Dr. Sanjiv Agarwal, a Fellow Member of the ICAI and ICSI is also an Associate Member of ICSA London (UK). He also holds post-graduate degree in Accountancy and Business Statistics and has done his Ph.D. in “A Conceptual Approach to Corporate Governance: Preparation for Global Interface”.

Dr. Agarwal has over 30 years of experience as a Practicing Chartered Accountant in Service Tax, Advisory & litigation practice, Goods & Service Tax advisory & implementation issues, Corporate Laws, Corporate Governance and Financial Services. He is the founder Chief Editor of Service Tax Counsellor, a weekly e-newsletter on service tax since 1999 and GST Counsellor, a fortnightly e-newsletter launched in 2015.

Dr. Agarwal was Chairman NIRC-ICSI in the year 1999. He had been a SEBI nominated director on the Board of Jaipur Stock Exchange Ltd. and JSEL Securities Ltd. and independent director on the Board of State Bank of Bikaner & Jaipur. Central Government had nominated him as member on the Working Group constituted for suggesting changes in Companies Act in 2002-03. He was nominated as a Member of Secretarial Standards Board (SSB) of the ICSI for four terms. He was also a member of Indirect Tax Committee of ICAI in 2009-10. Presently he is on the board of few companies/ corporations including Government companies and is also a Member of Expert Advisory Board of the ICSI.

Dr. Agarwal is an active participant and speaker at Seminars and Conferences organized by ICAI, ICSI and Apex Chambers. He is also a visiting faculty at various Management Institutes and Banks. He is a regular contributor of articles and has to his credit a large number of published articles in various professional journals, websites and economic dailies on various subjects including Service Tax, Goods and Service Tax (GST), Corporate Laws, Banking and Corporate Governance. He has authored/edited over twenty-five books.