OFFER and APPOINTMENT LETTER

Offer Release Date: March 1, 2023

Dear Gaurang Gawande,

38, Nav-Nirman Society,
Pratap Nagar,, Nagpur,
Maharashtra, India, 440022

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Dear Gaurang Gawande,

Congratulations! With reference to your application and subsequent discussions with us, we are pleased to inform you that you have
been selected for employment with HCL Technologies Ltd. as SENIOR ANALYST at E1.

We take this opportunity to thank & appreciate your decision to join HCL. You are requested to report on
March 1, 2023.

This is a system generated (offer and appointment letter) document. Agreeing to the terms and conditions in the workflow of iTap
(Company’s web based application) is as good as signing of physical contract form on mutual agreement between you and the
Company. It has legal binding as per the law if mutual trust is breached. You are requested to accept the offer within 07 days and
mail the confirmation of acceptance to recruiters’ email id [email protected] , failing which the offer will stand null and void.

Welcome onboard! We look forward to a mutually fruitful association.

For HCL Technologies Limited,

 ANNEXURE II

GENERAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT

• Location
Your present place of work will be HCL Technologies, Plot No. 5, Sector-12, MIHAN SEZ, Nagpur, Maharashtra, India-441108.
However, during the service, you shall be liable to be posted / transferred at any associate / affiliate / sister concern to serve any
of the establishments under the Company in India or abroad, at the sole discretion of the Management. For the purposes of this
section it is not relevant whether such an establishment came into existence prior or after your appointment.

• Commencement of Employment
Your employment with the Company will commence from the date of your joining the Company subject to fulfillment of the
other conditions as mentioned in this employment contract.

• Working Hours
You will be governed by the normal working hours as existing in the HCL Technologies Ltd. You may be required to work in shifts
and/or extended working hours, as permitted by law, if required as per business needs. The same is subject to change from time
to time.
• Retirement
You will retire from service on attaining superannuation at the age of 58 years.

• Probation Period
You shall be on probation for a period of 6 months from the date of your appointment and unless notified in writing, you will be
deemed as “confirmed” on completion of your probation period. If during, or on the expiry of, the probation period (initial or
extended) the Management finds your performance to be unsatisfactory or that you lack the aptitude for the job or that you are
not suitable for the job, or the like, your probationary employment would be liable to be terminated, at any time, and without
any liability.
• Annual Performance Appraisal
Your growth in terms of role, compensation, etc., in the Company will be based on your performance. Your salary will be subject
to annual review. Salary adjustments effected at the salary review take into consideration your job performance, movement of
remuneration levels, benefits and conditions. Your annual performance appraisal and compensation review will be aligned and
effected from the first day of the subsequent quarter of your first anniversary, post which you will be aligned to July/October
Cycle, or any other Cycle as per discretion of the Company, depending on your current DOJ/Band/Employee Group.
• Mobility
The Company may require you to perform duties and undertake assignments for the Company in any part of India or abroad,
whether at the Company’s premises or that of its customers/clients. You are also liable to be transferred to any office or branch
of the Company anywhere in India or abroad. During deputation to any customer/client’s premises you shall abide by the terms
and conditions pertaining to such premises and Country.
• Deputation/ Transfer
The Company may also depute you to work with any of the Group Companies or transfer your services to any Group Company. On such
transfer of your employment, the present terms and conditions will cease, and the employment will be governed by the terms of
employment of the Company you are transferred to. You shall however be entitled to continuity of service.

• Data Protection
 You consent to the Company holding and processing, both electronically and manually, the data it collects in relation to you in
the course of the employment, for the purpose of the Company’s administration and management of its employees and its
business and for compliance with applicable procedures, laws and regulations and to the transfer, storage and processing by the
Company of such data outside the country companies have offices.

You also consent to the Company making such relevant data available to its advisors and other agencies (such as pension
providers, medical and other insurance providers, payroll administrators, various regulatory authorities etc.) that provide
products and / or services to the Company.

• Exclusivity of Service
You are required to engage yourself exclusively in the work assigned by the Company and shall not take up any independent or
individual assignments (whether part time or full time, in an advisory capacity or otherwise) directly or indirectly.

