Key Professionals

Venkatanarayana G.M

Venkatanarayana G.MLLB, B.com

He has graduated in commerce field from Bangalore University and completed LLB from Karnataka State Law University. Currently, he is senior manager - Audit & assisting CA Mahadev R, partner of Hiregange and Associates in Audit wing of Bengaluru branch.

He has experience of 10+ years in the field of indirect taxes including compliance assistance under Central excise, Service tax and VAT in M/s Hiregange & Associates, Chartered Accountants.

He has headed GST reviews and compliance support for clients under various industries including pharma, logistics, retail trade, agriculture, aerospace, automobile, IT/ ITES, travel and hotel industries etc.

He has authored a booklet on “Reverse charge & Joint charge under Service tax” & " Job work implications under Central Excise" published by Hiregange Academy. He is also regular contributor of articles to newsletter published at Hiregange Academy and Excise law times published by Centax publications.

He is also an active member of powerful study circles like “Parivarthan” at Hiregange & Associates.

 

CA Mannu Kashliwal

CA Mannu KashliwalB.Com(Hons), ACA

Qualified as a chartered accountant in 2016.He is a Partner Designate at Hiregange &Associates LLP and  Currently heads Guwahati Branch of the firm.

His articleship has been in the area of Direct tax and Audit. He has more than 3 years of experience in the firm working in GST Audits and Consultancy wing. He has headed assignments of GST Impact assessment, Review and Audit for clients in various industries like Logistics, Construction & Real Estate, Manufacturing, Retail, Automobile, Energy, etc.

Also, has a wide range of experience in UAE VAT and has successfully completed several projects of VAT Implementation in Dubai.

CA Lakshman Kumar Kadali

CA Lakshman Kumar KadaliACA, B.Com

Qualified as a Chartered Accountant in the year 2016. He has work experience of over 5 years in Indirect Taxes. Presently, working as Manager in the Legal Division of Hyderabad Branch and appears before various tax authorities. He is sincere and dedicated towards work. Active contributor of case law updates and articles on various professional forums. He is active in mentoring Article students in preparation of their exams.

 

CA Spudarjunan S

CA Spudarjunan SACA, B.Com

He qualified as a Chartered Accountant in 2017 and pursues LLB. He is Partner Designate at Hiregange &Associates LLP and Currently heading Kochi Branch of the firm.  

His core competencies have been in the area of GST, FTP and customs. Further, he has practical experience in implementing UAE VAT in various industries like construction, hospitality, manufacturing etc.  

He has written a booklet on "Beneficial Schemes under FTP 2015-20" published by Hiregange Academy and assisted & contributed to the book “Hand book on GST Audit” published by KSCAA, further contributed to sectoral book of the firm - "GST on Textile Indutries". 

Also a member of powerful study circle ‘Akshara’ at Hiregange & Associates. A regular and active participant in online forum Tax Management India.

 

CA Bhavesh Mittal

CA Bhavesh MittalB.com, FCA

Bhavesh Mittal,is Partner Designate at Hiregange and Associates LLP and currently heading Raipur (Chhattisgarh) Branch office of the firm.

He has three years of experience at the Gurugram (NCR) branch office of the firm, and was a team leader who provided advisory support to multiple clients in manufacturing and service sector on GST implications upon them and also have conducted their indirect tax reviews and audits.

Bhavesh has been elected as an empaneled faculty of ICAI under GST and involved in delivering GST seminars at various platforms of ICAI. He was also a visiting faculty (GST) at Vishwas Nagar Branch of ICAI, New Delhi.

Bhavesh also believes in sharing knowledge by broadcasting online webinars and recording videos over you-tube.

Academically he cleared CA-Final (Both groups) in 1st attempt and had completed his article ship in the field in indirect taxation. He was also elected as a Vice Chairman of Central India Chartered Accountant Students Association (CICASA) during the course of his article ship and lifted “The Best CICASA award” in Central India Region.

CA Dhruv Dedhia

CA Dhruv DedhiaCA

He qualified as a Chartered Accountant in 2018 and currently working at Bengaluru Branch of Hiregange & Associates assisting partner CA Mahadev R in Audit and Assistance wing.  

He has experience of 3 years and counting in Indirect Taxes, focused on GST, including audit and consultancy matters. Have headed GST Impact assessments and review for various industries such as Manufacturing, Automobile, Software, Tours and Travel, Mining, Trading, Works contract, Education Institution, Charitable Trusts, etc. 

Also a member of powerful study circle ‘Akshara’ at Hiregange & Associates. A regular and active participant in online forum Tax Management India.

CA Mayank A Jain

CA Mayank A JainB. Com, CA

Mayank A Jain qualified as a Chartered Accountant in May 2018. He has been working with Hiregange and Associates since October 2018 and presently Manager in the Consultancy division at Bangalore. 

