Securities or Financial Assets Faculties

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Dr. Girish Ahuja did his graduation and post-graduation from Shri Ram College of Commerce and was a position holder. He got his Ph.D from Faculty of Management Studies, University of Delhi. He has been teaching Direct Taxes to students at various levels for more than 35 years. He is a fellow of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) and was placed in the merit list of both Intermediate and Final Examinations of the Institute. He is a senior Faculty member of Shri Ram College of Commerce (Delhi University) and visiting faculty member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India and Institute of Company Secretaries of India (ICSI). He had been nominated by the Government to the Central Council of the Institute of Company Secretaries of India for two terms. He is a member of Fiscal Law Committee of ICAI and Editorial Board of ICSI. He is also on the Board of Directors of many companies and has a vast and rich experience in the field of finance and taxation.

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Navin leads Ernst & Young’s Valuation, Modelling & Economics team in India. He has been a valuer for the last twenty-five years, of which the last twenty years have been with EY’s valuation practice. He leads a team of 100+ valuation professionals, making it one of the largest such teams in India. By education, Navin is an ICMA, a Post Graduate Diploma in Management from IIM Bangalore, a CFA Charter holder from CFA Institute USA and a member of RICS (MRICs).Navin, along with his colleagues has authored various Thought Leadership and Research papers onvaluations subjects, which have been published in various publications. These include ‘India Cost of Capital Survey’, which is a one of its kind study for cost of capital in India, Control Premium in India, MNC Premium in India: A detailed Study (published in Enterprising Investor, a CFA Institute Blog), Private Equity Returns through IPOs: Growth or Alpha (published in Enterprising Investor), Annual Transaction Multiples etc.

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Mr. Khera is a Chartered Accountant and a Chartered Financial Analyst with over 12 years of experience in the field of Business Valuation and Transaction structuring. Currently working with EY India as a Director in the Valuation and Business Modelling team. He has a very rich experience in Business Valuations for Transactions, Valuation of intangible assets, Valuations for Restructurings, Business Modelling Acquisition Structuring, Corporate Restructuring & Inbound Advisory.

Mr. Vikash is having more than 12 years of experience in the domain of Transaction Advisory, Corporate Finance, Valuations Modelling and Economic Advisory with top notch MNC's- EY Merchant Banking Services LLP, DLF Limited, GMR Airports Limited, Copal Partners and other EY entities. He has done MBA in Finance and International Business& B. Com (Hons.) Presently he is working with E&Y as Vice President - Transaction Advisory, Valuations Modelling and Economic Advisory since 2015.

Mr. Mihir Gada is a Chartered Accountant and has a Master’s in Business Administration. He has more than 17 years of Valuation work experience across firms like Ernst & Young and Price Waterhouse. He specializes in providing valuation services and has worked on many domestic and international Mergers & Acquisitions transactions involving leading domestic and multinational companies. He has expertise and experience in undertaking valuations for various purposes such as Income Tax, FEMA, SEBI requirements, Insolvency and Companies Act requirements, Accounting and Financial reporting, Bank lending and settlement purposes etc.CA Mihir is a regular speaker at various forums and contributes valuation articles actively for publications in newspapers and digital media.

CA Rajiv Singh is a recognised expert on business valuation, banking, corporate finance and strategy, M&A and restructuring etc. CA Rajiv Singh uniquely blends in-depth academic specialisation in valuation with his long years of practical exposure as consultant and trainer. Over the last twenty two years, he has carried out complex transactional valuation analyses, transfer pricing valuation, fair value measurement for IFRS/IndAS/NFRS/Singapore-FRS, valuation for FEMA and intangible asset valuation. He has been retained and testified as an expert witness in India and abroad including the London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA) and ITAT in leading valuation cases. He has been actively working with leading law firms in India and USA in relation to valuation matters. He consulted on a corporate restructuring plan that was a key facilitator in a complete turnaround of a leading PSU in construction industry which currently has "Navratna" status. He has served more than 200 valuation clients in India, USA, UK, Singapore, Hong Kong, China, Mauritius, Nepal and Dubai and is frequently retained in complex valuation disputes. He contributed significantly in developing the first Business Valuation Standards in India issued by ICAI in 2010 and has designed and delivered the first valuation course of ICAI and ICSI. He was a member of the Accounting Standards Board of ICAI for development of IndAS 113 (Fair Value Measurement)

