Akanksha Upadhayay
Delhi
Summary
Company Secretary with over 5 years of experience enhancing corporate governance, ensuring regulatory compliance, and delivering legal excellence for top listed companies and multinational corporations, demonstrating expertise in resolving intricate commercial and contractual issues while facilitating business growth.
Overview
7
7
years of professional experience
Work History
ASSISTANT MANAGER - CORPORATE LEGAL
ADOBE SYSTEMS INDIA PRIVATE LTD.
03.2025 - Current
- Led Share Dematerialization initiatives with RTAs, ensuring seamless ISIN allotment and shareholder onboarding.
- Implemented Prevention of Sexual Harassment Compliance Framework, including SHE-Box registration, Internal Committee formation, and awareness program rollout.
- Managed Uttar Pradesh Electricity Regulatory Commission Compliance for Amplus Solar Projects, overseeing statutory filings, regulatory reporting, and governance adherence.
- Spearheaded Compliance Dashboard Implementation, evaluating multiple vendors, recommending and enabling real-time compliance monitoring.
- Coordinated Contract Labour Registration Act and Shops and Establishments Registrations for new campuses, managing end-to-end documentation, statutory approvals, and cross-functional liaison.
- Liaised with Labour Authorities and Oversaw Inspections, ensuring compliance with labour laws, addressing queries, and facilitating smooth operations during audits for expansion projects.
- Designed Non-NAPS Apprenticeships Framework, aligning apprentices with NAPS-certified roles, centralizing communication, and facilitating contract issuance.
- Prepared and Submitted Uttar Pradesh Information Technology and Information Technology Enabled Services Policy Documentation, securing fiscal and non-fiscal incentives via the Nivesh Mitra Portal to support IT expansion.
- Directed Transition to Global Capability Centre Policy, analyzing regulatory changes, identifying incentives, and aligning organizational compliance strategies.
- Led CSR Implementation Initiatives, coordinating programs, ensuring regulatory compliance, and tracking measurable social impact.
- Organized & Facilitated Board Meetings, preparing agendas, drafting minutes, and ensuring statutory and regulatory compliance.
- Managed Annual General Meetings (AGMs), including shareholder communications, filings, and statutory compliance.
- Reviewed Intercompany Agreements, ensuring legal compliance, governance alignment, and risk mitigation.
- Handling incorporation, regulatory approvals, and cross-border statutory compliance.
- Executed ROC Filings under the Companies Act, 2013, ensuring accuracy, timeliness, and statutory adherence.
- Ensured Compliance with Labour Laws, including contracts, statutory filings, and employee documentation.
ASSISTANT MANAGER – CORPORATE SECRETARIAL
TELEPERFORMANCE BUSINESS PVT. LTD
08.2024 - 12.2024
- Managed and executed multiple assignments w.r.t shifting of Registered Office of Companies within a Same City and from one state to another state.
- Filing various forms and documents with ROC under MCA-21 system.
- Prepared Annual Report.
- Handled Share Transfers and Private Placements and Worked on Company Compliance Calendar and Compliance follow ups.
- D & O Insurance Policy of Directors & KMPs.
- Assisted in drafting of Company Annual Magazine.
- Drafting of CSR Policies OF Subsidiary Companies.
- Ensuring day to day regulatory compliance inter-alia drafting of notice, agenda, minutes, various resolutions, maintenance of Statutory Registers.
EXECUTIVE - LEGAL & SECRETARIAL
APOLLO PIPES LIMITED
07.2023 - 08.2024
- Quarterly, Half-yearly, Annual and Event based listing compliances.
- Pre & Post Board Meeting and AGM Compliances with Stock Exchanges.
- Management of SCORES/ODR Portal and redressing investor grievances through the portal.
- Effectively ensures compliances of the Takeover regulations & other laws or rules as may be applicable along with ensuring compliances with SEBI (Prohibition of Insider Trading) Regulations, 2015.
- Reconciliation of Share Capital Audit Certificate in terms of Regulation 80A of SEBI (Depository & Participants) Regulations, 1996 and Certification under Regulation 12A of SEBI (LODR) Regulations, 2013.
- Handled Employee Stock Options grants, allotments and related corporate actions.
- Worked on Business Responsibility and Sustainability Report of the Company.
- Worked on ESG Report and Listing of Company on DJSI Portal.
- Handled Preferential Allotment of the Company and related corporate actions.
- Worked on Conversion of Warrants into Equity related assignments.
- Assisted in preparation of documents related to acquisition of the company.
- Drafting of legal replies under Section 138 of Negotiable Instrument Act.
- Assisted in Preparation of Applications, Examination reports and affidavits related to Trademark of the Company.
- Maintained, prepared & filed forms, registers, reports and returns as required under Companies Act and various other statutory acts, rules and regulations.
