CS Family - Mr. Pradeep Ramakrishnan, GM, SEBI & Mrs Vasumathy Vasudevan, Practising Company Secretary
1. How did you start doing CS?
Vasumathy: Started in 1996 after my Class 12, on attending the Career Awareness Programme conducted by the SIRC of ICSI at my school.
2. Where did
you meet your spouse? Any sweet memories worth sharing?
Pradeep: SMTP Training, 2001
We
weren't destined to undertake the training at RoC. I was to have done it at the
Madras Stock Exchange. But after her persuasion, the RoC agreed to accommodate,
which changed life!
Vasumathy:
SMTP Training,
2001. We had never conversed during the 15 day training period. On the last
day, when we gifted a water dispenser to the SIRC of ICSI and I was carrying
the same upstairs to the office of SIRC, he offered me help and talked for the
first time....After that it continued at ROC Training as he said and what was destined
happened! Helping continues!! We got married in March 2002.
3. Please
tell how each of your career progressed..
Pradeep: I worked
initially with
Madras Fertilizers and later with Kothari Petrochemicals Limited, Chennai, the
latter as full time CS. I joined SEBI in February 2002. Each portfolio has been
a learning experience.
Vasumathy: My
Management Training was at Taj Coromandel (Oriental Hotels Limited), just
opposite Kothari Petrochemicals Limited, Chennai, where he was working as CS.
But we had never met then! My first job
was in 2001 as a CS at ETA General Private Limited, Chennai, Manufacturer of
O’General Air Conditioners. Had been with Trading Member / Stock Brokers in
Mumbai as Compliance Officer and Company Secretary..., listed company, then
into practise from 2010. All have been a different learning and grooming
experience.
4. Do you
discuss Companies Act or SEBI LODR at home?
Pradeep: At
times, Sometimes, All
the time!
Vasumathy:
Sometimes,
when it calls for a healthy discussion and to understand opinion of each other
in a catch situation.
5. Plus and
Minus of being both in the same profession
Pradeep: I
have been
part of the Secretarial Standards Board (SSB) and the ICSI Vision Committee. I
worked with the institute on the guidance note on the Secretarial Compliance Report
- they have excellent staff. I address seminars at ICSI when time
permits.
Vasumathy:
Have
been an Examiner for the Professional Level Examination of the ICSI.
Regular
faculty at the ICSI and I address students at various schools and colleges on
Career Awareness Programs to pursue the Professional Course of Company
Secretaryship.
Have
held post as a Convenor for the Chennai South Study Circle of the SIRC of ICSI.
Have
been part of Oral Coaching Committee of the SIRC and presently a member of the
PCS Committee of ICSI at SIRC.
7. Future
Plans on Career..
Pradeep: Take it
as it comes. My
instinct is academics, any day.
Vasumathy:
Have
qualified as an Insolvency Professional and have been registered with the
Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India (IBBI). Look forward to handling more
genuine cases and representing at NCLT.
Teaching
Professional Level students at the SIRC on a regular basis, which I have been
trying to fit into my schedule.
Have
been representing at various chambers of commerce and industry on compliance
difficulties faced by professionals.
Building
a robust team of CS professionals, which would contribute to a healthy
profession in turn.
8. Do you
think your next generation (son) may be interested in doing CS course?
Pradeep: Perhaps..
Vasumathy:
May
be. He has plans to do CS with Law ...Looking forward to his decision on the
same!!
Interview
by: Mr A. Mohankumar, Practising Company Secretary & Immediate Past
Chairman ICSI SIRC
