We have audited the accompanying financial statements of Jaro Institute of Technology Management& Research Limited (“the Company”), which comprise the Balance Sheet as at March 31, 2025, andthe Statement of Profit and Loss, including Other Comprehensive Income, Statement of Changes inEquity and Statement of Cash Flows for the year then ended, and notes to the financial statements,including material accounting policy information and other explanatory information (hereinafterreferred to as the “financial statements”).
In our opinion and to the best of our information and according to the explanations given to us, theaforesaid financial statements give the information required by the Companies Act, 2013 (“the Act’)in the manner so required and give a true and fair view in conformity with the Indian AccountingStandards prescribed under section 133 of the Act read with Companies (Indian Accounting Standards)Rules, 2015, as amended (“Ind AS”) and other accounting principles generally accepted in India, ofthe state of affairs of the Company as at March 31, 2025, and profit (including other comprehensiveincome), changes in equity and its cash flows for the year ended on that date.
We conducted our audit of the financial statements in accordance with the Standards on Auditing(SAs) specified under section 143(10) of the Act. Our responsibilities under those Standards arefurther described in the ‘Auditor’s Responsibilities for the Audit of the Financial Statements’ sectionof our report. We are independent of the Company in accordance with the Code of Ethics issued bythe Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (“ICAI”) together with the ethical requirements thatare relevant to our audit of the financial statements under the provisions of the Act and the Rulesthereunder, and we have fulfilled our other ethical responsibilities in accordance with theserequirements and the Code of Ethics. We believe that the audit evidence obtained by us is sufficientand appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion.
The Company’s Board of Directors is responsible for the other information. The other informationcomprises the information included in the Director’s report but does not include the financialstatements and our auditor’s report thereon.
Our opinion on the financial statements does not cover the other information and we do not expressany form of assurance conclusion thereon.
In connection with our audit of the financial statements, our responsibility is to read the otherinformation and, in doing so, consider whether the other information is materially inconsistent withthe financial statements or our knowledge obtained in the audit or otherwise appears to be materiallymisstated. If, based on the work we have performed, we conclude that there is a materialmisstatement of this other information, we are required to report that fact. We have nothing toreport in this regard.
The Company’s Board of Directors is responsible for the matters stated in section 134(5) of the Actwith respect to the preparation of these financial statements that give a true and fair view of thefinancial position, financial performance, changes in equity and cash flows of the Company inaccordance with the accounting principles generally accepted in India, including the AccountingStandards specified under section 133 of the Act. This responsibility also includes maintenance ofadequate accounting records in accordance with the provisions of the Act for safeguarding of theassets of the Company and for preventing and detecting frauds and other irregularities; selection and
application of appropriate accounting policies; making judgments and estimates that are reasonableand prudent; and design, implementation and maintenance of adequate internal financial controls,that were operating effectively for ensuring the accuracy and completeness of the accountingrecords, relevant to the preparation and presentation of the financial statement that give a true andfair view and are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.
In preparing the financial statements, the Management and Board of Directors are responsible forassessing the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern, disclosing, as applicable, mattersrelated to going concern and using the going concern basis of accounting unless the Board of Directorseither intends to liquidate the Company or to cease operations, or has no realistic alternative but todo so.
The Board of Directors is also responsible for overseeing the Company’s financial reporting process.Auditor’s Responsibilities for the Audit of the Financial Statements
Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements as a wholeare free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error, and to issue an auditor’s reportthat includes our opinion. Reasonable assurance is a high level of assurance, but is not a guaranteethat an audit conducted in accordance with SAs will always detect a material misstatement when itexists. Misstatements can arise from fraud or error and are considered material if, individually or inthe aggregate, they could reasonably be expected to influence the economic decisions of users takenon the basis of these financial statements.
We give in “Annexure A” a detailed description of Auditor’s responsibilities for Audit of the FinancialStatements.
1. As required by the Companies (Auditor’s Report) Order, 2020 (“the Order”), issued by theCentral Government of India in terms of sub-section (11) of section 143 of the Act, we givein “Annexure B” a statement on the matters specified in paragraphs 3 and 4 of the Order, tothe extent applicable.
2. As required by Section 143(3) of the Act, we report that:
(a) We have sought and obtained all the information and explanations which to the best of ourknowledge and belief were necessary for the purposes of our audit.
