Artha Yantra is guided by advisory board of senior people who have extensive experience of interacting with the Income Tax department and in running companies.
G.R. Reddy
Ex- Chief Commissioner of Income-tax, Hyderabad
Sri G.R. Reddy, aged 64 years, hails from Cuddapah District in Andhra Pradesh. His academic qualification is M.A. in Philosophy. He joined the Income-tax Department as a Class-I Officer on 15.07.1967 and was promoted as Deputy Commissioner in July, 1977 and later as Commissioner of Income-tax on 08.01.1988.
He had worked in Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra, Delhi and Karnataka in various capacities. He attended both National and International training courses and seminars. The Delhi Telugu Academy honored him as Tax Expert in 1997. On promotion as Chief Commissioner of Income-tax, he has taken over charge as Chief Commissioner of Income-tax, Hyderabad on 31.05.2001. He has retired from Income-tax Department on 31.03.2003.
After retirement, he was selected by a high power committee to be appointed as Insurance Ombudsman with status equivalent to that of Secretary to Govt. of India. He assumed the charge on 04.08.2003 and has jurisdiction over the States of Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka and successfully completed his three years term on 03.08.2006.
Dr V Chandrasekar
Executive Director, Wadhwani Center for Entrepreneurship Development (WCED), Indian School of Business (ISB)
Professor Chandrasekar brings to Artha Yantra a rich combination of academic and industry experience. He has been a consultant to many organizations both in the U.S. and India in the areas of entrepreneurship, strategy, product development, market analysis and economic studies. He has been actively involved in promoting new start-ups, both in technology and non-technology areas.
Professor Chandrasekar has taught in institutions such as IIM-B, IISc, University of Denver, and the University of Central Florida, Orlando, where he secured a tenured appointment. He has also taught in Queen Margaret College, Scotland, and ESSEC Business School at Cergy, France. Apart from teaching Entrepreneurship as a subject,
Chandrasekar has taught subjects such as Marketing, Organizational management and innovation, New Product Development and Venture creation. He has been one of the pioneers in the teaching of Entrepreneurship in India.
Professor Chandrasekar is an Invited Member of the Techno Entrepreneurship Promotion Programme of the Department of Science and Technology, Government of India. He is a member of the Editorial Board of the International Journal of Business Innovation and Research (IJBIR), a leading journal covering new developments in business and entrepreneurship. An Associate Fellow at the National Institute of Advanced Studies, Bangalore, India, Professor Chandrasekar has recently completed a Study on Innovations in Indian SMEs as co- investigator with Dr Mary Mathew at IISc for the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research, Government of India
Professor Chandrasekar received his doctorate degree from the University of Denver, USA where his thesis was in the area of Innovations and Organizational change. Speaking about his vision for the centre he says, I want the present generation of youth to dream, design and deliver innovation and entrepreneurship. The WCED will act not just as a launching pad for people with robust ideas but will also be a mentor throughout the growing process.
P. Sharath Kumar
B.Com., L.L.B., CFE, FCA.
Sri. P. Sarath Kumar is a Chartered Accountant with a Degree in Law and is a Certified Fraud Examiner.
He has an experience of 25 years as C.A and is a Senior Partner in Sarath & Associates, Chartered Accountants, with offices in Hyderabad, Mumbai, Bangalore and Visakhapatnam.
SARATH & ASSOCIATES is having a track record of about 25 years in the Profession and was exposed to audits of various industries in various sectors, which include Statutory Audits of about 26 Limited Companies, 50 Private Limited Companies, various Government Companies, Central Statutory Audits of Nationalised and Other Banks and Statutory Audits of various branches of several Banks, Statutory Audits of various Co-operative Societies, Audits of Charitable and Other Associations, Investigation Audits, Reconciliation Audits, various Assignments including Concurrent Audit, Internal Audit, Special Audit on behalf of various Institutions / Banks, Companies etc. During the tenure of about 25 years practice, he has developed expertise in the fields of Project Financing, Concurrent Audits, Tax Planning, Systems & Procedures Study and updation, making Feasibility Studies, Techno economic Consultancy and Special Assignments of World Bank and other Institutions.
- He is Auditor for about 9 Nationalised Banks in various capacities and is Statutory Auditor for about 75 companies including Listed Companies.
- He is an Advisor to Detective Department, Hyderabad Police, Anti Corruption Bureau, Vigilance & Enforcement Department and Centre for Good Governance, Govt. of AP.
- Carried out Studies and prepared Financial Management Manual for the use of Water Users Associations for implementation through out the State of Andhra Pradesh, in the course of irrigation reforms as per the requirements of World Bank.
- He has advised ANDHRA PRADESH RURAL LIVELIHOODS PROGRAMME & CENTER FOR DEVELOPMENT STUDIES to present a PARTICIPATORY ACCOUNTS MANUAL for usage by DPAPs in the State of Andhra Pradesh dealing with the funds of DEPARTMENT FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT – INDIA.
- He has been appointed by CENTRE FOR GOOD GOVERNANCE, Government of Andhra Pradesh, a DFID funded Project, to study the Complete Transaction Process, Identify CORRUPTION PRONE PROCESSES and suggest Best Practices for adoption in Three Government Departments which has been successfully completed.
- He is a regular visiting faculty at SVP National Police Academy and delivers lectures on Anti-corruption, Economic Offences, Financial Management and ITC. He is a regular visiting faculty for AP Police Academy, AP Judicial Academy and National Academy of Customs, Excise & Narcotics.
- He regularly addresses various Forums, on above subjects, viz., Mumbai Police, Delhi Police, Intelligence Bureau, SBI, HAL, ECIL, BDL, MIDHANI etc.
- He is Vigilance & Anti - Fraud Advisor to various PSUs, Banks and Private Sector entities and specializes in Forensic Accounting Methodologies for various investigations.
- He regularly contributes articles on Economic Offences and related subjects in various Professional Journals including the CID Journal of A.P, Vigilance Professional, White Collar Crime.
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