CA (Dr.) Adukia left no stone unturned during his career span expanding to more than 37 years. He is chairman of Meridian Business Consultants Private Limited. The company is involved in providing A to Z services required by any business. CA (Dr.) Adukia is a legendary example of seeking ways to explore new areas of business and profession. He is a pioneer of many areas of the practice which were never thought before by professionals. His mantra is to provide services to clients that help them in building better and sustainable businesses. He is a knowledge seeker and believes that knowledge needs to be ingrained and used for the benefit of society at large. He strongly believes that professionals have to go beyond the traditional areas of practice like audit and direct and indirect taxation. These are the least rewarded areas in comparison to the knowledge and expertise we have as chartered accountants. He feels that one must expand himself to serve better and not settle for less whether in terms of rewards or the various kinds of assignments. Being an adherent follower of the “Science of Getting Rich, he believes the pie gets bigger and bigger so that it can cater to every individual’s needs. We contribute to creating an abundant universe by asking for more riches. And he desires better remuneration for assignments not just for himself but for all his fellow professionals. He achieves this by mentoring the professionals, handholding them through various workshops, webinars, and lectures he conducts for professionals who wish to enter into new areas of practice. He has mentored 1000 professionals for passing the Insolvency Exam and Valuation Exam.
Professional Areas of Expertise
He has been a well know professional exhibiting expertise and providing services in the following areas:
Taxation
Corporate Advisory & Compliance
Corporate Insolvency& Bankruptcy
Civil And Commercial Litigation
Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR)
Intellectual Property Rights
Anti-trust & Competition Real Estate
Family Law
Criminal Laws
Labour &Employment Laws
Banking & Finance
Charitable Organizations
Forensic Services
Entertainment, Media & Broadcasting
Pharmaceuticals, Food & Drug
Antidumping, International Trade Law& WTO
Telecommunication
Information Technology
Infrastructure Projects
Insurance Law
Cooperative Sector
Environment Law
He represents clients at Debt recovery tribunals and has filed applications under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code 2016 for recovery of debts through the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT). He has also represented clients at various commercial tribunals like The Appellate tribunal under The Prevention of Money Laundering Act 2002, The National Company Law Appellate Tribunal for cases under Companies Act 2013 and the Competition Act 2002, the Telecom Disputes Settlement and Appellate Tribunal for cases under the Information Technology Act 2000.
Experience
His vast experience includes training and professional services to banks, financial institutions, Corporate, Government Departments, and Regulators and as:
An eminent Speaker and Business Advisor,
An expert on Business laws, cyber laws, cybersecurity, International
Forensic Expert
Faculty at Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India
Author of more than 300 books on a wide variety of topics ranging from those dealing with Trade, Taxation, Finance, Real Estate, the Insolvency & Bankruptcy Code, Intellectual Property Rights, Banking laws, Emerging technologies like AI and Blockchain to topics relating to
personal and professional growth. He is the winner of National Book
Honor Awards 2018
He has been conducting seminars and lectures across various countries.
Authority on Banking Laws, Insolvency Laws, Insurance Laws,
Intellectual property laws, Indian GAAP, IFRS, and Ind-AS.
Business advisor for various companies on varied subjects
Travelled across the globe for his professional work and knowledge
sharing. He has widely travelled three fourth of globe addressing
international conferences and seminar on various international issues
like Corporate Social Responsibility, Corporate Governance, Business
Ethics etc.
Education
Having graduated from Sydenham College of Commerce & Economics in 1980 as a 5th rank holder at Bombay University and he has also received a Gold Medal for highest marks in Accountancy & Auditing. He cleared the Chartered Accountancy Examination with 1st Rank in Intermediate and 6th Rank in Final. He also secured 3rd Rank in the Final Cost Accountancy Course. He has been awarded the G.P. Kapadia prize for the best student of the year 1981. He also holds a Degree in law, Ph.D. in Corporate Governance in Mutual Funds, MBA,
Diploma in IFRS (UK), and Diploma in Labour law and Labour welfare,
Diploma in IPR, Diploma in Criminology.
He has done Master in Business Finance, a one-year post
qualification course by ICAI. He has also done Certificate Courses
conducted by ICAI on
Arbitration
Forensic Audit and Fraud prevention
Concurrent Audit
Significant Professional Achievements:
He is a member of the International Bar Association. The International Bar Association, established in 1947, is the world's leading international
organization of legal practitioners, bar associations, and law societies. The IBA influences the development of international law reform and shapes the future of the legal profession throughout the world.
He served as President of GST Research foundation, a society registered
under Societies Registration Act, 1860.
He is the Chairman of Association of Indian Investors, a Section 8 Company wherein its main thrust is to educate the layman about the principles of a safe investment, the complexity of the capital market, changing rules of the market operations, designing and implementing effective Internal Financial Control the framework, the framework on enhancing the Cybersecurity of the organizations and implementation of ISO 27000 framework and provide Corporate Governance Services.
He is also Vice President of All India Insolvency Professionals. All India
Insolvency professionals is an organization providing services in the field of insolvency and bankruptcy, corporate restructuring, etc. The Organization is currently having 200 professionals all over India as its members.
Current& Past Memberships:
International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) Foundation SME
Group
Insol India National Committee for Regional Affairs.
Membership of the following committees of International Bar
Association
Asia Pacific Regional Forum
Forum for Barristers and Advocates
Arbitration Committee
Bar Issues Commission (BIC)
Member of INSOL India
CAG Advisory Committee
Quality Review Board, Government of India
Professional Service
CA (Dr.). Adukia’s service and contribution to the profession
Chairman of WIRC of ICAI in 1997-98
International Member of Professional Accountants in Business
Committee (PAIB) of the International Federation of Accountants
(IFAC)from 2001 to 2004
Member of Inspection Panel of Reserve Bank of India
Member of J.J. Irani committee (which drafted Companies Bill 2008)
Member of Secretarial Standards Board of ICSI
Member of Working Group of Competition Commission of India,
National Housing Bank, NABARD, RBI, CBI, etc.
Independent Director of Mutual Fund Company and Asset Management Company.
Worked closely with the Ministry of Corporate Affairs on the drafting of various enactments.
Served as Independent Director of SBI Funds Management Private
Limited and Bank of India asset management co. ltd
Served as Independent director at ICAI accounting research
foundation section 8 company
Actively involved with ICAI as a Central Council Member during the
period when the convergence to IFRS was conceptualized in India and
has been instrumental in materializing the idea.
Address to Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India
Address to Institute of Chartered Accountants of India
Address to Institute of Company Secretaries of India
Address to Institute of Cost Accountants of India
Address to Chamber of Indian Micro Small & Medium Enterprises
Speaker in IIA’s 2013 International Conference in Orlando on Green
Audit.
Faculty at Indian Institute of Corporate Affairs for courses on Insolvency Laws and Corporate laws.
Faculty Speaker in Workshop on Commodity Risk Management for
Bankers organized by CAFRAL (Centre for Advanced Financial Research
and Learning)
Faculty at National Institute of Securities Management (NISM)and
Indian Institute of Corporate Affairs (IICA)
Addressed the Program for Principal Inspecting Officers & Inspecting
Officers by Reserve Bank of India- Department of Non-Banking
Supervision.
Addressed the National apex Chamber of Commerce and State apex
Chamber of Commerce including his address to ASSOCHAM,
Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), Federation of Indian Chamber of
Commerce and Industry (FICCI), and All India Manufacturers
Organization (AIMO).
Addressed the CBI officers, officers of Serious Fraud Investigation
Office (SFIO), and various State Police Academies.
Addressed the SCOPE- Standing Conference of Public Enterprises which is an apex professional organization representing the Central
Government Public Enterprises. It has also some State Enterprises,
Banks and other Institutions as its members.
Addressed the National Academy of Audit and Accounts (NAAA)
He has been a panel member at the following Arbitral
Institutions/Forums:
International Bar Association
Bombay High Court
Indian Council of Arbitration
The International Centre of Alternate Dispute Resolution
The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India
Bombay stock exchange
National stock exchange
Western Region - Ministry of Corporate Affairs, Government of India
South Eastern region - Ministry of Corporate Affairs, Government of
India
North Western Region - Ministry of Corporate Affairs, Government of
India
India International ADR Association
International and Domestic Arbitration Centre India
ASSOCHAM ICADR
Mumbai Centre for International Arbitration
Main Mediation Centre Maharashtra & Goa
Airports Authority of India (AII)
Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL)
Global Life and Business Transformation Guru CA (Dr.) Adukia is a motivational speaker, Growth Coach, and Life and business coach. He has done various Self developments from India and the USA.
CA (Dr.) Adukia has done a graduate course from Landmark worldwide which is personal and professional growth, training, and development company focusing on people achieving success and fulfillment. His exposure to advanced programs and introduction to leadership programs has made him the most sought-after trainer in the areas of business development and personal development. He has been a trainer at many corporates which has resulted in positive and permanent shifts in the quality and life of people.
He is an adherent follower of “Think and Grow Rich” by Napoleon Hill. He is also trained by the Bob Proctor series on “Thinking into results”. His experience from his international training has been penned down in his various books on self-development. Some of his books on Self-development are
1. Magical Formula for Success
2. Strike Gold
3. Reinvent your Mind
4. Self-Empowerment
5. Genius is Universal
6. How to be super successful professional
7. Hoe to be a super successful person
8. Zooming your business and profession
9. Time management
10. Stress management
11. Goal setting
CA (Dr.) Adukia is very passionate about learning new things and believes self-improvement is a permanent process. His zeal is infectious to any person who meets him either for professional growth advice, business growth advice or for personal growth advice. CA (Dr.) Adukia has given solutions to growth for everyone.
He has done courses on:
Winner
Time management
Stress management
He has mastered programs on:
Siddha Samadhi Yoga
Silva mind control
Alternative therapy
Think and Grow Rich
Art of living
Reiki
Awards and Accolades
He has been felicitated with awards like
The Jeejeebhoy Cup for proficiency and character,
State Trainer by the Indian Junior Chamber,
“Rajasthan Shree” by Rajasthan Udgosh, a noted Social Organization of Rajasthan and
Several other awards as a successful leader in various fields.
National Book Honors Award 2018
CA (Dr.) Adukia continuously endeavors to help the clients achieve the desired results through customized and innovative solutions that involve focusing on exploring opportunities and leveraging them to enhance the growth and expansion of his clients.
Sharing knowledge is enhancing knowledge. CA (Dr.) Adukia
encourages the precise energies in research, training, seminars, and books writing in the field, the one has passion.
