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Farokh Balsara, the National President of the Indo-American Chamber of Commerce (IACC), is a partner with Ernst & Young in India. He leads the firm's Media & Entertainment practice and is also the Markets Leader for the Advisory Services practice. A commerce graduate from the University of Bombay, Mr. Balsara is a qualified Chartered Accountant and a member of the Institute of Cost & Works Accountants of India.

Throughout his enriching 20 year career, Mr. Balsara has, for the most part, extensively assisted several large Indian companies in risk management and in improving the efficiency and effectiveness of key business processes and operations. Mr. Balsara also specializes in providing a range of Transaction Support Services (due diligence reviews, M&A support, etc.) to multinationals, strategic investors and private equity funds. He is also experienced in performing a variety of market reviews and feasibility studies, and developing entry strategies for multinational companies desiring to establish a business presence in India and to Indian companies going global.

Under his leadership, IACC has endeavoured to make India the destination for US companies for outsourcing their business processes and manufacturing needs, facilitate SMEs from the US to do business with India and promote greater exchanges between Hollywood and Bollywood.