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Partners | K. Venkatachalam Aiyer and Company

Has over 38 years of experience as a practicing Chartered Accountant in Statutory Audits, Internal Audits, Preparation of Techno Economic Feasibility Reports, Project Reports, Taxation both Direct and Indirect, Consultation Services in various areas like Intellectual Property Rights, Trade Marks, Corporate Governance etc.

He was the Vice Chairman cum Secretary for 3 Years and Chairman for 8 Years of the Palakkad Branch of ICAI. He was also the Vice President of the All Kerala Chartered Accountants Association and Regional Advisory Council Member (Large Industries) in Central Excise and VAT Department.

Being a person with great academic interest, he has presented papers and also acted as Chairman in various Professional Seminars, Workshops, Residential Conferences etc held by ICAI, ICSI and ICWAI in Kerala and Coimbatore.

He is also a Guest Lecturer in Calicut University and Bharathiar University in the subjects of Accountancy, Auditing, Taxation and Company Law.

M. Sivakumar is the partner in charge of the Bangalore branch and has over 40 years of experience in different areas of the profession. He has carried out internal audit of several organizations and rendered services in preparation of feasibility reports, project reports, statutory audit of Public Sector Companies and other areas of consultancy services.

  • Sreevats is the Partner in-charge of the Delhi branch. He is a CISA and DISA qualified professional. He did his articleship with Price Waterhouse Coopers (PWC) before joining the firm.
  • His specialises in Audits and Assurance, Risk Advisory, IFC consulting, Financial Process Automation and Ind AS implementation. He has close to 15 years of experience in the profession and has audited and consulted for Banks, PSUs and several listed companies. He has deep knowledge of Banking, NBFCs, Infrastructure, Textile Retail, Telecom and Educational industry.
  • He has contributed to the Accounting Standards Board of ICAI as a faculty on various Accounting Standards (AS) and Ind-AS and has presented in several seminars hosted by ICAI and other business bodies. He was an invitee to the Committee of Accounting Standards for Local Bodies of ICAI.
  • He is the Chair of Young Indians (Yi), Delhi Chapter, the youth forum of Confederation of Indian Industries (CII) for the year 2021.
  • He is a Co-opted Member on the Committee for Capacity Building of CA Firms and Small & Medium Practitioners of NIRC of ICAI for 2021-22.
  • He is associated with Startup communities such as ‘Head Start’ and ‘UnLtd India’ in mentoring startup entrepreneurs
  • He is a Trustee of Noida Deaf Society (NDS), which is a pioneer institution in India that nurtures deaf children.

Vishnu Mohan is a Partner at the firm’s Head Office at Kochi. He has been associated with the firm since 2008. He qualified in 2012 and was promoted as a partner in 2014.

With over 10 years of work experience, he has worked within various service areas of the firm such as Audit & Assurance, Internal Audits, Corporate consultancy and Direct & Indirect Tax advisory.  He has been involved in the audits of public sector banks, public sector undertakings, corporate entities, and various concerns in trading & service sectors.

He has worked with clients ranging from SMEs to large listed companies across various service requirements. His industry experience includes audit and consultancy services to Banks, Non-Banking Finance Companies, Trusts and entities in Manufacturing, Export, Automotive & Transport sectors. He specializes in Statutory Audits, Tax Audits and Corporate consulting works.

He has good analytical skills and has the expertise in planning and carrying out audits of large entities meticulously and effectively. He has completed an Executive Education Program on Business Analytics from Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Bangalore. He is an associate of CPA Australia. He is also a member of the Institute of Public Accountants, Australia and Institute of Financial Accountants, United Kingdom.

Gopalakrishnan is a Senior Partner of the firm with over 47 years of experience in the profession. He set up the Kottayam branch of the firm and expanded the operations of the Kochi branch and is responsible for bringing both the branches to its existing level. His experience comes from rendering services in Statutory Audit, Internal audit, Tax, Corporate Consultancy, Mergers and Acquisitions to the long clientele that the firm has.

A rank holder at the all-India level and State topper in the CA examinations, Mr. Gopalakrishnan is an authority in bank audits and has spoken at several seminar across the country on bank audits. He has been a faculty for coaching CA students.

He is member of the Kerala State Council of the Confederation of Indian Industry. He is a Trustee of Chinmaya Viswa Vidyapeet, (Chinmaya University). He serves as the Chief Sevak of the Chinmaya Mission Educational and Cultural Trust, Ernakulum, which oversees the functioning of 5 schools. He is the founder President of Chinmaya Vidyalaya, Kottayam and has held the position since inception.

He was the Audit Committee Chairman of Food Corporation of India Limited, National Hydro Power Corporation Ltd, Central Railside Warehouse Company Limited and Dena Bank. He is a former member of Kerala Local Board of State Bank of India.

Devarajan has over 32 years’ experience in different areas of the profession, including audit, taxation and consulting. He has rendered services in preparation of feasibility reports, project reports, statutory audit of Public Sector Companies and other areas of consultancy services. A former Secretary of the Trivandrum Branch of the SIRC of ICAI he has presented papers there.

