We have audited the accompanying Standalone Ind AS financial statements of Suven Life Sciences Limited ('the Company') whichcomprise the Balance Sheet as at 31st March, 2026, the Statement of Profit and Loss (including Other Comprehensive Income), theStatement of Changes in Equity and the Statement of Cash Flows for the year ended on that date and notes to the StandaloneInd AS financial statements, including material accounting policies and other explanatory information (herein after referred to as"Standalone Ind AS financial statements").
In our opinion and to the best of our information and according to the explanations given to us, the aforesaid Standalone Ind ASfinancial statements give the information required by the Companies Act, 2013, as amended ("the Act") in the manner so requiredand give a true and fair view in conformity with the Indian Accounting Standards ("Ind AS") prescribed under section 133 of theAct read with the Companies (Indian Accounting Standards) Rules, 2015, as amended and other accounting principles generallyaccepted in India, of the state of affairs of the Company as at 31st March, 2026, its loss including other comprehensive loss, changesin equity and its cash flows for the year ended on that date.
Basis for Opinion
We conducted our audit of the Standalone Ind AS financial statements in accordance with the Standards on Auditing (SAs) specifiedunder section 143(10) of the Act. Our responsibilities under those Standards are further described in the 'Auditor's Responsibilities forthe Audit of the Standalone Ind AS Financial Statements' section of our report. We are independent of the Company in accordancewith the Code of Ethics issued by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) together with the ethical requirementsthat are relevant to our audit of the Standalone Ind AS financial statements under the provisions of the Act and the Rules madethereunder, and we have fulfilled our other ethical responsibilities in accordance with these requirements and the ICAI's Code ofEthics. We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our audit opinionon the Standalone Ind AS financial statements.
Key Audit Matters
Key audit matters are those matters that, in our professional judgment, were of most significance in our audit of the Standalone IndAS financial statements for the financial year ended 31st March, 2026. These matters were addressed in the context of our audit of theStandalone Ind AS financial statements as a whole, and in forming our opinion thereon, and we do not provide a separate opinionon these matters. We have determined the matters described below to be the key audit matters to be communicated in our report.
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Auditor's Response
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Investment in Subsidiary:
The carrying value of investment in the subsidiary as at31st March, 2026 is C91,284.63 Lakhs.
This investment is reviewed at the end of each reportingperiod to determine whether there is any indication ofimpairment. If such evidence exists, impairment loss isdetermined and recognised in accordance with Note2(m) of accounting policies to the Standalone Ind ASfinancial statements.
We have identified the assessment of impairmentindicators and resultant provision, if any, in respect ofinvestment in subsidiary as a key audit matter becauseof:
• The significance of the amount of this investment inthe Standalone Balance Sheet.
• Performance and net worth of these entities and
• The degree of management judgement involvedin determining the recoverable amount of theseinvestments including:
-Valuation assumptions, such as discount rates.
- Business assumptions used by management, suchas sales growth and costs and the resultant cash flowsprojected to be generated from these investments.
Our audit procedures in respect of impairment of investment in
subsidiary included the following:
• Testing design, implementation and operating effectivenessof key controls over the impairment review process includingthe review and approval of forecasts and review of valuationmodels;
• Assessing the valuation methodology used by managementand management review control is around making theassessment and testing the mathematical accuracy of theimpairment models;
• Evaluating the reasonableness of the valuation assumptions,such as discount rates, used by management throughreference to external market data;
• Challenging the appropriateness of the business assumptionsused by management, such as sales growth, cost and theprobability of success of new molecules;
• Evaluating past performances where relevant and assessedhistorical accuracy of the forecast produced by management;
• Enquiring and challenging management on the commercialstrategy associated with the products to ensure that it wasconsistent with the assumptions used in estimating futurecash flows;
• Considering whether events or transactions that occurred afterthe balance sheet date but before the reporting date affectthe conclusions reached and the associated disclosures; and
• Performing sensitivity analysis of key assumptions, includingfuture revenue growth rates, costs and the discount ratesapplied in the valuation models.
