Dr. Sanjiv Agarwal, M.Com, FCA, FCS, ACIS (UK), aged 57, is a fellow member of the ICAI and a fellow member of the ICSI besides being an associate member of the Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administration, London (UK). He is also a post-graduate in Accountancy and Business Statistics from the University of Rajas-than, Jaipur. He has been awarded Doctorate of Philosophy for the title “A Conceptual Approach to Corporate Governance: Preparation for Global Interface” from R.A. Poddar Institute of Management, University of Rajasthan, Jaipur. He has to his credit over 25 books on various subjects including service tax, GST, Accounting Standards etc. Dr. Agarwal has over three decades of professional experience as a practicing chartered accountant with vast exposure in Service Tax, GST, corporate laws, corporate governance and financial services. He has in his credit a large number of published articles in various professional journals, websites and economic dailies on various subjects including Service Tax, GST, corporate laws and corporate governance. He may be contacted at sanjivservicetax@gmail.com or asandco@gmail.com. May also visit at www.gstcounsellor.com/www.ascoca.org. Sanjeev Malhotra, FCA, FCS, ACMA, LL.B, having more than 30 years of experience in the Industry as indirect tax consultant, qualified as a Chartered Accountant and Cost Accountant in 1986, Company Secretary in 1989 and LLB in 2012. He worked with various corporates for 17 years and since 2003 he is practicing as a consultant on indirect taxation. He regularly contributes articles on contentious issues in indirect taxation (available on his blog sanjeevmalhotrablog.wordpress.com) and has authored the following books:
• Commentary on Haryana Value Added Tax Act, 2003,
• Practice, Procedure and Conveyancing under VAT and CST,
• Handbook on Haryana VAT.
He is a prolific speaker at various seminars organized by professional institutes and industrial bodies. He is a member of indirect tax committee of ICSI and was nominated by ICSI to make presentation on suggestions to GST law before the Ministry of Finance and CBEC and before the Empowered Committee of State Finance Ministers.