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Our New President
CA. Aniket S. Talati
President, ICAI (2023-24)
A
man with strong professional ethics,
refined thought process, technical expertise
and vision to embrace technology to lead
the profession. On 12th February 2023, CA. Aniket
S. Talati was elected as 71st President of The
Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI)
for the term 2023-24.
While serving the ICAI Council as a member
since 2016 and then as Vice-President of the
Institute in 2022-23, he earned respect for his
formidable organizational skills and deep insight
into the affairs of the profession. CA. Aniket S.
Talati has contributed to the cause of the
profession from various professional perspectives
and is widely commended and credited for
leading the Digital Transformation within ICAI.
Numerous digital Initiatives launched under
him stand testimony to this fact. His penchant
for inspiring new ideas and innovations is
evident in conceptualizing and devising a new
futuristic CA Curriculum.
As President of ICAI, CA. Aniket S. Talati is also
the Chairman of all the Standing Committees,
i.e., Executive, Finance, and Examination
Committees, as well as ex-officio members of all
Non-standing Committees and Editor of ICAI
Journal, The Chartered Accountant. During 2022,
he was the Vice-Chairman of the Working
Committee of the World Congress of Accountants,
ICAI. He successfully hosted the most
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magnanimous and historic World Congress of
Accountants in Mumbai in 2022.
He also Chairs the ICAI research wing Accounting
Research Foundation (ICAI ARF), Extensible
Business Reporting Language (XBRL) India. He is
the Director on the Board of the Indian Institute of
Insolvency Professionals of ICAI (IIIPI). He also
represents the Institute as a member of the Insolvency
Law Committee and as a Standing Committee of
MCA for review of the implementation of the
Insolvency & Bankruptcy Code, 2016.
CA. Aniket has been passionately representing
India and the profession on international forums
at several global meetings and conferences,
striving to position India as Global Accounting
Hub. Currently, he is the Technical Advisor to the
ICAI’s Nominee on the IFAC Board, PAIB
Advisory Group of IFAC, besides being a Board
member of SAFA (South Asian Federation of
Accountants). Also, he represents ICAI on the
Integrated Reporting and Connectivity Council
(IRCC) and Board meetings of the Pan African
Federation of Accountants (PAFA) and ASEAN
Federation of Accountants (AFA).
Moving ahead with ICAI’s role as a partner in
Nation building being President ICAI, CA. Aniket
S. Talati is supporting the Government and
Regulators as a member of the Government
Accounting Standards Advisory Board (GASAB)
& Audit Advisory Board formed by the C&AG of
India, Insurance Advisory Committee and Board
of Insurance Regulatory & Development Authority
of India (IRDAI) and SEBI’s Primary Market
Advisory Committee.
With his exceptional understanding, skills to
blend new age thinking with the traditional
approach, and ability to connect with all, CA.
Aniket has an outstanding capability to pursue
the agenda of inclusive growth, dealing with
issues of Small and Medium Practitioners and
taking the Institute and Indian accountancy
profession to much greater heights on a global
pedestal. During his stints with the ICAI, he led
the cause of the profession from the front through
various Committees of the Ahmedabad Branch &
Western India Regional Council of the ICAI.
Bachelor of Commerce from Mumbai University
and a Rank holder from Gujarat University, CA.
Aniket S. Talati also holds a Master of Commerce.
With strong expertise in technical matters, he has
written numerous articles in various magazines
and publications and addressed hundreds of
seminars and conferences.  n
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