Dr. Sanjiv Agarwal, M.Com, FCA, FCS, ACIS (UK), D.Litt. (h.c.) aged 64, is a Fellow Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) and a Fellow Member of the Institute of Company Secretaries of India (ICSI) besides being an associate member of the Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administration, London (UK). He is also a post-graduate in Accountancy and Business Statistics from the University of Rajasthan, Jaipur. He has been awarded Doctorate of Philosophy for the title “A Conceptual Approach to Corporate Governance: Preparation for Global Interface” from R.A. Poddar Institute of Management, University of Rajasthan, Jaipur and holds a Diploma in Corporate Governance (PMQ Course) from the ICSI. He has recently been conferred with D.Litt (h.c.) from Commonwealth Vocational University, Kingdom of Tonga. He is also a qualified Insolvency Professional registered with Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India (IBBI) and registered on the panel of Independent Director maintained by IICA, Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA).

Dr. Agarwal has four decades of professional experience as a practicing Chartered Accountant with vast exposure in Indirect Taxation including Service Tax, Goods and Services Tax (GST), corporate laws, corporate governance and financial services. He has to his credit a large number of published articles in various professional journals, websites and economic dailies on various professional subjects including service tax, GST, accounting standards, corporate laws and corporate governance.

He has so far authored/edited more than 40 books on various professional subjects. He regularly writes on Indirect Taxes including GST for professional journals of ICAI, ICSI, Excise Law Times, GST Law Times, www.taxmanagementindia.com, wwwtaxguru.com, www.gststreet.com, current tax reporter and other professional/economic/trade journals, etc.

He is an active participant and speaker/faculty at National and Regional Seminars and Conferences on various professional topics organized by ICAI, ICSI, ICWAI and Apex Chambers. He is also a visiting faculty at various Management Institutes and Banks. He has addressed a large number of conferences, seminars/webinars including in-house training sessions on service tax, GST and other topics for Central/State Governments, PSUs, ICAI/ ICSI/corporate houses, etc. He has been a SEBI nominated director on the Board of Jaipur Stock Exchange Ltd. and JSEL Securities Ltd. and an independent director on the Board of State Bank of Bikaner & Jaipur (a SBI Group Bank), Rajasthan Financial Corporation, The Jammu & Kashmir Bank Ltd. and other public listed companies/institutions.