Poddar Pigments CEO, MD, chairman, board of directors and AGM
NSE: PODDARMENTBSE: 524570Chemicals & PetrochemicalsSmall Cap
Share price at the NSE close on 23 Oct 2026. Previous close ₹259.95.
- Next results date: the board meets on 31 Oct 2026 to consider: financial results.
- 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.
- ₹265 Cr2,223rd 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. The filing of 14 Aug 2026
- 17.4
- 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 15 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.
- 1.60%
- ROEReturn on equity. Profit over 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, as a percentage of their net worth, the money they have in the business. Net worth is the average of the latest balance sheet and the one a year before it. The filing of 14 Aug 2026
- 4.3%
- 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 14 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 15 May 2026
- 0.02
- Volume, NSEVolume. Shares traded on the last trading day; delivery is the part buyers kept rather than sold again the same day.
- 11,38162.9% delivered
Poddar Pigments board of directors
At the end of the quarter to Sep 2026, as the company filed it; changes since are in its announcements.Their trades in its shares
- Chairperson and managing directorShiv Shankar PoddarRelated to the promoter
- Managing director and CEOGaurav Goenka
- Company Secretary and Compliance OfficerRajeev Kumar
6 directors3 independent2 executive1 non-executive
- Shiv Shankar Poddar · Chairperson and managing directorExecutive · joined Feb 1994 · reappointed Oct 2024 · 1 listed board
- Gaurav Goenka · Managing director and CEOExecutive · joined May 2016 · reappointed Oct 2024 · 1 listed board · 2 committee seats
- Mahima Poddar AgarwalNon-executive · joined Jul 2011 · 1 listed board · 1 committee seat
- Gajendra Kumar BhandariIndependent · joined Oct 2023 · reappointed Oct 2023 · 36 months as independent · 1 listed board · 1 as independent · 2 committee seats
- Ramaseshan MohanIndependent · joined Oct 2023 · reappointed Oct 2023 · 36 months as independent · 2 listed boards · 2 as independent · 1 committee seat, 1 as chair
- Visvanathan MuthukumarIndependent · joined Feb 2026 · reappointed Feb 2026 · 7 months as independent · 1 listed board · 1 as independent · 1 committee seat
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.
1 director who left
- M. Mahadevan, left 31 Mar 2026: Tenure Completion
Committees and meetings
Who sits on each, and how often they met.Board meeting notices and outcomes
Board
- 14 Aug 20265 of 6 present2 independent · 90 days in between
- 15 May 20266 of 6 present3 independent
Audit Committee
Chair Ramaseshan Mohan
Gaurav Goenka, Gajendra Kumar Bhandari, Visvanathan Muthukumar
- 14 Aug 20263 of 4 present2 independent · 90 days in between
- 15 May 20263 of 3 present2 independent
Nomination and remuneration committee
Chair Ramaseshan Mohan
Gajendra Kumar Bhandari, Mahima Poddar Agarwal
- 14 Aug 20262 of 3 present1 independent · 90 days in between
- 15 May 20263 of 3 present2 independent
Stakeholders Relationship Committee
Chair Mahima Poddar Agarwal
Gaurav Goenka, Gajendra Kumar Bhandari
- 15 May 20263 of 3 present1 independent
Corporate Social Responsibility Committee
Mahima Poddar Agarwal, Gaurav Goenka, Gajendra Kumar Bhandari
- 14 Aug 20262 of 3 present0 independent · 90 days in between
- 15 May 20263 of 3 present1 independent
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 Mar 2026.
- K.N.GUTGUTIA & COMPANYPeer-review certificate valid to Nov 2027
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.
Poddar Pigments 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.Poddar Pigments dividend history
Annual general meeting, 21 Sep 2026
9,694 shareholders on the register on 14 Sep 2026; present: 3 promoters and 48 others; votes counted by AKSHIT KUMAR JANGID / M/s. PINCHAA & CO. COMPANY SECRETARIES.The company's voting result (opens in a new tab)
To receive, consider and adopt the Audited Financial Statements of the Company for the financial year ended 31st March, 2026, together with the Reports of the Board of Directors and the Auditor's thereon.MoreLess
Ordinary100.00% for0.00% againstAgainst: promoters 0.00% · institutions 0.00% · other public 0.00%
Turnout: all 62.66% · promoters 100.00% · institutions 0.00% · other public 0.63%
- To declare the Dividend of Rs. 4/- per Equity Share as final dividend for the financial year 2025-26.Ordinary100.00% for0.00% against
Against: promoters 0.00% · institutions 0.00% · other public 0.00%
Turnout: all 62.66% · promoters 100.00% · institutions 0.00% · other public 0.63%
To appoint a Director in place of Shri Gaurav Goenka (DIN:00375811), a Joint Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, who retires by rotation and being eligible, offers himself for re-appointment.MoreLess
OrdinaryPromoters have an interest in it100.00% for0.00% againstAgainst: promoters 0.00% · institutions 0.00% · other public 0.00%
Turnout: all 62.66% · promoters 100.00% · institutions 0.00% · other public 0.63%
- To ratify the remuneration of Cost Auditors for the financial year 2026-27 .Ordinary100.00% for0.00% against
Against: promoters 0.00% · institutions 0.00% · other public 0.00%
Turnout: all 62.66% · promoters 100.00% · institutions 0.00% · other public 0.63%
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, 11 Apr 2026, 1 resolution
9,661 shareholders on the register on 6 Mar 2026; votes counted by AKSHIT KUMAR JANGID / M/s. PINCHAA & CO. COMPANY SECRETARIES.The company's voting result (opens in a new tab)
- To approve the appointment of Shri Visvanathan Muthukumar (DIN: 00584405) as an Independent Director of the CompanySpecial100.00% for0.00% against
Against: promoters 0.00% · institutions 0.00% · other public 0.14%
Turnout: all 62.70% · promoters 100.00% · institutions 0.00% · other public 0.73%
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.
Annual general meeting, 26 Sep 2025, 5 resolutions
10,168 shareholders on the register on 19 Sep 2025; present: 3 promoters and 40 others; votes counted by AKSHIT KUMAR JANGID / M/s. PINCHAA & CO. COMPANY SECRETARIES.The company's voting result (opens in a new tab)
To receive, consider and adopt the Audited Financial Statements of the Company for the financial year ended 31st March, 2025, together with the Reports of the Board of Directors and the Auditors thereon.MoreLess
Ordinary100.00% for0.00% againstAgainst: promoters 0.00% · institutions 0.00% · other public 0.02%
Turnout: all 62.81% · promoters 100.00% · institutions 0.00% · other public 1.02%
- To declare the Dividend of Rs. 4/- per Equity Share of Rs. 10/- each for the financial year 2024-25.Ordinary100.00% for0.00% against
Against: promoters 0.00% · institutions 0.00% · other public 0.02%
Turnout: all 62.81% · promoters 100.00% · institutions 0.00% · other public 1.02%
- To re-appoint Smt. Mahima Poddar Agarwal (DIN: 03588809), who retires by rotation at the ensuing Annual General Meeting and being eligible, offers herself for re-appointment.OrdinaryPromoters have an interest in it100.00% for0.00% against
Against: promoters 0.00% · institutions 0.00% · other public 0.02%
Turnout: all 62.81% · promoters 100.00% · institutions 0.00% · other public 1.02%
- To ratify the remuneration of Cost Auditors for the financial year 2025-26.Ordinary100.00% for0.00% against
Against: promoters 0.00% · institutions 0.00% · other public 0.02%
Turnout: all 62.81% · promoters 100.00% · institutions 0.00% · other public 1.02%
- To approve the appointment of M/s Pinchaa & Co., Company Secretaries (Firm Registration No. P2016RJ051800) Jaipur as Secretarial Auditor of the company and to fix their remuneration.Ordinary100.00% for0.00% against
Against: promoters 0.00% · institutions 0.00% · other public 0.02%
Turnout: all 62.81% · promoters 100.00% · institutions 0.00% · other public 1.02%
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.
