Years of Professional experience
ICSI Membership Number/Date of Issue: FCS 1370 / 19 June 1987 (ACS since 1981)
ICSI Certificate of Practice Number/Date of Issue: CP 5144 / 20 January 2003
Year of Establishment of my Practice : January 2003.
Career Journey Since 1981.
Worked in the corporate sector, the last position being a        Whole-time Director & Company Secretary with Kirloskar        Oil Engines Limited.
Since 2003: Practising Company Secretary

Besides the Fellow membership of The Institute of Company Secretaries of India, I hold the following ICSI-recognised academic qualifications:
B. Com. (Bachelor of Commerce)- University of Pune, India, 1974.
M. Com. (Master of Commerce)- University of Pune, India, 1977.
LL. B. (Bachelor of Laws)- University of Pune, India 1987.
 Ph. D. (Doctor of Philosophy by Research in Company Law)-     University of Pune, India, 1992 (Research Topic: “Company   Directors: Responsibilities and Liabilities for Company   Offences: A Critical Study of Legislative and Judicial       Developments Before and After 1956”

President of the Institute of Company Secretaries of India during 1996 and Vice President during 1994 and 1995.
Member, Working Group on Redrafting of the Companies Act 1956 constituted by the Government of India in August 1996.
Chairman of the committee on De-listing of Securities constituted by Securities & Exchange Board of India (SEBI) in March 1997.
Member, Advisory Committee on primary markets of SEBI (1996).
Member, Editorial Board of-
Fortnightly journal Corporate Law Adviser, since its inception in 1989.
Monthly journal of AIR publications, Corporate Law Cases in 1999-2012.
Chairman, Corporate Legislation Sub-committee of Mahratta Chamber of Commerce and Industries & Agriculture, Pune. (1997-98, 1998-1999).
SEBI-nominated Public Representative Director of Pune Stock Exchange Ltd. (1996-97, 97-98, 98-99).
President, Pune Stock Exchange, Pune, India (2004-05). Public Representative Director on Inter-connected Stock Exchange of India (1999-2000).
Member, Secretarial Standards Board of the Institute of Company Secretaries of India.(2005-2011)
Member, Expert Group constituted in October 2004 by SEBI to recommend amendments to the Securities and Exchange Board of India Act, 1992.
Chairman, Expert Advisory Group constituted by the Institute of Company Secretaries of India (since 2005).

Regular contributor on corporate laws.
So far over 1200 articles published in several professional journals.
Several articles bagged award as best articles.
So far authored following books on Corporate Law, Securities Law, Finance & Accounts including. Some of the prominent ones are:
Company Meetings: Law, Practice & Procedure (Second edition)
The Company Secretarial Practice Manual (Second edition)
Handbook on Company Deposits (Third edition)
Guide to Company Directors (Fifth edition)
Circulars, Clarifications, Guidelines and Notifications on Company Law (Fourth edition)
Transfer and Transmission of Shares and Debentures (Fourth edition)
Compendium on Capital Issues, SEBI and Listing (jointly authored) (Fourth edition)
All About Private Limited Companies (Third edition)
Corporate Restructuring- Law, Practice & procedure (Second edition)
Practical Guide to Memorandum & Articles of Association (First edition)
Corporate Governance – A Practical Handbook (jointly authored) (First edition)
A Guide to Legal and Business Writing in Plain English (First edition)
A mammoth, over 6,000 page treatise on Indian Company Law encompassing both the law and practice (Revising a well-known treatise by Late K M Ghosh for its 13th edition).November 2007 edition.
Essential Rules of Interpretation of statutes for Company Secretaries (Published by ICSI)
Legal & Professional writing & drafting in plain language (Published by ICSI)

Actively contribute in conventions, conferences, training programmes and seminars and have so far presented papers or spoken in more than 500 seminars, workshops, conferences and conventions besides contributing papers at the National & International levels, including the First Rotary Conference on ‘Harmonization of Corporate and Taxation Laws in SAARC Countries’.

A plain English activist and use plain English in my writings and legal drafting and also propagate the use of plain English by writing articles and conducting training programmes.
Wrote the following books
Existing- Legal & business writing in plain English
Published by ICSI
Essential Rules of interpretation of statutes for Company Secretaries
Legal & professional writing & drafting in plain language.
A member and representative for India of ‘CLARITY’, an international association promoting plain legal language.