Events & Milestones
Chronology of Alliance Foundation & Launch
Journey of the Alliance
Key milestones marking the establishment and formal announcement of India’s pioneering independent audit alliance.
The KS Aiyar Alliance Formation Announcement
The KS Aiyar Alliance formation announcement took off with inauguration speech from the Chairman of the Alliance, Shri Raghuvir M. Aiyar. With special guests and dignitaries present at the Suryavanshi Sabhagriha, Dadar, Mumbai, it was an event that marked the beginning of yet another grand vision.
Initial Member Firms
Our member firms have the same global reach and experience to support their clients. The unified platform of KSAA will take us global to support Indian MNCs across the globe in coming decades. The KS Aiyar Alliance is a start-up platform of like-minded senior and time-tested firms with outstanding reputation and highly respected presence in India. The member firms of KSAA are leaders in their markets.
"New Structure" White Paper Release
The K S Aiyar Alliance, (KSAA) is pleased to present a White Paper entitled "On Repeating the Mistakes of Western Auditing : New Structure for the Audit Profession in India" from its Chairman, Mr. Raghu Aiyar, for a wider discussion and opinion enabler for the audit profession in India. This is KSAA's endeavor, in the service of the audit fraternity.
Endorsements from Business Luminaries for the Launch
At the launch of the KS Aiyar Alliance formation, we were blessed to have the endorsements from the following BUsiness Luminaries. Ramesh Bhatt – President, Taxation, Reliance Industries Ltd Ramnarayan Sriram – Chief Guest, Country Head, Asia Pacific, Financial Markets, Thomson Reuteurs Himanshu Kaji – Group Chief Operating Officer and Director, Edelweiss Group Humayun Dhanrajgir - Senior Independent Director, formerly, CEO and MD Kodak India, MD Lupin, VCMD, Glaxo India, Raghu Aiyar – CEO and Senior Partner, KS Aiyar & Co, Chairman, the KS Aiyar Alliance, Santanu Ghosh – Chairman, Board of Governors, KS Aiyar & Co, Managing Partner, Kolkata Office, Director of the KS Aiyar Alliance Kartik Pandit –President of the The KS Aiyar Alliance, Partner KS Aiyar & Co. S. Venkatachalam – Chairman of Oracle India, former Director and Chairman of the Audit Committee, State Bank of India, Formerly Director Finance, Citibank. S Neelakantan –Managing Partner of CNGSN LLP Chartered Accountants, Chennai, KSAA Alliance Member, Tamil Nadu Karan Gupta – Partner, SP Chopra & Co, Chartered Accountants, Delhi, KSAA Alliance Member, Delhi. Ankit Ajmera – Senior Representative of Dharmesh Parikh & Co Chartered Accountants, Ahmedabad, KSAA Alliance Member, Gujarat.
Thanksgiving with Flowers
Official foundation proceedings and keynote presentations by founding partners.
Soft Launch Social Period
Most of you are aware that we have even today the global networks and the global associations, but none of them are Indian. Our PM thought it fit to bring this grave issue up in his speech before ICAI Members. The same was tweeted by the PMO on 1st July 2017 at 7.28 am as appears below: