Company: ZCARW
Filing Date: 2025-06-30
Form Type: 10-K
Source: 0001213900-25-059675
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Company: Zoomcar Holdings, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-06-30
Form: 10-K
Item: Item 3
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Dr. Ananda is also the Chairman
of Paanini Foundation. The Paanini Foundation is focused on how technology can help employees do their jobs more innovatively and how
human-machine collaboration can lead to a new paradigm of productivity. The Paanini Foundation’s mission is to prepare employees
who may be impacted by AI and automation for the new opportunities that they will encounter. Dr. Ananda is also working with the Stanford
Seed Transformation program organized by Stanford University though the Stanford Institute for Innovation in Developing Economies as a
Seed Consultant assisting companies in India in the areas of improving management, growth, marketing and finances.

Dr. Ananda was the former
Director of space systems at Jet Propulsion Laboratory, a NASA center from April 1970 to March 1980, and was the former Director of Research
& Development for the Aerospace Corporation, a think tank for the US Air Force from March 1980 to December 1989 where Dr. Ananda was
the primary architect for the development of the Global Positioning System (GPS) for the U.S. Department of Defence. Our board has determined
that Dr. Ananda’s extensive experience qualifies him to serve as our Chairman, Chief Executive Officer, and a member of our board
of directors.

Dr. Ananda received his B.S.
degree with Honors in Mechanical Engineering from Coimbatore Institute of Technology, Coimbatore, India. He received his MS degree in
Aeronautics from California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California. He also obtained a Ph.D. from the University of California
at Los Angeles in Astro-dynamics and Control. He also obtained his law degree, J.D. from the University of West Los Angeles and has been
a member of the California Bar since 1986.

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Ms. Evelyn D’An
is an experienced Independent Board Director and experienced Chair of Audit, Compensation and Nominating/Governance committees.
She is a Hispanic business leader, having served in various financial and operational leadership roles throughout her career. Ms. D’An
was also a former audit partner with Ernst & Young, spending over 18 years serving clients across a variety of sectors including technology,
retail and consumer products. Ms. D’An has served on numerous corporate boards since 2006.

Since August 2021, Ms. D’An
has served on the board of Backblaze, Inc. (“Backblaze”) (NASDAQ:BLZE), a cloud storage and