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About the firm

Srihari & Co., Chartered Accountants, was founded in West Mambalam, Chennai, in 1986. Today the firm handles audit, income tax, GST, company and LLP compliance, FEMA and FCRA work, and accounting, for individuals, partnerships, companies, trusts and charities.

How the firm began

Mr E V Subrahmanyam, fondly known as Manikutty, founded Srihari & Co. in 1986. He was a chartered accountant who practised in direct taxation. He believed that a chartered accountant’s first duty was to give honest, careful advice, and he brought that conviction to every client he served.

His technical understanding, warmth and patient guidance shaped not only the firm’s practice but also the many young professionals he mentored over the years. The values he instilled, of integrity, diligence and genuine care for clients, continue to guide Srihari & Co. today. In those early years, the firm built its practice one client at a time, through careful work and personal commitment.

As India’s economy opened up and business became more complex, the firm grew alongside its clients. The practice expanded into statutory compliance, business advisory and tax planning. With the arrival of GST in 2017, our indirect tax team helped businesses move into the new tax regime.

As our clients’ needs became global, so did our services. Today we also assist US citizens with their income-tax filings and provide cloud-based accounting through Intuit QuickBooks, for clients in India and abroad.

Through every change, one thing has remained the same: our commitment to doing the right work, the right way.

The chartered accountants

Five chartered accountants, with more than 100 years of combined experience in practice and industry.

S Santhanam

FCA

  • In practice since 1988
  • FCA since 1993
  • Capital gains, PMS and SEBI audits

He has been in continuous practice since 1988 and was admitted as a Fellow Member of The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India in 1993. He graduated in Economics from Vivekananda College, Chennai, in 1984.

His audit experience includes bank audits and statutory audits of listed companies. He also advises clients on taxation and company law matters.

He advises individuals and businesses on capital gains, from structuring transactions to planning the tax outcome. His capital-markets work extends to Portfolio Management Services (PMS) and SEBI audits, under the regulatory framework for securities and investment management.

E S Neelakantan

FCA

  • Chartered accountant since 1992
  • FCA since 2002
  • Statistics, Loyola College

E S Neelakantan is a chartered accountant with more than three decades of professional experience. He graduated in Statistics from Loyola College, Chennai, in 1987.

He qualified as a chartered accountant in 1992 and was admitted as a Fellow Member of The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India in 2002. He has been in continuous practice ever since.

His work spans statutory audits of companies, audits of banks, and the audit and advisory needs of trusts and charitable institutions.

He also holds a PhD.

S Suresh

Chartered accountant

  • Chartered accountant since 1992
  • CFO roles, 1995 to 2022
  • ERP and finance transformation

He began his career in 1992 as a practising chartered accountant, serving individuals, partnership firms, corporates and banks. From 1995 to 2022, he held senior finance roles in Saudi Arabia, including Finance Manager, Comptroller, Group Finance Manager and Chief Financial Officer, across manufacturing, pipeline construction, waste oil recycling, automobile components and oilfield rig equipment supply.

Much of his career has been in ERP implementation and finance transformation. He has led projects on Oracle Financials, Sage ERP, SAP ECC and SAP S/4HANA, from system design and data migration to user training and go-live. He also led the development of a customised in-house financial system for a plant under a French Offset Programme.

He has worked on internal controls, governance and compliance, built cost control and budgeting frameworks, and advised on direct and indirect taxation.

K V Bhaskar

B.Com, CA, ICWA, ACS

  • Chartered accountant since 1982
  • 40 years in industry
  • Finance and secretarial head

K V Bhaskar is a finance professional with over four decades of post-qualification experience across manufacturing, trading, retail and services. He qualified as a chartered accountant in May 1982 and in Cost Accountancy (ICWA) in June 1984. He has also cleared the Final examination of the Institute of Company Secretaries and holds a first-class B.Com degree.

Of his 40 years in industry, he has spent 26 years as Head of Finance and Secretarial functions and 12 years as an SBU Head. His experience spans:

  • Manufacturing (22 years): agro-chemicals, fertilisers, automobile components, leather footwear, tobacco products, steel re-rolling, fragrance products, textile mills and cotton goods, sports goods assembly, and household stainless steel products.
  • Retail and trading (3 years exclusively, plus 12 years alongside manufacturing): automobile spares, wholesale cement distribution, and a chain of departmental stores covering groceries, footwear, sports goods and apparel.
  • Services (12 years): star hotels, EPC and civil contracting, real estate development, software development, and management consultancy.

Manoj Niranjan G

Chartered accountant

  • Began at Ernst & Young
  • Direct and indirect tax
  • GST
  • Mergers and acquisitions
  • Tax litigation
  • Government audits

Manoj Niranjan G is a chartered accountant. He began his career with Ernst & Young as an indirect tax consultant, and has since worked across both direct and indirect tax laws.

He has worked with businesses in the jewellery, real estate, infrastructure, manufacturing and logistics sectors, and on government audits.

His advisory work extends to mergers and acquisitions, where he has guided businesses through tax structuring, due diligence and transaction planning to keep deals efficient and compliant.

His litigation work includes income tax disputes and appeals. He assisted the then Standing Counsel for the Income Tax Department at the office of Senior Advocate Pushya Sitaraman, which gave him a view of tax disputes from the Department’s side of the table.

