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CA.Ashok
Kumar Ajmera, aged 55, is the son of Mr. Manikchand
Ajmera, a well-known engineer , civil contractor
and a Trustee of Digambar Jain Udasin Sevashram
, Indore. He has garnered a rare expertise in
the entire gamut of financial services, gaining
from a wealth of experience of over 30 years.
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Mr.
Ajmera graduated in Commerce with a rank in 1973,
from Indore. He moved on to Mumbai in 1973, to
pursue a career in Accountancy and qualified as
a Chartered Accountant (C.A.) in 1978. He was
trained under Nanubhai & Co. Chartered Accountants,
Mumbai, during his 3-year tenure of articleship,
where his undying quest to learn and excel, gave
him a wide exposure in audit and taxation. He
was given an opportunity to act in a senior role,
lead audit teams and independently finalise audits
of over 50 companies, engaged in varied business
-Manufacturing, Insurance, Banking and Investment.
After qualifying as a CA, he joined as a partner
in Mittal & Associates, Chartered Accountants
and started project consultancy work. In 1981,
he started his own firm of Chartered Accountants
in the name and style of M/s. Ajmera & Associates,
Chartered Accountants at Mumbai and was conferred
Fellowship by the Institute of Chartered Accountants
of India. He undertook several audits, tax planning
and computation assignments for businesses, appeared
several times before assessment and appellate
authorities in connection with tax assessments
of companies, took up various assignments including
valuation of corporates, financial assets, net
worth etc. |
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The
firm conducted several inspections, special audits
and investigations on behalf of Insurance Companies,
Official Liquidator, UTI & other Institutions.
M/s. Ajmera & Associates also acquired its
name in the field of project financing during
this time. |
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With the acquired name, knowledge and insight
into the corporate world, Mr. Ajmera corporatised
project consultancy by setting up Ajmera Financial
and Project Consultants Pvt. Ltd in the year
1986. The Company was focused on consulting
entrepreneurs and established companies in new
projects and financial resources.
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The
team undertook challenging assignments and executed
projects from scratch; initiating the plan and
preparing detailed project reports till final
disbursement of term loan and working capital
facilities. Efficiently monitored day-to-day MIS
of projects and proactively resolved hurdles at
root level. Identifying right location sites for
a number of projects and critically evaluating
project feasibility and profitability, added a
silver lining to the Company's creditability.
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Work
done by the Company was comprehensive in nature
and included handling all excise and customs matters,
directly dealing with FERA, RBI, all types of
Banks, Financial and Investment Institutions,
Insurance Cos. Venture Capital Funds, Central
and State Depts., Semi Govt Depts. for and on
behalf of clients ranging from Small Scale Industries
to large Corporates. |
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The
Company efficiently executed more than 200 assignments
of Project Financing and Loan Syndication under
his stewardship. Mr. Ajmera gained recognition
as a leading project consultant, possessing strong
implementation skills to transform corporate vision
and strategy into profitable reality. |
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In
the year 1984, Mr. Ajmera joined The Indian Junior
Chamber (Jaycees) and was elected as the Zone
President in 1991. He was winner of several awards
& recognition including "Samaj Shri",
"Management Man of the Year", "Outstanding
Zone President", "Outstanding President"
at Indian Junior Chamber in India and abroad. |
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Mr.
Ajmera pursued his hobby of training people through
out his career. He was certified as an International
trainer by JCI, USA as an EXCEL graduate and has
to his credit over 250 training programmes. Most
programmes were focused on personality development,
stress management, time management and extended
forward to professional development of a person.
He was sent as a delegate to the JCI international
conferences in Thailand and Japan and was honored
by "Outstanding participation awards"
at these conferences. |
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He
also presented a well-researched paper on the
'Indian economy', with a foreword by the eminent
tax expert and Supreme Court Advocate, Mr. Y.P
Trivedi in Japan before 14,000 delegates in the
year 1992, just after the second budget of Dr.
Manmohan Singh as Finance Minister. |
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In
1994, Mr. Ajmera's acute vision and entreprenuership,
led the Company to further expand into capital
markets. Ajmera Financials and Project Consultants
Pvt. Ltd was rechristened as Ajcon Capital Markets
Ltd.("Ajcon") in 1994 to reflect the
entire scope of services. |
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The
Company, with Mr. Ashok Ajmera as the Chairman
& Managing Director, went public in 1995.