Annual general meeting, 23 Sep 2024, 6 resolutions
Present: 5 promoters and 67 others.The company's voting result (opens in a new tab)
To receive, consider and adopt the Audited Financial Statements of the Company for the financial year ended 31st March, 2024, together with the Reports of the Board of Directors and the Auditors thereon.MoreLess
Ordinary99.67% for0.33% againstAgainst: promoters 0.00% · institutions 0.00% · other public 3.42%
Turnout: all 69.10% · promoters 100.00% · institutions 0.00% · other public 17.95%
- To declare the Dividend of Rs. 4/- per Equity Share of Rs. 10/- each for the financial year 2023-24.Ordinary100.00% for0.00% against
Against: promoters 0.00% · institutions 0.00% · other public 0.00%
Turnout: all 69.10% · promoters 100.00% · institutions 0.00% · other public 17.95%
- To re-appoint Shri Shiv Shankar Poddar (DIN: 00058025), who retires by rotation at the ensuing Annual General Meeting and being eligible, offers himself for re-appointment.OrdinaryPromoters have an interest in it99.67% for0.33% against
Against: promoters 0.00% · institutions 0.00% · other public 3.42%
Turnout: all 69.10% · promoters 100.00% · institutions 0.00% · other public 17.95%
- To ratify the remuneration of Cost Auditors for the financial year 2024-25.Ordinary99.67% for0.33% against
Against: promoters 0.00% · institutions 0.00% · other public 3.44%
Turnout: all 69.08% · promoters 100.00% · institutions 0.00% · other public 17.88%
- To approve the re-appointment of Shri Shiv Shankar Poddar (DIN: 00058025), as Managing Director of the Company.SpecialPromoters have an interest in it91.25% for8.75% against
Against: promoters 0.00% · institutions 0.00% · other public 90.59%
Turnout: all 69.10% · promoters 100.00% · institutions 0.00% · other public 17.95%
- To approve the re-appointment of Shri Gaurav Goenka (DIN: 00375811), as Joint Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer of the Company.SpecialPromoters have an interest in it99.67% for0.33% against
Against: promoters 0.00% · institutions 0.00% · other public 3.42%
Turnout: all 69.10% · promoters 100.00% · institutions 0.00% · other public 17.95%
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.
Annual general meeting, 27 Sep 2023, 7 resolutions
Present: 5 promoters and 46 others.The company's voting result (opens in a new tab)
- To receive, consider and adopt the Audited Financial Statements of the Company for the financial year ended 31st March 2023, together with the Reports of the Board of Directors and Auditors thereon.Ordinary100.00% for0.00% against
Against: promoters 0.00% · institutions 0.00% · other public 0.02%
Turnout: all 63.23% · promoters 100.00% · institutions 65.44% · other public 0.87%
- To confirm the Interim Dividend of Rs. 3.50 per share on Equity Shares of Rs. 10/- for the financial year 2022-23 as Final Dividend.Ordinary100.00% for0.00% against
Against: promoters 0.00% · institutions 0.00% · other public 0.02%
Turnout: all 63.23% · promoters 100.00% · institutions 65.44% · other public 0.87%
- To appoint a Director in place of Shri Gaurav Goenka (DIN: 00375811), who retires by rotation and being eligible, offers himself for re-appointment.OrdinaryPromoters have an interest in it100.00% for0.00% against
Against: promoters 0.00% · institutions 0.00% · other public 0.02%
Turnout: all 63.23% · promoters 100.00% · institutions 65.44% · other public 0.87%
- To ratify the remuneration of Cost Auditors for the financial year 2023-24.Ordinary100.00% for0.00% against
Against: promoters 0.00% · institutions 0.00% · other public 0.02%
Turnout: all 63.23% · promoters 100.00% · institutions 65.44% · other public 0.87%
- To approve the appointment of Shri Gajendra Kumar Bhandari (DIN:00649176), as an Independent Director of the Company.Special99.24% for0.76% against
Against: promoters 0.00% · institutions 100.00% · other public 0.02%
Turnout: all 63.23% · promoters 100.00% · institutions 65.44% · other public 0.87%
- To approve the appointment of Shri R. Mohan (DIN:01492721) as an Independent Director of the Company.Special100.00% for0.00% against
Against: promoters 0.00% · institutions 0.00% · other public 0.02%
Turnout: all 63.23% · promoters 100.00% · institutions 65.44% · other public 0.87%
- To adopt the new set of Articles of Association of the Company.Special100.00% for0.00% against
Against: promoters 0.00% · institutions 0.00% · other public 0.02%
Turnout: all 63.23% · promoters 100.00% · institutions 65.44% · other public 0.87%
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.
