Mukesh M. Patel

Mr. Mukesh M. Patel has been acclaimed with the Honour as ‘Champion of Tax Payer Education’ at the All-India Tax Congress. He enjoys the honour of having been conferred with several International Awards and Recognitions, including the highest Decoration from the Emperor of Japan-‘Order of the Rising Sun.’ In 2024, Mukesh Patel has come to be appointed as the First Honorary Consul of Japan in India.

An eminent Advocate and a leading International Tax Expert, Mukesh Patel enjoys close to five decades of experience as a Veteran in the legal profession, during which he has also been passionately committed to the causes of Teaching Law and promoting Tax Payer Education, both through the Print and Electronic Media. A prolific writer and speaker, his tally of over 5,000 Weekly Columns in English and Gujarati, close to 50 editions of his Book Titles and more than 500 TV Shows on Tax and Investment Planning with leading Print and Electronic Media have come to be acknowledged as a unique and unprecedented record. In recognition of the same, he has been acclaimed with the Honour as ‘Champion of Tax Payer Education’ at the AllIndia Tax Congress. Closely involved with the analysis of Union Budgets since 1977, his studied and thought-provoking annual presentations are eagerly looked forward to. He was appointed by the Government of India to serve as a Member on the Justice Easwar Committee for Simplification of the Income-tax Act, Rules and Procedures and as an Expert on the Six Member Task Force entrusted with the key assignment of drafting a New Income-Tax Law. He is a Director on the Board of a number of reputed Public Companies. He has served as President of Ahmedabad Management Association, Gujarat Chamber of Commerce & Industry, Indian Red Cross Society, Indo-Japan Friendship Association and All Gujarat Federation of Tax Consultants. He enjoys the honour of having been conferred with several International Awards and Recognitions, including the highest Decoration from the Emperor of Japan-‘Order of the Rising Sun.’ In 2024, Mukesh Patel has come to be appointed as the First Honorary Consul of Japan in India.