Managing Partner's Profile

CA Avineesh Matta (B.COM (HONS), ADIM, LLB, DISA, FCA, IP)

Avineesh is the founding partner of AVA & Associates, Chartered Accountants with four decades of professional exposure in audit & assurance; taxation; business, strategic & legal consulting and foreign exchange issues. He serviced during this period, to multifarious industries and business segments including Highways & Infrastructural Development, Educational, Environmental and Social Sector besides bilateral International Aid Institutions. Avineesh, also is a Registered Insolvency Professional.

Avineesh, served as a Technical Reviewer with Quality Review Board set up by Govt. of India and also with ICAI’s Financial Reporting Review Board, Peer Review Board. Avineesh has been associated with various study groups and expert panels of ICAI and ICSI. Avineesh was requisitioned by a premier investigative agency to assist it in a big-ticket banking fraud. He is a dedicated professional with keen interest and proactive commitment in socioeconomic and ethical issues, including corporate social responsibility and governance.

Avineesh sits on the Board of International Business Valuers Association, a Registered Valuers Organization approved by Insolvency & Bankruptcy Board of India; and, also served as an Independent Director till March 2020 on the board of large PSU under Ministry of Railways, and had Chaired its Audit Committee, CSR Committee and Project Review Committee.

In social sector, Avineesh is associated with Ekal Movement that organizes nearly 100,000 non-formal One Teacher Schools in rural and tribal India, served it on its preventive health care initiative in the past, and presently is National Vice Price President of Ekal Gramothan Foundation.


CA Vivek Arora (B.Com, FCA, DISA)

Vivek Arora has more than 20 years’ experience in the field of Statutory Audit of Corporate and Non-Corporate, Commercial and Cooperative banks, Internal Audits, Superannuation, Gratuity and PF Trusts, Income Tax, and TP Audits. He has also conduct audits and review of International Aid projects in social sector and urban support programs undertaken in partnership with Government of India.

He has good experience in direct taxation of Personal, Corporate and Non- corporate tax planning and compliance involving tax preparation and representation to Income tax authorities including appellate levels.

He has good exposure in field of Indirect taxation with an expertise in GST. He has also conducted Indirect Tax Audits and Advisory engagements. He has also experience in representation to Goods and Service tax authorities including appellate levels.


CA Gunjan Arora (B.Com, M.Com, ACA)

She has experience in the field of Statutory Audit of Corporate and Non-Corporate, Commercial and Cooperative banks and Tax Audits. She has also good exposure in field of Indirect taxation with an expertise in GST. She has also conducted Indirect Tax Audits and Advisory engagements. She has experience in direct taxation of Personal, Corporate and Non- corporate tax planning also.

 

 

 

 


CA Deepanshu Arora (B.Com, ACA, Certified Forensic Audit or (FAFD))

Deepanshu brings 2 years of experience in execution across Statutory Audit, and Internal Audits. His core competencies are in assurance, fraud investigations, due diligence reviews, business advisory and ICFR.

 

 

 

 

 


Ca. Sanjay S. Valsangkar (B.Sc., LL.B., FCA., Dip (ADR))

Professional degrees in accountancy and law, over 40 years of work experience, of which last 25 years as a Finance and Programme Management specialist with Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) - erstwhile Department for International Development (DFID), Government of UK at New Delhi. He comes with rich experience of managing social sector interventions covering areas such as design, implementation, risks, results, finance, audits, due diligence, stakeholder engagement, communication etc. and in building others' capacities in these areas. He has also worked extensively on FCDO's private sector interventions for impact investing and brings significant knowledge of investing through SEBI regulated Alternate Investment Funds (AIFs) such as relevant regulations, fund accounting and taxation, ESG monitoring of investee companies. He has good connections with key stakeholders in development and impact investing fields. Prior to joining DFID, Sanjay worked as a practicing CA and with the private sector for over 15 years covering core professional areas of Accounting, Audits, Taxation, Corporate and other relevant Laws and project financing. He carries that knowledge, has kept abreast with latest and continues to have deep interest in them.