Maintained external partnerships with NGOs, academics, and experts to leverage resources and larger impact of CSR programs  Implemented strategic employee volunteering plan to achieve the overall mission of employee participation and contribution in specific programs  Designed and conducted quantitative and qualitative research and evaluation, including impact assessment, developing logic models, monitoring systems  Managed budget, conducted expenditure analysis as well as financial forecasting, and took corrective measures  Strengthened CSR MIS, prepared analytical reports and presented to Board CSR Committee on the progress of CSR programs  Took active part in JSW Brand promotion in collaboration with internal stakeholders and represented JSW at various levels, including government and industry bodies, while building strong relationships with external stakeholders  Collaborated with communications teams to promote CSR and ESG initiatives to stakeholders, including the supply chain and the community-at-large, through various channels, including social media  Managed internal and external stakeholders in program implementation, evaluation, reporting, and partner management

Significant Highlights:  Developed CSR plans across thrust areas of health, education, community infrastructure, women’s empowerment and livelihood. Managed initiatives, reports results, and made recommendations based on opportunities to generate impact, risk mitigation, brand building, reputation  Engaged with leadership team to prospect, evaluate and proactively recommend CSR interventions that align with Tata Power’s vision of inclusive and equitable growth and business priorities.  Conducted KAP (Knowledge-Attitude –Practice) study to understand the impact of the projects/program.  Developed CSR program delivery structure including partner capacity evaluation, onboarding of partners, regular program monitoring, MIS and fund disbursal schedule  Led various Sustainability Initiatives and Business Responsibility Reporting (BRR)  Mapped Affirmative Action (AA) community for strategic engagement and business risk and opportunity mapping  Undertook CSR Effectiveness and Community Engagement study & incorporated the learning  Collaborated with HR team in strategizing and deployment of Global Compact Principles and DEI initiative in business operation  Managed all information and data interpretation and acted as resource for corporate communication team and company leaders  Prepared periodical and annual report and presented periodical CSR program and financial updates to Board CSR Committee

ignificant Highlights: # Led strategic and long-term CSR intervention in accordance with PepsiCo’s global CSR Vision and Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) # Implemented ESG & CSR initiatives in community & with business partners spread in various districts of West Bengal and in Odisha # Sensitized supply-chain people and Channel Partners on HIV/AIDS and Human Rights issues # Coordinated with government bodies for smooth land acquisition process and successful business expansion # Implemented company’s DEI strategy in core business operations and in value chain # Ensured compliance of Human Rights exercise, executed by PepsiCo AMEA (Asia-Middle East and Africa) division