The Board of Directors of Bombay Stock Exchange Limited (BSE), has appointed Mr. Shekhar Datta as the Chairman of BSE.

Profile:
Mr. Datta is a graduate in Mechanical Engineering from London and a Fellow of Indian Management Association. He holds directorships in various companies and is the former Chairman of Piaggio Vehicles Private Limited and Lombardini India Private Limited. He is the former Managing Director & President of Greaves Cotton Limited and former Director of IDBI Limited and Crompton Greaves Limited. He was the President of Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), Bombay Chamber of Commerce & Industry (BCCI) and Indo – Italian Chamber of Commerce and Industry.

He was appointed as a Director on the Board with effect from June 20, 2006.

About Bombay Stock Exchange: BSE is the oldest stock exchange in Asia. It was established in 1875 as "The Native Share & Stock Brokers Association." BSE reaches out to more than 400 cities and towns in India. It has 4,800 listed companies on the board, with over 7,500 scrips being traded. The companies listed on BSE command a total market capitalisation of Rs 39, 96,859 crore (USD 975 billion). BSE offers trading in the equity (cash and derivatives) and debt (corporate and government securities) segments.

For further information please visit www.bseindia.com.

Kalyan S. Bose
Head – Corporate Affairs

September 14, 2007