Vaibhav is an Advocate and Associate Partner at Dhruva Advisors, specializing in the field of Indirect Taxes.

He has more than Fifteen years of experience in litigation, consulting, and advisory practice. During his tenure as a professional, Vaibhav has dealt in the areas of Service Tax, Central Excise, Customs, Value Added Tax, Central Sales Tax, Foreign Trade Policy, SEZ and GST.

Vaibhav specializes in advising clients across an industry spectrum consisting of Manufacturing, Consumer durable, FMCG, Hospitality, Logistics, Ports / Airports, Mining, Petroleum / Oil / Gas industry, Pharmaceutical, Power, Real estate / Infrastructure, Telecommunication, Services Sector.

He advises companies on planning, structuring and optimization on complex indirect tax matters.

He has assisted to clients for indirect tax litigation including representation before the High Courts, Tribunals, Appellate Authorities and Policy Relaxation Committee (under the FTP). He has assisted in filing Writ and revision petitions (including representation) before the High Courts.

His past stints include Ernst & Young and KPMG.

Vaibhav was Co-Chairman of the ‘Professional Development Committee’ and is an active member of the ‘Indirect  Tax Committee’ of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) since years. He is a regular contributor to articles and speaker at seminars organized by the ICAI and various trade and professional bodies. Vaibhav is also a faculty of GST certification course (conducted by ICAI).

He has acted as a ‘Mentor’ and ‘Speaker’ at various Residential Refresher Courses organized by the Chamber of Tax Consultants (CTC) and the Bombay Chartered Accountant’s Society (BCAS).