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• Company Law and capital
• Incorporation of Companies , drafting memorandum and Articles of Association
• Public issue of shares
• Market related
• Right issues
• Preferential issues
• Bonus issues
• Amalgamation and mergers
• Buy back of shares
• Listing agreement compliances
• Legal work
• Handled legal work at all levels starting from small causes court, City Civil Court, High Courts at Bombay, Ahmadabad and Madras and Supreme Court of India.
• Appeared before Debts recovery Tribunal, Company Law Board, CEGAT and Consumer Disputes Redressal Forums
• Corporate Legal documentation,  Lease deeds, Agreements of all kinds
• General Administration :  At Corporate office
• Purchase: At factory, Negotiating with suppliers and placing orders.
• Press and Media Relations:
• Organizing press conferences. Issuing press notes
• Appeared in three T.V. Interviews of half an hour each and anchored one of them

• Legal work
  • 41 years experience of handling corporate legal matters at various levels including DRT, CEGAT, High Courts at Mumbai and Chennai and Supreme Court of India.
  • Corporate Legal documentation, preparation of Memorandum and Articles of Association, Lease deeds, Agreements of all kinds.
• Arbitration Experience
  • Member Arbitration panel of the Stock Exchange, Mumbai.
  • Member Arbitration panel of Central Depository Services of India Limited
• Research Experience
  • Served as General Manager Research in the Stock Exchange Mumbai.
  • Contributed papers for the National Conventions of the Company Secretaries as also for the Regional Conferences
• Public Relations:
  • Appeared 4 times in TV interview. Given talk on All India Radio
  • Organised press conferences, Seminars
    

• Chairman, Western India Regional Council of Institute of Company Secretaries of India in 2001,
• Hon. Secretary, Finance Forum of India, in 2000.
• Member, Board of Commercial Examinations of Indian Merchants Chamber
• Member, Legal Affairs Committee of Bombay Chamber of Commerce and Industry.

• Bank of India - 1976 – 1981
• Tata Exports (now Tata International) as Secretarial Executive - responsible for excise administration of the Leather Complex at Dewas, MP.
  Duration: 1981 – 1984
• BASF India Limited as Secretarial Executive – responsible for excise & customs administration.
  Duration: 1985 – 1987
• Practice as Company Secretary & Legal Advisor to industry in and around Valsad – Vapi – Daman – Silvassa – Bilimora – Navsari – generally referred to as south Gujarat.
  Engaged in Excise, Service Tax & Customs related matters. Appeared before Commissioners, Tribunal Benches & Ministry of Finance
• Duration: 1988 onwards

• Excise + Service Tax
• Administration
• Litigation
• Internal Audit & Departmental Audits
• Representation before Tribunal
• Representation before Ministry of Finance for export refunds & for lobbying
• Legitimate Tax Planning

• Currently working as Company Secretary of Jacobs Engineering India Private Limited and also assiting the legal operations of Asia Pacific region.
• Worked with as Company Secretary of Shapoorji Pallonji Infrastructure Capital Company Limited.
• Worked with M/s. P. K. Pandya & Co., Practising Company Secretaries, Mumbai and Mr. Rajkumar R. Tiwari, Practising Company Secretaries, Mumbai.
• Management Training – Voltas Ltd, a Tata Enterprise.

• Faculty at various TOP, ADP, SMTP conducted by WIRC of ICSI and Thane Chapter of WIRC of ICSI.
• Associated with GOLS (e-learning portal) for VBT, WBT and LVC for Foundation, Executive and Professional Programs of ICSI.

44 years experience of holding senior management positions in various Compnies including multi-nationals.

• Retired as Company Secretary and General Manager of Stovec Industries , in 2004 where I was coordinating the Secretarial and Legal work of 15 companies.
• Currently working as General Manager and Company Secretary of Cyber Tech Systems and Software Limited

• 15 books including Business and Economic Laws, From Controls to Regulation.. An Analysis of SEBI Act, 1992, What Every Investor should know? Advantage Depositories General Laws and procedures, Business Communications, ESOPs, Issue of Capital by Companies, and Handy Books for All subjects of Intermediate examination of Institute of Company Secretaries of India.
• Published more than 1200 Articles on legal, management and economic subjects in publications like Economic Times. Chartered Secretary, Focus, Business Standard, Indian Post, Observer.
• Regular columnist of Window on Financial Developments in Chemical Industries in Chemical Business

