Vedanta Power adds Roma Balwani

Vedanta Power named Roma Balwani to its board as an independent director on May 16, 2026, according to media reports citing a company announcement. Roma Balwani has worked across corporate communications, brand strategy and sustainability for more than four decades, media profiles and her own biography show. Vedanta Power’s statement did not detail committee assignments or an effective start date beyond the announcement, and coverage so far has presented the appointment as immediate. (exchange4media.com) ### Who is Roma Balwani and what is her background? Roma Balwani has held senior communications and sustainability roles at Vedanta group and in the wider corporate sector, according to her public biography. (romabalwani.com) John Cockerill India and Godavari Power & Ispat are among the boards Balwani currently serves on, trade press reports and company notices say. (exchange4media.com) ### What experience does Balwani bring to a power company board? Media outlets describe Balwani as having more than 40 years' experience in brand strategy, communications, sustainability and CSR—skills cited by Vedanta Power in explaining the hire. (romabalwani.com) Her résumé includes leadership of group communications and sustainable-development portfolios at Vedanta and earlier roles at other major Indian corporates, her biography states. (cmifpe.com) ### Did Vedanta Power say why it chose her now? Vedanta Power and reporting outlets framed the hire as strengthening the company’s governance, communications and sustainability expertise, without attaching a specific operational mandate. (bwmarketingworld.com) The appointment comes as Vedanta Group has been reorganising its businesses into separate companies, including a dedicated power business — a process covered in recent exchange filings and market reporting. (romabalwani.com) ### What exact role will Balwani play on the board? (exchange4media.com) Vedanta Power did not publish details of committee memberships or oversight responsibilities in the announcement reported by the press, and no exchange filing specifying committee assignments was located in media coverage. (economictimes.indiatimes.com) Company filings or later board minutes are typically the formal record for committee roles; those documents were not cited in the initial press coverage. ### Who else has commented or noted the hire? Trade publications and corporate news sites reported the appointment and highlighted Balwani’s communications and sustainability credentials; no direct quote from Balwani or Vedanta Power was included in the stories reviewed. (exchange4media.com) (vedantapower.com) Industry profiles and Balwani’s own biography were used by outlets to summarise her prior roles and board experience. ### What are the next formal milestones investors should watch? Vedanta Limited and its related entities are moving through a group restructuring with regulatory and shareholder milestones still pending; the group has extended parts of its composite-scheme timetable to June 30, 2026. (exchange4media.com) Investors and stakeholders seeking confirmation of Balwani’s appointment and any committee assignments were advised by reporters to watch Vedanta Power’s company announcements and stock-exchange disclosures for an official filing. (romabalwani.com) (vedantapower.com) (prysm.fi)