Faculty
CA. N S N Pillai – Lead Faculty – CIA
Having more than 30 years of experience in the industry, NSN’s domain expertise covers Finance, Accounts, Internal Audit, and Information Security & Risk Management. He has been conducting training programs for Ashok Leyland engineers for over a decade. NSN has been closely associated with the Loyola Institute of Business Administration (LIBA), as a lead faculty conducting programs for Information Security. His educational endeavors include numerous training programs in cyber laws, information security and risk management, ISO 27001 and other allied IT security subjects. To add to his credit, is the string of qualifications of NSN: CA; DISA (ICAI), CISA; CISM (ISACA,USA); CIA (IIA,USA) ITIL (Foundation) along with the Microsoft Security Strategy award.
CA. N S N Pillai – Lead Faculty – CIA
Having more than 30 years of experience in the industry, NSN’s domain expertise covers Finance, Accounts, Internal Audit, and Information Security & Risk Management. He has been conducting training programs for Ashok Leyland engineers for over a decade. NSN has been closely associated with the Loyola Institute of Business Administration (LIBA), as a lead faculty conducting programs for Information Security. His educational endeavors include numerous training programs in cyber laws, information security and risk management, ISO 27001 and other allied IT security subjects. To add to his credit, is the string of qualifications of NSN: CA; DISA (ICAI), CISA; CISM (ISACA,USA); CIA (IIA,USA) ITIL (Foundation) along with the Microsoft Security Strategy award.
Prof. P.R.Vittal – Faculty-Quantitative Aptitude-CA-Foundation
P R Vittal is a postgraduate professor in mathematics at Ramakrishna Mission, Vivekananda College, Chennai. He retired as the principal of the college in 1996.
His vast experience in teaching includes: as a visiting professor at Western Carolina University, USA; research work in coordination with a number of universities in USA and Canada.
At present, R.Vittal is a visiting professor in the Department of Statistics, University of Madras, Institute of Chartered Accountants of India – Chennai, The Institute of Technology and Management – Chennai, National Management School – Chennai and research guide in Management Science in BITS, Pilani. He has 30 research papers in reputed international & national journals and has guided a number of students for M.Phil and Ph.D. He is a fellow of Tamil Nadu Academy of Sciences. His topics of Research have been Probability, Stochastic Processes, Operations Research, Differential Equations and Supply Chain Management. In addition, he has authored 26 books in Mathematics, Statistics and Operations Research.
Prof. P.R.Vittal – Faculty-Quantitative Aptitude-CA-Foundation
P R Vittal is a postgraduate professor in mathematics at Ramakrishna Mission, Vivekananda College, Chennai. He retired as the principal of the college in 1996.
His vast experience in teaching includes: as a visiting professor at Western Carolina University, USA; research work in coordination with a number of universities in USA and Canada.
At present, R.Vittal is a visiting professor in the Department of Statistics, University of Madras, Institute of Chartered Accountants of India – Chennai, The Institute of Technology and Management – Chennai, National Management School – Chennai and research guide in Management Science in BITS, Pilani. He has 30 research papers in reputed international & national journals and has guided a number of students for M.Phil and Ph.D. He is a fellow of Tamil Nadu Academy of Sciences. His topics of Research have been Probability, Stochastic Processes, Operations Research, Differential Equations and Supply Chain Management. In addition, he has authored 26 books in Mathematics, Statistics and Operations Research.
CA. G P Kasthuri Rangan – Faculty – CA Intermediate & Final Advanced Accountancy & Financial Reporting
A Chartered Accountant backed by a BSc in Mathematics from University of Madras, Kasthuri Rangan is a Fellow Member of The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India and Partner in M/s Kasthuri Associates, Chartered Accountants. As a renowned faculty in Financial Accounting & Direct Taxation, he is a visiting faculty in SIRC of ICAI, SIRC of ICSI & SIRC of ICWAI, faculty in Department of Central Excise & Service Tax, faculty for Accounts in Sales Tax Department. His industrial experience with one of the Industry-majors(BHEL) along with his close Association with The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India- through regular Paper presentations, makes him one of the right leads for the IPCC students.
