A true professional

We were shocked and saddened by the sudden and untimely demise of our dear colleague - P. Sivasubramaniam.

He was working with us as a Director, Tax & Business Advisory Services at SJMS Associates until his demise on February 3, 2019. His loss is irreplaceable and memories of him shall always remain with us. We pray to God to give strength to his family to overcome this loss.

I had dealt with Siva previously as a tax practitioner, but we became close when I met him after my retinal surgery as he was scheduled for a follow-up surgery with the same problem.

Sivasubramaniam, who was known to his colleagues as Siva and to all our staff as ‘Sir’, was a simple, understanding, highly knowledgeable, and honest human being. There were instances where his frank opinion and candour made some clients and even us, blush. A true professional and always humble, he never craved recognition. He was a knowledge bank and a walking database of all taxes, labour laws, foreign exchange issues etc. He was a voracious reader and his face would light up every time I brought him magazines and books. Siva was quiet, unassuming, self-effacing and was approachable by even a new recruit.

He is survived by his wife Arunthavesvary, who took good care of him especially during his illness, and sons Janarththan, Sanjayan and Jananthan who are engineers and work in finance and of whom he was very proud.