World Renowned Faculties
P V R Rajendra Prasad, Founder and CEO, PnP Consulting (P) Ltd.
Mr. P V R Rajendra Prasad is a fellow member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India. He has had a brilliant academic career and a Rank holder in the Final Examination.
He has over 28 years of professional experience. He is the founder and CEO of PnP Consulting (P) Ltd. PnP Consulting is an international Forex and Business consulting firm having offices at Hyderabad and Singapore and specializes in Foreign Investment consulting, Foreign Exchange Regulations and Cross Border Mergers and Acquisitions.
He is advisor of several MNC clients in India and abroad on Structuring of Inbound Investments into India and Structuring of Outbound Investments.
He has contributed many papers and delivered lectures on the subjects of FEMA and International Finance at various forums in India and abroad.
P. Thiruvengadam, Senior Director & National Leader – Human Capital Consulting, Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu India Pvt. Ltd.
P. Thiruvengadam is the Senior Director & National Leader – Human Capital Consulting of Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu India Pvt. Ltd. He holds a B. Tech from IIT Madras and is also a Post Graduate in Industrial Engineering FCMA.
With 37 years of experience, he has travelled around the globe and has many papers in national seminars and professional conferences to his credit. He specializes in the areas of Leadership Development, Change Management, Performance Measurement and Mergers, Acquisitions, Joint Ventures & Collaboration. He is also an active member of Indian Institution of Industrial Engineering, National HRD Network and The Institute of Cost Accountants of India.
Pallavi Joshi Bakhru, Partner & Tax Practice Leader, Walker, Chandiok & Co
Pallavi drives the tax and regulatory services group of the firm, which specializes in cross border transactions, investment and business structuring, compliance, transaction advisory services, transfer pricing and indirect taxes.
Pallavi has over 21 years of post-qualification experience in the field of taxation. Her area of expertise includes inbound and outbound structuring advisory (including regulatory compliance) for both Indian and overseas investors. She has also advised clients on re - structuring and advisory on mergers and slump sale.
Pallavi is a Fellow Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India and an active member of International Fiscal Association - India Branch.
Pankaj Chopda, Executive Director, Grant Thornton India LLP
Pankaj is an Executive Director based out of Bangal.
Bachelor of Business Management and Chartered Accountant from Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI).
Pankaj has over 17 years experience as a Chartered Accountant. His strong technical knowledge and solution driven advisory capability is attributed to 6 years audit experience in Ernst and Young and Transaction Advisory experience in over 200 transactions since 2006 with Grant Thornton India.
Pankaj's advisory role includes leading financial due diligence for domestic, cross border and private equity transactions, pre bid and post bid transaction advisory support, preparation and review of business plans and post transaction support to facilitate integration and transition.
Pankaj also leads the flagship publication of Grant Thornton “Dealtracker”, which reports on the M&A and PE/VC deal activity.
Parag Srivastava , Co-Head, Private Equity and M&A, Nishith Desai Associates
Parag Srivastava is a Leader at Nishith Desai Associates. He has a wide range of experience in private equity, mergers and acquisitions, banking and finance, corporate and securities law, and is a core member of the Private Equity, Banking, and Mergers & Acquisition practice group at the firm.
With a strong focus in private equity and mergers and acquisitions, he has advised multitude of international and domestic investors in structuring, negotiations and documentation of their investment transactions by creating innovative structures to address the constraints as well as commercial considerations. His expertise includes advising on complex cross border M&As and private equity transactions in the most tax efficient manner.
Partha Bhattacharyya, Former Head Treasury, Esssar Group & SBI
Mr. Partha Bhattacharyya is a reputed banking and risk management professional, and is one of the foremost authorities in the fields of treasury and risk management in India. Mr. Bhattacharyya is recognized as an opinion maker and subject matter expert in these areas and is regularly consulted by various regulatory and industry bodies.
Mr. Bhattacharyya was the Deputy CEO of Mecklai Financial – a Risk Management and Treasury Consultancy firm from April till November 2013. Prior to this, Mr. Bhattacharyya served with great distinction as the Group Treasurer of Essar Group and developed risk management policy and managed FX, Interest Rate and Commodity Risk of all the Group companies in businesses as varied as steel, power, oil, shipping, projects, ports, infrastructure and IT. He was also responsible for foreign currency resources management and structured financing. Mr. Bhattacharyya led a major strategic reorientation of risk management processes in Essar and set up the Essar Group Treasury as a fully centralized and professional Global Markets outfit.
Mr. Bhattacharyya, an IIT Kharagpur alumnus, began his career with State Bank of India. His areas of specialization are International Banking, Treasury and Risk Management and Corporate Banking. At SBI, he held important assignments in Kuwait and Frankfurt. Mr. Bhattacharyya was closely associated with the management and successful resolution of India’s Balance-of-Payment crisis in the early nineties. He was personally involved in structuring and operationalization of the unique Gold Swap transaction undertaken by SBI. He was the Head of the Forex and Derivatives at SBI Treasury, Mumbai. He was General Manager of strategically important Circles like Bangalore and Hyderabad.
He has been a member of the Technical Committee set up by RBI for introduction of Currency Options in India. He has also been a member of the Expert Group constituted by the Government of India. He was the Chairman of the Forex Association of India in 2003-04. He is a regular speaker in various conferences, both in India and abroad, and a TV and print media commentator.