You shall ensure that you shall not, directly or indirectly, engage in any activity or have any interest in, or perform any services for
any person who is involved in activities, which are or shall conflict with the interests of the Company.

You agree not to undertake employment, whether full time or part time, as the Director/ Partner/member/employee of any
other organization or entity engaged in any form of business activity without the consent of the Company. The consent may be
given subject to any terms and conditions that the company may think fit and may be withdrawn at the discretion of the
Company.

• Notice Period
During or after probation, your employment can be terminated either by the Company or by you, by giving the other party 90 days
advance notice. If the Company terminates your employment and decides to relieve you before the completion of the notice period, the
Basic Salary component of the salary for the balance notice period would be paid to you and the mandatory notice period shall be
deemed to be waived off. If, at your request, the Company agrees to relieve you before serving the full notice period, you will be liable
to pay the Company the Basic Salary component of the salary for the balance notice period. Please note that accepting any such early,
relieving request would rest entirely upon the sole discretion of the Management. Upon termination of employment for any reason,
employees must comply with the Company’s termination procedures. Further, the aforesaid requirement of notice may be extended, if
mutually agreed by you and the Company.
• Termination
If at any time in management’s opinion, which is final in this matter, you are found non performer or guilty of dishonesty, disorderly
behavior, negligence, indiscipline, absence from duty without permission or any other conduct considered by management different
to our interest or in violation of one or more terms of this letter, your services may be terminated without notice.

• Documentation
You may be required to sign necessary, relevant agreements with the Company as required. You will also be required to complete
various formalities as per the agreements at the time of joining and during the tenure with the Company.
You may also be required to sign other agreements with the Company, as the Company may decide from time to time, in order to
secure its interests as also to ensure your performance and adherence to all terms, conditions, rules and regulations defined by the
Company.

• Employment of Relatives
At the time of joining, you must declare your family members / relatives working in a direct or indirect supervisory / subordinate
relationship or as third party resources in the same work unit (Respective L3 Organization Unit Level). This is required to avoid any
 conflict of interest. During your employment with the Company, if any of your direct relatives are offered by HCL or any of its subsidiary,
group, affiliate companies, you would be required to voluntarily declare the same as and when an offer of employment is made to
them. Direct relatives herein include parents, spouse, brother/s, sister/s and children of the employee.

• Background and Reference Check

• The company will undertake the background verification / validation process of employees in terms of education, previous
employment(s), criminal verification, database and web searches, address verification, claims made against achievements in the
resumes/CVs of the employees etc. with the help of a third party as and when required. You would be required to submit
photocopies of documents detailed in Annexure III to facilitate the joining and background verification process.
• The company may also undertake reference check through at least two professional references submitted during the process
of selection.
• In case the Prospective Employees fails to submit any document required for conducting background verification, they will not be
considered for hiring. If the Prospective Employees fails the background verification, appropriate actions including withdrawal of offer
of employment will be taken basis the recommendations given by the background verification team & in line with HCL policies.

• Correctness of the Details Furnished

You have been appointed on the basis that the particulars furnished in your application, resume or any other document are
factually correct. If, at any time before or after your joining, it transpires that you have made a false statement (or have not
disclosed a material fact) resulting in your being offered this appointment, your appointment shall be rendered null and void and
thus liable to terminate forthwith.

• Arbitration
All disputes arising out of or relating to this agreement or its subject matter, including disputes as to validity, performance,
breach, or termination which cannot be settled by mediation, shall be resolved exclusively by arbitration between the Parties
before sole Arbitrator selected, according to and applying the rules of the Indian Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996. The
venue of the Arbitration proceeding shall be in New Delhi, India. The language of the Arbitration proceedings shall be in English.
The decision of the Arbitrator shall be final and binding upon the parties. The cost of proceeding shall be borne equally by you
and the Company. No termination or expiration of this Agreement shall affect the right to arbitrate disputes.

• Other Rules and Regulations

Your appointment will be governed by the policies, rules, regulations, practices, processes and procedures (and any changes
made to them from time to time) of the Company as applicable to you.