He has provided compliance /consultancy support to numerous clients in various sectors such as real estate, health care, IT, automobiles,  under GST, Service Tax, FTP, and Central Excise, VAT. 

He has specialised knowledge of GST for real estate industry. 

He has assisted authors in drafting ‘Practical guide to GST On Real Estate’, ‘GST on Textile Industry’, ‘Compendium Issues and Solution on GST’, and ‘GST Audit Handbook - Government Perspective’. 

Srikanth Manne

Srikanth ManneACMA, M. Com

Qualified Cost Accountant and experienced Professional with a demonstrated history of working in the internal audits, regulatory audits, mining & manufacturing industry having very good theoretical knowledge and practical understanding of Finance, Accounts and Compliance matters. He is sincere, intelligent and thorough professional who thrives in new challenges. Presently working in refund team, handles refund and FTP matters and appears before GST and DGFT authorities at Hyderabad Branch. Motivates students/others for pursuing professional courses or further studies and examinations.

 

 

CA Nikita Maheshwari

CA Nikita MaheshwariB. Com, ACA

Qualified as a Chartered Accountant in May 2019 and is currently working in Gurgaon Branch of Hiregange & Associates.

She has been associated with Hiregange and Associates since 2016. Handled assignments under the erstwhile Service tax and VAT and headed assignments in GST Impact Assessment. She has been part of the UAE VAT team and handled various implementation assignments there.

Presently involved in the audit and consultancy wing of H&A with focus on GST Reviews, audits and compliances of various industries including FMCG and service industries.

Dedicatedly engaged in increasing reliance on technology to ease complex data handling works.

CA Rashmi B

CA Rashmi BACA, M. Com

 Qualified as Chartered Accountant in January 2020. Currently, she is an Assistant Manager in Audit and Assitance wing & assisting CA Mahadev R, partner of Hiregange and Associates. She has experience of 5 plus years in the field of indirect taxes including compliance assistance under Central excise, Service tax and VAT in M/s Hiregange & Associates, Chartered Accountants. Also headed GST impact studies, GST reviews & compliance support for clients of various industries such as Automobiles, construction, Software, Manufacturing etc.  She is also active member of study circles like “Vichara” & “Akshara”

 

 

Bhavesh Goyal

Bhavesh GoyalM Com, pursuing LLB

Bhavesh Goyal joined Hiregange and Associates in the year 2016. He holds a Master's degree in Commerce from Rajasthan University and pursuing Bachelor of Law. He has been heading GST reviews, Statutory Audit and compliance engagements for some large clients in Logistics, automobile, educational institutes, Software, manufacturing, Pharma sectors. His vast practical and legal knowledge of GST processes and compliances combined with a wide range of working exposure in the areas of Accounting, Internal audits, Bank audits, Direct taxation,, VAT and Service tax gives him a clear edge in dealing with the clients.,

His dedication towards work, being highly focused and timely completion of assignments are his major strengths.

“Only when you a vision for tomorrow, you will find power and purpose in your today’s work”- Mahatriara

 

CA Nandini H Gupta

CA Nandini H GuptaCA, MBA, M.com

Qualified chartered accountant in 2018, is a commerce graduate from Jain University. She is associated with Hiregange and associates from 2013.

Being a part of Pune location , has handled GST audit for various industries such as Logistics, construction, hotel and automobile sectors. etc,

Has authored booklet on “Tips to draft effective opinion” published by Hiregange Academy, assisted in “Handbook on Central Sales Tax”. As regular participant in the online forum a such as CA Club India.

Presently manages the Assistance and consultancy wing of Pune Location.

CA Nayan Sharma

CA Nayan SharmaCA

He qualified as a Chartered Accountant in Nov 2019 and he is currently working at Noida Branch of Hiregange & Associates in Consultancy wing.

He has been associated with Hiregange and Associates since September 2016. He performed his Articleship in Hiregange and associates under the guidance of Partner CA Ashish Chaudhary with focus on GST Reviews, Refunds, Compliance and classification while also being part of GST Impact assessments.

He has headed GST reviews of clients operating in various industries including logistics and manufacturing industries among others. 

Sharavanan S

Sharavanan SMBA. M. Com

He is postgraduate in Finance and Banking. Presently, working as Manager – Audit & Compliance division of Chennai Branch.

He has experience of five years in the field of Indirect Taxes, including compliance assistance of erstwhile indirect tax regime. He currently handles GST Review and Compliance support for clients in various sectors such as Healthcare, Automobile, FMCG and then IT.

 

Adv.Lavanya P R

Adv.Lavanya P R[B.com; B.L (Hons)]

Qualified as a lawyer in the year 2019 from School of Excellence in Law, Chennai and registered with the Bar Council of Tamil Nadu and Puducherry. She is currently handling Litigation & Consultancy division of Chennai branch.