Parul Jain, Partner, Deloitte
Parul is a Partner in the Tax Practice with over 17 years of experience, and is based out of Delhi. She focuses primarily on international taxation including cross border investments and venture capital / private equity funding structures.
She has advised various clients with respect to their business operations restructuring, including advice on M&A transactions, spin offs and group reorganisation strategies. She has also assisted various Indian and foreign clients with respect to their litigation matters involving international tax issues. She was previously a partner at large Tax consulting firm and also been associated with a leading law firm.
She was the India Branch co-reporter for the subject “Taxation and Fundamental Rights: Taxpayers’ Procedural Rights in a Globalised World” for the IFA 2015 Basel Congress. She was also the Secretary to the panel on “Indirect Transfer of Assets” for the IFA 2014 Mumbai Congress. She has also presented at various seminars at domestic and international level, and has a number of publications on the matter of international tax to her name.
Parul has been recognised by International Tax Review World Tax 2013 guide for her work done with respect to a litigation matter involving transfer of shares of an Indian company. She has also been listed in The Legal500 Directory and has been recognized as one of the Leading Women Leaders in Tax 2016 and in 2017 by International Tax Review.
Pavan Kumar Vijay, MD, Corporate Professionals Capital
Pavan Kumar Vijay, Managing Director, Corporate Professionals Capital Private Limited, is a Post Graduate in Commerce from, St. John's Collage, holds a Degree in law from Campus Law Center, Delhi University and is a Fellow Member of ICSI. ) As Managing Director, Corporate Professionals Capital Private Limited, he has profound expertise in merchant banking activities including fund raising & financial structuring, corporate restructuring, due-diligence, Corporate governance information technology skills, valuation business, transaction advisory skills, company law.
Before earning fame in the corporate world, he was honored to become one of the youngest Presidents of the ICSI in the year 2003. He is chairman of Secretarial Standards Board and Chairman of M &A Council of Assocham, Member of Capital Market Committee of PHD Chamber and Working Group of MCA for Revamping of Society Act. He served as a member of Appellate Tribunal of Disciplinary committee of MCA.
Being a multi disciplinary personality he has richly contributed towards working of various committees like Capital Market and Financial Services Committee of the PHDCCI as Member; Indian Institute of Corporate Affairs, Member; Business Advisory Group of the Stock Exchange, Mumbai, Member; Special Invitee-“E-Corporate Business Working Group” and Member, Accounting Standards Committee of the MCA; Primary Market and Mutual Fund and Narayan Murthy Committee on Corporate Governance of SEBI as Member and Co-opted Member of the Executive Committee of the Association of NSE Members of India and was also a convener of Corporate Governance Committee with Ministry of Corporate Affairs. He was also actively involved and contributing as a trustee for “Consumer Education and Research Centre” Ahmadabad.
Mr. Vijay has attended a week long Board Leadership Programme, South Asia, organised by Global Corporate Governance Forum, IFC, World Bank Group, Washington, DC and was a faculty in “Train the Trainer-Corporate Governance Board Leadership Programme” organised by Global Corporate Governance Forum, IFC, World Bank Group, Washington, DC in Mumbai and New Delhi. Another hidden quality of Mr. Vijay is that he is a prolific writer and has recently published two books on Analysis of Companies Act 2013 and Insight into Companies Bill 2012 and other books covering Takeover Regulations, on the basis of various researches, one relating to “Open Offers” and other relating to “Takeover Queries”. He has co-authored two books titled "Depositories, Law, Practice & Procedures and Guide to Depositories". The innovative www.takeovercode.com has even been awarded TATANen Hottest Startups . Bouquet of techno-legal web portals has been launched including recently launched www.companiesact.in which is totally dedicated to Companies Act with Android application.
Pavan Sisodia, Partner, Transaction Tax & Regulatory Services, Ernst & Young India
Pavan is an Partner with the Tax & Regulatory Services division of Ernst & Young, Bangalore. He is a qualified Chartered Accountant and joined Ernst & Young in 2003 and is based in Bangalore, India. He has over 12 years experience in Foreign Investment Policy, Corporate, International and Transaction tax matters and exchange control regulations, relating to multinational & Indian clients across a wide breadth of sectors / domains - spanning Real estate, Private equity, Health Sciences, etc
Major assignments and clients
• Advised large MNCs on a range of tax and regulatory issues, including inbound and outbound investment structuring, optimal cash repatriation strategies, fiscal restructuring efforts, and tax planning opportunities.
• Has managed a large portfolio of clients in the Health Sciences, VC Funds, Real estate sectors, etc
Pinkesh Billimoria, Partner - Valuations and Financial Modeling, Deloitte
Pinkesh is a Chartered Accountant and has been with the firm for over 22 years of which more than 20 years in the Valuation practice.
Pinkesh has developed skill sets in all types of valuations and have successfully executed many large, complex, sensitive valuation engagements involving shares, businesses and intangibles for M&A takeovers, PE/VC Funds, Corporate restructuring plans as part of the Corporate Finance and financial business advisory services and for compliance with financial, statutory and reporting regulations for wide categories of clients.
Pinkesh specializes in M&A and restructuring related valuations especially involving listed companies.
Over the years he has gained wide experience across almost all industries - Manufacturing, Consumer Business, Pharma, TMT / ITES, E&R, Retail, infrastructure, BFSI, Healthcare, Auto, Public sector, etc.