Annual general meeting, 29 Sep 2022, 7 resolutions
Present: 5 promoters and 43 others.The company's voting result (opens in a new tab)
To receive, consider and adopt the Audited Financial Statements of the Company for the financial year ended 31st March, 2022, together with the Reports of the Board of Directors and the Auditor’s thereon.MoreLess
Ordinary100.00% for0.00% againstAgainst: promoters 0.00% · institutions 0.00% · other public 0.01%
Turnout: all 63.58% · promoters 100.00% · institutions 0.00% · other public 3.06%
- To declare Dividend on Equity Shares for the financial year 2021-22.Ordinary100.00% for0.00% against
Against: promoters 0.00% · institutions 0.00% · other public 0.01%
Turnout: all 63.58% · promoters 100.00% · institutions 0.00% · other public 3.06%
- To appoint a Director in place of Smt. Mahima Poddar Agarwal (DIN:03588809), a Non-Executive Director, who retires by rotation and being eligible, offers herself for re-appointment.Ordinary100.00% for0.00% against
Against: promoters 0.00% · institutions 0.00% · other public 0.01%
Turnout: all 63.58% · promoters 100.00% · institutions 0.00% · other public 3.06%
- To appoint M/s. K. N. Gutgutia & Co., Chartered Accountants as statutory auditors of the Company and to fix their remuneration.Ordinary100.00% for0.00% against
Against: promoters 0.00% · institutions 0.00% · other public 0.01%
Turnout: all 63.58% · promoters 100.00% · institutions 0.00% · other public 3.06%
- To ratify the remuneration of Cost Auditors for the financial year 2022-23.Ordinary100.00% for0.00% against
Against: promoters 0.00% · institutions 0.00% · other public 0.01%
Turnout: all 63.58% · promoters 100.00% · institutions 0.00% · other public 3.06%
- Power to borrow money.Special100.00% for0.00% against
Against: promoters 0.00% · institutions 0.00% · other public 0.01%
Turnout: all 63.58% · promoters 100.00% · institutions 0.00% · other public 3.06%
- Power to create charges on the movable and immovable properties of the Company, both present and future, in respect of borrowings.Special100.00% for0.00% against
Against: promoters 0.00% · institutions 0.00% · other public 0.01%
Turnout: all 63.58% · promoters 100.00% · institutions 0.00% · other public 3.06%
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.