• Company Law and capital
• Incorporation of Companies , drafting memorandum and Articles of Association
• Public issue of shares
• Market related
• Right issues
• Preferential issues
• Bonus issues
• Amalgamation and mergers
• Buy back of shares
• Listing agreement compliances
• Legal work
• Handled legal work at all levels starting from small causes court, City Civil Court, High Courts at Bombay, Ahmadabad and Madras and Supreme Court of India.
• Appeared before Debts recovery Tribunal, Company Law Board, CEGAT and Consumer Disputes Redressal Forums
• Corporate Legal documentation,  Lease deeds, Agreements of all kinds
• General Administration :  At Corporate office
• Purchase: At factory, Negotiating with suppliers and placing orders.
• Press and Media Relations:
• Organizing press conferences. Issuing press notes
• Appeared in three T.V. Interviews of half an hour each and anchored one of them

• Legal work
  • 41 years experience of handling corporate legal matters at various levels including DRT, CEGAT, High Courts at Mumbai and Chennai and Supreme Court of India.
  • Corporate Legal documentation, preparation of Memorandum and Articles of Association, Lease deeds, Agreements of all kinds.
• Arbitration Experience
  • Member Arbitration panel of the Stock Exchange, Mumbai.
  • Member Arbitration panel of Central Depository Services of India Limited
• Research Experience
  • Served as General Manager Research in the Stock Exchange Mumbai.
  • Contributed papers for the National Conventions of the Company Secretaries as also for the Regional Conferences
• Public Relations:
  • Appeared 4 times in TV interview. Given talk on All India Radio
  • Organised press conferences, Seminars
    

• Chairman, Western India Regional Council of Institute of Company Secretaries of India in 2001,
• Hon. Secretary, Finance Forum of India, in 2000.
• Member, Board of Commercial Examinations of Indian Merchants Chamber
• Member, Legal Affairs Committee of Bombay Chamber of Commerce and Industry.

• Worked as a bank officer for nearly 16 years in a nationalised bank
• Worked as a regional head of a non -banking finance co. At Delhi for more than
• 6 years
• Practicing as a legal consultant for nearly 4 years in indirect taxes, consumer law, corporate law and general laws
• Visiting faculty for more than 21 years in -
  • Banks (dealing with banking subjects)
  • The institute of company secretaries of India (dealing with general laws, commercial laws, industrial laws, economic laws, environmental laws, security laws, international trade etc)
  • Indian law institute (dealing with international trade, security and banking laws, arbitration laws etc.)
  • Associated with GurukulOnline in preparing GCL study material
  • Conducting workshops in service tax, life management etc.

• Bank of India - 1976 – 1981
• Tata Exports (now Tata International) as Secretarial Executive - responsible for excise administration of the Leather Complex at Dewas, MP.
  Duration: 1981 – 1984
• BASF India Limited as Secretarial Executive – responsible for excise & customs administration.
  Duration: 1985 – 1987
• Practice as Company Secretary & Legal Advisor to industry in and around Valsad – Vapi – Daman – Silvassa – Bilimora – Navsari – generally referred to as south Gujarat.
  Engaged in Excise, Service Tax & Customs related matters. Appeared before Commissioners, Tribunal Benches & Ministry of Finance
• Duration: 1988 onwards

• Excise + Service Tax
• Administration
• Litigation
• Internal Audit & Departmental Audits
• Representation before Tribunal
• Representation before Ministry of Finance for export refunds & for lobbying
• Legitimate Tax Planning

• Cost and Management Accountant (FICWA) from the ICWA Institute in 1989
• Company Secretary from CS Institute of India (FCS) in year 1993
• 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

• 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.

1. 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
2. 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.
3. 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.

• 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.

• 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 (GOAL) for CS executive programme
• Faculty for Pune Chapter of ICSI for their CS Executive OTC classes for the current session.

1. Presented various topics of interest on the above related subjects before various Forums including many Universities and Educational Institutions.
2. Acting as Paper Setter and Examiner of Professional Institutes.
3. Having excellent communication skills in English and Tamil to suit the requirement of the learning community
   

• Overall Twenty One Years Experience in Finance, Accounts, Costing & Secretarial functions.
• SIEMENS, PriceWaterHouseCoopers, CG Igarashi Motors Limited and Grapco Granites Limited

Overall Eight Years Experience - Since 2002

July 2010 onwards: Working as a visiting faculty with four leading business schools and practicing as a company secretary.

