ICAI elects new torchbearers for 2019-20

NEW DELHI: The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) is celebrating 70th year of its meaningful existence with excellence, anchoring the aspirations and bringing inclusive growth for its stakeholders ever since its inception.

The affairs of the ICAI are managed by a Council in accordance with the provisions of the Chartered Accountants Act, 1949 and the Chartered Accountants Regulations, 1988. The Council constitutes of 40 members.

The 24th Council CA Prafulla P Chhajed, President, ICAI (2019-20) of ICAI was recently elected for a term of 3 years (2019-22) & has been notified in the Gazette of India.

On February 12, 2019, ICAI elected its new Torchbearers CA Prafulla P Chhajed as the President and CA Atul Kumar Gupta as CA Atul Kumar Gupta, VP, ICAI (2019-20) the Vice-president for year 2019-20.

Chhajed is 67th President of the Institute. With commendable professional acumen and standing, at present, he is the Chairman of Board of Directors of ICAIARF (Accounting Research Foundation) and XBRL India. He is also one of the Directors of Indian Institute of Insolvency Professionals of ICAI, which incidentally is the first Insolvency Professionals Agency (IPA) of India.

CA Atul Kumar Gupta is a fellow member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India and the Institute of Cost Accountants of India, besides a Law Graduate.

Hailing from Delhi, he is also member of various other professional bodies and Institutions.