Our Leadership

A S Poddar & Associates is led by a team of experienced Chartered Accountants who bring together decades of professional experience across audit, taxation, financial advisory, regulatory compliance, and strategic consulting. The firm’s leadership combines deep technical expertise with a forward-looking approach to help businesses navigate complex financial and regulatory environments.

Our partners play a key role in shaping the firm’s professional practice, guiding client engagements, mentoring teams, and expanding the firm’s capabilities across emerging areas such as startup advisory, transaction advisory, cross-border taxation, and technology-enabled financial services.

CA Sushil Kumar Poddar

Founder & Managing Partner

CA Sushil Kumar Poddar, FCA, is the Founder and Managing Partner of A S Poddar & Associates, a multidisciplinary Chartered Accountancy firm established in 1997. With over two decades of continuous professional practice, he has built a strong reputation as a trusted advisor to businesses across a wide range of industries.

Over the course of his career, he has handled a broad spectrum of complex engagements including statutory, internal and tax audits, corporate and international taxation advisory, regulatory compliance, corporate structuring, and financial advisory assignments. His professional experience spans the full range of services typically undertaken by leading professional firms including audit and assurance, strategic tax advisory, transaction support, and financial governance advisory.

Under his leadership, A S Poddar & Associates has evolved into a well-established professional practice providing integrated services across audit, taxation, compliance, corporate advisory, and financial consulting. He is also the Founder and Managing Director of Infolex Advisors Private Limited, a global outsourcing firm providing accounting and financial services to clients across the United States, Australia, Canada, and the UAE.

CA Aham Poddar

Partner

CA Aham Poddar is an All India Rank 37 Chartered Accountant and a dynamic young professional associated with A S Poddar & Associates, bringing a modern and globally oriented perspective to the firm’s professional practice. Having begun his career with Ernst & Young (EY), he gained strong exposure to cross-border advisory, multinational compliance frameworks, and global financial reporting environments.

At the firm, he advises startups, high-growth enterprises, and SMEs on matters relating to business structuring, financial reporting, tax advisory, and regulatory compliance. His work spans emerging domains including startup advisory, SME financing, venture funding support, IPO readiness (SME and Mainboard listings), transaction structuring, cross-border investments, FEMA advisory, and international taxation.

He also works extensively with international CPA firms and multinational clients to streamline outsourced accounting and financial reporting processes. Alongside traditional advisory work, he focuses on integrating AI-driven automation, data analytics, and workflow optimization into professional services to enhance efficiency and scalability.

CA Ambrish Rastogi

Partner

CA Ambrish Rastogi, FCA, is a senior partner at A S Poddar & Associates with over 27 years of professional practice. Over the course of his career, he has gained extensive experience across the full range of services typically undertaken by established mid-sized Chartered Accountancy firms, including audit and assurance, taxation advisory, regulatory compliance, and financial reporting assignments.

He has handled a wide spectrum of engagements for corporates, closely held businesses, and high-net-worth individuals across multiple industries. His professional work includes statutory audits, tax audits, internal audits, corporate advisory, and compliance under various regulatory frameworks.

He is particularly recognized for his strong expertise in direct taxation, with significant experience in tax planning, structuring of transactions, handling income tax assessments, and representing clients before tax authorities and appellate forums. His practical understanding of tax laws allows him to provide advice that balances technical precision with commercial practicality.

 
     
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