BK KHARE & CO - Key Persons
Abhay is a Partner with the Tax practice. He has around 20 years of professional experience in larger consulting firms, including Big 4, exclusively in the transfer pricing and cross border taxation domain. His transfer pricing work includes formulation of global as well as domestic Transfer Pricing Policies; Transfer Pricing Restructuring; Advisory, Litigation and Compliance Services.
Abhay has experience in handling APA assignments in agro-commodity and telecom industry. He has worked for companies in various sectors including IT & ITeS, Telecommunication, Media & Entertainment, Manufacturing. He has handled complex transactions structuring from transfer pricing perspective and successfully defended client's transfer pricing positions before the revenue authorities. He has been a speaker on Transfer Pricing matters in seminars organised by various bodies. He has also contributed several articles on International Tax and Transfer Pricing in subject specific journals like Taxmann, Taxsutra etc. He is also handling domestic corporate tax assignments for several clients across industries.
Amit is based out of our Pune office and deeply involved in the assurance services. He comes with over 16 years of experience in the field of audit and accounting advisory including 13 years with large multinational accounting firms. He has worked extensively in sectors such as manufacturing, retail, healthcare, education and financial services to large domestic and multinational business groups including many listed entities. He has been a part of audits of mutual funds, NBFCs and insurance companies. He has assisted large companies in the conversion process from previous GAAPs to IFRS and Ind AS.
Job Titles:
- Partner, Direct Tax
- Senior Partner, Direct Tax
Education: FCA, L.L.B.
Harish has been working for almost five decades with us in the field of Direct Tax. He has advised clients on various intricate compliance, regulatory and business restructuring issues. He has successfully represented several leading corporates across Automobile Manufacturing and Distribution, Construction, Engineering, Finance and Pharmaceuticals in litigation before the Appellate Tribunal, involving major and complex Domestic Tax and Transfer Pricing issues.
He has successfully represented clients on issues such as revenue recognition from construction contracts and time-share arrangements, tax treatment of investment subsidy, weighted deduction for uncertified expenditure on scientific research, depreciation on leased assets and other assets entitled to higher rates of depreciation, disallowance made contrary to the principles of natural justice, striking down for lack of jurisdiction of orders of revision and reassessment and several aspects of disallowance under section 14A.
Education: B. Com., FCA
Himanshu is an accomplished CA backed by 29 years of post-qualification experience and over 13 years' experience as a Partner in the Assurance Practice of a large multinational accounting firm.
He has serviced listed and large unlisted clients in financial auditing across Retail and Consumer, FMCG and Pharmaceuticals working extensively with Boards and Audit Committees.
He has strong technical knowledge of International Standards on Auditing (ISAs) and Audit Methodology based on ISAs and has a track records of identifying financial and compliance related control weaknesses and formulating recommendations.
Education: FCA, L.L.B., CWA
Kalpesh has been working for over two decades, advising clients on tax treaty interpretation and domestic tax matters. He has worked in sectors such as Manufacturing, Banking and Finance, Engineering, Procurement and Construction and Pharmaceuticals.
He is an expert in both Domestic and International Taxation, Investment Restructuring (including inbound strategies and profit repatriation strategies), Transaction Services (including structuring of acquisitions, dispositions, mergers, curve-outs and due diligence), Succession Planning and establishment of Trusts, Taxation of REITs/IVITs/AIFs, FIPs.
He has represented clients before the Income-Tax Authorities and Income-Tax Appellate Tribunal and has also assisted in obtaining advance rulings before the AAR.
Education: B.Com, ACA
Karthik Srinivasan has more than 17 years of experience in the field of statutory audits, tax audits, IFRS and risk advisory including 11 years with large multinational accounting firms. He has been with the firm for about five years.
Karthik has worked extensively with clients in Banking, Financial Services and Insurance (BFSI), Manufacturing, Information Technology, IT Enabled Services, Chemicals, Automobiles belonging to large domestic and multinational business groups including listed entities, both domestic and overseas. Karthik has also worked in statutory reporting team of a multinational company and has helped them in designing the financial statements template under IFRS.
He has strong technical knowledge of International Standards on Auditing (ISAs) and Audit Methodology based on ISAs.
