Bela is a Chartered Accountant by profession and is an alumni of the Indian Revenue Service. Her professional experience includes working with government as a tax officer, with KMPG as a tax consultant and then with industry as a business tax advisor. This unique work experience has helped her in developing as a tax professional. She is a member of direct/indirect tax committees of some Indian trade organizations. She has been actively involved on advocacy initiatives with the government on Dispute Resolution, BEPS Actions plans, Goods and Service Tax and various other issues impacting business in India. She was employed with Shell India and was Country Tax Lead for India for 9 years and was also a part of the global Shell transfer pricing team and led the global CbCR project. She lead the GST implementation project for Shell India. Bela is currently a partner in the Indirect Tax practice of Deloitte India.