JAIRAJ PURANDARE
Founder Chairman
Jairaj.purandare@jmpadvisors.in
Jairaj Purandare is the Founder Chairman of JMP Advisors Pvt Ltd, a leading advisory, tax and regulatory services firm, based in Mumbai, India. Jairaj has over four decades of experience in accounting, tax and business advisory matters and is an authority on tax and regulation. Jairaj was Regional Managing Partner, Chairman–Tax and Country Leader–Markets & Industries of PricewaterhouseCoopers India.
Earlier, Jairaj was Chairman of Ernst & Young India (EY). Jairaj was the Country Head of the Tax & Business Advisory practice of Andersen India.
Jairaj has significant expertise in advising clients on various issues in the Financial Services, Infrastructure, Power, Telecom, Media, Pharma and Auto sectors. Jairaj’s contributions in the international tax space have been recognised by International Tax Review over successive years. Jairaj has also been recognised as a Highly Regarded Practitioner by International Tax Review in the 2026 World Tax and Transfer Pricing Directory.
Over the years, JMP Advisors has won several accolades for its outstanding services and has been consistently recognised as a leading Tax firm in India, inter alia, by International Tax Review for all successive years since incorporation, including in the 2026 World Tax and Transfer Pricing Directory.
JMP Advisors is a collaborating firm of Andersen Global in India. Andersen Global is an international association of legally separate, independent member firms comprised of tax, legal and valuation professionals around the world. Established in 2013 by U.S. member firm Andersen Tax LLC, Andersen Global has more than 50,000 professionals in 180 countries and a presence in over 1,000 locations through its network firms.
A frequent speaker at seminars in India and abroad, Jairaj has presented several papers in areas of his expertise including inbound/outbound investment structuring, international tax, transfer pricing, M&As, Indian Budget and Economy.
Jairaj is an Independent Director on the Boards of four listed companies.
Qualifications and affiliations
- Fellow, Institute of Chartered Accountants of India
- Bachelor of Science (Hons), University of Bombay
- YPO Presidents Program, Harvard Business School
- ITSG International Network – steering committee member.
- City of London Advisory Council for India – member
- YPO Gold – member, former Regional Networks Chair, Finance Chair
- Central Direct Taxes Advisory Committee (chaired by the Finance Minister) – former member
- Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) – member, former National Council member and Chairman, Taxation Committee
