Our People

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K.P. Rao
Founder Partner

Mr. K.P.Rao is the founding partner of the firm. A commerce graduate and a Fellow Member of the ICAI having qualified in 1952, he has been in practice for over 5 decades, specializing in the areas of Direct Tax Law Advisory & Litigation Support Services, Audit & Assurance and Management/ Business Advisory Services.

He has been a Director of State Bank of India, National Institute of Bank Management & General Insurance Corporation and is also a Director and Advisor of several other corporate enterprises. He was also actively involved in the programs & activities of the Bangalore Branch of ICAI, Karnataka State Chartered Accountants Association.

He has been actively involved in the Federation of Karnataka Chamber of Commerce & Industry and was President of the Greater Mysore Chamber of Commerce & Industry (now BCCI), and several social Clubs in the city of Bangalore including the Bangalore Golf Club and the Karnataka Golf Association.

Mr.K.P.Rao also believes in helping society and is engaged in several philanthropic and religious activities. He is a trustee of several charitable, religious and educational institutions.

Mr.K.P.Rao also believes in helping society and is engaged in several philanthropic and religious activities. He is a trustee of several charitable, religious and educational institutions.

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K. Viswanath
Managing Partner

He is the Managing Partner of the firm and has been in practice since 1983, in the areas of Corporate Audit, Risk Based Internal Audits, Information Systems Audits and Management Consulting & Advisory Services, for several clients including Banks, Insurance companies, PSU’s, Information Technology and IT enabled services etc.

He is a Bachelor of Commerce from St. Joseph’s College of Commerce, Bangalore University and a Fellow Member of ICAI. He is a Certified Internal Auditor and Member of The Institute of Internal Auditors India, an affiliate of IIA Florida, USA, and a Member of the Information Systems Audit & Control Association, Bangalore Chapter an affiliate of ISACA Chicago, USA. He holds a Certificate in Information Systems Auditing from ICAI and has also studied at a Management Education Program at IIM - Ahmedabad.

He has been actively associated with the ICAI, and was a member of the Southern India Regional Council (SIRC) of the ICAI for two terms and was also Chairman of SIRC during 2012-13.

Mr.K.Viswanath has spoken at several national and international forums on a wide variety of topics on Audit & Assurance, Accounting Standards, Risk Based Internal Audit, Information Systems Audit, Business & Operational Risk Management, Corporate Governance, Family Business Management etc.

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Desmond J Rebello
Senior Partner - Audit & Assurance

A Commerce Graduate and Fellow member of the ICAI, having qualified in 1973.

He is also a Fellow Member of The Institute of Cost Accountants of India, and is an Associate Member of the Organisation and Methods Society of U.K.

He was articled with A.F. Ferguson & Company, Chartered Accountants. After being a member of the team that set up Management Consultancy in the seventies for A.F. Ferguson & Associates, he joined industry and over a period of twenty five years, he held senior positions as head of Finance and General Management in multinationals such as Glaxo, Hoechst, Novartis and 3M as Finance Director and Company Secretary with stints of working experience at their corporate head quarters abroad and then as Group Finance Director, United Enterprises Group of Companies part of the Emir’s (Ruler) in Bahrain.

On returning to India, he has been in Public Accounting in D. J. Rebello & Company, Chartered Accountants, in the fields of Audit and Assurance, Taxation and Management Consulting for about fourteen years.

He joined the firm as a Senior Partner in 2011 in charge of its Audit and Assurance & Management Advisory Services practice. He brings to the firm a wealth of experience from Industry as well as Public Accounting practice.

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P. Ravindranath
Partner – Mysore Branch

A commerce graduate, he is a Fellow Member of the ICAI having qualified in the year 1974. He joined industry and has varied experience with several manufacturing companies for 3 decades till 2004, when he joined the firm as a partner at Mysore.

He has good experience in financial management and control, designing computerized accounting systems and MIS, project funding.

He is partner in-charge of the Mysore branch of the firm, involved in conducting statutory and internal audits and handling all related tax matters of various clients in Mysore.

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V. Narayanan
Partner – Chennai Branch

A commerce graduate, he is a Fellow Member of the ICAI having qualified in the year 1977 and has been in practice since then with vast experience in audit & assurance services including statutory audits, internal audits of a variety of business enterprises. He has extensive experience in audit of the Banking Industry.

He is also involved in advising clients on all matters concerning direct tax laws. He has experience in preparation of project reports, feasibility reports, designing MIS and budgetary control systems. He is partner in-charge of the Chennai branch of the firm.

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Mohan R Lavi
Partner - IND AS / IFRS & GST

He is a Fellow Member of The ICAI having qualified in the year 1989, and holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Commerce from Acharya Patashala College, Bangalore University.

He has over 25 years of experience in industry across a variety of industries. He has worked in senior positions in companies like JDA Software Pvt. Ltd. and Sungard Higher Education Systems India Pvt. Ltd. He also worked with a leading accounting firm in Hyderabad- M. Bhaskara Rao & Co., and is now associated with K.P.Rao & Co. Mohan specializes in IFRS, US GAAP, Accounting Standards, GST and other Indirect Taxes.