- Dealt with Registrar of Companies, NSDL/CDSL, Depository Participant, Registrar & Transfer Agents for necessary corporate actions; interacted with Lawyers and Consultants for planning matters of the company.
- Finalized various legal agreements, petitions, deeds, legal notices and other corporate documents, interacting with Advocates, Counsels and Consultants on legal issues.
- Organized and conducted Board Meetings, General Meetings and other Committee Meetings as per the provisions of Companies Act, 2011 including meetings through Video Conferencing/ Other Audio-Visual Means.
- Administered Compliance Management Tool System Provided by Big4 Companies.
GROUP MEMBER - SECRETARIAL
VLS FINANCE LIMITED
12.2022 - 05.2023
- Buy- Back from the Open Market through Stock Exchange mechanism.
- Extinguishment of shares in connection with the Buyback of equity shares and Reconciliation of the Share Capital. Daily Reporting of Buy Back in compliance with Reg. 18 of the SEBI Reg. 2018.
- Quarterly Compliances under SEBI (LODR) Reg. 2015. Handling of various Investor Complaints. Vetting of replies/clarifications by the NSE/BSE.
- Implementation of Structured Digital Database pursuant to Reg. 3(5) and 3(6) of the SEBI (PIT) Reg. 2015.
- Drafting of Undertakings for Duplicate Dividend Warrants.
- Ensuring day to day regulatory compliance inter-alia drafting of notice, agenda, minutes, various resolutions, maintenance of Statutory Registers.
INTERN-CORPORATE LEGAL & SECRETARIAL
WINGIFY SOFTWARE LIMITED
02.2022 - 11.2022
- Authorized to conduct Board Meetings.
- Incorporation of Subsidiary Company.
- Performing the task given by the Secretarial Team time to time to meet the Compliances requirements with regard to ESOPs grant and Phantom Stock Grants.
- Assisted in Preparing ESOP & PSOP Scheme and Hands on experience in ESOP Guardian Portal.
- Handled Share Transfers and Private Placements and Worked on Company Compliance Calendar and Compliance follow ups.
- Ensuring day to day regulatory compliance inter-alia drafting of notice, agenda, minutes, various resolutions, maintenance of Statutory Registers.
- Filing various forms and documents with ROC under MCA-21 system.
- Prepared Annual Report.
MANAGEMENT TRAINEE
KUMAR WADHWA & CO., COMPANY SECRETARIES
03.2019 - 06.2021
- Performed Appointment, Cessation and Change in designation of Directors.
- Appointment and Reappointment of Auditors. Prepared Due Diligence and Search Reports.
- Assisted in preparation of Annual Report of the Company & its Subsidiary Companies.
- Managed and executed multiple assignments w.r.t shifting of Registered Office of Companies within a Same City and from one state to another state.
- Prepared Search & Status Reports, Shareholding Reports. Assisted and a part of Secretarial Audit of Private Companies.
- Assisted in drafting of Secretarial Audit Report. Increase in Authorized Share Capital of the Private Company.
- Handled project of Strike of Companies under Section 248 of Companies act, 2013.
Education
Company Secretary -
ICSI
08-2022
Bachelor of Commerce -
University of Delhi
01.2017
SSC -
CBSE
01.2013
Skills
- Stock Exchange Filings
- Legal Drafting
- Corporate Governance
- Securities Laws
- NSDL/CDSL/MCA
- Labour Authorities
Cs Membership No
A70300
Languages
- English
- Hindi
Area Of Expertise
- Stock Exchange Filings
- Legal Drafting
- Corporate Governance
- Securities Laws
- NSDL/CDSL/MCA
- Labour Authorities
Personal Information
- Husband's Name: Mr. Gaurav Arora
- Date of Birth: 03/22/95
Timeline
ASSISTANT MANAGER - CORPORATE LEGAL
ADOBE SYSTEMS INDIA PRIVATE LTD.
03.2025 - Current
ASSISTANT MANAGER – CORPORATE SECRETARIAL
TELEPERFORMANCE BUSINESS PVT. LTD
08.2024 - 12.2024
EXECUTIVE - LEGAL & SECRETARIAL
APOLLO PIPES LIMITED
07.2023 - 08.2024
GROUP MEMBER - SECRETARIAL
VLS FINANCE LIMITED
12.2022 - 05.2023
INTERN-CORPORATE LEGAL & SECRETARIAL
WINGIFY SOFTWARE LIMITED
02.2022 - 11.2022
MANAGEMENT TRAINEE
KUMAR WADHWA & CO., COMPANY SECRETARIES
03.2019 - 06.2021
Company Secretary -
ICSI
Bachelor of Commerce -
University of Delhi
SSC -
CBSE