Eastern India Regional Council (EIRC) of The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India celebrated its landmark 50th (Golden Jubilee) regional conference in Kolkata. The conference centred on the theme EYE – ethics, youth, empowerment, underscoring the profession’s unwavering commitment to ethical practice, the growing role of young professionals and the continuous empowerment of members.
The conference was inaugurated by Snehasis Chakraborty, transport minister and Hari Mohan Bangur, chairman, Shree Cement Limited in the presence of CA Charanjot Singh Nanda, president, ICAI and others
Alongside the event, CA Nanda, interacted with the media. He remarked that history has been created in Kolkata, with the golden jubilee regional conference witnessing a record participation of more than 4,500 members, the highest ever for EIRC and congratulated EIRC chairman, CA Vishnu Kumar Tulsyan and his team.
CA Nanda emphasised that India, today stands as a global leader in technology and artificial intelligence is an enabler and assistant for chartered accountants and can never replace human intelligence. He informed that ICAI has already trained 30,000 members in AI and has launched AURA, a dedicated AI course for students. Training initiatives are also being extended to members and students outside India.
Highlighting the profession’s inclusivity, the president added that the CA profession is highly suited for women, with every third chartered accountant in India being a woman, and 44 per cent of CA students being women. ICAI continues to promote commerce education across the country through wide-ranging career counselling programmes.
The regional conference of EIRC was a carbon neutral event certified by United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).