PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE :

• He has completed Chartered Accountancy (CA) in 2000 with excellent academic record.
• He is having rich experience of 15 years as a practicing Chartered Accountant in Direct Taxes as well as Indirect Taxes.

PROFESSIONAL & OTHER MEMBERSHIPS:

• Chief Patron Member of South Gujarat Chamber of Commerce and Industries.
• Patron Member of South Gujarat Production Council
• Life Member of Bombay Chartered Accountants Society
• Life Member of Chamber of Tax Consultants
• Life Member of Indian Council of Arbitration (ICA)
• Life Member of All India Federation of Tax Practitioners
• Member of Certified Fraud Examiners India Chapter
• Member of Certified Internal Auditor Mumbai Chapter
• Member of Lions Club of Surat Parle Point
• Member of Agrawal Professionals Association, Surat.
• Member of Anuvrat Dwar CPE Surat Study Circle of ICAI.
• Founder Trustee of Agarwal Pragati Trust, Surat

SOCIAL AND OTHER INVOLVEMENTS:

• Vice Chairman of Excise and Service Tax Committee of South Gujarat Chamber of Commerce and Industries.
• Associated for social activity as active member and past president of Lions Club of Surat Parle Point.
• President of Agrawal Professionals Association for the year 2015-16.
• Presently he is Convenor of Anuvrat Dwar Surat CPE Study Circle for the year 2015-16.
• Founder Trustee of Agarwal Pragati Trust, Surat

OTHER ACTIVITIES:

• He has authored few books (“Service Tax Law Practice and Procedure” and “Service Tax Ready Reckoner” by renowned publication house Bharat Publications and “Appeals and Litigation in Indirect Tax” by CCH India, a Wolters Kluwer Business) released on National Level and have also authored book in Gujarati on service tax named “Service Tax Margdarshan”. Forthcoming books are “Service Tax – in Hindi” , “Audit, Investigation and Prosecution under Indirect Taxes” , “Roadmap of GST”, “Annual Case Law Compendium” and on “e Commerce and e Taxation”.
• He has delivered lectures at various Study Circle, Branch Meetings, Various Seminars and also at National Conferences.
• He writes articles for various newsletters on regular basis.
• Has launched a site www.avinashpoddar.com for updates about the service tax and the most important feature of the said portal is Replying to the queries related to Service Tax and GST.
• Releasing weekly a newsletter, Avinash Poddar’s Communique, which carries the case laws, articles, etc on Indirect Taxes and is being sent to more than 25000 members.
• Recently launched a portal www.gstclub.in with the intention of creating an interaction platform for professionals, corporates and tax payers about GST. This portal has features such as creating a Public Forum, Post Articles related to GST and Ask queries relating to GST from the GST Club team.