New Delhi, Sept. 8 -- IT services firm HCL Technologies has appointed former Niti Aayog CEO and former India's G20 Sherpa Amitabh Kant as an Additional Director to hold office as an Independent Director on the Board of the Company.

The said appointment is for a term of five consecutive years effective today to September 7, 2030, the company said in an exchange filing.

"The said appointment has been recommended by the Nomination and Remuneration Committee. He is not debarred from holding office as Director by any order of SEBI/ Ministry of Corporate Affairs or any such statutory authority. The approval of the shareholders for his appointment as an Independent Director shall be taken through postal ballot in due course," the exchange fili...