Dr. Naveen Bali, is presently working as a Consultant in the Department of Economic Affairs, Ministry of Finance. My work at MoF is primarily focused on providing feedback on various aspects of the Indian Economy. He hascontributed to the Economic Survey 2018-19 in two chapters namely “Ending Matsyanyaya: How to Ramp Up Capacity In the Lower Judiciary” and “Monetary Management and Financial Intermediation – (IBC section)”. Prior to this, he was working as Assistant Professor at the “Indian Institute of Corporate Affairs (IICA)”, Gurgaon. He has also worked as Research Associate -II (Research and Regulation Wing) at Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India (IBBI) where he was also a workshop-in-charge officer for IBBI and had conducted four workshops across India, training roughly over 250 Insolvency Professionals.

He has completed a Ph.D. degree in economics from the “Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur” (IITK) in June 2015. He recently had published a paper titled, “Sustainable performance-oriented production practices in the Indian iron and steel industry: An empirical investigation” in the Journal of Cleaner Production (July 2019). He had an opportunity to attend the short stay fellowship program at Utrecht School of Economics, Utrecht University, The Netherlands in 2008. He has also presented at the international conference titled “16th International Sustainable Development Research Conference” held at Kadoorie University, Hong Kong in 2009.

Mr. Naresh is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India. He is highly-qualified, Globally-Experienced, Super-Networked, Senior "Finance" Professional having 21+ years of worldwide experience with Rating Agency, Big-4 Consulting Firms, Government Enterprises and Leading Private Holding Companies, spearheading successful result oriented Corporate Financial strategies. Motivated highly galvanized teams globally to produce significant Value unlocked bottom-line results. He is an adept at designing and executing effective business strategies to seize and optimize global opportunities. He is an exemplary communicator with the passion and drive needed to cultivate and foster professional and pro_table relationships.

Mr. Sumit Dhadda is a chartered accountant having rich experience of 15 years in the field of Statutory Audits, IFRS and IND-AS implementation. He is a member of ICAI since 2003. At present, he is the Managing Partner of DLS & Associates LLP. At DLS, he is responsible for expanding the firm base (vertical wise & geographical-wise) and ensuring quality assurance services to all clients.

Prior to joining DLS, he worked with PWC India (4 years) & KPMG Bahrain (4 years) in the Audit and Assurance vertical. After KPMG, he joined SICO Bahrain, one of the premier Investment Banks of the GCC region as Head of Compliance & MLRO.

He is also a Certified Anti Money Laundering Specialist from ACAMS institute USA. He is a certified trainer from ICAI Faculty development program for Ind AS conversion in India. He also obtained Diploma in Information System Audit & Diploma in Information & Risk Management from ICAI. He is also a Company Secretary and Commerce graduate from Rajasthan University.

He is the Founder Secretary of Rajasthan in Bahrain Association. He also served on the Management Committee of the Bahrain Chapter of ICAI for three years prior to moving to India. He is also associated with some NGOs and is inclined to serve society.

CA Tarun Mahajan is a commerce graduate & fellow member of ICAI. He is also a CFA charter holder from CFA Institute (USA). He was the first to acquire a CFA charter in Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh at a time when there were less than 400 CFAs in the entire country.

His academic excellence was well displayed since his school days, he used to stand first in school and this came to light with his All India 10th Rank in CA Foundation.

Using his academic excellence and quest for sharing his knowledge he took up teaching since the date he became CA in the year 1999. He has been teaching CA, CS and CFA students.

He has also written articles in financial newspapers. For students he is not just a subject teacher but a great source of inspiration. He is a good orator and also a motivational speaker.

His thirst for accepting challenges made him run 42 kms in the Mumbai Marathon. He has also done lonlong-distancecling. His mantra for success is “follow the excellence and success will follow you”.

Academic:
• Chartered Accountant (ICAI, Year 1999): Got All India Rank 10 in CA Foundation and marks equivalent to AIR 23 in CA Final.
• Diploma in Information Systems Audit (ICAI, 2005)
• Chartered Financial Analyst (CFAI, USA, 2008): First CFA charter holder of Central India
• Registered Valuer (IBBI, 2019): Passed in first attempt with 80% score.
• Has been part of research committees of "Ministry of Finance" on valuation as a subject expert.