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Revenue Recognition
The Company earns revenue by providing analyticalservices to pharmaceutical clients. Revenue is recognisedover time as the services are performed, based on theprogress of work under each contract. These contractsmay include multiple stages or milestones.
Applying Ind AS 115 - Revenue from Contractswith Customers involves management judgment inidentifying performance obligations, choosing howto measure progress (such as time spent or workcompleted), and deciding when to recognise revenue.
Due to the number of contracts, variation in terms,and the judgment required, we considered revenuerecognition to be a key audit matter.
Our audit procedures in respect of revenue recognition included
the following:
• Understanding the revenue recognition process and testedkey controls over contract review and timing of revenuerecognition;
• Reviewed a sample of customer contracts to evaluate howrevenue was recognised based on contract terms;
• Tested how progress on contracts was measured and whetherrevenue was recognised appropriately;
• Checked sales recorded near year-end to ensure revenue wasrecognised in the correct period;
• Evaluated the financial statement disclosures for compliancewith Ind AS 115.
Information Other than the Standalone Ind ASFinancial Statements and Auditor's Report Thereon
The Company's Management and Board of Directors areresponsible for the other information. The other informationcomprises the information included in the Company's annualreport, but does not include the financial statements andauditor's report thereon. The Company's annual report isexpected to be made available to us after the date of thisauditor's report.
Our opinion on the standalone financial statements does notcover the other information and we will not express any formof assurance conclusion thereon.
In connection with our audit of the standalone financialstatements, our responsibility is to read the other informationidentified above when it becomes available and, in doingso, consider whether the other information is materiallyinconsistent with the standalone financial statements or ourknowledge obtained in the audit, or otherwise appears to bematerially misstated.
When we read the Company's annual report, if we concludethat there is a material misstatement therein, we are requiredto communicate the matter to those charged with governanceand take necessary actions, as applicable under the relevantlaws and regulations.
Responsibilities of Management and Board ofDirectors for the Standalone Ind AS FinancialStatements
The Company's Board of Directors is responsible for the mattersstated in section 134(5) of the Companies Act, 2013 ("the Act")with respect to the preparation of these Standalone Ind ASfinancial statements that give a true and fair view of the financialposition, financial performance including other comprehensiveincome, changes in equity and cash flows of the Company inaccordance with the accounting principles generally acceptedin India, including the Indian Accounting Standards (Ind AS)specified under section 133 of the Act read with the Companies(Indian Accounting Standards) Rules, 2015, as amended.
This responsibility also includes maintenance of adequateaccounting records in accordance with the provisions of the Actfor safeguarding of the assets of the Company and for preventingand detecting frauds and other irregularities; selection andapplication of appropriate accounting policies; makingjudgments and estimates that are reasonable and prudent; anddesign, implementation and maintenance of adequate internalfinancial controls, that were operating effectively for ensuringthe accuracy and completeness of the accounting records,relevant to the preparation and presentation of the StandaloneInd AS financial statements that give a true and fair view and arefree from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.
In preparing the Standalone Ind AS financial statements, theBoard of Directors is responsible for assessing the Company'sability to continue as a going concern, disclosing, as applicable,matters related to going concern and using the going concernbasis of accounting unless management either intends toliquidate the Company or to cease operations, or has no realisticalternative but to do so.
Those Board of Directors are responsible for overseeing theCompany's financial reporting process.
Auditor's Responsibility for the Audit of theStandalone Ind AS Financial Statements
Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance aboutwhether these Standalone Ind AS financial statements as awhole are free from material misstatement, whether due tofraud or error, and to issue an auditor's report that includes ouropinion. Reasonable assurance is a high level of assurance, butis not a guarantee that an audit conducted in accordance withSAs will always detect a material misstatement when it exists.Misstatements can arise from fraud or error and are consideredmaterial if, individually or in the aggregate, they couldreasonably be expected to influence the economic decisionsof users taken on the basis of these Standalone Ind AS financialstatements.
