Padma Shri (CA) T N Manoharan was born in April 1956 in a
freedom fighter's family with agricultural background. He obtained a post
graduate degree in Commerce from Sri Venkateshwara University and a law degree
from Madras Law College. He became a Chartered Accountant in 1983 and set up
his public practice in the same year. He is the founding partner of the
accounting firm Manohar Chowdhry & Associates, Chennai. He was elected to
the central council of ICAI in 2001 and its Vice President in 2005. He remained
as a Central Council Member till 2007. He has also chaired various committees
of the Institute. In 2006, he was elected as the President of the ICAI.
He was the Chairman of ICAI of Accounting Research
Foundation. He was on the Board of the Insurance Regulatory and Development
Authority (IRDA) and on the committees constituted by Reserve Bank of India
(RBI), Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI), Comptroller and Auditor
General of India (C&AG) and Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) during
2006-07. He is at present the Chairman of the National Committee on Accounting
Standards and Taxation of the Confederation of Indian Industry. He is a member
of the Appellate Authority, and of the working group constituted by
International Accounting Standards Board (ISAB) for making recommendations on
"IFRS for SMEs".
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| CA T N Manoharan receiving Padma Sri Award |
In 2009, he was one of the four members (as representatives
of Government of India) appointed to the board of the scandal hit information
technology company Satyam Computer Services for restructuring the company. As
of 2010, he continues to be a member of the company's board. He has been a
visiting faculty for Taxation at the Southern India Regional Council (SIRC) of
ICAI and the Reserve Bank of India's staff college and has authored text books
on Taxation. He is very popular amongst CA Students and he is very much
involved with students. He is also a board member of a number of organisations
including Nani Palkhiwala Foundation, Alpha Capital Management and Sahara India
Finance Corporation.
He was awarded the PADMA SHRI (India's
fourth highest civilian honour) in 2010.
A true example for CA students to make role model.