Thothala Narayanaswamy Manoharan (S/o T.L. Narayanaswamy
Chowdhry ) was born in April 1956 in a freedom fighter's family near Vellore,
Tamilnadu 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 is also a
notable freemason. He was the ARGM of Chennai Area during 2016-17.
In 2009, Manoharan was one of the six 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. 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.
Manoharan has been conferred the "Life Time
Achievement" award in 2005 and "For the Sake of Honour" award in
2007 by the Rotary International and the "Super Achiever" award in
2006 by the Lions International. In 2009, He received 'Business leadership' award from the Finance Minister under the aegis of NDTV Profit.. He was awarded the Padma Shri (India's fourth
highest civilian honour) in 2010. Manoharan is an Independent Director of Tech
Mahindra. He was nominated by the Government of India to the Board of Satyam
Computer Services Ltd. He made significant contribution towards the revival of
the erstwhile Mahindra Satyam within a short span of time.
Manoharan was the Chairman of the
National Committee on Accounting Standards and Taxation of the Confederation of
Indian Industry. He was 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. He is currently the Chairman of Canara
Bank. He is also a member of the Governing Council for the skill Development in
BFSI sector.
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