CA. G P Kasthuri Rangan – Faculty – CA Intermediate & Final Advanced Accountancy & Financial Reporting
A Chartered Accountant backed by a BSc in Mathematics from University of Madras, Kasthuri Rangan is a Fellow Member of The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India and Partner in M/s Kasthuri Associates, Chartered Accountants. As a renowned faculty in Financial Accounting & Direct Taxation, he is a visiting faculty in SIRC of ICAI, SIRC of ICSI & SIRC of ICWAI, faculty in Department of Central Excise & Service Tax, faculty for Accounts in Sales Tax Department. His industrial experience with one of the Industry-majors(BHEL) along with his close Association with The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India- through regular Paper presentations, makes him one of the right leads for the IPCC students.
Dr.V . Seshadri- Faculty – All Laws – CA Foundation, Intermediate & Final
A post graduate in Economics, Law and a PhD. in Economics, Dr V.Seshadri is accredited with other post graduate qualifications in Personnel Management, Labour Laws and Public Administration. In addition, he is a recipient of the Kulapathi medal for having secured the first position in Personnel Management and Industrial Relations Diploma. With almost four decades of academic and administrative experience in the public sector and in autonomous bodies, he is at present, a faculty in Law in the CA Institute at Chennai. This apart, he is also a visiting faculty in business schools handling subjects in Managerial economics, Business environment and Law, for MBA students.
Dr.V . Seshadri- Faculty – All Laws – CA Foundation, Intermediate & Final
A post graduate in Economics, Law and a PhD. in Economics, Dr V.Seshadri is accredited with other post graduate qualifications in Personnel Management, Labour Laws and Public Administration. In addition, he is a recipient of the Kulapathi medal for having secured the first position in Personnel Management and Industrial Relations Diploma. With almost four decades of academic and administrative experience in the public sector and in autonomous bodies, he is at present, a faculty in Law in the CA Institute at Chennai. This apart, he is also a visiting faculty in business schools handling subjects in Managerial economics, Business environment and Law, for MBA students.
CA. Santhi Ganapathy – Faculty – CA Intermediate - Costing & Financial Management, Final Strategic Financial Management & Advanced Management Accounting
A professional tutor, Ms. Santhi has over two decades of teaching experience.
An FCA, CWA, PGDTFM, CIMA Adv. Dip. MA, NCCMP+, Santhi is a rank holder in CA Intermediate. She is a visiting faculty at SIRC, ICAI and its various branches and NSE Academy in Chennai.
Earlier, she was a visiting faculty at ICWAI, Loyola Institute of Business Administration, Stella Maris College and The Institute of Chartered Financial Analysts of India.
She has also been a resource person for various programs organised by ICAI, ICWAI, BSNL and other Institutions.
CA. Santhi Ganapathy – Faculty – CA Intermediate - Costing & Financial Management, Final Strategic Financial Management & Advanced Management Accounting
A professional tutor, Ms. Santhi has over two decades of teaching experience.
An FCA, CWA, PGDTFM, CIMA Adv. Dip. MA, NCCMP+, Santhi is a rank holder in CA Intermediate. She is a visiting faculty at SIRC, ICAI and its various branches and NSE Academy in Chennai.
Earlier, she was a visiting faculty at ICWAI, Loyola Institute of Business Administration, Stella Maris College and The Institute of Chartered Financial Analysts of India.
She has also been a resource person for various programs organised by ICAI, ICWAI, BSNL and other Institutions.
CA. S Ganapathy – Faculty – CA Intermediate and Final Auditing
A B.Com graduate from Loyola College Chennai 1979-82 batch is a CA and a CMA. A practicing Chartered Accountant since February 1986, Mr. Ganapathy has been teaching Auditing for the CA course (Intermediate & Final) from 1994 at various professional and coaching institutions all over South India as a visiting faculty for regular and crash courses. He has presented papers on Auditing Standards in various forums including training centres of ICAI, AAI, AGs, LIC, CBEC, TFSC, students conferences of SIRC of ICAI and CPE programmes. A life member of the Society of Auditors and a member of Study Group on Auditing Standards, he has written articles on Auditing in numerous professional journals and news letters.
