---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001213900-25-038698"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SSII"
cik: "0001676163"
company_name: "SS Innovations International, Inc."
filed_at: "2025-05-02T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-22T22:52:41.213532+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.55
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# SS Innovations appoints Arvind Palaniappan as Interim CFO; Anup Sethi steps down

## Summary
- Anup Sethi departed as CFO effective April 30, 2025; will advise during permanent CFO search.
- Arvind Palaniappan named Interim CFO effective May 1, 2025, under one-year consulting agreement.
- Palaniappan's fee is approx. $7,100/month under consulting deal with Trogon Consulting.
- CFO transition follows SS Innovations' uplisting to Nasdaq on April 25, 2025.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001213900-25-038698
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SSII
- cik: 0001676163
- company_name: SS Innovations International, Inc.
- filed_at: 2025-05-02T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.55
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1676163/000121390025038698/0001213900-25-038698-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1676163/000121390025038698/ea0240481-8k_ssinnov.htm

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## Key facts
- Executive change
  Anup Sethi departed as Chief Financial Officer at SS Innovations International, Inc..
  - Action: stepped down
  - Role: Chief Financial Officer
  source text: Anup Sethi stepped down as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer effective April 30, 2025
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1676163/000121390025038698/0001213900-25-038698-index.htm
- Executive change
  Arvind Palaniappan was appointed as Interim Chief Financial Officer at SS Innovations International, Inc..
  - Action: joined
  - Role: Interim Chief Financial Officer
  source text: Arvind Palaniappan joined the Company as its Interim Chief Financial Officer, effective May 1, 2025
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1676163/000121390025038698/0001213900-25-038698-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.