Senior audit managers

They lead the firm’s audit, tax and compliance work day to day.

C R Hemant Narayan

Senior Audit Manager

  • Over 8 years of experience
  • BBA, Vivekananda College
  • Certified GST Practitioner

C R Hemant Narayan is a Senior Audit Manager at Srihari & Co., with over eight years of professional experience spanning audit and assurance, direct and indirect taxation, regulatory compliance and business advisory. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from Vivekananda College, Chennai, and is a certified GST Practitioner.

He has led statutory audits of companies in the jewellery industry, including inventory verification, valuation and regulatory compliance. His assurance experience extends to tax audits, concurrent audits and project-based internal audits, as well as compliance audits of Portfolio Management Services and other SEBI-regulated entities.

On the direct tax side, he manages income tax return filings and tax audits for corporate and individual clients. In indirect tax, he advises on GST compliance and has designed and implemented GST standard operating procedures and internal control frameworks for a jewellery company. He has represented clients in GST and income tax proceedings before authorities up to the level of Commissioner and Joint Commissioner.

He handles statutory filings with the Ministry of Corporate Affairs and compliance under the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act. He advises high-net-worth and ultra-high-net-worth individuals on tax and compliance matters, and supports businesses with consulting engagements focused on process and control improvement.

Areas of practice: statutory audit, tax audit, concurrent and internal audit, PMS and SEBI compliance audits, income tax compliance and representation, GST advisory and representation, MCA and FCRA compliance, HNI and UHNI advisory, business consulting.

Mohan Ram Prasath N

Senior Audit Manager

  • With the firm since 2021
  • GST and income tax litigation
  • Statutory audits

Mohan Ram Prasath N is a Senior Audit Manager at Srihari & Co. He has been with the firm since 2021 and works on a wide range of engagements across tax litigation, audit and compliance.

Tax litigation is at the centre of his work. He handles GST litigation and appears before GST appellate authorities on behalf of clients, and manages income tax assessments and appeals, including drafting written submissions for appeal proceedings. He also handles GST and income tax notices.

He also conducts statutory audits of companies in the real estate, jewellery and hospitality sectors, and manages GST compliance for businesses in manufacturing, trading, real estate, hospitality and healthcare. His wider work covers income tax returns and ongoing compliance for high-net-worth individuals, payroll processing and TDS on salaries for large-scale entities, and MCA and FCRA compliance.

Having trained and grown with the firm, he now leads a team and coordinates work across the office, managing several engagements at a time while working closely with clients.

Our values

The values our founder instilled still guide the firm’s work today. Pick a petal to read each one.

Integrity first

We hold ourselves to the ethical standards of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India. Honest advice, even when difficult, is the foundation of every relationship we build.

Client commitment

We listen first. Every recommendation is shaped by a clear understanding of our client’s goals, challenges and circumstances.

Technical excellence

Tax and regulatory frameworks change constantly. Our team engages in continuous learning to ensure our advice reflects the latest laws, judgments and practices.

Accountability

We take ownership of our work, honour our deadlines and stand behind our advice.

Respect and collaboration

We value the ideas of our people and clients alike, and we believe the best outcomes come from working together.

How we work

What working with the firm looks like, from the first conversation to the filing. Pick a step to follow your file.

Step 1 of 4

A first conversation

Tell us what you need, by phone, on WhatsApp or at the office. We’ll tell you whether it’s work we take on and what it involves.

Step 2 of 4

The documents

We give you a list of what to keep ready, and tell you how to share it with us securely.

Step 3 of 4

The work

A chartered accountant prepares and checks the work, and explains anything that needs your decision before it goes further.

Step 4 of 4

Filing and after

We file, share the acknowledgement with you, and let you know what comes up next for you.

Confidential by default

We don’t name our clients. What you share stays with the firm and is used only for the work you ask for, as our privacy page explains.

Where to find us

No 4, KV Colony 3rd Street, West Mambalam, Chennai 600033, near Ayodhya Mandapam. Please call before you visit: +91 99401 89697.

Forty years of tax law, one practice

  1. 1982

    K V Bhaskar qualifies as a chartered accountant.

  2. 1984

    S Santhanam graduates in Economics from Vivekananda College, Chennai.

  3. 1986

    E V Subrahmanyam founds Srihari & Co. in West Mambalam, with a practice in direct taxation.

  4. 1987

    E S Neelakantan graduates in Statistics from Loyola College, Chennai.

  5. 1988

    S Santhanam begins his continuous practice as a chartered accountant.

  6. 1992

    E S Neelakantan qualifies as a chartered accountant, and S Suresh begins practice.

  7. 1993

    S Santhanam becomes a Fellow Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India.

  8. 2002

    E S Neelakantan becomes a Fellow Member of the Institute.

  9. 2017

    GST arrives on 1 July, replacing most of the earlier indirect taxes. The firm’s indirect tax team helps clients move to the new regime.

  10. 2021

    Mohan Ram Prasath N joins the firm.

  11. 2026

    The Income-tax Act, 2025 takes effect on 1 April, replacing the Act of 1961. Section numbers change, and so do the forms.