She has been associated with Hiregange & Associates since 2018 and has an excellent academic record. She has independently handled lot of litigations and has a great track record before the Adjudicating Authority.  She has also contributed multiple articles in various tax forums. 

CA Vineey Patni

CA Vineey PatniB.COM , CA

Vineey Patni [B.Com, CA] is Partner Designate at Hiregange & Associates LLP, and heads the Indore branch of the firm.

She has advised clients across all industries including Real Estate, Automobile and Pharmaceuticals on various issues under GST, Customs and other indirect taxes.

Co-authored book titled “Practical Guide to GST on Automobile Industry” published by Bharat Law House and TaxSutra, which was released in September 2021.

Given lectures at various professional forums including Tax Practitioners Association Indore, Indore Branch of CIRC of ICAI, TaxSutra and Hiregange Academy.

Assisted the authors of sectoral books “GST on Healthcare & Pharmaceutical Sectors”, “GST on Real Estate Industry” and “GST on Textile Industry”. 

Trained more than 50 students who have dropped out of CA course, or commerce graduates, in learning practical skills required in the industry in areas of Accountancy and GST.

CA Sushil Kumar Padhy

CA Sushil Kumar PadhyB.COM, CA

Sushil Kumar Padhy is a Chartered Accountant, qualified in 2009 and currently heading the Value Added Audit and Advisory services in the firm. He has a rich experience in Internal Audit, Internal control, Enterprise Risk Management, IFC, SOX, Business Process Management, Transition and Transformation, Cost Control and Revenue Management.

During a decade over experience across different industries namely Manufacturing, Infrastructure Development, Service and Oil & Gas, he engaged with stakeholders in large corporates while discharging responsibilities in various functional domains such as Internal Audit, Business Process Manager, Process Transition & Transformation, Project Management, Finance Control. He has set up Cost Control and Revenue Assurance function for an entity managing more than 50 countries operations. He was one of the major contributors in designing Internal Control over major Operating Cost & Revenue including formulation of group operating policies and SOPs for a conglomerate with turnover exceeding 56 billion USD.

He is also a DipIFRS certified from ACCA, Certified Forensic Accountant, Certified PGP in Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning and a Certified Six Sigma Executive - Black Belt. He has also gained cross cultural experience during his travel across India and several countries across globe. He is writing a book on Practical Guide on Risk Management that is expected to be released in Q3’23.

 

CA Yash Shah

CA Yash Shah[ACA, DIIT, FAFD, B.Com]

Qualified as a Chartered Accountant in the year 2017. He is Partner Designate at Hiregange & Associates LLP and currently heads the Ahmedabad Branch of the firm. 

 

He has work experience of over 4 years of working with Tata Consultancy Services Ltd in the Indirect Tax and Compliance Department at Gandhinagar, Gujarat. He has written articles on various topics across online finance platforms. He is a regular contributor to updates and recent judgments in the field of Indirect tax. He acquired a degree of Diploma in International Tax and has also completed a Certificate Course in Forensic Audit & Fraud Detection, a post-qualification course conducted by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI)

Alankar Singh Thakur

Alankar Singh ThakurB.A. LL.B (Hons.)

Alankar Singh Thakur is a seasoned Advocate based at Raipur Branch of the firm. He holds excellent command in appearing before various Courts, strategizing litigation cases and providing exhaustive litigation strategic advice, drafting all pleadings, supervising cutting edge research work, case preparation, planning optimum and result oriented procedures to be followed in each and every case and in briefing Senior Counsels.

Registered in the year 2018, Alankar possesses an outstanding ability to withstand great amount of pressure and at the same time thinking practically to work out the situation in hand. Replete with self-confidence and superior organizational skills, Alankar provides ready, swift and honest solutions to wide-ranging complex legal matters.

Alankar has gained extensive litigation experience in a wide range of cases and assisted and drafted Writ Petitions, Writ Appeals, CESTAT Appeal, Appeals to Commissioner (Appeals), Reply to Show Cause Notice and other departmental compliances.

CA.Yogendra Kumar Soni

CA.Yogendra Kumar SoniACA, B.Com

He is a qualified as a Chartered Accountant, qualified in the May 2022 attempt. He is presently heading the audit division at Raipur Branch of the firm. He draws his Articleship background at the Gurugram branch of the firm under the guidance of Partner of CA. Ashish Chaudhary (2019-2022).

He has been involved in various GST reviews and audit assignments for clients across various industries, including Manufacturing, Steel and Power, Mining, Automobile, and finance. He is also a regular contributor to updates and recent judgments in the field of Indirect tax.

His dedication towards work, being highly focused, and timely completion of assignments are his major strengths.