Faculty of Direct Tax, Financial accounting and Financial Management
Brief: about his professional and teaching experience:
Have overall experience over 40 years in Accounts, Internal Audit, Secretarial and Legal services.
Have work experience in abroad as Group Company Secretary for one and half years with one of a leading telecommunication group – Bahrain as head office and subsidiaries at Tanzania, Liberia, Democratic Republic of Congo and Equatorial Guinea,
Have worked as Company Secretary & Legal Service Manager with Foseco India Limited, a MNC company over 15 years and also worked as Controller of Accounts for about five years at their various locations – Pune, Mumbai, Kolkata, Jamshedpur and Jammu.
Worked with Advani Oerilikon Limited, Pune for two years as Plant Accountant
Worked with Mahindra & Mahindra Group of companies between for about 11 years in various positions and the last one was head of Planning and Production Control department.
Educational Qualification: He is a First Class Law graduate (LL.B) from Symbiosis Institute of Pune, India , Post graduate in Commerce (M.Com) from BMCC college of Pune, India , Cost and Management Accountant (FICWA) from the ICWA Institute and also an associate member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India
He is also having Following Additional /Specialized Qualifications:
Secretaries & Managers (FASM)from the Secretaries & Managers Institute Kolkata
Chartered Secretary (FCIS) from London UK in year 2001
Certified Internal Auditor (CIA) from Florida, USA in 2005
Certified Associate Business Manager (CABM) from Los Angeles, USA in 2005
Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE) from Austin, USA in 2006
Certified Internal Control Specialist (CICS) from Florida, USA in 2007
Certified Internal Control Professional (CICP) from Florida, USA in 2008
Certified Internal Controls Auditor (CICA) from New Jersey, USA in 2009
Rewards / Recognitions: Highlights – Third Consecutive year in the LIMCA Books of Records on following accounts
First (and only) Indian to get ICSA (UK) Award in 2007
The first and only person from India got the prestigious international award titled as “Company\ Secretary of the year Corporate - Highly Commended” (runner up award) instituted by the Institute of Chartered Secretaries and administrators of London UK in October 2007. My name is appearing the LIMCA book of National Records in India in year 2009
First Indian to get the CICS certification from US
First person from India to be certified as a “Certified Internal Control Specialist” (CICS) in the internal control and governance professional areas by the US Institute of Internal Control in June 2007.My name is appearing the LIMCA book of National Records in India in year 2008.
First Indian to get the CICP certification from US
First person from India to be certified as a “Certified Internal Control Professional” (CICP) in the internal control and governance professional areas by the US Institute of Internal Control in November 2008.
Other Achievements:
Books Published:
Two of my books, one book co-authored by me and the second book is written by me were Published by Taxmann, one of the leading publishing houses in India as detailed below :-
The first Book titled as “Compliance guide to Corporate Governance" - with check lists / specimen / formats published in January 2006 the first print is already sold out and the publisher is now planning to bring out the second print.
The second book titled as “ Handbook on Audit Committee” was published by Taxmann during August 2006 which was also welcomed by the professionals
Articles published: Written over 150 articles in various professional magazines and some of the articles were selected as best articles and won awards
Various positions held in professional committees
Served a member in the Companies Act, Industrial and Commercial and Labour Laws Committee constituted by the Institute of Cost Works Accountants of India for the period 22 July 2006 to 21st July 2007.
Served as a member of the Secretarial Professional Research and Publications Committee of Western India Regional Council of the Institute of Company Secretaries of India for the years 2006 and 2007.
Served for a short period as a member of Secretarial Standard Board (SSB) set up by the Institute of Company Secretaries of India, New Delhi in year 2008
Telecast in TV Channel An hour-long interactive session live-telecast panel discussion on "Corporate Governance and Role of Company Secretaries" was telecasted on National TV in May, 2006 - organised by the Company Secretaries Institute – India and I was one of the faculty participated in the panel discussions.
Expertise:Visiting Professor to the management students in Symbiosis Institute of Business Management (SIBM) – Pune – India on subjects relating to Business Laws & Financial management.
Faculty conducting LCV sessions for Gurukul Online Learning Solutions (GOLS)
Undergone a certification course under ISO-9001-2000 and am a qualified internal auditor for Quality Management System (QMS). The Secretarial, Legal and Internal audit functions for which I was in charge during my tenure with Foseco India Limited, got certified for quality management system and the accreditation was given ISO9000:2000 for which I have worked through and written down the detailed ISO procedure along with standard operating procedure.