KARVY, is a premier integrated financial services provider, and ranked among the top five in the country in all its business segments, servicing over 16 million individual investors in various capacities, and provides investor’s servicing to over 300 corporates, comprising the who’s who of India Inc. Karvy group covers the entire spectrum of financial services such as stock broking, depository participants, distribution of financial products - mutual funds, bonds, fixed deposit, equities, insurance broking, commodities broking, personal finance advisory services, merchant banking & corporate finance, placement of equity, IPOs, among others. Karvy has a professional management team and ranks among the best in technology, operations and research of various industrial segments. 

In a span of over two decades, Karvy has emerged as one of the leading financial services company in India driven by professionalism and an unwavering commitment to innovation. Karvy continues to surge ahead by identifying, assessing and meeting critical needs of its corporate clients and professionals. 

Karvy has in the course of its various activities, felt an acute need for a greater degree of corporate compliance, legal awareness, easy access and reference to corporate laws and records on the part of corporates, corporate executives and professionals. It is this need that has prompted Karvy in designing and developing the portal http://www.indiacorporateadvisor.com/ (ICA) 

indiacorporateadvisor.com (ICA) comes from the Knowledge Resource Division (KRD) of Karvy Consultants Ltd. KRD is backed by qualified and experienced team of professionals who have developed and maintain this unique portal catering to knowledge management services to professionals corporate & business world. 

ICA is a repository of almost all corporate statutes and has been designed to give its users a completely different perception of corporate laws. It is equipped with specific tools to handle various regulatory compliances and tasks that every corporate needs to follow.  ICA covers Companies Act, Economic Laws, Taxation Laws, Laws relating to Capital Market, Banking and Insurance, Labour and Industrial Laws, Corporate Governance etc. These laws are supported by text of legislation, procedure, rules, check lists, model documents, FAQ’s and other relevant information.  

ICA’s objective is to act as true counselor of a professional and corporate executive for all his/her legal/procedural/implementation/policy issues on any subject on corporate laws so as to emerge as professionals friend in need and advisor. Combining the company law information, procedures and services, the portal aims to make the task of corporate professionals much easier by assisting them in the performance of their functions with a greater degree of efficiency. 

Easy to access and easier to navigate, this portal aims to put in a position that increases the efficiency and effectiveness of your functions like never before.  

What is Unique that ICA presently Offers- 

ICA Know How – A comprehensive, in depth and analytical demystification of complex issues on Corporate Laws. 

ICA Compliance Calendar - Features the monthly compliance with various statutory laws serving as a glance side. 

Guidance on Statutory Registers/MCA 21 – Provides the service of maintaining the company’s registers prescribed under the Companies Act Online.  

ICA Newsletters – ICA presently rolls out three newsletters during a month. 

·   KARVY Jurix – Published every Saturday covering the legal updation in the field of all the major laws and corporate & market news.

·   Service Tax Counselor – Covering exclusively Service Tax, released on every Monday.

·   ICA Tax Alert – Released on 15th of every month, covering the field of Direct Taxation. 

.   ICA Professional Radar- An exclusive newsletter for professionals released fortnightly (10 and 25).

ICA Monthly Updates – At month end, ICA releases legal updates by incorporating amendments made by way of circulars/notifications/case laws in the field of Banking, Taxation, Capital market and Company Law. 

E-mail Alerts – ICA alerts its subscribers by regular email alerts relating to important issues/amendments.

Query Forum – ICA entertains queries on related laws/subjects from subscribers and makes an attempt to provide a possible solution to such queries.

ICA Scholars Diary – Provides a platform for our subscribers and others to contribute articles/share experiences. 

ICA Glossary – Contains exhaustive coverage of the legal terms in the field of taxation, company law, banking and insurance, labour laws etc.  

ICA Knowledge Browser - Referencer of select recent articles etc. published in leading Finance Magazines/ Professional Journals and Newspapers in India. 

ICA Events Radar – Lists out select important Seminars/Programmes/Conferences taking place in India 

ICA Book House - A virtual E-Book house, providing information on relevant and knowledge packed professional journals and high quality books from Indian Publishing Industry. A Book Scanner features select titles reviewed by ICA. 

ICA is also in process of developing certain other value added products including advisory services for our valued subscribers. 

Team ICA

ICA team possess significant academic knowledge and practical experience, access to legal and corporate professionals, creditability within the corporate community and professionals to take care of knowledge management. The team comprises of the blend of professionals, academicians and technical people which, inter alia, includes:

C.Parthasarathy (FCA, FCS)                        Sanjiv Agarwal (FCA, FCS, ACIS (UK))

B. Narasimhan (FCS)