Rajeev Kumar Agarwal

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Professional Experience

Rajeev Kumar Agarwal, an Engineering Graduate from IIT Roorkee, belongs to the
            1983 batch of Indian Revenue Service. He has got very wide experience of Securities Markets, Commodity Markets, Revenue and Quasi Judicial proceedings -  

• Whole Time Member, SEBI for 5 yrs – SEBI is regulator for securities markets which include share market, bond market, currency market, commodity market and Mutual Funds.
• Member, Forward Markets Commission for 5 1/2 yrs (erstwhile regulator of Commodity futures market now merged with SEBI) 
• Long experience (28 years) of taxation in Indian Revenue Service.

Having worked in the above positions he is not only an expert in all the financial instruments being traded in the financial markets for raising debt or equity capital but also in various legislations dealing with business transactions including Indian Companies Act, SEBI Act and Arbitration and Conciliation Act. 

Having interacted with global regulators, exchanges and international bodies like International Organisation of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) and Financial Stability Board (FSB ) , as Board Member of two Regulators, he is conversant with the functioning of global financial markets. 

Presently he is an Advisor and Consultant in Securities Markets, Commodities Markets, Income Tax and Enforcement. He is on the panel of advisors of few global consultancies and is advising their clients ( FPI etc.) on Indian Capital Markets. 
He is also Chairman of an Asset Management Company and Independent Director on a listed NBFC. 

He is an Civil/Commercial Mediator accredited by ADR ODR U.K.

Academic :

• Served on the Board of Governors of National Institute of Securities Markets for 4 1/2 yrs.  
• Have also been visiting various 'B' schools including IIMs & IITs as guest faculty.
• Writing and speaking on Markets on various public forums ( ref. media reports and YouTube videos) 
• In an Article written in Business Standard titled – Bitcoin : A threat to economic sovereignty, way back in Nov. 2017, when Bitcoin was ruling at $17600, had warned of building bubble which turned out to be true. 

Style & Approach

I firmly believe communication can resolve any issue, therefore, the first and foremost job of Mediator should be to ensure that parties communicate well. Empathy and fairness are other imperatives to ensure resolution of a dispute by a mediator.