Chartered Accountants
ABOUT US
N N DAS & CO.
N. N. Das & Co was established way back in 1933, founded by Late N. N. Das, one of the senior most and renowned Chartered Accountants in Kolkata. The firm was established even before the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India came into existence in the year 1949. Thus the firm stand with head held high in saying that it is one of the oldest and renowned Chartered Firm in Kolkata.
The firm, currently empanelled with CAG and RBI is enriched with a knowledge and experience bank of 80 years headed by a professional team of 6 partners. The team of 6 partners is well supported by a fine line of audit managers, semi qualifieds and audit assistants.
Other than being Chartered Accountants and Cost Accountants, the partners possess additional qualifications such as Diploma in Information Systems Audit (DISA) and SAP ( FICO ) to handle and tackle the finer aspects of IT audits and SAP environment audits. Partners have also undergone specialised formal trainings and are skilled to perform forensic and concurrent audits.A strong networking all across India with associated firms, associated consultants, Ex Bank Advisors have helped us to evolve as a firm with a strong presence and foothold.
Since inception, the firm has been vigorously involved in Company audits in both private and public sectors, internal audits of various companies including multi nationals, tea gardens, hotels, NGOs, etc., revenue audits of nationalized banks, concurrent audits of various nationalized bank, statutory audit of various branches of nationalized banks, inspection audits of nationalized banks and various stock and receivable audits.The firm is also involved in conducting various special assignments including fixed assets reconciliation jobs, certification jobs, systems audit, information technology audit and fund audits.
The firm specializes in providing direct and indirect tax consultancy to its clients. The firm has recently diversified its area of practice into the fields of SAP consultancy and labour compliance audits.
Our Team
SUKUMAR GHOSAL (Managing Partner - FCA)
Over 40 years experience in the fields of accounting, investigation, taxation related services and client servicing. Worked with Lovelock & Lewes, one of the largest accounting firms in India as Senior Group Manager for the initial 20 years.
Worked in Singapore on secondment to Coopers & Lybrand International, the largest firm of accountants in the world, and obtained relevant exposure to current audit techniques, computer-aided auditing procedures, and international developments in accounting and auditing standards.
Important assignments during the period with Lovelock & Lewes included taking charge of and finalising statutory audits of, inter alia :- Reserve Bank of India; State Bank of India; ANZ Grindlays Bank p.l.c; Standard Chartered Bank; Shaw Wallace Group; Tata Tea Ltd; Williamson Magor Group; ITC Limited; Hotel Maurya, Delhi; GEC of India Ltd; Genelec Ltd; The Statesman Ltd; CESC Ltd; Berger Paints (India) Ltd; Jardine, Henderson Ltd; The Assam Company (India) Ltd; Steel Authority of India Ltd; Doom Doom (India) Ltd, and Duncan Group of Companies; Calcutta Club; Bengal Club; Tollygunge Club, Group of hotels in Singapore during the course of secondment to Coopers & Lybrand etc. Worked as In-charge of the statutory audit team and also in the capacity of internal auditor in various tea estates located at Munar, Cochin, Dooars and Assam owned by Tata Tea Ltd., George Williamson (Assam) Ltd., The Bishnauth Tea Co. Ltd., Tea Estates owned by Tezpur Tea Co. Ltd., Assam Co. Ltd., Mooran Tea Co. Ltd., Hindusthan Lever Ltd., (previously garden of Doom Dooma Tea Estates Ltd.
PANCHANAN BERA (Senior Partner - FCA)
Has joined as Senior Partner after resigning from one of the reputed Central Govt. of India undertaking as General Manager Finance having a total of 32 years experience in the fields of accounting, management accounting, audit fund management, taxation finance investigation etc. He has a wide experience in Project Appraisal, Finance, Taxation, Fund Management, Finalisation of Accounts, Statutory, Govt. & Tax Audit, 619 Report and Management Accounting.
In course of his assignment with Lovelock & Lewes, now Price Water House Coopers he was actively involved in the finalisation of audit of Multinational Companies, Duncun Industries Ltd., Andrewl & Co. Ltd., Berger Paints Ltd., ICI Ltd., Agency Houses carrying on the business of Tea, Jute, Mines, Coals etc. and also in the capacity of internal auditor in companies like Bird & Co., Birpara Tea Industries Ltd. etc. Exposure to stocks and receivable audit and special assignment including audit of MSTC Ltd., Anglo India Jute Mills Co. Ltd., Hindustan Development Corporation Ltd., Howrah Mills Co. Ltd., Punjab National Bank., Branches of State Bank of India etc.
PIYALI GHOSAL - FCA, DISA, SAP (FICO)
Piyali is working as a full time partner in the firm and comes with a rich industry exposure of about 4 years from Exide Industries Ltd, followed by a consultancy exposure in the fields of SAP from IBM India Pvt Ltd for about 7 years as a Finance and Controlling ( FICO) consultant. She has handled with equal ease indian as well as foreign clients from Singapore, Germany, Kazakhstan and various parts of Europe. Piyali as a SAP Consultant supported big international clients namely Medtronic, British American Tobacco and Estee Lauder to name a few. She started her career in IBM as an support consultant and later moved into implementation of FI and CO modules in British American Tobacco. Piyali completed articleship from M/S Lovelock & Lewes and completed CA training at the same time in the year 1998. Other than gathering industry exposure and IT consultancy exposure she ventured in the fields of auditing profession and conducted statutory audits, internal audits, fund audits, tax audits, information systems audit, stock and receivables audits and management audits. She has worked for many clients out of which to name a few are ITC - TTD, Rallies India Ltd, Goodricke Tea Co Ltd, Tata Tea Gardens, Worthington Pump Ltd, J. Thomas, Tollygunge Club Ltd, Octavius Tea & Industries Ltd, Taj Bengal, Taj Sats Air Catering Ltd, Indian Institute of Foundary, Mohan Motors Udyog Pvt Ltd, etc. Piyali has completed various courses on Windows 98, oracle and visual basic. She is proficient to work under any ERP environment as well as undertake audit under any ERP environment. She has recently undergone courses on Concurrent Audit and Forensic Audit organised by the ICAI.
NIRMAL GUHA ( FCA)
Has vast experience as incharge (Head of Finance & Accounts)of Manufacturing Companies and has worked as Senior Executive/ In charge in various Government organizations (Nava Ratna Government Undertakings).
His experiences is in the fields of auditing (Automobile Engineering Company, Jute manufacturing Company, Cast Iron (Foundry) manufacturing company, Heavy Chemical/Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Company ), stock audit & cost audit (roll manufacturing
Company, Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Company), inventory management audit, audit of sales & debtors accounting, various government project accounting along with fund Management, Branch Bank Audits, internal audit ( various R&D projects, Sponge Iron Plants), consolidation of Corporate Accounting & Government Undertakings, etc