Board Members
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Born in 1952 to agriculturist parents, he hails from Vigodi, a village in the state of Gujarat. He graduated in Commerce from the University of Mysore in 1973. Completing his Articleship with Mr B.M. Shantharam Rao, Mangalore, he passed his Final examination and became a Chartered Accountant in 1977.
He began his career in M/s Shanthamurthy & Co., Chartered Accountants and went on to become a partner of the same firm in 1980.
He started in the year 1982, Patel Mohan Ramesh & Co, a partnership firm along with Mr.S.Mohan & Mr.M.J.Ramesh, at Chennai and Bangalore respectively.
He became a Fellow Member of The Institute Of Chartered Accountants Of India in the year 1983. He Co-founded Relyon Softech Limited. in the year 2000 and has been chairman of the company since then. He is presently,
Chairman & Director – Relyon Softech Ltd.
Honorary Adviser and Consultant for Sri Dakshin Bharath Kutch Kadva Patidar Samaj, Sri Lalbagh Patidar Samaj & Sri Bangalore Vaishnav Samaj.
Youth Coordinator for Sri Akhila Bharat Gujarathi Samaj, New Delhi and Vishwa Gujarathi Samaj, South India
Life Member of YMCA, Bangalore and Sri Dakshin Bharatiya Gujarathi Seva Trust
Member of a number of other Samajas
Life Member of Karnataka State Chartered Accountants Association
Vice president of Sri Patidar Parivar Samaj, Bangalore
He has also held the positions of:
Member of Taxation Committee of Federation of Karnataka Chamber of Commerce and Industries
Member of Divisional Railway Users Consultative Committee, Bangalore
Secretary of Samyukth Gujarathi Samaj, Karnataka
Secretary of Sri Patidar Parivar Samaj, Bangalore
Secretary & President of Sri Dakshin Karnataka Patidar Samaj
Member of Executive Committee of D.V.V. Gujarathi School, Bangalore
Awards
He was awarded Udyog Excellence Award-95 by Shri S. Krishnakumar, Honourable Union Minister for Agriculture at a Seminar organized by Industrial Economic Forum.
Area of experience
He has extensive knowledge in Income Tax, Sales Tax and other Central and State Tax Laws. He has been advising his clients in their Tax Planning for over 20 years. He has conducted Statutory, Internal, Revenue and Management audits for various public and private sector companies, firms and other organizations.
He specializes in Taxation and Audits.
Born in Chennai in the year 1952 . He is a graduate in Mathematics from the University of Madras. He became a Chartered Accountant in the year 1978. He has been a practicing member of The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India from the year 1978. He, along with Mr.Shamji L Patel & Mr. Ramesh M J started the firm Patel Mohan Ramesh & Co in 1982. He has been in charge of the office in Chennai . He also is the co-founder of Relyon Softech Ltd and currently member of the board.
Other than being the Director of Relyon Softech Limited, he is ,
Advisor – United India Insurance Company Limited on FERA / FEMA matters.
Member – Association for Overseas Technical Scholarship (AOTS), a body set by Ministry of Industry, Japan
Committee Member- Madras Chamber of Commerce & Industry.
Member – Society of Auditors.
Director of Sagacious – a Private Equity Firm
He is also,
Member – Madras Race Club.
A Rotarian
A Freemason and member of Lodge Harmony
He participates actively in Blood Donation Camps organized by various bodies. He has also served as a member of Public Relations Committee of the Southern India Regional Council of ICAI .
Area of experience
He has been an advisor in Taxation matters for companies. He has advised a number of firms and individuals in their tax planning. He has conducted various types of Audits which include Statutory, Internal, Management, Revenue, Concurrent, NPA management and Stock audits of various public and private sector Companies, Banks, Insurance companies and Firms. He has been an advisor in respect of FERA / FEMA matters. He was involved in Valuation of Shares and disposal of assets of companies.
He specializes in Taxation and Company Law matters.
H S Nagendra is a Cost and Management Accountant.
At Relyon, he is a founding member and is closely associated over the life time of Relyon in various capacities. Being in Relyon, a software company providing software in Payroll, Tax and Efiling and Accounts and Inventory, he provides insight for software development with focus on user experience, strategies with cross-functional team for building a workable go-to market plan.
Specifically, he was instrumental in conceptualising TDS, Payroll and Accounting Software from the very beginning. Saral TDS particularly is one of the India’s leading software solution trusted by thousands of users for their TDS compliance and Saral PayPack is the benchmark in Payroll processing today across India and many user segments.
On the whole is responsible to drive Relyon towards developing and marketing software for all sections in the domains of Payroll, Tax & Efiling, Accounts & Inventory that are usable on Desktop, Cloud and devices and achieve growth and profitability.
He has more than two decades of experience in various capacities in Inventory, Cost Accounting, General Accounting and Taxation domain in manufacturing and Service Industries. He is also a subject matter expert on VAT and Central Excise and Service Tax and GST. He is also a member of the State Taxes Committee of Federation of Karnataka Chamber of Commerce and Industries (FKCCI).
Nitin, as Relyon’s Chief Operating Officer, is responsible for the strategic and operational leadership of Relyon’s Marketing, Sales, Customer Support and others. He leads a team of over 100 employees, including field Marketing and sales professionals . In addition to driving sales and marketing programs, He manages the Human Resource, Training Department, Customer Support Services, Branding, Advertising, Public Relations, Marketing Research. He has successfully organized various Marketing events which has provided a better visibility for Relyon Brand.
He started his career in Relyon since its inception holding various positions be it Managing websites to handling administration and Marketing before becoming a Director & COO.
He is an MBA from University of Wales, He reports directly to CEO HS Nagendra and jointly reports to the Board.
S Ananthan is a Fellow Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India having more than two decades of professional standing. He is Senior Partner of Abarna and Ananthan, Chartered Accountants, Bangalore.
S Ananthan specializes in the field of Taxation and Banking Consultancy. He is currently handling Tax Matters – Income Tax and Service Tax – for various Nationalised and Private Sector Banks in the Country. He has also handled Statutory Audit for various banks and business groups.
He is also the leading subject matter expert on Service Tax in Banks. He was also a member of the IBA team that interacted with the Ministry of Finance on matters relating to Service tax concerning the Banking Industry.
He has presented many papers in Banking and Taxation subject and has co-authored a book on Taxation of Cooperative Bank.
Ananthan was the Director of a Bangalore Based PSU Bank
