Financial planners and advisors in India can be categorised as

• Financial Planners who offer mutual fund advisory services and charge no advisory fee. They earn by helping to execute your mutual fund investments through them.
• SEBI registered Independent financial advisors (IFAs) who offer Fee only advisory. They create your financial plan. You may invest as per the plan using any platform of your choice.
• Independent financial advisors not registered with SEBI. This may include Chartered Financial Planners (CFPs) who offer fee only advisory but are yet to register with SEBI.

Apart from this we will have multiple financial advisor profiles who are specialized in insurance, income tax-planning, will creation services etc. You may choose a suitable advisor from this comprehensive list of Financial Planners and their profiles in India.