Dr K S Ravichandran, M Com LL B, FCS, Ph D, is the Founder and Managing Partner of KSR & Co Company Secretaries LLP, Coimbatore, Bangalore, and Chennai. He is an expert in Company Law, Securities Laws and Regulations; Law relating to Foreign Exchange Management and its related rules & regulations, Industrial Law, and Environmental Laws. His areas of specialisation include board process, governance, audits, compliance solutions, corporate restructuring, dispute resolution, IPRs, mergers & acquisitions, insolvency & bankruptcy, and arbitration & conciliation. He has appeared before various regulatory authorities and tribunals such as the National Company Law Tribunal, National Company Law Appellate Tribunal, Debts Recovery Appellate Tribunal, and Intellectual Property Appellate Tribunal. He has addressed several conferences, seminars, and workshops and written more than 1000 articles on corporate laws. He has authored several books including: Related Party Transactions under the Companies Act, 2013, 3rd edition (2024); Duties and Liabilities of Directors, 2nd edition (2022); CSR ESG and Charitable Institutions, 1st edition (2021); A Treatise on Contraventions under Companies Act, Securities Laws and FEMA, 3rd edition (2021). He holds a doctorate from the Department of Management, Alagappa University on Prosecution of Directors under the Company Law and Criminal Law in India and UK. He was a member of the expert sub-group constituted by MCA for studying the suggestions relating to chapters of the Companies Act, 2013. He was a member of Secretarial Standards Board of the ICSI. He served the Indian Air Force for more than nine years as a specialist in Russian Radar Systems. He holds a Diploma in Electronics and Radio Communication Engineering and a Diploma in Technology. He was a lecturer at Jawaharlal Nehru College, Pasighat, Arunachal Pradesh. Currently, he is an Independent Director of the Karur Vysya Bank Limited. He chairs the Corporate Laws Council of ASSOCHAM’s Southern Regional Council.
