Dr.T.M.Kothandaraman, aged 43 years F4, "Gokulam", 42, Balamurugan Street, Vyasarpadi, Chennai, PIN-600039, India.

Mob: 91 9840966460 Res: 91 44 25510012 Email: tmkothandaraman@gmail.com Objectives To be a mentor in compliance-risk mitigating initiatives in an easy and fair manner, an advisor in preventing and detecting frauds in an organization and a teacher in assisting and tapping talents to realize self-actualisation needs. Professional expertise A tax administrator with more than 18 years of experience in counseling and advising corporations and individuals to plan and mitigate their indirect tax liabilities in an easy and ethical manner. A criminal investigator with a strong theoretical background in criminology with 16 years of experience in handling white-collar offences, security, vigilance and anti-corruption and conventional crimes. A teacher with 8 years of research and teaching experience on varied subjects like Financial Frauds, Business Ethics, Regulatory Compliance, Police Investigation, Security and Vigilance, Criminology and Fiscal, Criminal and Cyber laws. Academic Pedigree

Ph.D (Criminology), Department of Criminology, University of Madras, April 2010 Thesis title: Tax crimes in India: A study of union excise duty evasion and the preventive machinery

Diploma in Criminology and Forensic Science, Department of Criminology, University of Madras, April 1997 M.Sc., (Physics), Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda College, University of Madras, April 1990

Core competencies

Managerial: Tax Administration, Vigilance and Anti-corruption, Risk Assessment and Management, Training methods Corporate Governance and Regulatory Compliance, Business Ethics Technical: Investigation and Inquiry procedures, Interrogation Techniques, Fraud Prevention and Detection methods, Application of Criminal, Fiscal and Cyber Laws, Forensic Accounting and Auditing,

Functional: General Administration, Security Survey and Audit, Labour Management, Mediation, Arbitration, Negotiation and Reconciliation, Conduct of Examination and Interview and Certifications, Criminalistics Current Employment Superintendent of Central Excise, Service Tax and Customs, Central Board of Excise and Customs, Department of Revenue, Ministry of Finance, Government of India Employers staff strength: Around 1000 Employer brief: My present employer, the Commissioner of Central Excise, Service Tax and Customs performs the sovereign duty of protecting the economic security of the country and collecting indirect taxes, the highest contributor to Indian exchequer Reporting to: Commissioner of Central Excise Major responsibilities handled:

Directly responsible for: 3 staff

Indirect tax administration like enforcement, collection and recovery in respect of excise, customs and service tax levied on corporations and individuals

Investigating tax frauds and prosecuting the offenders

Defending the government authority in litigations in the Courts of Law during the administration of indirect taxes

Assistance in drafting Policy initiatives for better tax compliance and administration Significant achievements at this position:

Successfully defended authority in 139 cases amounting to nearly 7.0 Billion Indian Rupees locked up in litigation after assumption of charge of legal cell Adjudication orders were passed favouring revenue in 134 cases of customs and excise violations to the tune of 58.5 Million Rupees which were investigated by me and 26 offenders have been prosecuted Recovered 23.5 million Rupees as tax arrears from the defaulters My initiatives and proposals for broadening of tax base were subsequently made into legislations and new levies imposed, bringing 12 billion of Rupees per annum into the coffers of the Government of India

Adjunct Facultyships: A visiting faculty in the Department of Criminology, University of Madras, Institute for Correspondence Education, University of Madras, Agarsen College of Arts and Science on the subjects of Corporate Criminology, Regulatory Compliance, Business Ethics, Cyber Laws, Economic Offences and Security. A regular guest lecturer in Dr. Ambedkar Law University, Chennai, the Regional Institute of Correctional Administration, Vellore for the last three years in the subjects of Police and Correctional Administration and Police Investigation, Office of the Commissioner of Police on Intellectual Property Laws for the last five years, Medium, Small and Micro Industries Development Institute, Govt. of India, Chennai on Cyber law and Cyber Crimes for the last five years and National Academy of Customs, Excise and Narcotics, Govt. of India, Chennai on Indirect taxation matters for the last four years. Previous Employment Data Assistant Commissioner of Security (Civil Aviation) in the National Aviation Security Organisation of India, viz., the Bureau of Civil Aviation Security, Govt. of India between October 2010 and December 2011. Employers staff strength: Around 100 Employer brief: The agency of Union Government of India responsible for implementing the national aviation security policy and nodal organization for ICAO as per international conventions Reporting to: Commissioner of Security (Civil Aviation) Major responsibilities handled: Directly responsible for: 10 staff

Advising the Government of India on Aviation Security matters and planning and formulation of policies

 Monitoring to ensure security regulations are implemented by carrying out security audits, inspections and tests To coordinate among different security and intelligence organizations of the sovereign government and of member states of ICAO To prepare national civil aviation security programme, training programme, quality control programme and contingency plans

To train, exam and certify security personnel of Airlines, Airports and Aviation Security Personnel

Significant achievements at this position:

Successfully ensured the taking over by the Aviation Security Group of Bomb Detection and Disposal Squad

Developed local risk parameters based on security threat assessment and conducted national level mock exercises on bomb threat and hijack threat Contributed a white paper on new and emerging threats faced by Civil Aviation in India

