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CA. Atul Kumar Gupta

President, ICAI

CA. Atul Kumar Gupta, presently the President the First Chairman of the Accounting and Finance
of The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Services Sectional Committee constituted by the
India served the Accountancy Profession for Bureau of Indian Standards.
more than two decades, widely respected for his
strong organisational skills and deep insight in CA. Atul Gupta is member of Government
the affairs of profession. A commerce and a law Accounting Standards Advisory Board (GASAB),
graduate by education, served as Chairman of Insurance Regulatory & Development Authority
Digital Accounting and Assurance Board, Board (IRDA), SEBI’s Primary Market Advisory
of Studies, IT Committee and Indirect Taxes Committee.
Committee of ICAI. Under his stewardship at
Board of Studies, the New Scheme of Education On International front, he is on the Board of
and Training of ICAI that was benchmarked with International Federation of Accountants (IFAC),
the revised International Education Standards, XBRL International and South Asian Federation
was launched in 2017. of Accountants (SAFA) and representing ICAI in
International Integrated Reporting Council (IIRC).
Through ICAI-ARF, he is credited for the project of He, earlier, has been the Chairman of Committee
preparation of accrual-based financial statements on Education, Training & CPD of SAFA.
of the Indian Railways (third largest Railway of
world). Being thoroughly conversant with the
professional concerns and demands of his
Mr. Gupta is Chairman of ICAI Research wing times, CA. Gupta has authored many relevant
ICAI – Accounting Research Foundation and books and has published numerous articles in
Extensible Business Reporting Language (XBRL) leading newspapers, magazines and professional
India. He is also Director of the Governing Board newsletters, and delivered lectures in about 1500
of Indian Institute of Insolvency Professionals seminars and conferences.
and Registered Valuers Organisation. He is also

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