CA. S Ganapathy – Faculty – CA Intermediate and Final Auditing
A B.Com graduate from Loyola College Chennai 1979-82 batch is a CA and a CMA. A practicing Chartered Accountant since February 1986, Mr. Ganapathy has been teaching Auditing for the CA course (Intermediate & Final) from 1994 at various professional and coaching institutions all over South India as a visiting faculty for regular and crash courses. He has presented papers on Auditing Standards in various forums including training centres of ICAI, AAI, AGs, LIC, CBEC, TFSC, students conferences of SIRC of ICAI and CPE programmes. A life member of the Society of Auditors and a member of Study Group on Auditing Standards, he has written articles on Auditing in numerous professional journals and news letters.
Mr. P Subbaraman – Faculty – CA Intermediate & Final Direct Tax
Mr. P Subbaraman is a versatile and professional tutor having over 20 years of teaching experience. He has taught students of at Chennai, Coimbatore, Guntur, Tirupathi, Bangalore, Kochi, Mumbai, Kurnool, Hyderabad and Vizag A highly student-centric tutor, Mr. Subbaraman has been a faculty at ICAI and its branches, PWC, Edu Comp and many other reputed Coaching centres in the places mentioned above.
Apart being a specialist tutor for Direct Tax and Indirect Tax, he also is an expert in teaching Law for Intermediate and Final of ICAI.
Mr. P Subbaraman – Faculty – CA Intermediate & Final Direct Tax
Mr. P Subbaraman is a versatile and professional tutor having over 20 years of teaching experience. He has taught students of at Chennai, Coimbatore, Guntur, Tirupathi, Bangalore, Kochi, Mumbai, Kurnool, Hyderabad and Vizag A highly student-centric tutor, Mr. Subbaraman has been a faculty at ICAI and its branches, PWC, Edu Comp and many other reputed Coaching centres in the places mentioned above.
Apart being a specialist tutor for Direct Tax and Indirect Tax, he also is an expert in teaching Law for Intermediate and Final of ICAI.
Prof. Harihara Kumar Faculty – CA Intermediate and Final Indirect Taxes
A graduate in Commerce and a post graduate in Economics, Mr. Harihara Kumar is also a CMA & CS with over 15 years of experience as Deputy Director/Commissioner in Excise, Customs, Service-tax department and Ministry of Finance, New Delhi. He is also a member of Indirect-tax committee – ICAI, New Delhi since, 2010.
Mr. Harihara Kumar is a faculty notified by ICAI, New Delhi for Certificate course on Indirect Taxes and is regularly invited by 14 Regional Councils & Chapters of ICAI to deliver lecture in the Certificate Course. With over 20 years’ experience as faculty in National Academy for Customs, Excise & Narcotics, Chennai, Bangalore, Hyderabad & New Delhi (training Institute of Ministry of Finance, New Delhi), SIRC of ICAI, SIRC of ICWAI/ICMAI, he is considered as an expert in Indirect taxes.
Prof. Harihara Kumar Faculty – CA Intermediate and Final Indirect Taxes
A graduate in Commerce and a post graduate in Economics, Mr. Harihara Kumar is also a CMA & CS with over 15 years of experience as Deputy Director/Commissioner in Excise, Customs, Service-tax department and Ministry of Finance, New Delhi. He is also a member of Indirect-tax committee – ICAI, New Delhi since, 2010.
Mr. Harihara Kumar is a faculty notified by ICAI, New Delhi for Certificate course on Indirect Taxes and is regularly invited by 14 Regional Councils & Chapters of ICAI to deliver lecture in the Certificate Course. With over 20 years’ experience as faculty in National Academy for Customs, Excise & Narcotics, Chennai, Bangalore, Hyderabad & New Delhi (training Institute of Ministry of Finance, New Delhi), SIRC of ICAI, SIRC of ICWAI/ICMAI, he is considered as an expert in Indirect taxes.
Ms. CA Swapna Krishnakumar – Faculty - CA Foundation and Intermediate, ACCA Financial Accounting
With over 8 years of Teaching experience, Swapna joined the panel of faculty at GMA four years ago and is now one of our main tutors for Accountancy in CA Foundation and Intermediate as also for Financial Accounting in ACCA. Soft spoken but a very effective teacher, she is well respected and adored by her students. Her teaching exposure covers:
- IPCC pre-examination crash course at Bangalore, Chennai, Calicut and Allepey branches of ICAI.
