This entrepreneur is on a mission to provide regulatory compliance for SMEs and save them from risk

During times of need, a company relied on local consultants such as retired government officials or chartered accountants who were piecemeal compliance providers. That’s why I set out to launch my own business for regulatory compliance and consulting services,” he says.

Nagaraj, well-versed in labour and industrial laws, started providing services such as managing compliance risks, compliance programme reviews, internal audits, risk management, monitoring and measurements, etc., for SMEs and businesses of various sizes. In the last 20 years, Nagaraj has built the business into a large provider of labour law and industrial law compliance. He claims the 1,400-employee firm records annual revenue of Rs 450 crore and has over 1,500 clients – ranging from SMEs and startups to industrial giants and multinational companies.