As part of an audit in accordance with SAs, we exerciseprofessional judgment and maintain professional skepticismthroughout the audit. We also:
• Identify and assess the risks of material misstatement ofthe Standalone Ind AS financial statements, whether dueto fraud or error, design and perform audit proceduresresponsive to those risks, and obtain audit evidence that issufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion.The risk of not detecting a material misstatement resultingfrom fraud is higher than for one resulting from error, asfraud may involve collusion, forgery, intentional omissions,misrepresentations, or the override of internal control.
• Obtain an understanding of internal financial controlsrelevant to the audit in order to design audit proceduresthat are appropriate in the circumstances. Under section143(3)(i) of the Act, we are also responsible for expressingour opinion on whether the Company has adequateinternal financial controls system in place and the operatingeffectiveness of such controls.
• Evaluate the appropriateness of accounting policies usedand the reasonableness of accounting estimates and relateddisclosures made by management.
• Conclude on the appropriateness of management's use ofthe going concern basis of accounting and, based on theaudit evidence obtained, whether a material uncertainty
exists related to events or conditions that may castsignificant doubt on the Company's ability to continue asa going concern. If we conclude that a material uncertaintyexists, we are required to draw attention in our auditor'sreport to the related disclosures in the Standalone Ind ASfinancial statements or, if such disclosures are inadequate,to modify our opinion. Our conclusions are based on theaudit evidence obtained up to the date of our auditor'sreport. However, future events or conditions may cause theCompany to cease to continue as a going concern.
• Evaluate the overall presentation, structure and content ofthe Standalone Ind AS financial statements, including thedisclosures, and whether the Standalone Ind AS financialstatements represent the underlying transactions andevents in a manner that achieves fair presentation.
Materiality is the magnitude of misstatements in the StandaloneInd AS financial statements that, individually or in aggregate,makes it probable that the economic decisions of a reasonablyknowledgeable user of the Standalone Ind AS financialstatements may be influenced. We consider quantitativemateriality and qualitative factors in (i) planning the scope ofour audit work and in evaluating the results of our work; and(ii) to evaluate the effect of any identified misstatements in theStandalone Ind AS financial statements.
We communicate with those charged with governanceregarding, among other matters, the planned scope andtiming of the audit and significant audit findings, includingany significant deficiencies in internal control that we identifyduring our audit.
We also provide those charged with governance with a statementthat we have complied with relevant ethical requirementsregarding independence, and to communicate with them allrelationships and other matters that may reasonably be thoughtto bear on our independence, and where applicable, relatedsafeguards.
From the matters communicated with those charged withgovernance, we determine those matters that were of mostsignificance in the audit of the Standalone Ind AS financialstatements of the current period and are therefore the key auditmatters. We describe these matters in our auditor's report unlesslaw or regulation precludes public disclosure about the matteror when, in extremely rare circumstances, we determine thata matter should not be communicated in our report becausethe adverse consequences of doing so would reasonably beexpected to outweigh the public interest benefits of suchcommunication.
Report on Other Legal and Regulatory Requirements
As required by the Companies (Auditor's Report) Order, 2020("the Order"), issued by the Central Government of India in
terms of sub-section (11) of section 143 of the Act, we givein the "Annexure-A", a statement on the matters specified inparagraphs 3 and 4 of the Order, to the extent applicable.