(b) In our opinion, proper books of account as required by law have been kept by the Companyso far as it appears from our examination of those books except that in the absence ofsufficient appropriate audit evidence, we are unable to comment whether back-up of thebooks of account and other books and papers maintained in electronic mode, have been keptin servers physically located in India on a daily basis as explained in Note 42 to the financialstatements and except for the matter stated in the paragraph 2(h)(vi) below on reportingunder Rule 11(g).
(c) The Balance Sheet, the Statement of Profit and Loss including other comprehensive income,the Statement of Changes in Equity and the Statement of Cash Flow dealt with by this Reportare in agreement with the books of account.
(d) In our opinion, the aforesaid financial statements comply with the Indian AccountingStandards specified under Section 133 of the Act.
(e) On the basis of the written representations received from the directors as on March 31, 2025taken on record by the Board of Directors, none of the directors are disqualified as on March31, 2025 from being appointed as a director in terms of Section 164 (2) of the Act.
(f) The reservation relating to the maintenance of accounts and other matters connectedtherewith are as stated in paragraph (b) above on reporting under Section 143(3)(b) andparagraph 2(h)(vi) below on reporting under Rule 11(g).
(g) With respect to the adequacy of the internal financial controls with reference to financialstatements of the Company and the operating effectiveness of such controls, refer to ourseparate Report in “Annexure C”.
(h) With respect to the other matters to be included in the Auditor’s Report in accordance withRule 11 of the Companies (Audit and Auditors) Rules, 2014, in our opinion and to the best ofour information and according to the explanations given to us:
i. The Company has disclosed the impact of pending litigations on its financialposition in its financial statements - Refer Note 31 to the financialstatements;
ii. The Company did not have any long-term contracts including derivativecontracts for which there were any material foreseeable losses.
iii. There were no amounts which were required to be transferred to the InvestorEducation and Protection Fund by the Company.
iv. 1) The Management has represented that, to the best of its knowledge andbelief, no funds have been advanced or loaned or invested (either fromborrowed funds or share premium or any other sources or kind of funds) bythe Company to or in any other person(s) or entity(ies), including foreignentities (“Intermediaries”), with the understanding, whether recorded inwriting or otherwise, that the Intermediary shall, directly or indirectly lendor invest in other persons or entities identified in any manner whatsoever byor on behalf of the Company (“Ultimate Beneficiaries”) or provide anyguarantee, security or the like on behalf of the Ultimate Beneficiaries.
2) The Management has represented, that, to the best of its knowledge andbelief, no funds have been received by the Company from any person(s) orentity(ies), including foreign entities (Funding Parties), with theunderstanding, whether recorded in writing or otherwise, as on the date ofthis audit report, that the Company shall, directly or indirectly, lend or investin other persons or entities identified in any manner whatsoever by or onbehalf of the Funding Party (“Ultimate Beneficiaries”) or provide anyguarantee, security or the like on behalf of the Ultimate Beneficiaries.
3) Based on the audit procedures performed that have been consideredreasonable and appropriate in the circumstances, and according to theinformation and explanations provided to us by the Management in thisregard nothing has come to our notice that has caused us to believe that therepresentations under sub-clause (i) and (ii) of Rule 11 (e) as provided under(1) and (2) above, contain any material mis-statement.
v. The interim dividend declared and paid by the Company during the year anduntil the date of this audit report is in accordance with section 123 of theCompanies Act 2013.
vi. Based on our examination, which included test checks, the Company has usedan accounting software for maintaining its books of account which has afeature of recording audit trail (edit log) facility and the same has operatedthroughout the year for all relevant transactions recorded in the software.Further, during the course of our audit, we did not come across any instanceof audit trail feature being tampered with. Additionally, the audit trail of
previous year has been preserved by the Company from June 13, 2023 as perthe statutory requirements for record retention prescribed under Rule 11(g)of the Companies (Audit and Auditors) Rules, 2014.
3. In our opinion, according to information, explanations given to us, the remuneration paid bythe Company to its directors is within the limits laid prescribed under Section 197 read withSchedule V of the Act and the rules thereunder.
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Bhavik L. ShahPartner
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Place: MumbaiDate: 21/08/2025