Kanchi Karpooram MD, chairman, board of directors and AGM
NSE: KANCHIBSE: 538896Chemicals & PetrochemicalsSmall Cap
Share price at the NSE close on 23 Oct 2026. Previous close ₹375.30.
- Market capMarket capitalisation. Share price times the number of shares: what the whole company is worth at the day's price. The rank is by average market value over the six months to Jun 2026, among listed companies.
- ₹164 Cr2,579th largest listed
- P/EPrice to earnings, trailing. Market cap divided by the profit of the last twelve months (the latest four quarters, or two half years for a company that reports half-yearly) that belongs to the company's own shareholders, after the share of the other owners of its subsidiaries: what investors pay for each rupee of a year's profit.
- Owners' profit not stated
- P/BPrice to book. Market cap divided by the net worth that belongs to the company's own shareholders, its assets less everything it owes and less the other owners' share of its subsidiaries, on its latest balance sheet. The filing of 29 May 2026
- 0.8
- Dividend yieldDividend yield. Dividends paid per share in the twelve months to the day, as a percentage of the day's share price.
- 0.27%
- ROCEReturn on capital employed. Operating profit after depreciation (revenue less operating expenses and depreciation, without other income and one-off items) as a percentage of all the money the business runs on: the whole group's net worth, the other owners of its subsidiaries included, plus borrowings. Lease liabilities are not counted: the results filings do not state them. The profit is over the last twelve months (the latest four quarters, or two half years for a company that reports half-yearly); net worth and borrowings are on the latest balance sheet. The filing of 12 Aug 2026
- 3.5%
- Debt to equityDebt to equity. Borrowings divided by the whole group's net worth, the other owners of its subsidiaries included: rupees borrowed for each rupee of equity in the business. Lease liabilities are not counted: the results filings do not state them. From the balance sheet at the end of Mar 2026. The filing of 29 May 2026
- 0.00
- Volume, NSEVolume. Shares traded on the last trading day; delivery is the part buyers kept rather than sold again the same day.
- 2,67972.8% delivered
Kanchi Karpooram board of directors
At the end of the quarter to Jun 2026, as the company filed it; changes since are in its announcements.Their trades in its shares
- Managing directorSURESH VEERCHANDJI SHAH
- Managing directorDIPESH SURESH JAIN
- ChairpersonKARAIKUDI CHANDRASEKARAN RADHAKRISHNAN
- Company Secretary and Compliance OfficerK Abirami
7 directors3 independent3 executive1 non-executive
- SURESH VEERCHANDJI SHAH · Managing directorExecutive · joined Jan 1992 · reappointed Sep 2021 · 1 listed board
- DIPESH SURESH JAIN · Managing directorExecutive · joined Nov 2005 · reappointed Sep 2025 · 1 listed board
- ARUN SHAH VEERCHANDExecutive · joined Oct 2019 · reappointed Sep 2025 · 1 listed board
- PUSHPA JAIN SURESHNon-executive · joined Sep 2014 · reappointed Sep 2021 · 1 listed board
- RAJAGOPALAN KANNANIndependent · joined Aug 2020 · reappointed Aug 2025 · 70 months as independent · 1 listed board · 1 as independent · 2 committee seats
- KARAIKUDI CHANDRASEKARAN RADHAKRISHNAN · ChairpersonIndependent · joined May 2024 · 25 months as independent · 1 listed board · 1 as independent · 2 committee seats, 1 as chair
- RANJANI VYDEESWARANIndependent · joined Aug 2024 · 23 months as independent · 1 listed board · 1 as independent · 2 committee seats, 1 as chair
An independent director has no business or family tie to the company, its promoters or its managers beyond the seat. Listed boards counts the boards of listed companies the director sits on, this one included, and "as independent" how many of those seats are independent ones. Committee seats are audit and stakeholder committee seats across those companies. Months as independent is filed for independent directors only, whose terms the rules cap. Disqualified is the company's own mark that a director may not serve under company law.
Committees and meetings
Who sits on each, and how often they met.Board meeting notices and outcomes
Board
- 29 May 20266 of 7 present2 independent · 9 days in between
- 19 May 20266 of 7 present2 independent · 12 days in between
- 6 May 20264 of 7 present2 independent · 31 days in between
- 4 Apr 20264 of 7 present2 independent · 52 days in between
1 earlier meeting
- 10 Feb 20265 of 7 present2 independent
Audit Committee
Chair KARAIKUDI CHANDRASEKARAN RADHAKRISHNAN
RAJAGOPALAN KANNAN, RANJANI VYDEESWARAN
- 29 May 20263 of 3 present3 independent
- 19 May 20262 of 3 present2 independent · 97 days in between
- 10 Feb 20262 of 3 present2 independent
- 13 Nov 20253 of 3 present3 independent
Nomination and remuneration committee
Chair RAJAGOPALAN KANNAN
KARAIKUDI CHANDRASEKARAN RADHAKRISHNAN, RANJANI VYDEESWARAN
No meeting listed in the filing.