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P.S. Harikrishnan has over 25 years of experience in different areas of the profession. He is a rank holder at the all-India level in the DISA Examination conducted by ICAI.

He has abundant experience in statutory audit of Banks, Public Sector Companies, NBFCs and also experience in consultancy services in these areas in addition to the Tax audit, VAT audit and GST Audit. His area of expertise includes preparation of feasibility and project reports.

He has experience in consolidation of the financial statements of Banks in Private sector and public sector and NBFCs and experience in audit of Treasury of Public Sector Bank. He has experience in forensic audit, stock audit and internal audits of companies and establishments in manufacturing, trading, and service sectors. He also has experience in KYC and system audits of Federal Bank Ltd.  He has experience in due diligence study of a housing society for National Housing Bank.

He had a brief stint in Bahrain, rendering audit and assurance services under IFRS environment which included audit of Aviation companies, Oil field companies, schools, companies engaged in the transportation business, automobile sector, textiles sector, Life insurance Companies and resident organization of various countries

Abeesh Sankar is a graduate and fellow member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India. He has more than 8 years of post-qualification experience in the profession and has been associated with the firm since 2006. Abeesh is also an Associate member of the CPA (Australia).

His extents of specialised practice include Indirect Taxation especially Goods and Services Tax, Internal Audits and preparation of Project and Feasibility Reports.

He has been involved in the central statutory audit of Public Sector Banks, Public Sector Undertakings, Internal Audits and Forensic audit. He has carried out the Internal Audit of various Corporates engaged in the Textile Sector, Telecom, Forex and Financial Services, Health Care and FMCG Goods.

With 35 years of experience in different areas of the profession, Ramachandran has carried out internal audit of several Manufacturing, Trading Industries and other service organizations including hotels – both corporate and non corporate. He has rendered services in preparation of feasibility reports, project reports, statutory audit of Public Sector Companies and other areas of consultancy services.

Passed CISA (Certified Information System Audit) examination held by ISACA in June 2003.

T.V Hariharan has over 28 years of experience in different areas of the profession. He has carried out internal audit of several Manufacturing, Trading Industries and other service organizations including hotels – both corporate and non-corporate; rendered services in planning of feasibility reports, project reports, statutory audit of Public Sector Companies and other areas of consultancy services.

Suresh Kumar is the Partner in-charge of the Kottayam branch of the firm. He is a DISA qualified professional with 20 years of copious experience in the profession. His analytical skills and entrepreneurial traits have contributed considerably towards the growth of the firm.

Suresh Kumar has expertise in Bank audits, Stock and Receivables Audit, Due Diligence Studies and audits of financial concerns. Being a proficient professional in the area of bank audit, Suresh Kumar has carried out the audit of the Global Market Unit (Forex Division) of the largest Public Sector Bank in the Country. He also specialises in the area of tax advisory and representation services .He is also instrumental in the internal audit, statutory audit of NBFCs and corporates.

Being associated with the Lions Club of Kottayam for nearly 15 years, Suresh Kumar has been entrusted with pivotal responsibilities in the management of the organisation.

Roopesh is a Fellow Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India since 2010. He is a tech savvy Chartered Accountant with a diverse background and has an exposure to accounts, audit, budgeting, MIS, secretarial work, RBI, Taxation, customs and central excise.

Previously employed as Head (Finance & Accounts) of Collabera Enterprise Software Solutions Pvt Ltd, a US based Software Company having global presence, he was instrumental in the successful completion of the company’s merger with its subsidiaries. Currently holding the post Chairman -Trivandrum Branch of ICAI for Year 2019-20

He is associated with the firm as partner for 6 years. During the period, has gained experience in Statutory Audit, Internal Audit and Tax audits of Public Sector undertakings, Public sector banks, Private companies and Charitable Organisations across the country. Experienced in Income Tax representations for major Public sector and Private Sector undertakings before the Income Tax department.

He served as the Chairman of the Thiruvananthapuram Branch of Institute of Chartered Accountants of India during the period 2019-20.

Chandhra is a Partner with the Delhi branch of the firm. She has over 9 years of experience in the profession and joined the firm in 2017. She did her articleship with Deloitte and gained exposure in assurance function, having audited listed companies and large corporates.

Post qualification, she has specialized in Direct and Indirect Taxation. She joined the Global Business Tax vertical in Deloitte where her experience includes advising Corporates on tax and regulatory matters as well as application of Tax Treaties and Permanent Establishment issues. She has also represented before revenue authorities and contributed in designing the litigation strategy.

She handles Direct and Indirect Tax advisory in the firm. Her experience within the firm includes managing Tax Assessments, GST implementation including putting in place automation tools and providing training to employees and review of statutory compliance for corporates. She has helped companies/startups to set up business in India including advising and assisting in legal and regulatory matters

She was a District Topper in Class X and is an amateur blogger. She has contributed articles in the Industrial Economy magazine. She has contributed in editing the book ‘Compassionate Accountant, the story of D Rangaswamy’ written by CA V Pattabi Ram.