PARTNERS- We have a dedicated team comprising 10 partners, all of who strive to be each other’s support systems.
Our team is a fair mix of young and old, male and female Chartered Accountants who add vigour,
value and versatility to the firm, with an objective to benefit all stake holders.
While the youngest bring in the latest technological advancements and freshness of thought,
the older ones add experience, systems and provide direction for putting them into action.
Our partners have chosen their preferred areas of expertise and with complete support from their colleagues,
they are constantly setting higher standards for themselves in terms of subject knowledge, objective thinking,
client support and interaction and ethical practices.
List of Partners (in order of the number of years of their association with the firm)-
CA Rajiv Mehrotra, is the founder partner of our firm. He specialises in Direct Taxes, including International taxation as well as Corporate Taxation. He also excels in other areas of practice including Audits, Bank Finance, Corporate structuring, Arbitration and Coalition etc. A Delhi University Alumni, he has been a meritorious student throughout his academic years. He qualified Chartered Accountancy in the year 1984 and has been in practice since then. An avid reader and an enthusiastic lecturer, he has and continues to contribute to the profession through lectures and write-ups on various topics of professional interest including FEMA, Income Tax Act, Accounting Standards, Prohibition of Benami Properties Transactions Act etc. He has also assumed offices of professional leadership and other Social Organisations. He has been the Vice chairman of the CIRC of ICAI, the President of the Kanpur Chartered Accountants Society, President of the Kanpur Income Tax Bar Association.
CA Anjani Kheterpal qualified as a Chartered Accountant in the year 2003 and has been a partner in the Firm since then. She heads the Audit and Assurance Department of the Firm and also supports in the Income Tax Appellate work. She has experience in Audits of mid sized to small corporates (including Ind-AS compliant listed companies) as well as non-corporate entities, direct taxes’ litigation and appellate work, budgeting and financial modelling, internal control assessment and advisory, FDI and ODI related compliances and advisory etc. She is also an enthusiastic reader and paper presenter and regularly contributes articles and papers on various topics of professional interest including PMLA, Accounting Standards, Company Law compliances, Income tax etc.
CA Shruti Bhargava qualified as a Chartered Accountant in the year 2009 and has been a partner in the Firm since then. She is heading the Lucknow office of the firm and focuses on Direct taxes compliance, advisory and representation; Indirect taxes compliance, audit and assurance, with special expertise in bank audits. She has completed the post qualification courses offered by the ICAI on Concurrent audits of the banks and Forensic Accounting and Fraud Detection. A continuous learner, she like to continuously upgrade her skills and knowledge base.
CA Natasha Jaiswal qualified as a Chartered Accountant in 2011 and has been into practice ever since. Her focus areas include Direct taxes, Bank Concurrent and statutory audits and audits of mid-sized to small entities. She has considerable exposure in handling income tax assessment proceedings, Procedures and compliances. She is actively engaged in day to day dealing and training of staff.
CA Akhilesh Gupta qualified in the year 1997 and has been associated to the firm since the year 2007. He has a deep knowledge of internal processes and controls in the manufacturing sector. He excels in Indirect Tax law compliance and advisory and also internal and management audits and reporting.
CA Samira Khan qualified as a Chartered Accountant in 2014 and has been associated with the firm since 2013, first as a Team member and thereafter as a Partner. She heads the Mumbai Branch of the Firm. She has considerable exposure in internal audits, handling of assessment proceedings under Income Tax law, Audit & Certification under Maharashtra Vat Laws, GST Compliance and advisory, Bank Assignments including stock audits, Revenue Audits and Concurrent Audits.
CA Fahed Rashid completed his Graduation in Year 2016 and Post Graduation in the year 2018. He became an Associate Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India in year 2019, and has been associated with the firm since 2020, first as an associate and thereafter as a Partner.His main focus area is Internal/Management Audits and statutory audits of mid sized entities. In a very short span of time, Fahed assumed a leadership role in the firm and has contributed significantly to the firm’s internal audit vertical. His core strengths lie in process evaluation, testing of controls and ensuring seamless transition to improved control systems. He has also gained considerable exposure in both Direct as well as Indirect Taxation, handling of assessment proceedings under GST Law, Bank Finance, Government Audit, etc.
CA Nishant Anand qualified as a Chartered Accountant in the year 2018 and worked with PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) for 2 years before moving into practice and joining this firm. During his stint with PwC, he gained considerable understanding of International taxation of Individuals, DTAA, etc. and was honoured with spot awards (monthly recognition programme) for exceptionally well performances for work. He joined our firm in the year 2021,and within a short span of time assumed a leadership role in the firm and has gained considerable exposure in both Direct as well as Indirect Taxation. He has rich knowledge in international taxation of individuals, in which he not only advises clients and helps resident/non-resident individuals fulfill the compliance requirements in India with special reference to Double Taxation Avoidance Agreements etc.His areas of specializationalso include bank audits, Government audits and statutory audits of mid-sized entities.A continuous learner who is currently pursuing the IndAS course of the ICAI and has also enrolled for LLB.
CA Shivani Yadav qualified as a Chartered Accountant in the year 2019 and has been associated with firm since 2022. She has an experience of performing Statutory Audits and administering the finalization of year-end financial statements of mid-sized entities with an in-depth knowledge of Indian Accounting Standards. Post qualification she is pursuing Certification course on IndAS from ICAI. She also performs Tax audits of various clients and preparing and filing of Income tax returns of individuals, firms, companies etc.
CA Isha Gupta, youngest member in the firm, completed her graduation from Commerce in 2020. She has done her industrial training in a renowned Manufacturing entity in Kanpur and gained insights about internal working of a company. She became member of ICAI in 2022. During this period, she was working as a Functional Consultant of Microsoft Business Central D365 (also known as Navision) and had worked on project implementation of Shri Ram Janm bhoomi Teertha Kshetra as a project lead. Her work experience brings in-depth technical knowledge of ERPs.
She has been in practice since 2023 and has been associated with firm as a partner since 2024. She has experience of Statutory Audits, Tax Audits and is contributing towards Internal Audit assignments.