Job Titles:
- Managing Partner
- Managing Partner, BKK
Education: B.Sc., F.C.A., C.P.A. (USA)
Padmini comes with two and a half decades of varied experience, servicing large to mid-sized clients in industries such as Manufacturing, Oil and Gas, Banking and Financial services, Insurance, IT, Hospitality, Real estate and Retail, Padmini's principal areas of expertise include Audit, Taxation and Corporate Advisory. ...
Under her leadership, the firm has grown to be a full-service firm with a presence across India's five major cities. She has been spearheading several initiatives of the firm with the help of technology and people to carry forward the legacy of delivering exceptional client service forging an international footprint through its affiliation and membership with Morison KSi. The bedrock of her success has been her experience handling challenges posed by complex environments. She has been overseeing all the verticals and has been instrumental in crediting Due Diligence and Transactions Advisory to the firm.
Padmini has been in the accountancy profession since 1990, after completing her BSc in Mathematics, she later become a qualified Chartered Accountant from ICAI, a Certified Public Accountant (USA) and also completing a Diploma in Business Finance from the Institute of Chartered Financial Analysts of India.
She sits on the Boards of many reputed companies such as Tata Chemicals and Kotak Mahindra Investment Limited to name some. She has also been a member of the Shield Panel for technical review of Annual Accounts for ‘ICAI awards for Excellence in Financial Reporting and has served on Committees of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India.
Padmini is very fond of Indian and Western Classical music, she loves to read both English and Marathi literature. She engages in philanthropic activities in her free time. She is associated with the Mumbai Mobile Creches Foundation, that aims to provide every child living on a construction site, a safe, healthy, educated and enjoyable childhood.
Mrs. Padmini Khare Kaicker is the Managing Partner of the firm and is supported by 20 partners and directors supported by over 150+ associates. We operate from Mumbai, Pune, Bangalore, Delhi and Chennai, and have associates in all major cities in India.
Established in 1955 by Late Mr. B. K. Khare, a statesman in the Indian accounting and tax profession, B.K. Khare & Co. has grown to become a prestigious firm. ...
Job Titles:
- Senior Director, Indirect Tax
Education: B.Sc., CMA, LLB
Kumaravel has been in the field of Indirect Taxation for over three and a half decades with an expertise in GST. He has worked extensively in Manufacturing - Auto Parts, Watches, Jewellery, Petroleum, Oil and Gas, Steel, Telecom, Shipping and Logistics and Construction and Consulting. His core expertise lies in Excise, Customs, Service Tax, Sales Tax, VAT, FTP and other such Indirect Taxes. He has assisted large business houses in litigation and Indirect Tax Compliance.
He has also conducted Indirect Tax Audits and Advisory engagements of large Indian and Multinational companies and he is currently working on VAT Audits, GST Reviews and GSR related Advisory and Compliance Services as well as Litigation Support for leading Indian companies.
Education: M.Com., FCA, CWA
Ravi has been working for three decades with us in Domestic and International Taxation. He began his career in corporate audits and after gaining relevant experience in commercial accounting, Ravi started handling various tax assignments for his industrially diverse clients.
He has serviced clients by providing opinions on tax matters and representing clients before the Income-Tax Appellate Tribunal and Income-Tax Authorities. He has represented clients in complex legal propositions and pressing contemporary issues related to tax. He has also handled many Transfer Pricing assignments of large companies. He has been a regular contributor and spokesperson at the ICAI and has been a member of a coveted group at the ICAI, which prepared the Guidance Note on Tax Audit.
Shankar has been working in Audit and Accounting Advisory for over 23 years with an 18-month stint at San Jose, California. He has worked extensively in Manufacturing, Retail and Distribution, Financial Services, Real estate and Healthcare and Power.
He has managed audits of large Indian and Global corporates and has had exposure to engagements of IPOs / QIPs listed on Indian bourses. Shankar has assisted large companies in restatement of financial statements to foreign GAAPs such as IFRS and US GAAP.
Shirish has been working in Assurance, Risk Advisory and Corporate Finance with us for over a decade and a half. His core expertise is in Financial Due Diligence and Valuations. He has worked extensively in Manufacturing, Engineering and Financial Services (including insurance companies).
He has had exposure to audits of IPOs/QIPs listed both in India and on international stock exchanges. His clients range from small non-profits to large companies.