Developed a MIS for the organization for monitoring security activities nationwide on realtime basis and a modern security audit plan based on International audit pattern which has been accepted by the government and is to be implemented from January 2012

Reason for leaving: To retire voluntarily from parent department Inspector of Police in the National Criminal Police Organisation of India, viz., the Central Bureau of Investigation, Govt. of India between July 2001 and March 2004 Employers staff strength: Around 500 Employer brief: The premier investigating agency of Union Government of India is the national nodal unit for co-ordination and assistance for INTERPOL in respect of criminal investigation and is reputed for its unbiased and effective investigation of Anti-Corruption cases and Economic Offences Reporting to: Superintendent of Police Directly responsible for: 12 staff Major responsibilities handled:

 Investigation of white collar frauds, vigilance and anti-corruption cases, and conventional crimes in general and in particular handled Bank, Insurance and Customs fraud cases and vigilance and disciplinary proceedings against police officials

Investigation into a multi-billion of rupees public money scam using forensic accounting techniques Was part of a multi-disciplinary group consisting of External and Internal Indian intelligence organisations, Reserve Bank of India and Revenue Intelligence wings investigating the political role in the assassination case of a former Prime Minister of India

Significant achievements at this position:

Successfully investigated a Hawala and a commercial crimes fraud case, each amounting to 5 billion rupees

Successfully defended government's side in court of law in stopping two members of a banned terrorist group from going abroad Investigated and prosecuted 19 persons successfully in a bank fraud case in which only three persons were named as involved originally in the FIR All the cases handled by me during the period resulted in framing of charges by the courts of law. Reason for leaving: Period of deputation was over Assistant Provident Fund Commissioner, Employees Provident Fund Organisation, Government of India between August 1997 and March 1999 Employers staff strength: Around 450 Employer brief: A statutory body in the forefront of social security administration under the Ministry of Labour, Government of India administering Provident, Pension and Insurance funds of industrial workers and their families Reporting to: Regional Provident Fund Commissioner Major responsibilities handled:

Directly responsible for: 350 staff

Held the position of Second-in-Command of the office and officiated as Head of Office in the absence of regular incumbent

 Looked after the general office administration, personnel, accounts, cash, enforcement, recovery functions with respect to social security administration of industrial workers in the territorial jurisdiction

Initiated Re-design of the social security administration in the organisation which has resulted in the present re-engineering of the organization

Significant achievements at this position: Successfully brought down the pendency of the provident fund and pension claims from two months to two weeks Gave human face to the administration of social security to workers, pensioners and widows Brought about major behavioural change among the staff and officers during their discharge of duties Responsible in a direct manner for the present re-engineered set-up of the organisation by initiating and acting upon proposals for efficient and effective social security administration Reason for leaving: An urgent domestic crisis forced me to take a relatively less demanding job nearer to my parents Deputy Field Officer (GD) in the External Intelligence Wing of the Government of India between September 1991 and January 1992 Employers staff strength: More than 5000 Employer brief: The External Intelligence Wing of the Government of India engaged in protecting the country's economic, political, security and sovereign interests of the country Reporting to: Director Major responsibilities handled: Collection and Analysis of Field Intelligence (External) Significant achievements at this position: Unable to be revealed for reasons of nations security Reason for leaving: On getting a better offer from another government department Directly responsible for: 10 staff

Executive Trainee, M/s Badri Electronics Ltd., Chennai, between September 1990 and April 1991 Employers staff strength: Around 100 Employer brief: An American company engaged in production of semiconductor components for military applications of East European countries Reporting to: General Manager Major responsibilities handled:

Directly responsible for: 50 staff

In-charge of production of target goods upto half stage under stringent quality requirements

Significant achievements at this position: Even as a fresher from college, I was able to lead by example and motivate a group of experienced supervisors and workers towards achieving the desired objectives of the organization Reason for leaving: On receiving an appointment order from the government Refereed Academic Publications / Conference Presentations
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Cybercrime Risk Management Administrative Regime in India and Recent Trends, Kothandaraman, T.M., Gokul Kishore, G and Latha, S (2007 & 2008), Indian Journal of Criminology, Vol.35 & 36 (1 & 2) Telephone Frauds in India Emerging challenges for Criminal Justice Administration, Kothandaraman, T.M. and Thilagaraj, R (2005), Proceedings of the 29th All India Criminology Conference, Madurai. Prosecution and Criminal Justice Response in Customs and Central Excise A study, Kothandaraman, T.M. and Gokul Kishore, G (2003), Proceedings of the 27th All India Criminology Conference, Lucknow. Tax Crimes in India A Study of Union Excise Duty Evasion, Kothandaraman, T.M. and Gokul Kishore, G (2002), Proceedings of the 26th All India Criminology Conference, Chennai.

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Other Relevant Information

Since 2006, officiating as Honorary Treasurer, Indian Society of Criminology, affiliated to the International Society of Criminology, Paris.

Played crucial roles in successfully organizing five national level annual criminology conferences, seven workshops and sixteen seminars on various themes of criminology throughout India between 2002 and 2009. Passed Security Management Systems Training with Distinction conducted by IATA at Montreal, Canada.

Professional membership Life Member, Indian Society of Criminology since February 2002 Life Member, Indian Society of Victimology since August 1995