Team Profile

Our Team

R. Rajan, FCA

He has over three decades of experience as a practicing Chartered Accountant. During his tenure with M/s. Frazer & Ross, he handled all kinds of estate audits, solicitors and transport companies. He was also associated with the Oriental Insurance Co. Ltd., for four and half years handling and solving the accounting and merging problems.
He is a Qualified registered insurance surveyor approved by IRDA and a Registered valuer approved by CBDT.

Expertise

Direct taxes, Indirect taxes, Representations on various cases up to the Appellate Tribunal level.
Project preparation, evaluation and management.
Banking – Statutory, Branch and Concurrent audits.
Audits of insurance companies, trading companies, manufacturing companies, clubs and educational institutions.
Valuation of shares and stock as a registered valuer for amalgamation, merger and demergers, along with Share broking of many reputed corporates.

S. Sivaramakrishnan, FCA

He has over three decades of post qualification experience in serving both domestic and international clients in South India.

Expertise

Representations on various cases before Direct and Indirect tax authorities including and up to Appellate Tribunal. Management Assurance services spanning across FMCG, Manufacturing, Trading, Retail, Hospitality, Entertainment, Medical and Financial Services industries.
Regulatory Services spanning from the initial setting up of operations for a business, incorporation of companies to liquidation of existing companies. He was a Director at Dhanalakshmi Bank.

C.K. Vasudevan, FCA

He has over three decades of post qualification experience in serving both domestic and international clients in South India. Having started his carrier in the finance department of BHEL, he moved to practice in the year 1979 and has been a partner right from the firms inception.

Expertise

Employee Taxation, Transaction structuring under VAT and other laws, Direct and Indirect Taxation advisory services.
Risk Management Services spanning across FMCG, Manufacturing, Trading, Retail, Hospitality, Entertainment, Medical and Financial Services industries.
Regulatory Services spanning from the initial setting up of operations for a business, incorporation of companies to liquidation of existing companies. He has handled Central Statutory Audit and Branch Audits of Scheduled Bank
Preparation of Business Plans, financial projection reports and liaison with financial organizations.

Praveen S. Krishnan, FCA , CISA, ISO 27001

He is a chartered accountant with over 10 years of professional experience in the field of Audit, Risk management and Information Security. A qualified Information Systems Auditor of the Information Systems Audit and Central Association, US.He has also gained expertise and is a lead implementer for BS 7799 standards that are focused on information security, risk management in different variations. He has 2 years of experience in Corporate Assurance with a Big 4 Firm, with assignments involving Multi-National Companies.

Expertise

Audit and Assurance
GAAP Translations
Risk Management
Information Security

Harikrishnan V

He is a Fellow chartered accountant with over 10 years of professional experience in the field of Audit, Regulatory and Taxation. Joining as an articled assistant, he continued with the firm post qualifying and was made a partner in the year 2012. He headed the firm’s startup focused practice and his team has helped over 100 startups over the past 5 years helping them put in place systems for their smooth functioning, revenue modeling, fund raising, FDI and legal compliances. He is regularly invited by the Kerala State Start-up mission for taking session to entrepreneurs based in Kerala. A holder of the post qualification certification from the ICAI on International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) and for Concurrent Audits, he leads the firm’s financial services outsourcing team with a special focus on the Middle East. He also holds a Diploma in Information System Audit.

Expertise

Audit and Assurance; Taxation Services; MIS report preparations, IFRS, Regulatory Services spanning from the initial setting up of operations for a business, incorporation of companies to liquidation of existing companies; Due diligence and assistance for due diligence; Drafting and vetting of share purchase agreements and other contracts.

Ajaykrishnan C

He is a Fellow Chartered Accountant with over 6 years of professional experience in the field of Audit, Regulatory and Taxation. He is also a Registered Valuer (RV) under the IBBI and a member of ICAI RVO. He heads the Cochin Office of the Firm. Prior to joining the firm in 2016 as Partner, he was a part of a Big 4 Accounting firm handling taxation, business and shareholding restructures and international transactions.
He handles the Direct Tax Advisory & Indirect Tax (GST) advisory andRegulatory compliance practice of the firm and leads the book-keeping and accounting services arm of the firm with his focus in India Operations. He is a Start-up enthusiast and has been part of many funding rounds of Start ups in Kerala, Tamil Nadu & Karnataka. He also has handled Share Valuation assignments of Start-ups as well as other entities.

Expertise

Indian Tax Advisory; International Taxation; Valuation (Shares and Financial Assets); Regulatory Services spanning from the initial setting up of operations for a business, incorporation of companies to liquidation of existing companies; FEMA/RBI Compliance; Business/Transaction/Shareholding restructuring; ROC Compliance and filings;

V Ramanujam

Chartered Accountant with more than 30 years of professional experience. He has dual Professional Qualification with his membership with ICAI and ICSI (Company Secretary). He joined the firm in 2012 and heads the Pondicherry Practice since then.
He had stints with Government/Public Section Companies before joining the Firm and was part of Companies like M/s Pondicherry Special Economic Zone Company Limited, M/s Tidel Park Coimbatore Limited, (a JV ofTIDCO, ELCOT, TIDEL and STPI, Chennai) etc.

Expertise

Corporate Secretarial compliance, Company Audits, Revenue Audit and Concurrent Audit of Banks& Consultancy in Taxation.

S.A. Sankaranayanan

Chartered Accountant with more than 3 decades of professional experience. He joined the firm in 2002 and is a part of the Coimbatore Practice of the Firm handling the internal audit and consulting assignments.

Expertise

Audit and Assurance Services, Company Audits, internal audits, Tax Audits, Revenue Audit and Concurrent Audit of Banks& Consultancy in Taxation.

Ambika Varma A C

She is a Fellow Chartered Accountant with over 6 years of professional experience in the field of Tax and Regulatory Services. Prior to joining the firm in 2018 as Partner, she was part of a Big 4 Accounting firm handling taxation, business and shareholding restructuring and international transactions. She handles the Direct Tax Advisory, Regulatory and compliance practise and also heads the Internal Audit Division of the Cochin office.

Expertise

Taxation Services and Advisory;
Regulatory services spanning from the initial setting up of operations of a business, incorporation of company/LLP to liquidation/winding up of existing companies;
FEMA compliance;
ROC filings; Due Diligence