Research Papers:

1. “Carbon Credits: A key to sustainable development”(2009), Chartered Secretary, November, 2009 issue, ICSI Publication
2. “Challenges to financing Tata Corus Deal”, (2007) Select Cases in Management by Sahay B S, Stough Roger, Saradana G D, Allied publishers Pvt. Ltd Chapter 10, pg 135-143
3. “Brand Rejuvenation through Succession Planning”,(2007) Enhancing Enterprise Competitiveness, Allied Publishers Pvt. Ltd, pg 628-638
4. “Centurion Bank of Punjab- A tale of Two Mergers” (2007),Management Case Studies, Excel Books Pvt. Ltd, pg 123-144
5. “Open Architecture – Compulsory Licensing under TRIPS Agreement” (A Study on Pharmaceutical Industry in Indian and other emerging economies) (2006) published in the Souvenir released at the 34th National Convention of Company Secretaries, ICSI Publication, pg 53-57

Articles/Conference Papers:

1. “Microfinance- Setting a Deadline for Target or Turmoil” (2009), The Analyst, The ICFAI University Press, September, 2009, pg 61-64.
2. MCA-21(2006) published in the monthly newsletter published by Biztantra Publications.
3. “BPO-Spreading its Wings”(2006) accepted for publication in BPOM-2006 organized by School of Business Informatics & Software Engineering (SOBISE), University of Technology, Mauritius
4. “Emerging Avenues & Companies Secretaries (BPO, KPO AND LPO)” (2005) published in the backgrounder released at the 33rd National Convention of Company Secretaries, ICSI Publication.
5. “Interest Rate Derivatives-An Indispensable pre-requisite”(2003) published in the backgrounder released at the 31st National Convention of Company Secretaries, ICSI Publication.
   

Papers Presented:

1. Case Study on “Challenges to financing Tata Corus Deal” presented at the International Conference on Management Cases held on December 3-4,2007 at IMT, Ghaziabad.
2. Research Paper on “Brand Rejuvenation through Succession Planning” presented at 10th Nirma International Conference on Management held on January 5-7, 2007 at Ahmadabad.
3. Case Study on “Centurion Bank of Punjab- A tale of Two Mergers” presented at 3rd Renvoi- A case study competition held on September 22-23, 2006 at Amity Business School, Amity University, U.P

Corporate Training Programmes

1. On Tax Planning for Salary Income for two and half hours for Delhi-Transco Ltd. organized by Amity Institute of Training & Development on March 7, 2007.
2. On Finance and Accounts for Business for two and half hours for NTPC organized by Lal Bahadur Shastri Institute of Management, Delhi.

Seminar Orgainsed:
Organized a National Seminar on “Microfinance- A ray of hope for the Poor” on October 3,2007 at LBSIM. Representatives from NABARD, SIDBI, public and private sector banks, NGOs and bureaucracy addressed the participants from NGOs, Banks and students of the business school in various technical sessions and panel discussion.

Papers Taught:

Basic Financial Accounting, Legal Aspects of Business, Management of Banks and Financial Institutions, Risk Management in Banks, Corporate tax planning, Corporate Restructuring, Mergers and Acquisitions, Financial Derivatives, Investment Analysis & Portfolio Management, Insurance and Risk Management, Indian Financial System, Management of Financial Services.

Consulting and Practicing Areas:

• Compliance with Company Law, Labour and Industrial Laws, Foreign Exchange Management Act, Intellectual Property Rights, SEBI Guidelines, Listing Requirements etc.
• Finalisation of Accounts, Balance-Sheet analysis, Income-Tax Assessment, Sale-Tax Assessment.
• Financial Planning, Project Financing, Renewal of Cash Credit Limits and Medium Term Loans and liaison with Banks and Financial Institutions.
• Tax-Planning and liaison with Sale Tax, Income Tax, Excise and other Govt. Departments.
• Internal Audit and Business Process Re-engineering.
  

  Professional Work Experience:

• Appointed as the Management Representative for the purpose of I.S.O 9002 and Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (IS-15000) Registration of the Company.
• Prepared Management Information and Responsibility System by changing Business Processes which improved efficiency and controlled costs by 5%.
• Selected as a best candidate for the 54th Secretarial Modular Training Programme organized by the N.I.R.C of the Institute of Company Secretaries Of India.
• Received scholarship from Ministry of Health and Welfare for securing 47th position in the Senior Secondary Examination conducted by Board of secondary Examination, Ajmer.
• Second position holder at University level in the M.Com Examination conducted by M.D.S University, Ajmer
• Elected for the post of Vice-President of the College in the year 1995-96.
• Passed N.C.C. "B" and "C" Certificate.
• Won various debates and extempore competitions at school and college levels