The firm was founded in 1931 as a sole proprietorship by Shri. S. Viswanathan. It was converted into a partnership firm with introduction of Mr. N.C. Krishnan as a partner in 1951. The firm has since grown in size to six partners, four qualified chartered accountant employees and thirty technical staff. The firm established its branch office in Bangalore in 1981. The firm is also affiliated to Alliott Group, UK – a worldwide network of independent firms.
The firm has continuously improved upon its infrastructure development to see that it will be able to render faster and more effective services to the client.
The list of major clients past and present, which the firm has done audit for and also currently doing the audit, reflects the inner strength and the core value of this firm.
The activities of the firm involve the whole gamut of operations from start to finish. This means that in the case of a Limited company it commences with obtaining the name for the company from the ROC till the first stage of Audit. It also involves the preparation of Memorandum of Articles, the complete secretarial work, the setting up of accounting, stores and other procedural systems.
In the case of charities and trusts it goes a step further in obtaining the necessary exemption certificates from the departments.
The firm has been actively involved in investigation with respect to frauds on directives from Financial Institutions, SEBI and Banks.
A first of its kind study of the systems and procedures in a computerized environment was made with respect to one of the biggest banks in India and this preliminary study has encouraged the management of the bank to look at the larger perspective of short listing us for a complete review and study of the systems, security and reporting methodologies for the bank as a whole.
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Mr.C.N.RAMACHANDRAN - Bachelor in Commerce, Fellow Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India and Associate member of the London Institute of Taxation. Mr.Ramachandran has got extensive experience in Auditing, Trust Audits, Valuation of shares for mergers / takeovers and investments and as a tax expert he is well known in India. He was a Director with the State Bank of India and also The Chairman of the Audit Committee of the bank.
Mr.V.C.KRISHNAN – Master Degree in Economics, Fellow Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India, and Master Degree in Business Administration from Wisconsin – U.S.A. He is a registered consultant with the Asian Development Bank and also the U.N.D.P. He is the partner-in-charge of international partnerships. He is well versed in the field of Auditing, Internal Auditing, Manual preparation, Due diligence studies, Financial Investigation for takeovers / mergers. Fraud investigations, Special investigations on behalf of Banks, Governments and Financial Institutions and Project evaluation. He was the Past Chairman of Indo-American Chamber of Commerce, Tamilnadu Branch and currently a member of the Central Executive Committee of the Indo-American Chamber of Commerce.
Mr. R.M.NARAYANAN – Masters in Commerce, Fellow Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India, Postgraduate Diploma in Management from XLRI, Jamshedpur. He has also completed the United Certified Public Accountant (CPA) Examination conducted by the Colorado State Board of Accountancy, USA. He is well versed in the fields of Auditing, Trust Audits, Valuation of shares for mergers / takeovers, financial Investigations, Due diligence studies, Taxation and Project presentation. He is Central Committee Member for Voluntary Health Services, Chennai.