Himanshu Kishnadwala

A rank holder at both the Intermediate and Final Chartered Accountancy examinations, he has been in continuous practice since 1985. Mr. Kishnadwala oversees the audit and assurance practice of the firm, particularly audit of large corporates, due diligence assignments, conversion of financial statements from Indian GAAP to IFRS and US GAAP and consolidation of financial statements.

Mr. Kishnadwala has been the President of the Bombay Chartered Accountants’ Society, and is a member of the Board and Chairman of Audit Committee of listed companies. Mr. Kishnadwala has also been a full-time senior lecturer in accountancy and computer systems with Narsee Monjee College of Commerce & Economics for fifteen years (i.e. from 1986 to 2001). He is currently the Chairman of the Accounting & Auditing Committee of the Bombay Chartered Accountants Society, and has been a member of the Accounting Standards Committee of the IMC Chamber of Commerce. Himanshu was on the Expert Advisory Committee and Accounting Standards Board of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI). He is currently a member of Ind AS Implementation Committee and has been part of several other committees and technical sub-groups of ICAI.

Mr. Kishnadwala has also authored various popular text-books on accountancy, financial management and taxation for commerce under-graduates, and a book on “Mandatory Accounting Standards – From Published Accounts”. He regularly delivers talks and presents papers on accounting and auditing subjects at seminars and conferences all over India organised by various professional bodies, such as the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India, Institute of Company Secretaries of India, Institute of Cost and Works Accountants of India, National Academy of Direct Taxes, etc. Besides this, he contributes a monthly column to the BCAJ, and articles to various professional journals and other publications, and conducts training sessions with an in-house team for corporates on IFRS, Ind-AS, etc.