Further, during the period of your employment with HCL, you will be required to inter alia comply with the Company’s Code of
Business Ethics & Conduct, Anti Bribery & Anti-Corruption, Business Gift and Entertainment Policy and failure to do so shall
entitle HCL to take appropriate disciplinary action which may lead & include up to termination of your employment with HCL.

You agree not to undertake employment, whether full-time or part-time, as the Director / Partner / member / employee of any other
organization or entity engaged in any form of business activity without the prior written consent of the Company. The consent may be
given subject to any terms and conditions that the Management may think fit and may be withdrawn at its discretion.

• Warranty and Undertaking

You represent and warrant that you are not subject to any agreement, arrangement, contract, understanding, court order or
otherwise, which in any way directly or indirectly restricts or prohibits you from fully performing the duties of your employment
or any of them, in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement.
• Suspension
If you are suspected of any misconduct, you shall be liable to be suspended from service pending or in the observation/enquiry of
the same. During the first 90 days of temporary suspension period, you shall be entitled only to a Subsistence Allowance at the
rate of 50% of your salary to which you were entitled immediately preceding your suspension. However, if the disciplinary
proceedings are delayed beyond the period of 90 days for reasons not directly attributable to you, your subsistence allowance
will be enhanced to 75% of your salary to which you were entitled immediately preceding your suspension. But if such delay is
attributable to you, your subsistence allowance will be reduced to 25% of your salary to which you were entitled immediately
preceding your suspension, for such period(s) of delay.

If you are found guilty of any charge of misconduct, you shall be deemed to be absent during the suspension period and not be
entitled to any salary or other amount except the subsistence allowance paid/payable.

In the inquiry, you may bring only a co-employee (who is not accused of similar charges or suspended) to represent or assist you.
As such, you shall not be entitled to bring any outsider to represent or assist you in such inquiry.

You shall, always, maintain absolute integrity and devotion to duty and conduct yourself in a manner conducive to the best
interests, credit and prestige of the Company. You shall not, at any time, work against the interests of the Company, nor do
anything which is unbecoming of an employee. Any violation of this norm of behavior shall constitute misconduct for which the
Company shall be competent to take disciplinary action against you and in case you act against basic and universally accepted
understandings.
During your employment, you shall also be bound by the policies of the Company including those contained in the Service Conditions /
Employment Manual, which may be framed and enforced from time to time. The Management reserves the right to amend or alter
these at its discretion without any notice.

Dismissal from Service: Notwithstanding anything contained in any other Paragraph or Clause or Sub-Clause of this Appointment Letter,
the Management shall be competent and entitled to dismiss you from service without any notice or salary in lieu thereof or any
compensation whatever on charges of misconduct.

Annexure III

LIST OF DOCUMENTS/INFORMATION TO BE SUBMITTED ONLINE TO FACILITATE PRE-EMPLOYMENT BGV (BACKGROUND

VERIFICATION / VALIDATION) AND APPOINTMENT PROCESS IN HCL

S.No. Particulars (To be submitted to the Recruiter/Online of the BGV link)

Highest Qualification - Degree Certificate, All Years Mark sheets. Provisional Degree Certificate required for
1
courses completed in the last 6 months from the current date
Permanent/Current Address Proof – Passport, Ration Card, Voter ID, Driving License, , Rental agreement or
2
Lease agreement etc.
3 Previous Employer – Relieving and Experience Letter, latest salary slips & offer letter with Employee ID Number
4 A duly filled and signed copy of the BGV(Joining Form) Form and LOA (letter of authorization)
5 Identity Verification - Copy of valid passport and PAN card required
 List of Documents required for joining (Must be mandatorily uploaded on Discover HCL Portal)
S. No Document Name
1 Latest Offer/Appointment Letter with Cost to Company (CTC and ALL ANNEXURES)
2 Extension Letter (if the Date of Joining in the offer letter is past dated)
3 Passport –Name & DOB page as proof
4 10th Mark sheet, only if passport is not available.
5 PAN Card as ID Proof (Only if passport is not available)
6 Passport Size Photographs (Only with white background)
Additional documents (To be submitted on request – Only if required)
1. Highest Qualification- Admit card, college, and university official’s (Registrar and Director) detail

2. Previous Employer – Direct HR Contact, PF account details, bank statement showing salary transfer and Form 16, If company is
active, employer’s active address.

