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Name P.R. Khanna
Address 70, Sunder Nagar,
New Delhi-110003.
Date of Birth 2" July, 1933
Educational & Professional Background
- B.Com (Hons) Delhi University in 1952. Qualified as a Chartered
Accountant in 1955. Was admitted as an Associate Member of the
Institute of Chartered Accountants of India in 1955 and a Fellow
Member in 1962.
Was admitted as a Partner in Khanna & Annadhanam, Chartered
Accountants in 1956 and became the Senior Partner in 1981 till
retirement in May 1998.
- Was Partner in charge of Delhi Office of Deloitte Haskins & Dells,
Chartered Accountants from 1985 to November, 1996. This firm
was part of the International firm of Deloitte Touche.
. Professional Experience
- Practicing as a chartered Accountant for 50 years. Responsibility
included auditing, inspection, management consultancy, setting up
of accounting procedures, review and preparation of project
feasibility reports, advice on taxation, company law and corporate
matters.
In professional capacity as partner of the firm, has been closely
associated with audit of companies both Public and Private
sectors in Banks and institutions, Trading, Manufacturing and
Service Industry.
- In management Service Areas e.g. Management Control Systems
in a leading Public Sector Company in the engineering services
field, an Airlines Company in neighboring country, a leading Motor
Cycle Manufacturer in the Private Sector, Techno-economic
feasibility studies of Textiles units and Engineering Projects
set
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Seviability and operations of the Department of Tourism in a
neighboring country
As a member of the Rating Committee of one of the leading Rating
organizations of India has been exposed to
-Various facets of industrial and economic development at Macro
levels,
-Industry specific developments.
-Individual corporate working which included a review of various
aspects of viz, Management functioning, intra firm comparisons,
liberalization considerations, financial Operations, leveraging
cash flows etc,
6. Other Areas of Experience
Was elected to the Northern India Regional Council of the Institute of
Chartered Accountants of India from 1961 to 1964 and was Chairman
for 1962/63. Was elected to the Central Council of Institute of
Chartered Accountants in 1979 for a three year term and served as
Chairman of the Company Law Committees, Member of Accounting
Standards Board, Audit Practice Committee, Disciplinary Committee,
Codification Committee, Public Relations Committee and Editorial
Board of the Institute’s Journal.
He has participated and contributed papers to various Professional
seminars in India. He has also Participated as Faculty member of
courses arranged by State Bank of India Staff College, Management
Development Institute of the Industrial Finance Corporation of India,
and the Controller and Auditor General of India’s Training Programme
and Reserve Bank of India/IBA.Representation on other bodies
- Chairman of the Expert Group set up by the Reserve Bank of India
for Designing a Supervisory Framework for Non-Banking Financial
Companies.
- Member of the Expert Group set up by the Reserve Bank of India
for examining the Supervisory Framework for Commercial Bank.
- Appointed by the Gcvernment as member of the Committee of
Experts for making recommendations on Private sector
participation in Indian and Iron Steel Co. Ltd., and Hindustan
Paper Corporation Limited.
- He is presently a msmber of the Advisory Council on corporate
Governance, member of the Grading Committee for Construction
industry and Chairnian of the Health Care Grading Committee of
Investment Information and Credit Rating Agency of India Limited
(ICRA).
- Task Force for settlement of MOU's between Public Sector
Companies and concerned Ministries set up by the Department of
Public Enterprises, Ministry of Industry.
- Member Working Group on Review of MOU Guidelines of Central
Public Sector Enterprises.
~ Past Member-Advisory Council, Board of financial Supervision,
Reserve Bank of India.Has acted as Trustee of Unit Trust of India Member, Board of
Trustees.
Was a Trustee of Sun F&C Mutual Fund.
Past Member-Governing Body of Shriram College of Commerce
(Hony. Treasurer), Delhi.
Directorships-Past:
=SBI Capital Markets Ltd
=Telemecanique and Controls (|) Ltd as nominee of State Bank of
India
=Geoffrey Philips India Ltd
=Marketing and Research Group Pvt. Ltd., India
=India Performance Fund Ltd., Mauritius
=Punjab Tractors Ltd. As anominee of UTI
=India Public Sector Fund Ltd., Mauritius
=State Bank of India
=Select Holiday Resorts Ltd.,
=AC Nielson ORG Marg Pvt. Ltd.
Directorships-Present
=DCM Shriram Industries Ltd
=Indag Rubber Ltd
=Ansal Properties & Infrastructure Ltd
=Uniproducts Ltd
=C&S Electric Ltd
=UTI Asset Management Co. Ltd
=UTI International Ltd., Guemsey
Member Governing Body Shriram Industrial and Scientific
Research Foundation, Delhi