The public issue was oversubscribed by over 25
times demonstrating the faith and confidence the
investment community reposed in Mr. Ajmera. Simultaneously,
Mr. Ajmera, Certified as a Stock Dealer under
NCFM (NSE), India securing 92.5% marks. |
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Ajcon
acted as a Category I Merchant Banker for advising
and executing public issues, mergers and acquisitions,
joint ventures, divestment proposals and private
placement of equity. Designed capital structures
for companies, drafted prospectus and related
transaction documents, filed applications, finalised
agencies and intermediaries, co-ordinated with
SEBI, Exchanges, other regulatory bodies, registrars,
underwriters, advertisers, trustees etc. Widely
marketed several public issues through intensive
road shows across the country and Dubai and also
undertook underwriting of public issues. |
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Mr.
Ajmera, with his proven ability as a trainer,
played a crucial role in training & developing
promoters to face public & media during launch
of their public issues. |
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In
addition to project consultancy and merchant banking,
the Company offers broking & corporate advisory
services to several financial institutions, banks
and corporates. The team provides non-discretionary
investment advisory services on equity, derivatives,
IPOs to HNIs and institutional clients backed
by intensive in-house research. |
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The
scope of corporate services includes advising
on formation of all types of Companies (have formed
above 200 companies), capital structuring, setting
up of Corporate Offices, drawing up administrative
and financial manuals, laying corporate strategy
etc. Under guidance of Mr. Ajmera, challenging
assignments on restructuring and rehabilitation
of sick units, filing of BIFR cases have been
undertaken. The Company has a proven history of
turning around businesses in difficulty by advising
on strategic and financial restructuring. |
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Also,
advising on fund based activities such as bill
discounting, ECB financing, securitisation, hire
purchase, lease financing, factoring etc. forms
a part of the advisory services offered by the
Company. The Company's name has been changed in
2003 to Ajcon Global Services Limited, when it
signed a M.O.U. for a tie-up with a U.S. based
Indian Chartered Accountancy firm for providing
consultancy services. |
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During
the initial years of NSE, Mr. Ajmera has significantly
contributed to streamline operations and systems
at NSE and has represented broker community. He
has worked closely with NSE for replacing the
then prevailing badla system by introducing Automated
Lending and Borrowing Mechanism (ALBM). He chaired
the NSE committees for resolving disputes of members.
He addressed and resolved a large number of disputes
over a 3-year term as the member of Dispute Resolution
Committee (DRC). He was also a Committee Member
of COSI (A hi - power committee of National Stock
Exchange of India (NSE)) for over 3 years and
Chairman of various Sub -Committees formed by
NSE from time to time. Was elected as the Director
of Association of NSE Members (ANMI) for 2 years
and was designated as the Chairman of various
Committees of ANMI viz. Insurance Committee, Public
Relations Committee, Co-ordination Committee,
Legal and Member grievance Committee etc. |
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He
has contributed several Articles and interviews
in leading Newspapers & magazines. Leading
media channels, namely, Doordarshan, B.B.C, Star,
Zee, CNBC, NDTV, Sahara, Reuters and All India
Radio interview him on a regular basis as a Capital
Market Expert/ Stock Analyst. He has had more
than 300 appearances on these channels. |
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Mr.
Ajmera has also presented well researched papers
in Universities, Management Institutes, National
& International Seminars on subjects related
to Indian Economy, Capital Markets, Projects &
Finance. He authored a book on financial planning,
published by the CPE Board of Institute of Chartered
Accountants of India. |
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On
the social front, Mr. Ajmera was the District
chairman of Lions Club International, President
of Lions Club of South Bombay , Chairman of "Clean
Bombay Green Bombay", Managing Committee
Member of Nana Chudasama's "I Love Mumbai"
& F.T. Khurakiwala's Citizen Council for Better
Tomorrow (CCBT). Most importantly, he was appointed
by Government of Maharashtra as a Special Executive
Magistrate for over 6 years. |
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Considering
his qualification, vast experience and expertise
in securities market, he was appointed as an independent
director on the board of Gilt Securities Trading
Corporation (subsidiary of Canara Bank) in 2004. |
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Married
to Pragati, daughter of late Seth Shri Shankarlalji
Kasliwal, founder of the well known S.Kumars Group
.Mr. Ajmera is blessed with two sons Ankit &
Anuj. Ankit is a M.B.A. from U.K. and is married
to Pallavi ,a Chartered Accountant , is blessed
with a daughter Baby.Aanchal. Anuj, an IT professional
is married to Shikha an MBA . |
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