CA Umesh Sharma
B.Com., FCA, D.I.S.A. (ICAI) — Partner, R.B. Sharma & Co., Aurangabad. Chairman of the GST & Indirect Taxes Committee, ICAI.
CA Umesh Sharma is a practising Chartered Accountant based in Aurangabad. He is a partner at R.B. Sharma & Co., a firm established in 1983, and currently serves as Chairman of the GST & Indirect Taxes Committee of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India.
Since 2013, he has written the weekly Karneeti column in Lokmat — a weekly attempt to take a current GST notification, an Income Tax update, or a common taxpayer question, and walk through it in simple language. Over the years, the column has been reproduced on CAClubIndia, TaxGuru and various professional forums.
Professional Background
A brief factual record of roles, teaching work and writing.
Why Make Tax Simple and Public?
Tax law in India changes by the week — new notifications, new circulars, new judgments. The Karneeti column, started in 2013 in Lokmat, is a small weekly effort to take one such update at a time and explain it in plain language.
Twelve years and 655 editions later, the format is the same: one current question, one clear answer, written for taxpayers rather than for experts. The articles are written in a simple question-and-answer style so anyone — a small business owner, a CA student, or a fellow practitioner — can follow along.
This website brings every Karneeti article from 2013 onwards into one place. Every edition is searchable, categorised and open to read. No paywall, no signup, no ads — just the articles, kept in one spot so they are easy to find when you need them.
— A knowledge-sharing initiative by R.B. Sharma & Co., Chartered Accountants. Aurangabad. Established 1983.
Karneeti Consultancy Services Pvt. Ltd.
A Group Company of Mindpool Technologies
What began in 2013 as a weekly tax column is today also an AI solutions company. Karneeti Consultancy Services Pvt. Ltd. builds software for businesses and professionals — the same spirit of making complex things simple, applied to technology.
The company designs and delivers custom ERPs built around how a business actually runs, SaaS products like iCAn — a complete practice-management platform for CA firms, AI voice agents that talk to customers in their own language, and corporate AI trainings that teach teams how to use AI at their workplace.
From automobile dealerships and steel rolling mills to paper manufacturing and professional services — the company's promise is simple: software built to fit your business, not the other way around.
Two Generations, One Mission
Tax wisdom from the author of Karneeti. AI innovation from the developer who builds it into software.
CA Umesh Sharma
B.Com., FCA, D.I.S.A. (ICAI) · Partner, R.B. Sharma & Co. · Chairman, GST & Indirect Taxes Committee, ICAI · Author of Karneeti (655+ weekly articles, World Book of Records)
The voice of Karneeti. For twelve years, CA Umesh Sharma has explained India's changing tax law to lakhs of readers every week through the Krishna–Arjuna dialogue — earning recognition from the World Book of Records, the Asia Book of Records and the India Book of Records. He leads the tax knowledge wing and anchors the firm's professional practice.
CA Abhinav Sharma
Chartered Accountant · AI App Full-Stack Developer · AI Trainer
The builder behind the AI wing. CA Abhinav Sharma combines a Chartered Accountant's understanding of business with hands-on full-stack development — AI-powered ERPs, SaaS products and named AI agents: Priya (multilingual voice agent for outstanding & payment follow-ups), Jarvis (autonomous trading agent for Indian F&O and MCX gold) and SIA (social media intelligence agent). He has trained 150+ Income Tax officers at ICAI CoE Hyderabad, spoken at the AI Summit Jaipur and the National Conference Indore, served as Jury at the AI Innovation Challenge (AI Summit Delhi 2026), and taken "AI in Finance" sessions across ICAI branches. Committee Member — Financial Markets & Investor Protection, WIRC of ICAI (2025). He leads the AI solutions wing of Karneeti Consultancy Services.
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