Chartered accountant Prasanna Kumar D. has been elected arsenic the caller president of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) for the word 2026-27. He succeeds Charanjot Singh Nanda. The ICAI besides announced Mangesh Pandurang Kinare arsenic the caller vice-president.
As the 74th president of ICAI, Mr. Prasanna volition service arsenic president of each the lasting committees including executive, finance, disciplinary, and examination; ex-officio subordinate of each the non-standing committees; and editor-in-chief of The Chartered Accountant journal. He volition besides seat ICAI’s probe and improvement wings Accounting Research Foundation (ICAI ARF) and XBRL India and the 3 payment funds: CABF, CASBF and the S. Vaidyanath Aiyar Memorial Fund.
He volition besides service arsenic manager connected the boards of the Institute of Social Auditors of India (ISAI), ICAI Registered Valuers Organisation (ICAI RVO), The Indian Institute of Insolvency Professionals of ICAI (IIIPI) and ICAI International ADR Centre.
Mr. Prasanna Kumar has been a chartered accountant since 1984 and a chap subordinate of ICAI. His enactment travel began with student-centric initiatives successful the Southern India Chartered Accountants Students Association (SICASA). He besides served connected the Southern India Regional Council (SIRC) from 2007 to 2016, including arsenic president successful 2013–14, during which clip helium enhanced determination outreach, nonrecreational improvement initiatives and subordinate participation. He was besides the erstwhile president of the Visakhapatnam Branch of ICAI successful 2001–02.

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