Sethurathnam Ravi, popularly known as S Ravi is the former chairman of Bombay Stock Exchange Limited (BSE)Currently he is the Founder and Managing Partner of Ravi Rajan & Co., an advisory and accountancy firm, headquartered in New Delhi, India. He is also an Associate Member of Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (CFE), USA, and a registered Insolvency Resolution Professional.
Sethurathnam Ravi (S Ravi) is a chartered accountant (CA) based in India, promoter and managing partner of Ravi Rajan & Co and the former Chairman of Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE). He also serves as an Independent Director of Tourism Finance Corporation of India. In 2019, Ravi also joined SBI Payments Services Pvt. Ltd as one of the Board Directors. Before joining BSE, Ravi served on boards of various companies such as, UTI Company Pvt Ltd., SMERA Ratings, SBI-SG Global Securities, STCI Finance, and BOI Merchant Bankers. He also serves as a member of SEBI's takeover panel and Institute of Chartered Accountants of India.
Sethurathnam Ravi, popularly known as S Ravi pursued his Bachelor's and Master's degree in Commerce from Madhya Pradesh's Durgavati University. His academics and talents led him to various job roles in the corporate world where he proved his worth. Mr Ravi has served as a director on the boards of various prestigious institutions like LIC Housing Finance, BHEL, IDBI Bank, Union Bank and several other PSUs and PSBs. He is the Independent Director and Chairman of Tourism Finance Corporation of India Limited and director on the board of SBI Payment Services Pvt Ltd and Aditya Birla ARC Limited, among others. He has, also, been a member of these companies' Audit Committees, Strategic Revival Committees and Risk Management Committees He was a chartered accountant who was based in India along with being the managing and promoter partner of the Ravi Rajan & Co. He was also the honourable chairman of BSE.
S Ravi's corporate journey is also inclusive of associating with the SBI Payments Services Pvt. Ltd where he was a member of the Board of directors. Before being a member of BSE, S Ravi also actively served on several companies out of which are SMERA Ratings, UTI Company Pvt. Ltd., STCI Finance Ltd, SBI-SG Global Securities, and finally the BOI Merchant Bankers. The former BSE chairman's journey comprises holding respectable positions on the financial institutions, boards of banks, and a few of the companies that are associated with asset management in the field of finance.
When S Ravi was appointed as the BSE chairman in Nov 2017, he decided that the core goal of his business will be centred on the commodities because according to him when the exchange is initiated, it would somehow be centred on the diversification of the business which funds led to a smooth venture into the commodities derivatives. S Ravi succeeded Dhirendra Swarup as the chairman of BSE. As a BSE chairman, his main visions were governance where he started various mechanisms in the corporate world of India so when the government has improved and an efficient business will follow. His corporate life also includes being a member of the mutual fund's discovery committee alone g with the SEBI's takeover panel.
At present, S Ravi is the chairman and director of the Tourism Finance Corporation of India to promote tourism in the country. Some of the other boards where S Ravi serves are known as Aditya Birla Health Insurance Co. Ltd, SBI Payments Services, and others. During his corporate life, S Ravi had a positive attitude towards all the dynamics and technology that the world has introduced to the current generation. He supported neo banking where he established that the introduction of the efficiency, reach and technology of neo banking has created a positive impact on the world. Thus, the former BSE chairman has his share of contribution to the corporate world where he did his best and continue to do everything he could do for the overall development of the company and the collateral benefits that people of the company can enjoy.
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Sethurathnam Ravi actively served on several companies SMERA Ratings
General FictionSethurathnam Ravi (S Ravi) is a chartered accountant (CA) based in India, promoter and managing partner of Ravi Rajan & Co and the former Chairman of Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE). He also serves as an Independent Director of Tourism Finance Corporati...