Shilpa DixitShilpa Dixit, FCS, LL.B, B.Com. is a senior partner in Pune based firm MRM Associates, Companies Secretaries with more than 14 years of experience in practice. She has expertise in the fields of Corporate Laws, Listing guide-lines and SEBI Reglations and is an advisor to various Public and Private Limited Companies including top MNCs. Shilpa’s core competencies and areas of expertise are: The Secretarial Audits under the Companies Act, 2013; Due Diligence Audits under the Company Law & compliances related to SEBI Regulations; Periodical Audits as per the Listing Agreements with the Stock Exchanges; Foreign Exchange Management laws; Formation and Management of JV Companies; Formations and management of LLPs; Registrations under the MSMED Act etc. She has contributed many articles on corporate laws in institute’s journals and has received a Best Article for the Year Award in the year 2007, from the Pune Chapter of ICSI, for her article on “Legalization of Foreign Public Documents with reference to the Hague Conference on Private International Law (Hague Apostil Convention)”. She is a regular faculty to programmes conducted by professional institutes and has served on many committees of the Pune Chapter of the ICSI, since 2007. As a Chairman of the Committee of the Practicing Company Secretaries, in the year 2009, she undertook and successfully completed the work of publishing the revised edition of the Handbook for Entrepreneurs & Professionals, published by the Pune Chapter of the WIRC of ICSI namely “All About Private Limited Companies”. She had been an Office Bearer of the Managing Committee of ICSI, Pune during 2011 to 2014 and has served the position of a Chairperson of Pune Chapter of WIRC of ICSI in 2014. In 2015, she was elected as a member of WIRC of ICSI and has served the position of a Secretary of WIRC of ICSI in the year 2015. Presently, she is a Vice-Chairperson of the Western India Regional Council of ICSI. She is also serving as an Independent and Woman Director in one of the Listed Company based in Pune. She has co-authored the following books published by Bloomsbury India Professional: Procedure & Compliances – A Practical Approach to the Companies Act, 2013 (2nd edition released in February 2017) Bloomsbury’s Desk Referencer (2nd edition released in September 2017) Read More Read Less