Things to Remember
1. The information provided in Resume and background verification form must be same.

2. Information provided in background verification form must be accurate.

3. Period of stay mentioned in the background verification form should be correct and in continuation (without any GAP).

4. Any Gap in Employment or Education must be informed explicitly to the recruiter.

Additional document can be requested to clear background verification therefore to avoid delay it is advisable to submit these
documents along with the mandatory documents.
 Please ensure that the copies uploaded are clearly visible as dark and hazy copies are not accepted.
 Please avoid clicking pictures of documents and uploading.
 Please do not send soft copies through Emails.
 Employee must enter/submit correct/accurate Aadhar number on joining portal so that HCL onboarding team can ensure the
right information is passed on for EPF (Employee Provident Fund) / EPS (Employee Pension Scheme) / UAN (Universal Account
Number) account creation/porting etc.
 HCL will only validate the accuracy of the Aadhar Card details for EPF/EPS/UAN and shall not store or use Aadhar card information
for any other purposes.
 Please keep your PF account number (immediate previous employment), UAN information handy as these details are required at the
time of filling details on the portal.
 Induction Timings will be circulated to you separately.
 Please ensure your BGV Status is Green, before the Date of Joining, check with your Recruiter on the progress/Status.
 All storage Media Devices e.g. personal laptop, Pen Drives etc. are not allowed inside the campus.
 Annexure IV

This Annexure contains the Employee Undertakings which sets forth certain employee obligations with respect to the protection
of the confidential information and legitimate business interests of the Company.

As a condition of my employment and/or continued employment with the Company and my receipt of the compensation now
and hereafter paid to me by the Company, I agree to the following:

1. Confidential Information:

Company Information: I shall not use, communicate, or disclose, except for the benefit of the Company, any Confidential
Information relating to the Company, its corporate parent, or any of their subsidiaries or affiliates (collectively “Company
Parties”), to which I have been privy to by virtue of being an employee of the Company. I understand that “Confidential
Information” for this purpose shall mean and include all information, regardless of the form whether oral, written,
stored in a computer database or otherwise, which in any way relates to markets, customers (including, but not limited
to customers of any of the Company Parties with whom I interacted or with whom I became acquainted while being
associated with the Company), products, patents, inventions, know-how, software, procedures, methods, designs,
strategies, plans, assets, liabilities, revenues, pricing lists, customer information, profits, organization, employees,
agents, distributors or business in general of any of the Company Parties. I understand that Confidential Information and
trade secrets do not include any of the items mentioned above, which have become publicly known and made generally
available through no wrongful act of mine, or of others who were under confidentiality obligations, as to the item or
items involved. I hereby agree to maintain the secrecy and confidentiality of such Confidential Information.

Former Employer Information: I agree that I will not, during my employment with the Company, improperly use or
disclose any proprietary information or trade secrets of any former or concurrent employer or other person or entity.
Further, I will not bring into the Company premises any proprietary information or trade secret of any such employer,
person or entity unless consented to in writing by such employer, person, or entity.

Third Party Information: I recognize that the Company has received, and in the future will receive, from third parties
their confidential or proprietary information subject to a duty to maintain the confidentiality of such information and to
use it only for certain limited purposes. I agree to hold all such confidential or proprietary information in the strictest
confidence and agree to not disclose it to any person, corporation, or entity. I also agree not to use such information
except as necessary in carrying out my work for the Company consistent with the Company’s Agreement with such third
party.

2. Inventions:
Inventions Retained and Licensed: I have shared and declared a list describing all inventions, original works of
authorship, developments, improvements, and trade secrets which were made by me prior to my employment with the
Company (collectively referred to as “Prior Inventions”), which belong to me, which relate to the Company’s proposed
business, products or research and development, and which are not assigned to the Company hereunder, or, if no such
list is attached, I represent that there are no such Prior Inventions. If in the course of my employment with the
Company, I incorporate into a Company product, process, or machine a Prior Invention owned by me or in which I have
an interest, the Company is hereby granted and shall have a nonexclusive, royalty-free, irrevocable, perpetual,
worldwide license to make, have made, modify, use and sell such Prior Invention as part of or in connection with such
product, process or machine.

