Dhruv
Bhartiya

2025 – Present

Mumbai

Associate, Valuation · Bansi S. Mehta & Co.

Valuation for some of the largest transactions in Indian finance, at one of India's leading M&A valuation firms.

• Valued Shriram Finance for its preferential equity issuance to Mitsubishi Corporation, the largest foreign stake acquisition in an Indian NBFC, using peer benchmarking and ROE-adjusted P/B analysis under SEBI (ICDR) Regulations
• Valued an asset management company holding INR 1.4 lakh crore in AUM, alongside one of India's top-5 stock-broking firms
• Ran 50+ ESOP tranche valuations across the entities of a diversified Indian conglomerate, keeping employee-compensation structuring compliant
• Specialised valuations across the map: a listed conglomerate's brand-usage benefit via cost benchmarking and EV/EBITDA peers, an EBITDA-negative subsidiary via the CTM method, and a stressed exposure backed by pledged equity via DCF on FIMMDA yield curves
• Automated valuation for 250+ loans with Python, replacing a 2-3 person manual workflow with error-free, formula-linked Excel models

2022 – 2025

Pune

Senior, Statutory Audit · Deloitte

Three years managing statutory audits for listed and unlisted companies, from INR 20 crore businesses to INR 10,000 crore groups across sectors.

• Owned key audit areas end to end (borrowings, PPE, investments, trade receivables and payables, inventory, revenue and COGS) with IND-AS and Companies Act compliance
• Executed tax audits under the Income Tax Act, 1961 within timelines
• Tested internal financial controls across key cycles and recommended improvements
• Coordinated with component auditors for group reporting and consolidation, and ran variance analyses that traced numbers back to business drivers