PARTNERS & ASSOCIATES

Ravichandran K S

Managing Partner

Dr K S Ravichandran, M Com LLB, FCS, Ph D, is the Founder and Managing Partner of KSR & Co Company Secretaries LLP, Coimbatore, Bangalore, and Chennai. He is an expert in Company Law, Securities Laws and Regulations; Law relating to Foreign Exchange Management and its related rules & regulations, Industrial Law, and Environmental Laws. His areas of specialisation include board process, governance, audits, compliance solutions, corporate restructuring, dispute resolution, IPRs, mergers & acquisitions, insolvency & bankruptcy, and arbitration & conciliation. He has appeared before various regulatory authorities and tribunals such as the National Company Law Tribunal, National Company Law Appellate Tribunal, Debts Recovery Appellate Tribunal, and Intellectual Property Appellate Tribunal.

He has addressed several conferences, seminars, and workshops and written more than 1000 articles on corporate laws. He has authored several books including: Second Edition of Duties and Liabilities of Directors (2024); Second Edition of CSR ESG and Charitable Institutions (2024); Third Edition of Related Party Transactions (2024).

Apart from the above, his works include  A Treatise on Contraventions under Companies Act, Securities Laws and FEMA (2021); Corporate Social Responsibility – Emerging Opportunities and Challenges in India (2016); The Law relating to Limited Liability Partnerships in India (2010); and A Treatise on Corporate Lending, Charges, Debts Recovery, Enforcement of Security Interest and Winding up of Companies (2006)

He holds a doctorate from the Department of Management, Alagappa University on Prosecution of Directors under the Company Law and Criminal Law in India and UK. He was a member of the expert sub-group constituted by MCA for studying the suggestions relating to chapters of the Companies Act, 2013. He was a member of Secretarial Standards Board of the ICSI. He served the Indian Air Force for more than nine years as a specialist in Russian Radar Systems. He holds a Diploma in Electronics and Radio Communication Engineering and a Diploma in Technology. He was a lecturer at Jawaharlal Nehru College, Pasighat, Arunachal Pradesh. He served as an Independent Director of the Karur Vysya Bank Limited from the year 2016-2024.

He chairs the Corporate Laws Council of ASSOCHAM’s Southern Regional Council.