- Regular classes for IPCC at Alleppey branch of ICAI.
- CA Intermediate pre-examination crash course at Vizag branch of ICAI, Shraddha Academy-Bangalore. Premier Academy, Chennai and Kew Academy in Chennai.
Swapna is a Chartered Accountant and has a Diploma in IFRS from ACCA (UK)
Ms. CA Swapna Krishnakumar – Faculty - CA Foundation and Intermediate, ACCA Financial Accounting
With over 8 years of Teaching experience, Swapna joined the panel of faculty at GMA four years ago and is now one of our main tutors for Accountancy in CA Foundation and Intermediate as also for Financial Accounting in ACCA. Soft spoken but a very effective teacher, she is well respected and adored by her students. Her teaching exposure covers:
- IPCC pre-examination crash course at Bangalore, Chennai, Calicut and Allepey branches of ICAI.
- Regular classes for IPCC at Alleppey branch of ICAI.
- CA Intermediate pre-examination crash course at Vizag branch of ICAI, Shraddha Academy-Bangalore. Premier Academy, Chennai and Kew Academy in Chennai.
Swapna is a Chartered Accountant and has a Diploma in IFRS from ACCA (UK)
CA. K N Anusha – Faculty – CA Intermediate & Final, ACCA Costing & Financial Management, CMA (USA)
A B.Com graduate, Anusha K N is a Chartered Accountant and a DISA professional. She is into teaching for over 15 years. She handles classes for Cost and Management Accounting and Financial Management for CA, ACCA and CMA (USA) in many academies including Prime Academy in Chennai.
She has co authored a book “First lessons in Cost and management accounting” for CA Intermediate students.
CA. K N Anusha – Faculty – CA Intermediate & Final, ACCA Costing & Financial Management, CMA (USA)
A B.Com graduate, Anusha K N is a Chartered Accountant and a DISA professional. She is into teaching for over 15 years. She handles classes for Cost and Management Accounting and Financial Management for CA, ACCA and CMA (USA) in many academies including Prime Academy in Chennai.
She has co authored a book “First lessons in Cost and management accounting” for CA Intermediate students.
CA. Vidhya Sreeram – Lead Faculty – ACCA (Most Subjects)
Passionate about teaching, Vidhya has been the Lead Tutor for ACCA students for over 7 years for most of the subjects at all levels. She holds the credit for producing many All India Rank holders of which one obtained 5th Rank Worldwide. Her areas of specific interests are Management Accounting, Financial Management, Costing and Taxation. She plays the role of a guide and counsellor for students of ACCA.
CA. Vidhya Sreeram – Lead Faculty – ACCA (Most Subjects)
Passionate about teaching, Vidhya has been the Lead Tutor for ACCA students for over 7 years for most of the subjects at all levels. She holds the credit for producing many All India Rank holders of which one obtained 5th Rank Worldwide. Her areas of specific interests are Management Accounting, Financial Management, Costing and Taxation. She plays the role of a guide and counsellor for students of ACCA.
CA. A Vijayalakshmi – Faculty – CA Foundation Economics
Vijayalakshmi is not only a Chartered Accountant but also is an Associate Member of the Institute of Cost & Works Accountants (CMA). She holds a PG Diploma in EDP too.
She is associated with GMA since 2017 in the role of a Guide and counsellor for students of CA Foundation, Intermediate and Final. She is a faculty for CA Foundation Economics and and ACCA Law. She is also well versed in coaching students in Taxation.
CA. A Vijayalakshmi – Faculty – CA Foundation Economics
Vijayalakshmi is not only a Chartered Accountant but also is an Associate Member of the Institute of Cost & Works Accountants (CMA). She holds a PG Diploma in EDP too.
She is associated with GMA since 2017 in the role of a Guide and counsellor for students of CA Foundation, Intermediate and Final. She is a faculty for CA Foundation Economics and and ACCA Law. She is also well versed in coaching students in Taxation.