Vinita Nair Dedhia holds a degree in Bachelor of Management Studies (BMS), Mumbai University, Maharashtra, MS (Finance) from ICFAI University, and is a Fellow Member of the Institute of Company Secretaries of India (ICSI). She is the Senior Partner in M/s Vinod Kothari & Company, Practising Company Secretaries.

Her core area of practice is the Companies Act, SEBI Regulations, FEMA Regulations, and laws applicable to the Financial Sector.

She was one of the joint winners of the ‘Best Secretarial Audit Report’ Award at the ICSI National Awards for Corporate Governance, 2019 for the secretarial audit carried out for HDFC Ltd.

She has co-authored two books on Companies Act, viz., ‘Your queries on Companies Act, 2013’ published by Taxmann and ‘The Companies (Amendment) Bill, 2017’ published by Book Corporation. She has also contributed to other books, viz., ‘Understanding Companies Act, 2013’ a Taxmann publication and ‘Corporate Boards, Committees and Policies under Companies Act’ published by ICSI. She is often quoted in Economic Times and Business Standard for her views on various areas relating to corporate law.

Several of her articles have been published by Taxmann in magazines viz. Corporate Professionals Today and SEBI and Corporate Laws. Many of her write-ups feature on sites viz. Indiacorplaw, Taxguru, compliance calendar, etc.

She is actively involved in advising Banks, NBFCs, HFCs, several MNCs, and listed companies.