Assignment of Inventions: I agree that I will promptly make full written disclosure to the Company, which will hold in
trust for the sole right and benefit of the Company, and hereby assign to the Company, or its designee, all my right, title,
and interest in and to any/all invention(s), original works of authorship, development, concepts improvements or trade
secrets, whether or not patentable or registrable under copyright or similar laws, which I may solely or jointly conceive
or develop or reduce to practice, or cause to be conceived or developed or reduced to practice, during the period of time
I am in the employ of the Company (collectively referred to as “Inventions”), except as provided in sub-section (e) below.
I further acknowledge that all original works of authorship created by me (solely or jointly with others) within the scope
of and during the period of my employment with the Company and which are protectable by copyright are “works made
for hire”, as defined under the local copyright legislations (and all amendments thereto).

Maintenance of Records: I agree to keep and maintain adequate and current written records of all Inventions made by
me (solely or jointly with others) during the terms of my employment with the Company. The records will be in the form
of notes, sketches, drawings, and any other format that may be specified by the Company. The records will be available
to the Company and always remain the sole property of the Company.

Patent and Copyright Registrations: I agree to assist the Company, or its designee, at the Company’s expense, in every
proper way to secure the Company’s rights in the Inventions and any copyrights, patents, mask work rights or other
intellectual property rights relating thereto in any and all countries, including the disclosure to the Company of all
pertinent information and data with respect thereto, the execution of all applications, specifications, oaths, assignments
and all other instruments which the Company shall deem necessary in order to apply for and obtain such rights and in
order to assign and convey to the Company, its successors, assigns, and nominees the sole and exclusive rights, title and
interest in and to such Inventions, and any copy rights, patents, mask work rights or other intellectual property rights
relating thereto. I further agree that my obligation to execute or cause to be executed, any such instrument or papers
shall continue after the termination of my employment. If the Company is unable to perfect any right, title, interest
because of my mental or physical incapacity or for any other reason to fail to secure my signature to apply for or to
pursue any application for any local or foreign patents or copyright registrations covering Inventions or original works of
authorship assigned to the Company as above, then I hereby irrevocably designate and appoint the Company and its duly
authorized officers and agents as my agent and attorney in fact, to act for and on my behalf to execute and file any such
 applications and to do all other lawfully permitted acts to further the prosecution and issuance of letters patent or
copyright registrations thereon with the same legal force and effect as if executed by me.

Exception to Assignments: I understand that the provisions of this Annexure requiring assignment of Inventions to the
Company do not apply to any invention for which no equipment, supplies, facilities or trade secret information of the
Company was used and which was developed entirely on my own time, unless: (i) at the time the Invention was
conceived or reduced to practice, it related (A) directly to the business of the Company, or (B) to the Company’s actual or
demonstrably anticipated research or development; or (ii) the Invention resulted from any work performed by me for
the Company. I understand further that the laws of certain states would prohibit the assignment of such Inventions. I
will advise the Company promptly in writing of any inventions that I believe meet the criteria of this paragraph.

3. Returning Company Documents: I agree that, at the time of leaving the employment of the Company, I will deliver to
the Company (and will not keep in my possession, recreate or deliver to anyone else) any and all devices, records, data,
notes, reports, proposals, lists, correspondence, specifications, drawings, blueprints, sketches, materials, software,
databases, equipment, other documents or property, or reproductions of any aforementioned items developed by me
pursuant to my employment with the Company or otherwise belonging to the Company, its successors or assigns.

4. Notification to New Employer: If I leave the employment of the Company, I hereby grant consent to the Company to
notify my new employer about my rights and obligations hereunder.

