Management Team

Dr. Atul Agarwal

Senior Partner

B.Com., LLB, FCA., DISA, Ph.D

- Senior Partner is a fellow member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India
- He qualified as Chartered Accountant in the year 1984 and promoted this firm with CA Anil K. Saxena
- The University of Kanpur has awarded him the degree of PhD in Commerce
- He has also passed the post qualification course in Information Systems Audit (ISA) held by the ICAI in March 2004

Dr. Agarwal has been a government nominated director at several prestigious institutions :

  • Director of Union Bank of India from Sept ’11 to Sept ‘14
  • Director of Bank of Baroda from Nov ‘07 to Nov ‘10
  • Director of Deposit Insurance and Credit Guarantee Corporation (DICGC) (a wholly-owned subsidiary of Reserve Bank of India) from Oct ’05 to Oct ‘08
  • Chairman of the Audit Committee of the Deposit Insurance and Credit Guarantee Corporation (DICGC)
  • Member of the Regional Direct Taxes Advisory Committee Jan ‘03 – Jan ‘05
  • Central Council Member of The Institute of Cost & Works Accountants of India – Jan ‘01 – Jan ‘02
  • Member of various Committee of The Institute of Cost & Works Accountants of India – Jan ‘01 – Jan ‘02
  • Director of U.P. Stock Exchange Association Ltd. (Public Representative nominee of SEBI for Jan ‘93 – Jan ‘94)
  • Member of Direct Taxes Committee of ASSOCHAM – Jan ‘94 – Jan ‘96

CA Anil K Saxena

Senior Partner

B.Sc., F.C.A., DISA (ICAI)

  • Senior Partner is a fellow member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India
  • He qualified as Chartered Accountant in the year 1984 and promoted this firm with Dr. Atul Agarwal
  • Has authored a book titled “Bank Audit – A Practical Guide for Bank Auditors” published by Taxmann Publications (P) Limited

A brief list of his achievements:

  • Technical Reviewer with the Quality Review Board of the ICAI
  • Technical Reviewer with the Financial Review Reporting Board of the ICAI
  • Presented papers on subjects of Bank audit, Company law, Financial and economic matters, Accounting Standards, SA’s and Peer Review at various Seminars and Residential refresher courses across Central India Regional Council of ICAI
  • Empanelled as Faculty by the IASB of the ICAI for Certification course on Concurrent Audit of Banks
  • Chairman and member of various study and research committees of the Central India Regional Council of ICAI
  • Executive member of the Kanpur Income Tax Bar Association
  • President of the Kanpur Chartered Accountants Society for the term 2006-07
  • Co-opted member of the Auditing and Assurance Standards Board of ICAI, New Delhi for 2019-20
  • Co-opted member of the Corporate Law & Corporate Governance Committee of ICAI, New Delhi for 2017-18
  • Has authored a book titled “Bank Audit–A Practical Guide for Bank Auditors” published by Taxmann Publications (P) Limited (5th edition)

CA Ajay Verma

Partner

B.Com., F.C.A.

  • Partner, a qualified Chartered Accountant is a fellow member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India
  • He has wide experience in the Internal audit of large ERP (SAP) units, Central Statutory audit of banks, due diligence on behalf of banks and Internal audit of various Companies together with experience of SOX compliance audits
  • He has is also a certified forensic auditor (FAFD from ICAI Cleared)

CA Sajal Jain

Partner

B.Com., F.C.A.

  • Partner, a qualified Chartered Accountant, is a fellow member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India and specialises in Large Corporate Statutory Audits, Central Statutory audit of banks, Internal Audits, Concurrent Audits and Tax Audits
  • Having worked in a large Corporate at a Senior position for around three years, he is exposed to ERP(SAP) and other Corporate practices

CA Abhishek Agarwal

Partner

B.Com, F.C.A., LL.B, DISA

  • Partner, a qualified Chartered Accountant, is an associate member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India and specializes in systems audits, process understanding, evaluation and controls testing
  • Apart from the in-depth knowledge he gained during his three years tenure at Pricewaterhouse Coopers, he also underwent a course in Business Analysis and Valuation from the London School of Economics
  • He has also passed the post qualification course in Information Systems Audit (ISA) held by the ICAI in January 2016

CA Varnika Gupta

Partner

B.Com., F.C.A.

  • Partner, a qualified Chartered Accountant, is a fellow member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India and specializes in Large Corporate Statutory Audits, Central Statutory audit of banks, Internal Audits, Concurrent Audits and Tax Audits
  • She is currently handling the responsibility of the firms Quality Review partner
  • She has cleared the certificate course on Ind-AS from ICAI in 2021
  • She a certified forensic auditor (FAFD from ICAI; cleared in 2021)

CA Akshay Sethi

Partner

B.Com., ACA, DISA

  • Partner, a qualified Chartered Accountant, is an associate member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India. He has brilliant exposure in Corporate Statutory Audits, Management Audits as well as the banking industry
  • Prior to joining Agarwal & Saxena, Mr Sethi has been working for ICICI bank for about a year.
  • He has cleared the certificate course on Ind-AS from ICAI in 2021
  • He has also cleared the certificate course of Concurrent Audit of Bank by ICAI in 2021
  • He has also passed the post qualification course in Information Systems Audit (ISA) held by the ICAI in 2021

CA Bharat Bansal

Partner

B.Com, F.C.A.

  • Partner, a qualified Chartered Accountant, is an associate member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India.
  • Specializes in Large Corporate Statutory Audits, Internal Audits, Concurrent Audits and Tax Audits
  • He has completed his IFRS course from the ICAI in 2017, Valuation course from ICAI in 2017.
  • Mr. Bansal is a certified forensic auditor (FAFD from ICAI)
  • He has also cleared the certificate course of Concurrent Audit of Bank by ICAI in 2021