Arvind Rao is a Chartered Accountant, with a CFP certificate and a SEBI Registered Investment Advisor. He is the Founder of Arvind Rao & Associates, the firm that specializes in personal finance budgeting and structuring solutions as well as income-tax matters. He has been actively engaged in the field of tax advisory, business advisory, and financial planning services over the last 12 years. He has been helping people structure their finances and spreading financial literacy all around.

He has contributed his thoughts for various newspapers/Magazines like Business Standard, Mumbai Mirror, DNA Money, ET Wealth, Mint, Hindustan Times, Mid-day, Indian Express, etc;. He has also co-authored a compilation ‘Taxation of Ex-patriates’ issued by the International Taxation Committee, ICAI.