Advisory Council

IDA is an idea to serve, but it’s really a reflection of the professionalism and commitment of our entire expert team, under the able guidance of the advisory council.

Chander Chellani
Founder

Chander is a qualified Chartered Accountant with over 30 years of experience. He is an institution builder and has held senior-level positions with the best financial institutions including Citigroup, ICICI Bank, and Birla Sunlife. He has an enviable track record of growing businesses with an overall approach to customer centricity and profitability. He is also a SEBI Registered Investment Advisor.

Ritesh Daga
Member, Advisory Council

Ritesh is a qualified Chartered Accountant with more than 16 years of experience. In the past has held senior-level positions with various corporates and his area of expertise includes business model restructuring, devising go-to-market strategies, and equity & debt fundraising, among other things. He is very passionate about the Indian stock market and is a co-founder of a SEBI-approved Research Analyst firm.

Maneesh K Singh
Member, Advisory Council

Maneesh is a fellow member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (“ICAI”) and has over 33 years of experience in public accounting and management consultancy. He worked with the management consultancy division of the Indian arm of Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu prior to setting uphis CA Firm. His area of expertise is foreign investment, joint ventures, and handholding for start-ups.

Archana Pathak Dave
Member, Advisory Council

Archana is a practicing advocate on record in the Supreme Court and has over 20 years of practicing experience in the Supreme Court and High Court. Her law practice has dealt with several significant cases including constitutional law, company law, arbitration, trademark laws, land acquisition cases, tenancy and rent cases, service laws, family law, property matters, international agreements, municipal law cases, criminal and civil cases, and many more.

Sunder Hemrajani
Member, Advisory Council

Sunder is an alumnus of Harvard Business School. Sunder Hemrajani has over 35 years of experience in Sales, Marketing, and General Management functions in leading companies like Hindustan Unilever, Whirlpool, PepsiCo, Reliance Capital, and Times. He retired as Managing Director of Times Innovative Media Ltd., a subsidiary of Bennett Coleman Company Ltd. (Times Group). Currently, he is working as a management consultant and advisor and is an independent director on the Board of the publicly listed company Calcom Vision Ltd.