CA. R. SankaraiahCA R. Sankaraiah is a Science Graduate and a Fellow Member of ICAI. Presently, he is the Executive Director - Finance, Jubilant Life Sciences Ltd and also the Group Finance Director, Jubilant Bhartia Group. He is a special invitee on NACAS and has ben a member of IFRS Advisory Council of IASB for two terms, SEBI Committee on Disclosures and Accounting Standards (SCODA), CII National Council on Corporate Governance & Regulatory Affairs and CII National Committee on Financial Reporting. He is a member of the CFO working group formed by MCA to look into the issues related to Convergence of IGAAP with IFRS and was also a member of the Coalition on International Taxation, in India. He has also been a Government Nominee on the Central Council of ICSI. He has extensive experience in the Development and Implementation of Business Strategies, Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate Planning, Banking and Finance, Forex Management, Direct & Indirect Taxation, Legal, Secretarial and other expertise which has been acquired over 30 years of his career. He has been conferred with several prestigious awards such as: The India CFO Award 2007- Excellence in Finance (Large Corporate) in 2008 by IMA; Best performing CFO in the Pharma Sector in 2009 by CNBC TV 18; Best CFO (FMCG, Health and Retail Sector), in 2010 by Institute of Chartered Accountants of India; and Best CFO in Pharma & Healthcare space in 2011 all Asia Executive Team Survey by Institutional investor; Most Influential CFO Award in 2016. Mr Sankaraiah is a prominent speaker at various professional seminars related to IFRS, Taxation, Mergers & Acquisition, Financial Instruments, etc. He has co- authored several books with Dr Sanjeev Singhal on Accounting Standards, XBRL, Companies Act and several other financial issues. He has also been part of debates on various topics on leading TV channels. Read More Read Less