Vivek Jalan is a Chartered Accountant & a qualified L.LM (Constitutional Law) & LL.B. He is the Chairman of The Fiscal Affairs An Taxation Committee of The Bengal Chamber of Commerce and Industry. He is the Chairperson of The Confederation of Indian Industries (CII)- Core Group on Indirect Tax – EAC-ER. In these capacities he has made various representations before the Hon’ble Minister of Finance in Centre and States as well as CBDT/CBIC/State Commissioners on the various issues faced by Taxpayers in Indirect and Direct Taxes. He is a regular Columnist and guest expert in Economic Times, Times of India, Money Control, Live mint, CNBC, Hindustan Times, Zee Business, Financial Express, News18 and other dailies and business magazines like Dalal Street Journal, Business Today, etc. He is also a guest expert on Taxation matters in India TV, ABP, All India Radio and other media platforms. He is the Editor of Weekly Bulletin TAX CONNECT, a publication on Indirect Taxes and Direct Taxes which reaches more than 70000 professionals. He is also a visiting faculty for Taxes in The Confederation of Indian Industries (CII), The Institute Of Chartered Accountants of India, Institute of Cost Accountants of India, Indian Institute of Foreign Trade, The Bengal Chamber of Commerce and Industry, The Indian Chamber of Commerce and other Business Forums. He has also delivered Lectures at various Government Taxation Forums including the Income Tax Dept., CGST & SGST Departments across the country. He has trained GST and Income Tax Officers in the various Trade & Industry issues in Tax Laws. He has worked as a Finance Manager in ITC Ltd. and Chief Compliance Officer with IntraSoft Technologies Ltd. He has 20 years of experience in the field of Indirect & Direct Taxation. He was also an All India Rank holder in CA Final Examination conducted by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India. His Books on taxation include the following – • COMMENTARY ON UNION BUDGET 2023 – Feb 2023 • HOW TO HANDLE GST LITIGATION – Sep 2022 • HANDBOOK ON GST 2022 – Aug 2022 • COMMENTARY ON UNION BUDGET 2022 – Feb 2022 • GST PLEADING & PRACTICE – Aug 2021 BESTSELLER • COMMENTARY ON UNION BUDGET 2021 – Feb 2021 • SECTION-WISE COMPENDIUM ON GST – Oct 2020 • INTEGRATED APPROACH TO GST E-INVOICE, E-WAYBILL & RETURN E-FILING – Oct 2020 ... He is a regular speaker at various professional forums on the various key areas in Indirect & Direct Taxes.