CA. Uttam Prakash Agarwal, President, ICAI nominated as a me

CA. Uttam Prakash Agarwal, President, ICAI nominated as a member by the Central Government of India on the Disciplinary Committee constituted by the Council of Actuaries of India.

Press Release

April 28, 2009

The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) set-up by an Act of Parliament viz. The Chartered Accountant Act, 1949 to regulate the profession of Chartered Accountancy is the second largest and prominent accounting body in the world. It has been taking various proactive measures from time to time, aligned with the changing facets of the Indian economy, for continuously raising the standard of quality of accounting and financial reporting. It has been the vision of the CA.Uttam Prakash Agarwal, President, ICAI to provide a robust framework, systems and processes in place for meeting with the expectation of the disciplinary mechanism by public at large. Considering his contribution to the profession, he has been nominated as a member by the Central Government of India on the Disciplinary Committee constituted by the Council of Actuaries of India under sub section (1) section 26 of the Actuaries Act 2006 vide the notification of the Department of Financial Services, Ministry of Finance dated April 15,2009.

About ICAI

ICAI has its Headquarters at New Delhi with 5 Regional Offices at Mumbai, Chennai, Kanpur, Kolkata, New Delhi and 118 branches spread all over the country. In addition, it has also set up 21 chapters outside India and an office in Dubai. Currently over 4,50,000 students are pursuing the Chartered Accountancy course and the total membership of ICAI is more than 1,50,000.