Born in 1952 to agriculturist parents, he hails from Vigodi, a village in the state of Gujarat. He graduated in Commerce from the University of Mysore in 1973. Completing his Articleship with Mr B.M. Shantharam Rao, Mangalore, he passed his Final examination and became a Chartered Accountant in 1977. He began his career in M/s Shanthamurthy & Co., Chartered Accountants and went on to become a partner of the same firm in 1980. He started in the year 1982, Patel Mohan Ramesh & Co, a partnership firm along with Mr.S.Mohan & Mr.M.J.Ramesh, at Chennai and Bangalore respectively. He became a Fellow Member of The Institute Of Chartered Accountants Of India in the year 1983. He Co-founded Relyon Softech Limited. in the year 2000 and has been chairman of the company since then. He is presently, Chairman & Director – Relyon Softech Ltd. Honorary Adviser and Consultant for Sri Dakshin Bharath Kutch Kadva Patidar Samaj, Sri Lalbagh Patidar Samaj & Sri Bangalore Vaishnav Samaj. Youth Coordinator for Sri Akhila Bharat Gujarathi Samaj, New Delhi and Vishwa Gujarathi Samaj, South India Life Member of YMCA, Bangalore and Sri Dakshin Bharatiya Gujarathi Seva Trust Member of a number of other Samajas Life Member of Karnataka State Chartered Accountants Association Vice president of Sri Patidar Parivar Samaj, Bangalore. He has also held the positions of: Member of Taxation Committee of Federation of Karnataka Chamber of Commerce and Industries Member of Divisional Railway Users Consultative Committee, Bangalore Secretary of Samyukth Gujarathi Samaj, Karnataka Secretary of Sri Patidar Parivar Samaj, Bangalore Secretary & President of Sri Dakshin Karnataka Patidar Samaj Member of Executive Committee of D.V.V. Gujarathi School, Bangalore Awards, He was awarded Udyog Excellence Award-95 by Shri S. Krishnakumar, Honourable Union Minister for Agriculture at a Seminar organized by Industrial Economic Forum. Area of experience He has extensive knowledge in Income Tax, Sales Tax and other Central and State Tax Laws. He has been advising his clients in their Tax Planning for over 20 years. He has conducted Statutory, Internal, Revenue and Management audits for various public and private sector companies, firms and other organizations. He specializes in Taxation and Audits.