World Renowned Faculties
Vikarth Kumar, Director, Advisory Services, Grant Thornton, India LLP
Vikarth Kumar is working as Director–Advisory Services, Grant Thornton, India LLP (Heading Southern India). He has more than 12 years of experience in corporate finance services spread across Grant Thornton and another big 4 firm. He joined Grant Thornton in 2004 and specializes in the valuations practice and has executed many valuation engagements to support clients in their strategic objectives or for compliance with statutory and reporting regulations. He has undertaken valuations for mergers & acquisitions or corporate restructuring; early stage companies for PE or venture capital funding.
He has also handled international engagements along with other Grant Thornton International member firms in Vietnam, Thailand and Cambodia and has collaborated closely on valuation engagements with Grant Thornton USA and UK offices.He has advised companies in multiple sectors such as energy and power, media and entertainment,infrastructure, consumer and retail, pharmaceuticals, real estate, mining and metals, aviation, manufacturing and financial services.
He is an alumns of Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore and has done certification from CFA Institute, USA.
Vikas Bagaria, Director, Deloitte Haskins & Sells
Vikas has more than 11 years’ experience in providing technical accounting and audit services to domestic and multinational clients, including experience in the San Jose, California office of Deloitte & Touché, USA where he was involved in providing services to companies in the technology sector.
Vikas specializes in U.S. GAAP and IFRS reporting, and has been involved in providing implementation services and assisting clients in IFRS conversions and trainings. Some of the key IFRS convergence clients handled by Vikas are in automotive, banking, engineering, technology, and pharmaceuticals sectors
Vikas Mahendra, Counsel, Arista Chambers
Vikas is a Counsel at Arista Chambers and specialises in international arbitration and commercial dispute resolution. He previously worked for over six years in the arbitration and litigation department in Herbert Smith Freehills’ London, Paris and Singapore offices.
He has worked on a range of multi-jurisdictional contentious matters. He has in the past acted for major energy, construction and mining companies on disputes in South-East Asia, Central America, India, Africa and UK in arbitrations conducted under the ICC, SIAC, LCIA and the ICA rules of arbitration. He has also assisted a number of clients with carrying out internal and regulatory investigations.
Vikas is dual qualified – he is admitted as an Advocate in India and as a Solicitor in England and Wales.
Vikas Suresh, Director, KPMG India
Vikas has around 19 years of experience in Corporate advisory and valuations across diverse industries. His stints include strategic advisory at Ernst & Young India Private Limited, Corporate & Strategic Advisory at the Murugappa Group.
Prior to joining KPMG, he has worked with Ernst & Young in their strategic advisory practice in India and was part of a leading South. India based the business house called the Murugappa Group. As part of the Murugappa Group, he was member of a core team involved in Corporate & Strategic Advisory for the Group and then anchored the European market for the engineering business of the Murugappa Group.
During his consulting career, Vikas has worked across industry sectors including auto ancillary, Engineering, manufacturing, Pharmaceuticals and information technology. Vikas has extensive experience in valuations of businesses, equity and brands and has advised a wide range of clients on merger swap ratios, joint venture situations, valuation advice to boards for divestitures or acquisitions, valuations for group consolidations, regulatory valuations, valuations for business restructuring, portfolio valuations, brands and other intangibles valuation.
His key clients include ABB, DMG, Bosch, MAN, Ashok Leyland Group, GMR Group, Rane Group, BGR Energy, SICAL, Aurobindo Pharma, Wheels India, Samsung, Accel Frontline, TechMahindra, Mithra Group, Sagar Cements, etc. He has supported joint valuation discussions between JV partners for issue of shares or transfer of stakes. He has assisted clients like Ashok Leyland, DMG, Rane Group, Mahindra Group, BGR Energy, Ichikoh, Harita Group, Apotex Pharmaceuticals, Toyota Tsusho.
Vikas Suresh, Founder & Director, Unithos Business Advisors Pvt. Ltd.
Vikas has around 20 years of experience in corporate advisory and valuations across diverse industries. His stints include valuation advisory at KPMG, strategic advisory at Ernst & Young India Private Limited, Corporate & Strategic Advisory at the Murugappa Group.
