CA Raghunandan Rao, FCA, CPA (Australia), DISA (ICAI)
Chairman - Mysuru Branch of SIRC of The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (2023-24)
CA Raghunandan Rao, the founder of Raghunandan Vyas & Associates, is a seasoned Finance Director/CFO with over 25 years of experience across diverse environments including Property Development, Property Management, EPC Contracting, Trading, Retail and Services. He is a Fellow Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India and a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) from Australia. He has held senior Finance and Operations positions in multi-national companies in India and the Middle East.
He is also a seasoned ERP specialist with several Tier-1 ERP solution implementations. He has also contributed in Business Process Re-engineering for large corporations.
He obtained his Certificate of Practice during the year 2018 and commenced his private practice in India. He and his team of 12 associates and assistants work from the firm's office in Mysore, India, providing services to its clientele worldwide.
CA Raghunandan Rao has worked on several large transactions worth millions of US Dollars including a Carve-Out of a large conglomerate (2020) and a substantial purchase of interests in a US company (2013). He has also been involved in multi-billion-dollar funding for projects.
He has the following certifications to his credit:
- GST Certification from the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (2017)
- Peer Reviewer Certification from the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (2021)
- Six Sigma Certification - Green Belt (2007)
- Certified in Concurrent Audit of Banks from the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (2021)
- Post Qualification Course in Information Systems Audit (ISA) from the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (2020)
- Certified in Forensic Accounting and Fraud Detection from the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (2020)
- Certified in IFRS Implementation from Deloitte (2008)
- Certified in Real Estate Valuation from Chicago Capital Group, New York (2008)