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Pantomath Advisory Services: A One-Stop-Shop Offering Integrated Business, Financial and Corporate Advisory Solutions

Author : Pankaj Kundwani
Thursday, November 5, 2015

Pankaj Kundwani

At a time when India is pushing hard to tell the world it is open for business, talks that largely rule the business world include acquisitions, start-ups, consolidations, overflowing investments, IPOs and importantly the changing regulatory environment. To make a giant leap and get through the dynamically-evolving regulatory frameworks, legal and financial barriers, risk and compliance challenges, corporate issues, and an ever changing business environment, all that a business needs is an expert advice. This is where, Pantomath Advisory Services takes a 360 degree view of the corporate needs, identifies the best strategy, and then maximises the value of an organization by delivering tailor-made, 'out-of-box' innovative solutions. Founded in 2013, Pantomath has emerged as a one-stop-shop offering integrated business, financial and corporate advisory solutions to varied sections of society including SMEs and large corporate enterprises.

Headquartered in Mumbai with offices in Ahmedabad, Indore and Surat, Pantomath Advisory Services Group was established by a team of professionals led by the Group Founder, Mahavir Lunawat, who is a Fellow Member of the Institute of Company Secretaries of India, CFA (ICFAI), PGDSL, a Law Graduate, has completed CFA (Level II CFA Institute, USA) and who has had stints with top notch corporates, viz. ITC, RIL and PwC. Pantomath's Merchant Banking is anchored by CA Madhu Lunawat, the former CFO of Edelweiss ARC, and the Advisory vertical is led by CA Uday Nair, who has experience working with leading consultancy firms, lastly as Associate Director, PwC.

Catering to Both Large Enterprises and SMEs
Having achieved various milestones in a short span of time, Pantomath provides all pervasive services to SMEs for handholding them in their journey of 'Growth' and has carved out identified corporate consultancy areas for large enterprises that include Corporate Governance Assistance, Business Law and Transaction Advisory, Compliance Support Service, Corporate Finance, and Investment Banking. For SMEs, it offers services such as SME funding, IPOs and listing, Incubation and mentoring, Business planning and strategic advisory, Business set up with support on finance, tax, HR and governance framework.

The organization has also been pro-active in providing post-listing services, especially to the SME companies who have found a place in the listing platform, including Governance audit, compliance management services, Investor relationship management, Accounting modules, Internal risk process modules, Capital structuring and Board Remuneration structuring. At the same time, Pantomath have been actively involved with large corporates in meeting with their listing requirements.

Pantomath boasts ofa customized work approach catering to different classes of companies. While an SME would look out for a complete business and finance consultancy, a large corporate house would look out for a specialized service albeit from a holistic perspective. Mahavir Lunawat, Founder, Pantomath Advisory Services, remarks, "We have a progressive approach driven by essential values any eco-system thrives on. Ethics, integrity, transparency in dealings, time bound delivery and stakeholder satisfaction are stated corner-stones of the Group's defined value system."

Market Development Rather Than Business Development
The young company has been energetically working with SME clusters, regional chambers and industry associations and stock exchanges for wide-spread awareness about SME capital markets. It has always followed an approach to market development rather than business development, which leads to an inclusive growth. The same is also achieved by thought leadership initiatives and engaging with media circles through interviews, debates and discussions and written content. Madhu Lunawat remarks, "The biggest strength of our organisation is that we are a knowledge-knit organisation which drives our strategy to tap newer clients and newer markets. This enables us not to be on the edge but also prepares usto be relevant in dynamically changing financial sector." In mere two years since inception, the company has successfully served large enterprises like Hindustan Unilever Limited, Crompton Greaves, Hinduja Group, PwC, SBI General Insurance, Raymonds, Lodha Group, Kalpataru Group amongst others, and SMEs such as MD Inducto Cast, Ultracab (India), Ambition Mica, Mangalam Seeds, Jiya Eco Products, Patdiam Jewellery, MRSS, Momai Apparels, Supreme India, Si Vi Shipping, and many others.

Housing a team of more than 40 experts, Pantomath nurtures a knowledge-knit organization with professional approach and positive work culture. "The Group's long term objective is to create constructive association with its clients and in the long run create a unique business model serving all the stakeholders", concludes Uday Nair.

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