Maya Hari & Sharmila Paranjpe joins Cipla as Independent Directors

The Board of Cipla Limited has endorsed the appointments of Maya Hari and Sharmila Paranjpe as Additional and Independent Directors, each for a five-year term beginning on November 1, 2024, and September 1, 2024, respectively. Additionally, the Board has confirmed Sneha Hiranandani, Chief Information Officer, as part of the Senior Management team, effective July 26, 2024. Samina Hamied has stepped down from her role as Non-Executive Director.

Sharmila Paranjpe, a graduate of COEP Technological University, brings over 30 years of experience in the IT industry, including more than 25 years at Wipro, where she held key leadership roles such as Country Head for the UK and Global Head of Industrial Manufacturing. She currently serves as an Executive Director on the Board of the Doorstep School Foundation. At Wipro, Paranjpe also played a significant role in promoting employee welfare, serving as Chief Ombudsperson and Chair of the Prevention of Sexual Harassment Committee.

Maya Hari, currently the CEO of Terrascope, has spent the last two decades working with fast-growing companies at major technology firms such as Twitter, Samsung, Google, and Microsoft, spanning both Silicon Valley and Asia. During her seven years at Twitter, she headed the Asia Pacific region as well as global strategy and operations, serving as Managing Director and Vice President. Hari is also an Independent Director on the Boards of Axiata Group, Singlife Holdings, and Singapore’s Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA). Her previous Board memberships include OpenLearning, and she served as Chair of The Indus Entrepreneurs Singapore. She is a TEDx speaker and part of the jury for MIT Technology Review’s Innovators Under 35 at Emtech Asia. Hari holds an MBA from INSEAD, France, a Master of Science from Utah State University, and has attended Board Director programmes at Harvard Business School.