Ankita Kothari

Qualified Company Secretary (ACS Membership No. A74374; qualified December 2022) with 1.5+ years of post-qualification experience in secretarial compliance, RBI/FEMA reporting and commercial contracts at an IT company, and 21 months of CS training across a practice firm and a listed company. Experienced in end-to-end MCA filings, board and general meetings, statutory registers and cross-border reporting, and in drafting and negotiating MSAs, NDAs and vendor agreements.

Seeking role as a Company Secretary/Assistant Company Secretary/ Compliance Officer in listed or unlisted companies.

Career Break at Career Break (2026-04 – Present)

Personal/family reasons; continued freelance compliance work (AOC-4, MGT-7/7A, ADT-1, Search Report, INC-20A, DIR-12) during this period. Now seeking full-time roles.

Legal Executive at Impetus Technologies India Private Limited (2024-08 – 2026-03)

Scope: Handled secretarial compliance, statutory filings and commercial contracts for a private limited company, a wholly owned subsidiary of a US-based parent, with its registered office in Indore and offices across India; reported directly to the DGM – Accounts and Finance.

• Prepared notices, agendas, resolutions and minutes for board and general meetings [in line with SS-1/SS-2] and maintained statutory registers and attendance records.
• Ensured on-time annual MCA compliance — AOC-4/XBRL, MGT-7/7A, DPT-3, MSME-1, PAS-6 and DIR-3 KYC/Web filed each year as per statutory due dates — and handled event-based filings (BEN-2, MGT-6, CHG-1, CHG-3) as required; prepared AGM notice, board report, AOC-2 and list of shareholders and directors.
• Handled director and auditor appointments and resignations and updated statutory registers in line with regulatory changes.
• Prepared and submitted RBI/FEMA returns and reports - Form OPI, Foreign Liabilities & Assets (FLA) return and surveys on software and ITES exports [filed on time each cycle].
• Drafted, reviewed and negotiated MSAs, NDAs, SOWs, employment contracts and vendor agreements, coordinating with business teams and external parties to close on time.
• Advised business teams on legal and regulatory requirements in IT operations.
• Independently managed a property transfer between group companies, covering legal, procedural and compliance steps, e.g. approvals, stamp duty, registration.
• Also handled SEZ compliance, PAN applications for foreign entities, ISIN registration for private companies, A.TReDS registration support and banking matters (change of authorised signatories, removal of dormancy status).

Completed mandatory ICSI programmes (2024-02 – 2024-07)

Completed mandatory ICSI programmes [Corporate Leadership Development Programme-Residential as well as Non-Residential] and transitioned into full-time employment.

CS Management Trainee at CS Raghav Panchal & Co. (2022-07 – 2024-01)

• Assisted in incorporating private companies and LLPs and filed related forms, including INC-22 and INC-20A.
• Ran the full compliance cycle for private-company clients: MOA/AOA drafting, board and general meetings, statutory registers and annual filings.
• Handled change of registered office within the state, assisted in company name changes and filed other MCA forms as required.
• Managed trademark work: searches, applications on the IP India portal, replies to examination reports, and assistance in oppositions, hearings, renewals and transfers, including briefs and evidence submission.
• Completed GST and MSME registrations for clients.

CS Management Trainee at Alfavision Overseas (India) Limited (2022-04 – 2022-06)

• Assisted with half-yearly and quarterly compliances of a listed entity under SEBI (LODR) Regulations, 2015.
• Assisted in drafting board and shareholder resolutions, notices, minutes, attendance registers and other statutory documents.

Company Secretary – ICSI (2022-12)

Master of Commerce – Vikram University, Ujjain

Bachelor of Commerce – Vikram University, Ujjain