5. Non-Solicitation: For a period of six (6) months after termination of my employment or cessation of my association with
the Company for any reason whatsoever, I shall not, solicit or cause or authorize directly or indirectly to be solicited for
employment, or cause or authorize directly or indirectly to be employed on my own behalf or on behalf of any Third Parties, any
person who is an employee of the Company. I also agree not to use or disclose to any Third Parties any information obtained by
myself while being an employee of the Company concerning the names and addresses of the Company's past and present
employees.

6. Non-Competition: During 6-month period, immediately following termination of my employment with the Company, unless I
receive written authorization from the Company to do so. I will not, directly or indirectly, perform any similar Services for any
competing Company including current or former customer and / or prospects of the Company with whom I worked in the past
twelve (12) months.

For the purposes of these non-compete provisions, “Similar Services” means, services which meet all or any of the following
criteria(s):

i. work in the competing business / product (e.g. Digital Business; Security; Customer Experience; Marketing etc.) or sector
(e.g. Financial Services) in which I worked for the Company; where the
ii. nature of work remains the same (e.g. selling ITBS Services; Product Architect) and involves the same end clients or
prospects, and is

iii. performed in the same geography / market where I provided services for the Company.

The Company reserves the right to unilaterally waive this restriction in full or in part at its discretion; the Employee hereby
acknowledges and agrees to the same.

In case, the Company initiates separation by way of involuntary termination or redundancy, then this non-compete will not
apply.

6. General Provisions Regarding Covenants

Extension of Covenants: If I breach any of my obligations of this Annexure, I understand and agree that the time periods
of the obligations that I have breached shall be extended by the period of time of such breach.

Attachment Read, Understood and Fair: I have carefully read and considered the provisions of this Annexure and agree
that all of the restrictions set forth are fair and reasonable and are reasonably required for the protection of the
interests of the Company and enhancing its goodwill.

7. Protection of Systems & Environment: I agree that during the term of my employment or association with the Company,
I shall render services, as directed, in an ethical & professional manner and in accordance with the work related Policies
of the Company such as E-mail & Internet Usage Policy, Information Security Policy etc., and their modification from time
to time. As a part of my job requirement, I may be required to, or would have access to Company’s and Company
customer’s work and computer environment and, as such undertake not to incorporate into Company’s and any
customer deliverables, software, computer, network, data or other electronically stored information or computer
program or system, any security device, program routine, device, code or instructions (including any code or instructions
provided by third parties) or other undisclosed feature, including, without limitation, a time bomb, virus, software lock,
drop-dead device, digital rights management tool (including without limitation so-called DRM root kits), malicious logic,
worm, Trojan horse, trap door, or other routine, device, code or instructions with similar effect or intent, that may be
capable of accessing, modifying, deleting, damaging, disabling, deactivating, interfering with, shutting down, or
otherwise harming any software, computer, network, deliverables, data or other electronically stored information, or
computer programs or systems,. I understand that any violation or likely violation hereof may expose the Company to
enormous losses & damages, including without limitation claims from Company’s customers and as such the Company
will be entitled to recover all such monies from me.

8. Remedies: By virtue of the duties and responsibilities attendant with my engagement by the Company, I understand that
great loss and irreparable damage would be suffered by the Company if I should breach any of the terms of this
Annexure. I acknowledge that each such term is reasonably necessary to protect and preserve the interests of the
Company. Therefore, in addition to all other remedies available to the Company at law or in equity, the Company shall
 be entitled to, without posting a bond, specific performance, a temporary restraining order and a permanent injunction
to prevent a breach or the continuation of a breach of any of the terms of this Agreement.

9. Representations: I represent that my performance of all the terms of my employment agreement and this Annexure will
not breach any confidentiality agreements prior to my employment by the Company. I have not entered into, and I
agree I will not enter into, any oral or written Agreement in conflict with any of the provisions of the undertakings in this
Annexure.

10. Integration: I understand and agree that this Attachment is part of my integrated employment Agreement with the
Company, and that the general provisions in the Agreement to which this is an attachment including, without limitation,
those provisions concerning reformation and severability, shall be applied when interpreting this Annexure.

Accepted

__________________________________
Gaurang Gawande
March 1, 2023