The Talk
Manthan has been hosting a post budget discussion every year on the very evening of the Budget being announced in the Parliament. This discussion is headed by a very fine panelists of professionals from Hyderabad namely Shakti Sagar, S Thirumalai, FCA, Ajay Gandhi, FCA, C Parthasarathy.
Budget 2014, the first one of the BJP government is expected to have many surprises. This first meeting in the city to analyse Budget 2014 offered useful insights. The panel analysed and discussed all aspects of the Budget: economic, business, numbers, direct taxes, indirect taxes, and stock market impact.
PS : This talk has no video.
Shakti Sagar, S Thirumalai, Ajay Gandhi and C Parthasarathy
Mr Shakti Sagar serves as the Managing Director of Automatic Data Processing (ADP) Private Ltd. Mr Sagar has been the Vice-Chairman of Confederation of Indian Industry(CII), Andhra Pradesh since 2009. He has forty years of cross-functional experience in the Office Automation & IT/ITES industry. All through his professional journey he has worked with start-up organizations in India – Microcomp – Omron (1976-1980), Microsense Computers (1980-1986), Intergraph India (1987-1996), D.E. Shaw India (1996-1999) & ADP (1999-Jan 2016 ). he has played a vital role in the success of these start-ups, Lead organizations since 1991. Set-up the first American SDC in Hyderabad in 1987. One of the founding leaders of the Hyderabad IT industry. Recognized as a visionary & thought leader. Passionate of creating the right Life – Life balance, strong believer in IoT (Internet of Teams). Normally referred as a revolutionary for ground-breaking approach to leadership & strategy.
Mr. S. Thirumalai serves as a National Director at Indirect taxation with Deloitte Haskins and Sells and served as its partner. Mr. Thirumalai serves as Senior Advisor to Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu India Private Limited. He has over 30 years of experience in manufacturing industry covering all aspects of Finance, Taxation and General Management including 3 years with Reserve Bank of India/Unit Trust of India as an Officer. Mr. Thirumalai has been an Independent & Non-Executive Director of VST Industries Limited since October 20, 2005. He is a Commerce and Law Graduate. He is a Chartered Accountants and is a member of Institute of Chartered Accountants of India, Institute of Company Secretaries of India and Certified Associate of the Indian Institute of Bankers. He attended the Advanced Management Program at Harvard Business School, Boston, M.A. (USA) in 1992.
Mr Ajay Gandhi, is the founder Trustee of Manthan Foundation (www.manthanindia.com), one of India’s premier forums for public discourse. He is Managing Director of Wings Infonet Pvt Ltd (www.wingsinfo.net) and Partner of Gandhi & Gandhi (www.gandhis.com). Ajay lives in Hyderabad.
Mr. C. Parthasarathy is the Chairman and Managing Director of the diversified financial services Karvy group. C Parthasarathy (CP as he is better known in the Industry), has the uncanny knack of staying ahead of the curve and the foresight to spot opportunities that seem invisible on the horizon for the others. Karvy’s entire history is a case study of turning adversity into opportunity. CP is a chartered accountant by qualification, whose entrepreneurial energy drove him to co-found Karvy in 1983 with a less-than-modest capital of Rs 150,000.
