Education

• Fellow member of the Institute of Company Secretaries of India
• Bachelor of Commerce and Law
• Holder of Certificate in Dispute Resolution from Indian Institute of Arbitration and Mediation (IIAM) and  Diploma in Financial Management and Accountability (FMSF & TISS)
• Masters in Science (Yoga)
• Successfully completed the Certificate Course of CSR Impact Assessment conducted by ICSI.

Skill and Experience

• Impassioned mediator with a strong sense of empathy, making the ideal go-between in dispute resolution.
• Keen professional possessing exceptional skills of deduction, having almost 2 decades of experience in company law practice and procedures, especially in complex, multifaceted matters.
• Resilient partisan of societal improvement, with a natural flair and expertise in the set-up, governance and management of NGOs.
• Committed lecturer having more than 14 years of experience in teaching and mentoring  budding professionals
• Exposure to audit, finance and budgeting functions and years of advisory experience on financial planning and management
• Eloquent speaker at eclectic forums on topics ranging from mediation and management to yoga and mind conditioning
• Appearances before the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) representing companies for various matters listed under the Companies Act, 2013.
• Contribution to the ICSI magazine Chartered Secretary – The Journal for Governance Professionals, through articles on topics of professional import.

Positions

• Chief Financial Consultant,  Attakkalari Public Charitable Trust of Contemporary Performing Arts, an international NGO
• Treasurer, Indian Institute of Arbitration and Mediation (IIAM)
• Treasurer, India International ADR Association (IIADRA)
• President, People’s Mediation Society, an NGO for promoting Mediation
• Faculty member of Kochi Chapter, ICSI for 14 years and counting
• Chairman, Institute of Company Secretaries of India, Kochi Chapter (2013)
• Member of the Expert Group on Secretarial Standards of the Institute of Company Secretaries of India
• Executive Committee Member of KSUM Global, a Society for supporting Start-ups.