World Renowned Faculties
Narayan Pasari, Director, Ladderup Corporate Advisory Pvt Ltd
CA Narayan Pasari is a Commerce Graduate from Mumbai University and an Alumni of ‘Narsee Monjee College’, Mumbai.Presently CA Narayan Pasari is a Senior Partner in S G C O & Co., a CA firm based in Mumbai (team size 250) and a promoter director of Ladderup Corporate Advisory Private Ltd.
During his 27 years long career he has advised many corporates in the field of Public Issues, Private Equity, Corporate Advisory, Business and Management Consultancy Services. His ability to understand business and know business owner’s expectations help him to render up to mark deliverables.
CA Narayan Pasari has been actively associated with the Institute of Chartered Accountancy of India and has been nominated on the Editorial Board of Western Region on a number of occasions between 1997-98 to 2013-14. He was also nominated on the International Affairs Committee of the Institute at New Delhi. This prestigious committee consists of members who are Past Presidents of the Institute and is Chaired by the President of the Institute. Currently he is a also a member of the Financial Preview Reporting Board of ICAI-Delhi and have contributed to the WIRC Referencer Manual since the past few years.
Nikhil Bedi, Senior Director, Deloitte Forensic India
Nikhil Bedi heads the Business Intelligence vertical in the Deloitte Forensic practice in India. He holds over 14 years of experience in the Business Intelligence and Transactional Diligence space. Prior to joining Deloitte, he was leading the Business Intelligence practice at KPMG. Apart from India, he has also led BI engagements across South Asia in sectors including real estate, infrastructure-power, energy and roads, education, retail, media, financial services and e-commerce. He has advised large PE clients in the region on pre/post-investment and operational risk mitigation strategies from a reputational perspective.
In the past, Nikhil was a Director with Kroll where he led various covert investigations and intelligence engagements across South Asia.
Nir Eyal, Author, Hooked: How to Build Habit-Forming Products.
Nir Eyal writes, consults and teaches about the intersection of psychology, technology and business. The M.I.T. Technology Review dubbed Nir as “The Prophet of Habit-Forming Technology”.
Nir has founded two tech companies since 2003 and taught at the Stanford Graduate School of Business and the Hasso Plattner Institute of Design at Stanford. He is the author of the bestselling book, Hooked: How to Build Habit-Forming Products, which won the ‘Marketing Book of the Year’ award from 800 CEO Read.
In addition to blogging at NirAndFar.com, Nir's writing frequently appears in TechCrunch, Inc, The Harvard Business Review and Psychology Today.
NIschal Joshipura, Head - M&A Practice, Nishith Desai Associates
Mr. Nishchal Joshipura heads the Mergers & Acquisitions Practice Group and Competition Law Practice Group at the multi-skilled, research-based international law firm, Nishith Desai Associates (www.nishithdesai.com) with offices in Mumbai, Silicon Valley, Bangalore and Singapore. He is a Chartered Accountant, an MBA and a Lawyer.
Mr. Joshipura specializes in legal and tax structuring of cross-border transactions and assists clients on documentation and negotiation of mergers and acquisition (M&A) deals. His other practice areas include Corporate & Securities laws, Transfer Pricing, International Taxation, Globalization, Structuring of Inbound/Outbound Investments, Private Equity Investments, Structuring of Offshore Funds, Taxation of E-Commerce and Exchange Controls. He has contributed several articles in leading publications like Asialaw and has been a speaker at many domestic and international conferences.
Nishchal Joshipura, Head - M&A Practice, Nishith Desai Associates
Nishchal Joshipura heads the Mergers & Acquisitions Practice Group and Competition Law Practice Group at the multi-skilled, research-based international law firm, Nishith Desai Associates (www.nishithdesai.com) with offices in Mumbai, Silicon Valley, Bangalore and Singapore. He is a Chartered Accountant, an MBA and a Lawyer. Mr. Joshipura specializes in legal and tax structuring of cross-border transactions and assists clients on documentation and negotiation of mergers and acquisition (M&A) deals. His other practice areas include Corporate & Securities laws, Transfer Pricing, International Taxation, Globalization, Structuring of Inbound/Outbound Investments, Private Equity Investments, Structuring of Offshore Funds, Taxation of E-Commerce and Exchange Controls. He has contributed several articles in leading publications like Asialaw and has been a speaker at many domestic and international conferences.
Nitin Savara, Partner - Transaction Tax, Ernst & Young
Nitin Savara Partner– Transaction Tax EY Nitin is a Partner with the Transaction Tax practice in India and possessed over 12 years of experience in in advising clients in the areas of acquisitions, establishment of joint ventures, divestments, mergers, demergers, corporate restructuring, reorganizations, international/corporate tax and business re-organizations.. Nitin has been named in International Tax Review's 2007 World Tax Guide for significant transactions in India, for advisory and restructuring services provided to Flextronics in connection with the sale of its software operations to KKR, India's largest LBO. He has authored various articles on Indian regulations impacting mergers and acquisitions, and has been a course instructor at International Bureau of Fiscal Documentation (IBFD).
Nitish Poddar, Partner - Forensic Services, KPMG Forensic
Nivedita Rao, Partner, Amarchand & Mangaldas & Suresh A. Shroff & Co.
Nivedita Rao has several years of experience in a range of corporate areas, and specializes in mergers and acquisitions and corporate restructuring, both domestic as well as cross border. She also has extensive experience in private equity investments, joint ventures, foreign investment, as well as a range of corporate advisory matters. A leading practitioner in the field of mergers and acquisitions law and in particular court based restructurings, Ms. Rao has advised several of the leading business groups in India as also reputed international companies in relation to business acquisitions, transfers and spin offs, amalgamations and demergers, and has been associated with a significant number of high-profile and complex mergers and acquisitions.
NM Suprabhat, Director - Forensic services, Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu India Private Limited
Suprabhat is a Director in the Forensic Services practice within Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu India Pvt. Ltd. and leads Data Analytics. He has over 20 years of professional experience across Technology, Data Analytics and Forensic Investigations and has worked with a vast array of clients in India, Middle East and South East Asia; predominantly in the banking and financial services sector.
Suprabhat has led several forensic assignments providing services related to Anti Money Laundering (AML) Investigation, Forensic Accounting & Review, Corporate Fraud Investigation, Development of Fraud Risk Mitigation (FRM) Framework, Forensic Image Analysis (document & email reviews) and Anti-Bribery & Corruption Training.
P N Sudarshan, Senior Director-Financial Advisory Services, Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu India
Sudarshan has over 24 years of work experience of which the last 19 years has been with the firm. He is focused on Financial Advisory & related Services. Sudarshan has led / worked on engagements in Consulting and Financial Advisory domain that has helped clients to successfully drive their organic and inorganic growth plans.
Sudarshan has been an active member of various forums like Nasscom, Indo-American Chamber of Commerce, etc. where he has contributed with his ideas and initiatives in fostering innovation, development of cross-geography business opportunities and creating a better business ecosystem that can facilitate early stage firms in particular. He has been a jury member in various prestigious panels like Nasscom Innovation Award