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Our New Vice-President
CA. Ranjeet Kumar Agarwal
Vice-President, ICAI (2023-24)
A
thorough academician, with a consistent
pursuit towards achieving excellence and
a technically affluent professional who
has been significantly contributing to the cause
of the profession, CA. Ranjeet Kumar Agarwal
has been elected as the Vice-President of the
Institute of Chartered Accountants of India for
the term 2023-24.
CA. Ranjeet Kumar Agarwal is a practicing
Chartered Accountant since last 24 years. He
graduated from the prestigious Calcutta
University. He is also a Company Secretary &
DISA from ICAI. He was elected to the 23rd, 24th
& 25th Central Council of the Institute of
Chartered Accountants of India 3 times in a row.
During his Chairmanship in 2013-14, the Eastern
India Regional Council (EIRC) received the
coveted award for the Best Regional
Council.
During his distinguished stint, he has chaired
many committees and has several
accomplishments to his credit. As a visionary
reformist, he had chaired the Professional
Development Committee of ICAI, implemented
Bank Branch Audit Software and conceptualised
and implemented UDIN which was indeed a
landmark initiative of ICAI. He was also the
Convenor of Group constituted to implement
UDIN concept in all SAARC Countries (Sri
Lanka, Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh,
Afghanistan & Maldives). He had also led the
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ICAI Group that presented the FRRB Bill before
Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC).
An expert in Professional Ethics, he as the
Chairman of the Ethical Standard Board of ICAI,
was instrumental towards bringing the revised
the Code of Ethics after a gap of 10 years and
implemented the New Code of Ethics considered
to be the guiding light for the accounting
profession.
As the Vice Chairman, Board of Studies, he steered
major refinements in the processes and their
implementation. Out of the various groups formed
for the dealing with the various aspects of CRET
for the year 2021-22, he was the Convenor of the
Group for Examination related matters. The ICAI
Mobile App, which has become the most renowned
online learning platform for students, was also
launched under his tenure. In 2019 he was the
Convenor of the Group Constituted for Review of
the entitlement for engaging Articled Assistant(s).
Under his dynamic leadership as the Chairman of
Committee for Members in Industry & Business
(CMI &B) in 2022, both the Campus Placement
Programmes for Newly Qualified Chartered
Accountants and Experienced CAs secured an
unprecedented success and witnessed the
participation by highest number of recruiters and
secured the largest number of offered vacancies.
The committee had also organised first placement
programme exclusively for women CAs. A new
campaign titled CA Business Leaders 40 under 40
was also commenced wherein 40 CA achievers in
Industry and Business under the age of 40 will be
awarded. By the virtue of his able guidance, the
committee had published two noteworthy
publications namely the Coffee Table Book-
‘Milestones- A Chronicle of Activities’ and ‘Tales
of Triumph- Stories of Successful Chartered
Accountants’ which were highly appreciated by
the fraternity.
He has also chaired Tax Audit Quality Review
Board (TAQRB) of ICAI wherein he led the steps
towards improvising the quality of Tax Audit
conducted by members and during the year 2022-
23, 80 reports were reviewed by the Board.
His accomplishments at International Front also
include his recent appointment as the Technical
Advisor to the Board member of SAFA (South
Asian Federation of Accountants).
CA. Agarwal is a passionate leader and firmly
believes in the inclusive development of the
society.  n
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