Pawan Vijay Kumar

Mr. Pavan Kumar Vijay, Founder, Corporate Professionals Group,
possesses over 30 years of experience in Company Law, Capital Markets &�
Financial Services and holds the distinct honor of becoming one of the�
youngest President of the ICSI in the year 2003. Before founding Corporate�
Professionals, he was the Managing Director of BLB Limited, the biggest�
Corporate Stockbroker of the time (specializing in arbitrage).�

Mr. Vijay has richly contributed in number of committees set up by the�
Government, Regulatory Authorities, Professional bodies, Chambers of�
Commerce and Industry, etc. He has been a Member of Expert Group�
constituted by SEBI to review SEBI (Share Based Employee Benefit)�
Regulations 2014 and SEBI (Issue of Sweat Equity) Regulations, 2002;�
Member of the Working Group for National Mission on Interdisciplinary�
Cyber Physical Systems (NM-ICPS) constituted by Department of Science�
& Technology, Ministry of Science & Technology, Government of India. He�
is a Member of the Board and Governing Council of VOICE, Member,�
Advisory Board of Prays Social Welfare Society and had been a�
Trustee/Member of Consumer Education and Research Centre (CERC),�
Ahmedabad for over a decade.

Mr. Vijay has been the Chairman of Secretarial Standards Board of the ICSI�
for five consecutive terms (2014-2018), Chairman, Core Group for Vision�
New ICSI-2022 for the years 2017 and 2018, Member Appellate Authority�
constituted by MCA under Section 22A of the Company Secretaries Act;�
Member, Rule Making Committee of MCA for framing rules under the�
new Companies Bill; Member, Indian Institute of Corporate Affairs (IICA),�
Convener, Corporate Governance Committee of MCA, Member, Primary�
Market Committee of SEBI; Member, Mutual Fund Committee of SEBI;�
Member, Narayan Murthy Committee on Corporate Governance of SEBI,�
and Chairman/Member of various other committees set up by PHD,�
ASSOCHAM, BSE, ANMI, etc.�

Mr. Vijay is a prolific speaker and author. He has delivered over 475�
lectures on Corporate Restructuring, Mergers & Acquisitions, Takeovers,�
Corporate Governance, Company Law and Securities Law etc. at various�
forums. He has authored/ co-authored several books, articles, research�
papers, and reports, etc. He also regularly appears on various TV News�
Channels in Panel discussions, Talk shows and Interviews etc.
Mr. Vijay is a Fellow Member of the ICSI, holds a Master's degree in�
Commerce and a degree in law