Stakeholders Relationship Committee
Chair RANJANI VYDEESWARAN
RAJAGOPALAN KANNAN, KARAIKUDI CHANDRASEKARAN RADHAKRISHNAN
- 3 Apr 20262 of 3 present2 independent · 129 days in between
- 24 Nov 20252 of 3 present2 independent
Corporate Social Responsibility Committee
Chair SURESH VEERCHANDJI SHAH
DIPESH SURESH JAIN, RAJAGOPALAN KANNAN
No meeting listed in the filing.
Meetings in the quarter filed and the one before it. The days in between are as the company files them, neither meeting's day counted; the rules allow at most 120. A quorum is the least number of members who must attend for the meeting to decide anything.
Statutory auditor
Named in the results for the quarter to Jun 2026.
- P CHANDRASEKAR LLPPeer-review certificate valid to Mar 2028
A statutory auditor checks the company's accounts and signs its results. Peer review is the accountants' institute's check of an audit firm's own work, which a listed company's auditor must hold a valid certificate of.
Kanchi Karpooram AGM and shareholder votes
Each resolution, how the votes went, and how institutions voted apart from the promoters. A postal ballot is a vote by post or online, held without a meeting.Kanchi Karpooram dividend history
Annual general meeting, 22 Sep 2026
10,859 shareholders on the register on 15 Sep 2026; present: 22 promoters and 84 others; votes counted by LOVELISH LODHA N / LOVELISH LODHA N.The company's voting result (opens in a new tab)
To receive, consider and adopt the Standalone and Consolidated Audited Financial Statements of the Company for the financial year ended 31st March 2026 including Balance Sheet as at 31st March 2026, the Statement of Profit and Loss and Cash Flow Statement for the period ended on that date and the Reports of the Board of Directors and Auditors thereonMoreLess
Ordinary99.97% for0.03% againstAgainst: promoters 0.00% · other public 0.50%
Turnout: all 54.51% · promoters 100.00% · other public 6.83%
- To declare a final dividend of Rs.1/- per equity share for the financial year ended 31st March 2026Ordinary99.97% for0.03% against
Against: promoters 0.00% · other public 0.50%
Turnout: all 54.51% · promoters 100.00% · other public 6.83%
- To appoint a director in place of Ms. Pushpa Jain Suresh (DIN: 06939054), who retires by rotation and being eligible, offers herself for re-appointmentOrdinary99.96% for0.04% against
Against: promoters 0.00% · other public 0.72%
Turnout: all 54.51% · promoters 100.00% · other public 6.83%
- Re-appointment of Mr. Suresh Veerchandji Shah (DIN: 01659809) as Managing Director for a period of 5 yearsSpecialPromoters have an interest in it99.95% for0.05% against
Against: promoters 0.00% · other public 0.72%
Turnout: all 44.11% · promoters 79.67% · other public 6.83%
- Approval of payment of remuneration to Mr. Suresh Veerchandji Shah (DIN: 01659809) despite inadequacy or absence of profits:SpecialPromoters have an interest in it99.89% for0.11% against
Against: promoters 0.00% · other public 0.72%
Turnout: all 21.79% · promoters 36.06% · other public 6.83%
- Ratification of Remuneration paid to Cost AuditorsOrdinary99.97% for0.03% against
Against: promoters 0.00% · other public 0.52%
Turnout: all 54.51% · promoters 100.00% · other public 6.83%
For and against are per cent of the votes cast. Turnout is the votes cast as a per cent of the shares each group holds. Institutions are funds, insurers, banks and foreign investors. An ordinary resolution passes with more than half the votes cast, a special one with at least three quarters.
Postal ballot, 10 May 2026, 1 resolution
11,242 shareholders on the register on 8 Apr 2026; votes counted by LOVELISH LODHA N / LOVELISH LODHA N.The company's voting result (opens in a new tab)
- To alter existing Clause III (A), Main object clause, of the Memorandum of Association of the Company.Special99.64% for0.36% against
Against: promoters 0.00% · other public 5.55%
Turnout: all 54.70% · promoters 100.00% · other public 7.23%
For and against are per cent of the votes cast. Turnout is the votes cast as a per cent of the shares each group holds. Institutions are funds, insurers, banks and foreign investors. An ordinary resolution passes with more than half the votes cast, a special one with at least three quarters.
Tax disputes
Reported in the filing for the quarter to Jun 2026.
- Tax disputeOffice of the Assistant Commissioner of GST & Central ExciseSince 27 Mar 2026Interim protection was granted to the petitioner by the High Court of Judicature at Madras vide the impugned order granting interim stay.At the filing before: Order received from the authority confirming the demand for GST, interest thereon and penalty
In the company's own words, from its latest governance filing.
Investor complaints and compliance
Quarter by quarter.
Investor complaints received and resolved, the company's own count
- Received
- Resolved
Open at the quarter's end
- The board is made up as the listing rules require
- Yes
- The board has a regular chairperson
- Yes
- The company has a risk management committee
- No
- The chair is related to the managing director
- No
- The filing has a part on fines and penalties
- No
- The filing has a part on tax disputes
- Yes
- There was a cyber security incident in the quarter
- No
The company's own answers in its filing.