Work Profile as a Valuer:
• Valuation of Start-ups
• Valuation for the purpose of preferential allotment of shares.
• Valuation for the purpose of Merger
• Valuation of ESOPS
• Valuation of Sweat Equity shares
• Valuation of complex instruments like, Optionally Convertible Debentures and Preference Shares, Bonds with call and put options, Compulsorily Convertible Debentures & Preference Shares
• Valuation of Intangible assets
• Valuation for impairment testing under IFRS/IND AS etc.

Mr. S Pratap Giri is an Adjunct Faculty with the Indian Institute of Management in several campuses. He is a Corporate Trainer and visiting faculty with many other prestigious institutions. He has completed 31 years of post-qualification career in Transactions, Corporate Advisory and Independent Directorship. He has done specialisations in Investment Banking, Project and Infrastructure Finance, Private Equity, M&A, Restructuring and Strategic Finance. He is a Professional Bass Guitarist and composer, Co-founder of Symphony Music Group, Bangalore which provides complete music solutions in Bollywood and regional film music for all live events.

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Mr. Rakesh is a first generation lawyer coming from the Coal belt of eastern India. Rakesh has combined his education and knowledge in economics with law to develop his legal skills relevant to the commercial aspects of the clients and the business situations. Mr. Rakesh is an experienced corporate commercial lawyer who is capable of rendering advice on the broad spectrum of legal problems confronting business in the contemporary Indian environment. Rakesh’s career has spanned a range of legal areas over two decades. Rakesh specializes in M&A, corporate finance, infrastructure especially real estate, power, and telecommunications, I.T enabled businesses including Outsourcing and human resource law.

Mr. Nitesh is an Executive Director in Union Bank of India. He is at present Chief Strategy Officer and was Head of Treasury prior to this role. He has an accomplished career of about 2 decades across government sector and banking, having served in important roles such as Chief Economist, Chief Investor Relations Officer, Head of Balance-sheet Management Group, and as Regional Head of bank’s operations across Union Territory of Chandigarh, Haryana and Himachal Pradesh. He is director on board of Fixed Income, Money Market and Derivatives Association of India (FIMMDA) and SBI Global Factors Ltd. He is also a member of India Forex Committee (IFXC). He was earlier associated with CII as working group member of its National Committee on Banking, RBI’s committee for review of priority sector norms, and Economics Affairs & Policy Committee of Bombay Chamber of Commerce & Industry.

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Mr. Prasad is the Chief Executive Office since April 2014. He joined FIMMDA as a Dy. Chief Executive Officer in April 2012. Earlier, He superannuated as a Managing Director of PNB Gilts Ltd (A General Manager in PNB) after serving for two years. PNB Gilts Ltd is a subsidiary of Punjab national bank and is the only listed Primary Dealer in India. He was a director in the board of PDAI (Primary dealers association of India). Presently, he is a member of the advisory council of PFRDA. Prior to PNB Gilts assignment, he was in charge of International Division at PNB and specially entrusted with overseas expansion. During 2007-2010, he had a pivotal role in establishing PNB’ s subsidiary in U.K, two branches in Hong Kong, a new joint venture bank in Bhutan, a branch in DIFC, Dubai, a representative office in Oslo, Norway and to near finalisation of a joint venture bank in Kazakhstan. He was a director in the Board of PNB Druk Bank Ltd.Prior to this he was the Forex Treasury head at Mumbai segment and had more than two decades of experience in Forex treasury and related departments. He brings with him a vast and varied experience of domestic and forex treasuries and bank administration. He is a Post graduate in Chemistry and a certified associate of IIB.

Mr. Vijay is a Fellow Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI), Fellow Member of The Institute of Company Secretaries of India (ICSI) and an Associate Member of The Institute of Cost Accountants of India (ICWA). He has completed his B. Com. (Hons.) from Shri Ram College of Commerce, Delhi University in 1977. He has over 40 years of post-qualification experience. He specializes in advisory services under Foreign Exchange Management Regulations including Foreign Direct Investment – both inbound & outbound, Direct Taxation, International taxation, Corporate Law/ Secretarial Practice matters, Corporate/Business Structuring, M&A, Due Diligence Exercise, Legal Compliance, Auditing, Valuation services.