Mohan is the author of books on Service Tax, Minimum Alternate Tax and Securities Transaction Tax published by Bharat Law House and Sarbanes Oxley Act published by Snow White publishers. He writes frequently on IFRS and other topics for major publications including the London based ifrs.wiley.com.

Mohan has spoken at various conferences in India and abroad on Accounting Standards, IFRS, Sarbanes Oxley, Service tax and GST. He is also a faculty member with the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India, for their IFRS certification course and with the Management Study Centre, Chennai for their corporate programs. He is also on the Expert Panel of the CFO Institute, New Delhi, & CAClubindia.com.

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K.P. Siddharth
Partner – Investment / Business Advisory

He is an Associate Member of The ICAI having qualified in the year 2013, and holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Commerce from Christ College, Bangalore University.

He is a Partner and heads the Business Consulting practice and the strategic and risk advisory engagements of the firm.

He was associated with PwC and Deloitte across Audit and Assurance and Due Diligence functions. Siddharth now takes active part in handling Consulting Assignments including Strategic Advisory, Business Plans, M&A Advisory, Transaction Tax Structuring, Regulatory Advisory, Due Diligence Reviews and Valuations.

He has a keen interest in Branding and Business Development initiatives and has enabled the firm to build long term client relationships across Bangalore, Hyderabad and Chennai

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Chandramouli C
Senior Associate – Banking & Insurance

He is a Fellow Member of Institute of Chartered Accountants of India and holds a Bachelors Degree in Commerce and Bachelors Degree of Law from Bangalore University.

He is also a Certified Associate of Indian Institute of Bankers (CAIIB) from Indian Institute of Bankers.

He started his career in banking with a large Public Sector Bank - Canara Bank Ltd, in various capacities in administrative offices and branches and after holding several senior positions and responsibilities after more than two decades he opted for Voluntary Retirement from the bank in 2001.

He has been in practice since then and he has been very actively involved in conducting several Statutory Audits and Concurrent/ Inspection/ Revenue audits of Branches of Nationalised banks, including large Industrial Finance branches and Rural Banks and Co Operative Banks. He is also involved in conducting Due diligence on behalf of Companies/ Banks for large borrowings/ loans and funding etc.

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H.N. Anil
Partner – Taxation

He is a Fellow Member of Institute of Chartered Accountants of India having qualified in the year 2010 and holds a Bachelors Degree in Commerce from MES College of Commerce, Bangalore University. He also holds a Certificate in Information Systems Auditing from ICAI.

He specializes in direct tax laws and is actively involved in advising clients both corporate and non corporate on various aspects of income tax and other direct tax laws and representation before the tax authorities including the appellate authorities.

He is also actively involved in advising overseas clients on various International Tax matters and Transfer Pricing matters along with external experts whom the firm associates with in this area.

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S. Prashanth
Partner – Audit & Assurance

He is an Fellow Member of Institute of Chartered Accountants of India having qualified in the year 2012 and holds a Bachelors Degree in Commerce from Vijaya College of Commerce, Bangalore University.

He specializes in the areas of Corporate Audit, Risk Based Internal Audits, Information Systems Audit, Fraud & Investigation Audit, Tax Audit, VAT Audit, Due Diligence and other Assurance Services, including Banks, Insurance Companies and NBFC’s.

He has experience in Private and Public Company Incorporations and Registrations under other laws.

He also represents corporate clients before the Income Tax authorities.

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V.Vikram
Manager – Tax Compliance

He is a Commerce graduate from Sri Bhagwan Mahaveer Jain College, Bangalore University. He has completed the Intermediate exams of the Chartered Accountancy Course.

He specializes in the areas of Book Keeping & Accounting, and handles all registrations and compliances under the Income Tax Act and other Direct Tax Laws & Indirect Tax Laws, including KVAT, Service Tax, Excise, TDS and Labour Laws and preparation and filing (including e-filing) of required forms and returns with respective Statutory Authorities.

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P. Dakshayani
Associate – Company Secretarial Services

She is a Fellow Member of the Institute of Company Secretaries of India having qualified in 2007.

After Working as a Whole-time Company Secretary for Doosan Infracore India Private Limited, Bangalore, she set up practice as a Company Secretary providing various professional services to clients like Compliances under various provisions of Companies Act, 2013, LLP Act, 2008 and other Corporate Laws including incorporations of new Companies and LLPs, conversions of Companies to LLP, Shifting of Registered Office from One state to another, Various applications to CLB, RD and NCLT such as compounding and condonation of delay in registering the Charges, oppression and Mismanagement, Mergers and Amalgamations, Central Government Applications – remuneration to whole time director, Voluntary winding up of Companies, Acquisitions/ takeover of private limited companies, Drafting Agreements such as Share Holders Agreement/ Share Purchase Agreement and Share Subscription and Share Holders Agreement, Drafting Articles to incorporate the clauses specified in Share Holders Agreement for joint ventures, Representing before various authorities such as RBI/ CLB/ NCLT/RD/ROC, Annual Return Certification, Secretarial Audit under Companies Act, 2013 and Advising on compliances with under FEMA.

She is an Associate and works with the firm on all company secretarial and corporate law matters for our clients.