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Why Fintellectual — Credentials & Compliance

Verify us before you brief us.

Institutional buyers check registrations before they call. This page puts everything in one place: statutory registrations, professional memberships, the standards we certify against and the frameworks we work under — so your diligence takes minutes, not meetings.

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§ 01 — Registrations & Memberships

Statutory credentials, stated plainly.

Every report we issue is signed under these credentials — and cites them on the face of the document, where a reviewer expects to find them.

  • IBBI · u/s 247, Companies Act 2013

    IBBI Registered Valuer — Securities or Financial Assets

    CA Devansh Shah is registered with the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India as a Registered Valuer for the Securities or Financial Assets asset class, under section 247 of the Companies Act 2013. This is the registration statutory valuations under the Companies Act and the IBC require.

    Registration number: available on request and stated on every signed report. It can be independently verified on the IBBI's public register of valuers.

  • ICAI · Member

    Chartered Accountant, Member of ICAI

    The principal is a Chartered Accountant and member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India — the professional grounding behind the financial analysis, accounting judgement and standards discipline in every engagement.

    Membership number: available on request and stated on every signed report. It can be verified through the ICAI members directory.

§ 02 — Standards

The standards we certify against.

Each report states its standards basis on the face of the document. Reviewers should never have to guess what a conclusion was measured against.

  • International

    International Valuation Standards (IVS)

    The globally recognised framework for bases of value, approaches, and reporting — the reference point cross-border investors and their advisors expect.

  • Professional

    ICAI Valuation Standards

    The Indian professional standards governing engagement conduct, documentation and reporting — the benchmark statutory reviewers in India test reports against.

  • Regulatory

    IBBI RVO norms

    The conduct, competence and continuing-education requirements that apply to registered valuers through their Registered Valuer Organisation — including disciplinary accountability.

§ 03 — Regulatory Frameworks

Frameworks we work under natively.

A valuation is only as good as its regulatory fit. These are the regimes we work in daily — each with its own prescribed methods, formats and reviewer expectations.

  • Corporate law

    Companies Act 2013

    Registered Valuer reports under section 247 — for share issues, mergers, demergers, buy-backs and other events where the Act prescribes an independent valuation.

  • Direct tax

    Income Tax Act

    Valuations under the Income Tax framework, including section 56(2)(viib) and Rule 11UA for share issue pricing — built to anticipate what an assessing officer will question.

  • Cross-border

    FEMA & RBI directions

    Pricing valuations for inbound and outbound share transactions under FEMA and the applicable RBI directions, aligned with the internationally accepted pricing methodology requirement.

  • Capital markets

    SEBI regulations

    Valuations under SEBI's regulatory frameworks where an independent or registered valuer's opinion is required.

  • Insolvency

    Insolvency & Bankruptcy Code

    Fair value and liquidation value determinations within the IBC process — the context the IBBI registration exists for.

  • Financial reporting

    Ind AS

    Fair value measurement, purchase price allocation and impairment support under Indian Accounting Standards — documented to survive audit review.

§ 04 — Independence

Independence by structure, not by policy.

Fintellectual Valuation is a pure-play valuation practice. We do not audit, we do not broker transactions, and we do not run competing service lines that a valuation opinion could protect or promote. There is no audit relationship to preserve, no deal to close, and no cross-sell that depends on the number landing anywhere in particular.

That structure matters because conflicts in valuation are rarely dramatic — they are quiet. When a valuation sits beside an audit relationship or a transaction mandate inside the same firm, the valuer's incentives and the client relationship can pull in different directions, however professionally the tension is managed. We removed the tension instead of managing it.

No audit relationships. No brokerage. No success fees. No part of our fee — and no part of our future revenue — depends on the valuation outcome.

The practical consequence: when we sign a number, the only thing riding on it is whether it is right. That is precisely the quality a board, an auditor, a regulator or a court is testing for when it weighs an independent opinion.

§ 05 — Engagement Protections

What you're protected by, in writing.

Credentials tell you who we are. These are the commitments that govern how every engagement actually runs.

  • ✓ Written scope, before work begins

    Every engagement starts with a written scope stating the purpose, standard of value, valuation date, deliverables and timeline. If the scope changes, we re-agree it in writing — nothing shifts silently.

  • ✓ Fixed fee, no meters

    The fee is fixed against the agreed scope and quoted before you commit. No hourly billing, no surprise additions at delivery.

  • ✓ Confidentiality by default

    Your financials, cap table and deal context are treated as confidential from first contact — not from the moment an NDA is countersigned. We are happy to execute your NDA as well.

  • ✓ Professional indemnity disclosure

    Details of our professional indemnity arrangements are available on request as part of your onboarding diligence, alongside our registration particulars.

§ 06 — FAQ

Diligence questions, answered up front

How do we verify your IBBI registration independently?

The IBBI maintains a public register of registered valuers on its website, searchable by name and asset class. Our registration number is stated on every signed report and shared on request at scoping — check it against the register before you engage us; we would in your position.

Who actually signs the report?

The registered valuer who led the work — CA Devansh Shah, IBBI Registered Valuer for Securities or Financial Assets. The report is not delegated down for signature, and the signing valuer remains available to defend it before auditors, authorities and, where required, courts.

Are you independent of our auditor?

Structurally, yes. We are a pure-play valuation practice with no audit service line, so there is no scenario in which we audit the numbers we value. Where your statute or auditor requires a valuer independent of the audit firm, we fit that requirement by construction.

Which standards will our report cite?

Reports state their standards basis on the face of the document: International Valuation Standards and ICAI Valuation Standards, applied within IBBI RVO norms, plus the specific regulatory framework the valuation is for — Companies Act, Income Tax Act, FEMA, SEBI, IBC or Ind AS as applicable.

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