Monsanto India Limited at its board meeting held on September 21, 2018, Ms. Shilpa Shridhar Divekar, Managing Director has resigned from the company with effect from the close of business hours of September 21, 2018 as she moves on to a Senior Leadership Position at the parent company Bayer. She shall however continue to remain as a Non-Executive Director of the company. The board of directors has appointed Mr. Ravishankar Cherukuri as the Managing Director and Key Managerial Personnel of the company with effect from September 22, 2018 for a period of three years.

Ravi has earlier been a Non-Executive Director in the company and has been instrumental in conceptualizing and implementing strategic initiatives in commercial and modernizing the supply chain operations of the company. He brings with him twenty-one years of experience across multiple functions (Commercial, Strategy, and Supply Chain) as well as multiple industries (Agriculture Inputs, Consumer Products, Consumer Durables and Consulting).