Multi Commodity Exchange of India Limited had appointed Mr. Santosh Kumar Mohanty as Public Interest Director on the Board of the Company. SEBI approved the appointment vide letter dated May 27, 2026, and the Board of Directors approved the appointment for a period of three years with effect from May 28, 2026. Mr. Santosh Kumar Mohanty is an IRS Officer of 1991 Batch and has held various positions in IRS before serving as a Commissioner of Income Tax.

He served as a Whole Time Member, Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) for five years from June 2018 to June 2023. Prior to taking charge as Whole Time Member, Mr. Mohanty held the position of Executive Director, Securities and Exchange Board of India, on Deputation since September 2015 and also worked as a Director at the Forward Markets Commission for more than two years. During his tenure as an Executive Director and later as a Whole Time Member of SEBI, Mr. Mohanty supervised various departments including the Corporate Finance Department dealing with Primary and the secondary markets, represented by Market Regulation Department, Surveillance Department, investigation Department, Human Resources Department etc.

He has been part of a number of reforms such as introduction of new products and allowing Institutional participation, inter-operability of Clearing Corporations, a number of reforms in ICDR & LODR relating to the capital raising activities and corporate governance of listed companies prominent of them being in the field of BRSR, Social Stock Exchanges, Related Party Transaction, strengthening the role of independent Directors etc. He holds a Bachelor?s degree in Arts from Utkal University, Odisha, and a Master?s degree of Arts in Politics (international studies) from Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. Mr. Mohanty has also done L.L.B. from Mumbai University and a PG Diploma in Securities Law Course from Mumbai University.