Annual general meeting, 8 Sep 2021, 8 resolutions
Present: 5 promoters and 48 others.The company's voting result (opens in a new tab)
- To consider and adopt the Audited Financial Statement of the Company for the Financial year ended 31st March, 2021 and the Reports of the Board of Directors’ and Auditors’ thereon.Ordinary100.00% for0.00% against
Against: promoters 0.00% · institutions 0.00% · other public 0.00%
Turnout: all 62.76% · promoters 100.00% · institutions 0.00% · other public 0.92%
- To declare Dividend on Equity Shares for the Financial Year ended March 31, 2021.Ordinary100.00% for0.00% against
Against: promoters 0.00% · institutions 0.00% · other public 0.00%
Turnout: all 62.76% · promoters 100.00% · institutions 0.00% · other public 0.92%
- To appoint a Director in place of Shri Gaurav Goenka (DIN: 00375811), Director who retires by rotation and being eligible, offers himself for re-appointment.OrdinaryPromoters have an interest in it100.00% for0.00% against
Against: promoters 0.00% · institutions 0.00% · other public 0.00%
Turnout: all 62.76% · promoters 100.00% · institutions 0.00% · other public 0.92%
- To ratify the remuneration of Cost Auditors of the Company under section 148 of Companies Act, 2013 for the Financial Year 2021-22.Ordinary100.00% for0.00% against
Against: promoters 0.00% · institutions 0.00% · other public 0.00%
Turnout: all 62.76% · promoters 100.00% · institutions 0.00% · other public 0.92%
Approval for payment of Managerial Remuneration as 15% of Net Profit in any year, over and above an additional remuneration payable to Mr. R. K. Sureka, Director & CEO during the Financial Year 2021-22 and the limits specified in Sec. 197 read with Schedule V of the Companies Act 2013.MoreLess
SpecialPromoters have an interest in it100.00% for0.00% againstAgainst: promoters 0.00% · institutions 0.00% · other public 0.14%
Turnout: all 62.76% · promoters 100.00% · institutions 0.00% · other public 0.92%
Approval for payment of the overall additional Managerial remuneration of Rs 3.70 Crores in consideration of the services rendered by Mr R.K.Sureka (DIN: 00058043), Director & CEO during his employment over and above and the limit specified in section 197 read with Schedule V of the Companies Act 2013;MoreLess
Special100.00% for0.00% againstAgainst: promoters 0.00% · institutions 0.00% · other public 0.14%
Turnout: all 62.76% · promoters 100.00% · institutions 0.00% · other public 0.92%
- To re-appoint Shri M. Mahadevan (DIN: 00786991) as an Independent Director to hold office for further period of five years (second term).Special100.00% for0.00% against
Against: promoters 0.00% · institutions 0.00% · other public 0.00%
Turnout: all 62.76% · promoters 100.00% · institutions 0.00% · other public 0.92%
- Extension of terms of appointment of Shri Gaurav Goenka (DIN: 00375811), Joint Managing Director from 1st April 2022 to 30th September, 2024 and to fix the remuneration for a period of 3 ½ years.SpecialPromoters have an interest in it100.00% for0.00% against
Against: promoters 0.00% · institutions 0.00% · other public 0.14%
Turnout: all 62.76% · promoters 100.00% · institutions 0.00% · other public 0.92%
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.
Annual general meeting, 30 Sep 2020, 3 resolutions
Present: 4 promoters and 32 others.The company's voting result (opens in a new tab)
- To consider and adopt the Audited Financial Statement of the Company for the Financial year ended 31st March, 2020 and the Reports of the Board of Directors’ and Auditors’ thereon.Ordinary100.00% for0.00% against
Against: promoters 0.00% · institutions 0.00% · other public 0.00%
Turnout: all 62.86% · promoters 100.00% · institutions 4.78% · other public 1.03%
- To appoint a Director in place of Smt. Mahima P. Agarwal (DIN: 03588809), Director, who retires by rotation and being eligible, offers herself for re-appointment.OrdinaryPromoters have an interest in it100.00% for0.00% against
Against: promoters 0.00% · institutions 0.00% · other public 0.00%
Turnout: all 62.86% · promoters 100.00% · institutions 4.78% · other public 1.03%
- Ratification of remuneration to Cost Auditor.Ordinary100.00% for0.00% against
Against: promoters 0.00% · institutions 0.00% · other public 0.00%
Turnout: all 62.86% · promoters 100.00% · institutions 4.78% · other public 1.03%
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.
How mutual funds voted
Fund houses must disclose how they vote at every meeting of a company they hold.
Mutual fund votes, meeting of 30 Sep 2020, 1 fund house
- To consider and adopt the Audited Financial Statement of the Company for the Financial year ended 31st March, 2020 and the Reports of the Board of Directors’ and Auditors’ thereon.1 for0 against
- To appoint a Director in place of Smt. Mahima P. Agarwal (DIN: 03588809), Director, who retires by rotation and being eligible, offers herself for re-appointment.1 for0 against
- Ratification of remuneration to Cost Auditor.1 for0 against
Each fund house counted once, from its own disclosure; the reasons are its own words.
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
- No
- 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
- No
- There was a cyber security incident in the quarter
- No
The company's own answers in its filing.