Charanjot Singh Nanda Elected as the 73rd President of ICAI for the 2025-26 Term.

Appointment

Chartered Accountant (C.A.) Charanjot Singh Nanda has been elected as the 73rd President of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI), the world’s largest accountancy body, for the term 2025-26 during the 26th ICAI Council meeting held in New Delhi, Delhi. He has succeeded CA Ranjeet Kumar Agarwal.


      - The council has also elected Prasanna Kumar D, a C.A. from Andhra Pradesh (AP), Southern India Regional Council, as the Vice-President of ICAI for the term 2025-26.

      - The oath of office was administered by Union Minister of State (MoS) (Independent Charge) Arjun Meghwal, from the Ministry of Law and Justice (MoL&J) and the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs (MoPA).

      - Charanjot Singh Nanda is a Fellow Member who has been practicing as a Chartered Accountant since 1991. He was elected as the Chairman of the Northern India Regional Council (NIRC) of ICAI during 2002-03. In 2004, he was elected to the Central Council of ICAI and has since served six terms. He is currently serving his seventh term as a council member for 2025-26.

Main Point :-   (i) In the year 2024-25, Charanjot Singh Nanda was elected as the Vice President of ICAI. Throughout his extensive career, he has chaired various committees of ICAI, including the Internal Audit Standards Board (IASB), the Committee for Members in Industry and Business, and the Women Members Empowerment Committee.

      (ii) He has represented ICAI in central government and regulatory committees, including the Quality Review Board and SEBI's Advisory Committees (2007-10). He has also represented ICAI on international platforms like SAFA and ACFE.

(iii) CA Prasanna Kumar D was elected to the Central Council of ICAI for three consecutive terms (24th, 25th, and 26th Council). He served as the Chairman of the Visakhapatnam Branch of ICAI during 2001-02 and was a member of the Southern India Regional Council from 2007 to 2016, where he also held the position of Chairman in 2013-14.

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