For Immediate Release March 30, 2017 Cairn India Limited Re-appointment of Independent Directors

The Board of Directors of Cairn India at its meeting held on Thursday, 30th March, 2017, has approved the re-appointment of Mr. Aman Mehta, Dr Omkar Goswami, Mr Naresh Chandra and Mr Edward T Story as independent Directors (to hold office as Additional Directors) of the Company w.e.f. 1st April, 2017. A brief profile of the Directors is as below.

Mr Aman Mehta is an economics graduate from Delhi University. He has worked with HSBC group for over 35 years and retired in January 2004 as CEO Asia Pacific. With focus on corporate governance, he occupies himself with Board and advisory roles in range of companies and institutions in India as well as overseas.

Dr Omkar Goswami holds Masters' degree in Economics from the Delhi School of Economics and D. Phil in Economic History from Oxford University. He has taught in several academic institutions across the world. Dr. Goswami serves as an independent director on the boards of a number of companies and is an author of various books and research paper on legal reforms, Corporate finance, Corporate Governance etc.

Mr Naresh Chandra graduated with Masters' degree in Mathematics from Allahabad University. A former civil servant, having worked in various prestigious positions for the Government of India. He has been honored with the Padma Vibhushan by the President of India in 2007. He is currently serving as a director on Board of number of listed companies.

Mr Edward T Story holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Trinity University, Texas, a Masters' degree in Business Administration from the University of Texas and an honorary Doctorate degree by the Institute of Finance and Economics of Mongolia. Mr. Story has over 50 years' of experience in the international oil and gas industry and is the founder, President and CEO of SOCO International Plc., London.

About Cairn India

Cairn India is one of the largest independent oil and gas exploration and production companies in India. It is headquartered in Gurgaon in the National Capital Region. A subsidiary of Vedanta Limited; part of the Vedanta Group, a globally diversified natural resources group, Cairn India has operational offices in Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Rajasthan and Tamil Nadu. The Company has a world-class resource base, with interest in seven blocks in India and one in South Africa. Cairn India's focus on India has resulted in a significant number of oil and gas discoveries. Cairn India made a major oil discovery (Mangala) in Rajasthan in the north west of India at the beginning of 2004. To date, thirty eight discoveries have been made in the Rajasthan block RJ-ON-90/1.Together with its JV partners, Cairn India accounted for ~27% of India's domestic crude oil production for FY16.

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