As required by section 143 (3) of the Act, based on our auditwe report that:
a) We have sought and obtained all the information andexplanations which to the best of our knowledge andbelief were necessary for the purposes of our audit.
b) In our opinion, proper books of account as required by lawhave been kept by the Company so far as it appears fromour examination of those books except for the mattersstated in paragraph 143(3)(h)(vi) below on reportingunder Rule 11(vi) of the Companies (Audit and Auditors)Rules, 2014.
c) The Balance Sheet, the Statement of Profit and Lossincluding Other Comprehensive Income, Statement ofChanges in Equity and the Statement of Cash Flows dealtwith by this Report are in agreement with the booksof account.
d) In our opinion, the aforesaid Standalone Ind AS financialstatements comply with the Indian Accounting Standardsspecified under Section 133 of the Act, read withCompanies (Indian Accounting Standards) Rules, 2015,as amended.
e) On the basis of the written representations received fromthe directors as on 31st March, 2026, taken on record by theBoard of Directors, none of the directors is disqualified ason 31st March, 2026, from being appointed as a director interms of Section 164(2) of the Act.
f) With respect to the adequacy of the internal financialcontrols with reference to Standalone Ind AS financialstatements of the Company and the operatingeffectiveness of such controls, refer to our separate Reportin "Annexure-B". Our report expresses an unmodifiedopinion on the adequacy and operating effectiveness ofthe Company's internal financial controls with referenceto Standalone Ind AS financial statements.
g) With respect to the other matters to be included in theAuditor's Report in accordance with the requirements ofsection 197(16) of the Act, as amended:
In our opinion and to the best of our informationand according to the explanations given to us, theremuneration paid by the Company to its directors duringthe year is in accordance with the provisions of section197 of the Act.
h) With respect to the other matters to be included inthe Auditor's Report in accordance with Rule 11 of the
Companies (Audit and Auditors) Rules, 2014, as amended,in our opinion and to the best of our information andaccording to the explanations given to us:
i. The Company has disclosed the impact of pendinglitigations on its financial position in its StandaloneInd AS financial statements- Refer Note 29 to theStandalone Ind AS financial statements
ii. The Company did not have any long-term contractsincluding derivative contracts for which there wereany material foreseeable losses.
iii. There has been no delay in transferring amounts,required to be transferred, to the Investor Educationand Protection Fund by the Company.
iv. a) The management has represented that, to
the best of its knowledge and belief, no fundshave been advanced or loaned or invested(either from borrowed funds or share premiumor any other sources or kind of funds) by theCompany to or in any other person or entity,including foreign entities ("Intermediaries"),with the understanding, whether recorded inwriting or otherwise, that the Intermediariesshall, whether, directly or indirectly lend orinvest in other person or entity identified inany manner whatsoever by or on behalf of theCompany ("Ultimate Beneficiaries") or provideany guarantee, security or the like on behalf ofthe Ultimate Beneficiaries;
b) The management has represented that, to thebest of its knowledge and belief, no funds havebeen received by the Company from any personor entity, including foreign entities ("FundingParties"), with the understanding, whetherrecorded in writing or otherwise, that theCompany shall, whether, directly or indirectly,lend or invest in other person or entity identified
in any manner whatsoever by or on behalf ofthe Funding Parties ("Ultimate Beneficiaries") orprovide any guarantee, security or the like onbehalf of the Ultimate Beneficiaries; and
c) Based on the audit procedures that wereconsidered reasonable and appropriate inthe circumstances, nothing has come to ournotice that has caused us to believe that therepresentations under sub-clause (i) and (ii) ofRule 11(e), as provided under (a) and (b) above,contain any material misstatement.
v. No dividend has been declared or paid during theyear by the Company.
vi. Based on our examination, the Company has usedaccounting software for maintaining its books ofaccount for the financial year ended March 31,2026which has a feature of recording audit trail (edit log)facility and the same has operated throughout theyear for all relevant transactions recorded in thesoftware. However, the records in respect of Property,Plant and Equipment are maintained in manually,which does not have the feature of recording audittrail. The Company has retained such records inaccordance with the statutory requirements forrecord retention. We did not come across anyinstance of the audit trail feature being tamperedwith in the accounting software used for other booksof account
For KARVY & CO.,
Chartered AccountantsICAI Firm Regn. No.001757S
AJAYKUMAR KOSARAJU
Partner
Place: Hyderabad Membership No.021989
Date: May 13, 2026 UDIN: 26021989PYXHTD7953