During his consulting career, Vikas has worked across industry sectors including auto ancillary, Engineering, manufacturing, Pharmaceuticals and information technology. Vikas has extensive experience in valuations of businesses, equity and brands and has advised a wide range of clients on merger swap ratios, joint venture situations, valuation advice to boards for divestitures or acquisitions, valuations for group consolidations, regulatory valuations, valuations for business restructuring, portfolio valuations, brands and other intangibles valuation.
His key clients include ABB, DMG, Bosch, MAN, Ashok Leyland Group, GMR Group, Rane Group, BGR Energy, SICAL, Aurobindo Pharma, Wheels India, Samsung, Accel Frontline, TechMahindra, Mithra Group, Sagar Cements, etc. He has supported joint valuation discussions between JV partners for issue of shares or transfer of stakes. He has assisted clients like Ashok Leyland, DMG, Rane Group, Mahindra Group, BGR Energy, Ichikoh, Harita Group, Apotex Pharmaceuticals, Toyota Tsusho.
Vikas Suresh Kumar, Director, KPMG India
Vikas is currently working as Director - Valuations with KPMG India. He has around 15 years of experience in Corporate advisory and valuations across diverse industries.His stints include strategic advisory at Ernst & Young India Private Limited, Corporate & Strategic Advisory at the Murugappa Group.
Vikas has extensive experience in valuations of businesses, equity and brands and has advised a wide range of clients on merger swap ratios, joint venture situations, valuation advice to boards for divestitures or acquisitions, valuations for group consolidations, regulatory valuations, valuations for business restructuring, portfolio valuations and intangibles valuation.
He is an alumuns of ICAI.
Vikram Doshi, Partner, KPMG in India, South Region
Vineet Sharma, Associate Director - Corporate Finance, KPMG
Vineet is working as Associate Director-Corporate Finance with KPMG. Has has more then 10 years of work experience in investment banking, M&A and Private Equity funding trancactions.Prior to KPMG, he has worked with Ernst & Young for over 5 years as a part of the investment banking team.
He also has worked on several national and cross-border transactions (inbound and outbound) across regions in the US, Europe, Asia and Africa.He sucessfully assisted various companies in their fund raising exercise both from the public and private equity markets.
Vipul Maheshwari, Managing Partner, Maheshwari & Co.
Mr. Vipul Maheshwari has been practicing since 1992 in various arenas of law with specialization in Corporate Laws, Joint Ventures & Strategic Alliance, Capital Markets, Merger & Acquisitions and Corporate Restructuring.
He has been advising various foreign companies including the largest Company of architects, designers and engineers in Europe having its offices at UK, Ireland, Netherlands and UAE, in establishing their business into India. He has also advised a major US Co., which has been diversified in five product segments, for an acquisition in India. He has also advised on various aspects of Acquisition and Business Establishment to the major diversified manufacturing Company of USA with operations in five product segments for an acquisition in India.
He has also advised leading global developer and marketer of branded product on their various crucial and strategic decision making processes.
He has been invited as speaker at various national and international conferences. He holds the Membership of various Legal Associations like Inter Pacific Bar Association and International Bar Association; Indo American Chambers of Commerce, Union International Des Advocat, International Law Association, Supreme Court Bar Association; PHD Chambers of Commerce and Industry; Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry; International Center for Alternate Dispute Resolution; Indian Council of Arbitration; Confederation of Indian Industry and various professional Associations.
Vishal Agarwal, Partner, Deloitte Haskins & Sells LLP
Vishal has over 16 years of experience assisting companies in transactions, restructurings and reorganizations in domestic and international market. He covers tax and regulatory matters and also assists clients in entry strategy, platforms and joint venture arrangements decisions, transaction support, etc. Vishal has worked extensively with companies in the financial services sector for transactions, reorganizations, expansion strategies and regulatory applications.
Assisted a large Indian financial services group put together a structure for seeking a Universal Banking license and Indian micro finance company seek a license to operate as a small finance bank. Provided tax and regulatory inputs to a UK based financial services group establish banking and other financial services business in India through multiple entities operating under different regulations. Undertook due diligence services for entities in banking and other financial services. Provided tax and regulatory advice to a large Indian financial services group in reorganization of its business operations to align with its new business strategy.