K. S. Ravichandran

Dr. K S Ravichandran, holds Masters in Commerce, a Bachelor in Law, a Fellow Member of the Institute of Company Secretaries of India, a Diploma in Electronics and Radio Communication Engineering, and a Diploma in Technology. He had served the Indian Air Force for over 9 years specializing in Russian Radar Systems. He was awarded a doctorate from the Department of Management, Alagappa University on Prosecution of Directors under Company Law and Criminal Law in India & UK. He is the Founder and Managing Partner of M/s KSR & Co Company Secretaries LLP.

He specializes in Corporate Law, Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016, Intellectual Property Rights and Arbitrations and appears regularly before various Tribunals, Appellate Tribunals, Regulators and Adjudicating Authorities. Many cases argued by him have been reported in leading law journals. He was one of the longtime member of the Secretarial Standards Board of the Institute of Company Secretaries of India (ICSI) and currently he is a member of the core group formed by ICSI on NCLT / NCLAT matters.

He is a member of the International Association for Protection of Intellectual Property Rights - AIPPI; also a member of INSOL International, a global organization of corporate insolvency professionals, and an associate member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, UK. He is the Co-Chairman of the Karnataka Council of ASSOCHAM. He has authored more than 500 Articles and 7 books, the latest being the third edition of his book titled “A Treatise on Contraventions under Corporate Laws’’ and the second edition of his another book with the title “Related Party Transactions”. He has addressed in more than 300 seminars, webinars, and conferences. He is a Non - Executive Independent Director of the Bank, representing Majority Sector “Law” on the Board.