EDITORIAL CONTRIBUTORS

CA Kamal Garg CA Kamal Garg CA Kamal Garg (Kamal) is a Fellow Member of The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) and a First Class Commerce Baccalaureate from Deen Dayal Upadhyaya College, University of Delhi He holds a Diploma in Information System Audit (DISA) conducted by ICAI Kamal is an Insolvency Professional registered with Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India (IBBI) Kamal has also qualified Certificate Course on BRSR conducted by ICAI Member of Board of Studies (BOS) Study Material Research Group (2009-2010) of NIRC of ICAI Special invitee member of the following: Accounting Standards Board (ASB) [2012-2013,…

CA Viral Shah He is a fellow Member of ICAI, also holds bachelor’s and Master’s in Commerce from Gujarat University, AhmedabadHe holds a USA CPA license from Arizona State Board of AccountancyHe also has successfully passed the certified course of Ind AS conducted by ICAIHe also has cleared CS (Company Secretary) Professional examViral has over 10 years of experience of Accounting and Auditing and Consulting on varied Accounting frameworks (including IND AS, IFRS, US GAAP and IGAAP)His expertise includes implementing IFRS / IND AS in companies across sectorsPresently, Viral has been consulting / advising to corporates and varied entities based…

Dr. Anand Banka Dr. Anand Banka is a Fellow Chartered Accountant with PhD in Finance, an Author of 6 best-selling books and a celebrated faculty for courses on International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS). He started young and always had zeal for giving back to the society – so he started teaching and became guest lecturer/ speaker at various professional forums across India, USA, UAE and other countries. To spread knowledge about IFRS among students and chartered accountants, he also started writing books in lucid language. He has been one of the youngest special invitees on the Accounting Standards Board of…

Dr. K. Sriram Sriram is a Consulting Actuary engaged in Employee Benefits Consulting Practice since 2007 He is also an Actuarial Consultant- Trainer to some of the leading analytics firms in the area of actuarial analytics Sriram has over two decades of experience in actuarial engagements related to Insurance and Pensions and 15 years of teaching, training & consulting experience in Financial Services & Corporate Finance From January 2010 to April 2012, Sriram was the Appointed Actuary of Max Bupa Health Insurance Company From 2001 to 2006 Sriram was the Chief Actuary of MetLife India Insurance Company. He was also…

Mohan R. Lavi He has over 25 years of experience in industry across a variety of industries, qualified as Chartered Accountant in 1989 Mohan is the author of books on US GAAP, IFRS and the Sarbanes Oxley Act He writes frequently on IFRS and other topics for major publications including the London based http://ifrs.wiley.com Mohan is a speaker at various conferences in India and abroad on Accounting Standards, IFRS, Sarbanes Oxley and Service tax Faculty member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India, for their Ind AS (IFRS) Certification Course and with the Management Study Centre, Chennai for their…

Arunachalam Rajaraman He is a Consulting Actuary and Cost & Management Accountant from Chennai with about 25+ years of work and consulting experience. His experience is spread across Consulting, Technology, Investments, Pensions, Life Insurance and General Insurance.   He had earlier been elected and served as the Vice President and Honorary Secretary of the Institute of Actuaries of India (IAI).  He was also involved in the Committees / Working Groups set up by the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI), the Insurance Regulator.  He is quite passionate about Financial Modelling, Investments and Teaching and involves himself in this area quite extensively.

CA Sanjay Sisodia A senior Chartered Accountant professional with broad knowledge of fund accounting, financial business principles of asset management, hedge fund industry including role performed by service providers in middle & back office, fund administration, reconciliation, custodians, prime brokers, broking, dealers etc.   Demonstrated expertise in middle office functions including trade support, collateral management, corporate actions, valuations, fund accounting, reconciliations and performance reporting etc.  A strategic thinker and effective leader to make long term and sustainably profitable decisions. Experience with people and project management.  Ability to cultivate strong working relationship with internal teams and clients. Identify, review, investigate and documentation…

Sumit Dhadda Chartered accountant, member since 2003 & secured gold medal in CA Inter exams (AIR 25th), Diploma in Information System Audit & Risk Management, Certified Anti Money Laundering Specialist, Certified Concurrent Auditor Registered Valuer from Insolvency & Bankruptcy Board of India under Securities or Financial Asset Class.Insolvency Professional from Insolvency & Bankruptcy Board of India under Securities or Financial Asset Class.Managing Partner of DLS & Associates LLP, having offices at Delhi, Jaipur, Bangalore & ChandigarhOver 17 years of experience in multi-national audit & accounting firms in statutory audits, Ind AS, Valuation & Risk Management.Worked with PWC India (4 years)…

Yagnesh Mohanlal Desai Professional Accountant practicing since August 1983 Actively participated in the process of formulation of IFRS in India Advising and implementing Indian Accounting Standards (Ind AS) Imparting training in the field of Accounting and Auditing Standards Helping big corporates select and implement accounting policies and help them prepare annual reports and notes to accounts from the perspective of Companies Act Have delivered more than 750 lectures on accounting and auditing standards and Companies Act Imparted training in GCC Countries, Myanmar, and Sri Lanka Faculty for one of the big four firms for ‘Finance for Non-Financial Executives (FFNF)’ and…

CA Sunitha Suri Sunitha is a Chartered Accountant with over 10 years’ experience in international taxation She is also a Cost and Management Accountant (India) and Cost Management Accountant (UK) She has co-authored the chapter ’Dispute Resolution’ in the book ‘Transfer Pricing Law and Practice in India’ by Deloitte Prepared a paper on ‘Transfer pricing implications on Group Employee Stock Option Plan’ Handled responses to tax queries for to the column ‘Your taxes’ in the newspaper ‘Hindu Business Line’ for over a year She has conducted seminar and training sessions on ‘International tax’ and ‘Transfer Pricing’