An ardent wordsmith and an eloquent orator with the thought process of a societal benefactor, CA. Charanjot Singh Nanda, FCA, has been elected as the 73rd President of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India for the term 2025-26. CA. Charanjot Singh Nanda is indeed humility personified.

CA. Charanjot Singh Nanda, a distinguished Fellow Member, has been a practicing Chartered Accountant for the last 34 years since 1991. Exhibiting outstanding academic acumen, he attained his Bachelor of Commerce degree from M.L.N. College in 1987, consistently securing a position on the Merit List at Kurukshetra University throughout his undergraduate studies. Furthermore, he secured 35th rank in the CA Inter Examination and attained his Chartered Accountancy qualification in 1991. During the years 2002-2003, he was elected Chairman of the Northern India Regional Council (NIRC) of ICAI. CA. Charanjot Singh Nanda was elected to the Central Council of ICAI in 2004, has already served six terms. During the year 2024-25, he was elected as Vice President and then, during his 7th (seventh) term as Central Council member, for the year 2025-26, he has become 73rd President of this worldwide renowned and largest professional body of Chartered Accountants.

Throughout his illustrious professional career, he has been the chairman of many committees and garnered notable achievements. With the vision to build the thought leadership of Internal Audit, he served as the Chairman of the Internal Audit Standards Board for several years. With his guidance, knowledge, expertise and skills, he has promoted exchange of ideas and dialogue between the Institute and the Chartered Accountants in industries while he served as Chairman of the Committee for Members in Industry and Business.

He served as first Chairman of the Women Members Empowerment Committee of ICAI and encouraged innumerable women CA’s to achieve their goals, who are now setting an example in Chartered Accountant Profession. He also chaired the Committee for Co-operatives and NPO Sectors and has been one of the forces behind AML Compliance which will be of great help for Chartered Accountants.

Under his chairmanship of the Digital Accounting and Assurance Board, the Board has issued Forensic Accounting, and Investigation Standards (FAIS). This innovation showcased ICAI as the first accounting body in the world that issued standards in the area of Forensic Accounting & Investigation. Further, under his Chairmanship, DAAB came up with an idea of Digital Assurance. Leading the mind child of CA. Charanjot Singh Nanda, SEBI proposed a separate report on digital assurance of financial statements issued by listed companies for public comments.

CA. Charanjot Singh Nanda also served as the Chairman of the Continuing Professional Education Committee, Committee on Financial Markets & Investors Protection, Public Relations Committee and Research Committee.

CA. Charanjot Singh Nanda advocates holistic growth of the institution and represented ICAI at various national and international platforms. He has represented the Institute as a member of various committees constituted by the Govt. and regulatory bodies like the Quality Review Board, SEBI Advisory Committee on Primary Market (2007-2010) & Committee on Mutual Funds (2007-2010), SEBI Committee on Disclosures and Accounting Standards (SCODA), Expert Committee of SEBI to facilitate ease of doing business and harmonization of the provisions of ICDR and LODR Regulations, Convener of the Expert Group constituted by the Ministry of Corporate Affairs on Investor Protection.

Representing ICAI on the global stage, CA. Charanjot Singh Nanda also served as the Chairman of the South Asian Federation of Accountants (SAFA) Committee on Information Technology and Committee on Education, Training and CPD. He has also been a Member of the South Asian Federation of Accountants (SAFA) on the International Relations Committee and Committee for Improvement in Transparency, Accountability & Governance. He has also represented ICAI on platforms like Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE) and Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA).

In the capacity of Vice President, he has been nominated as the ex-officio nominee of the ICAI on Standing Committee on Accounting Issues (SCAI) of IRDAI and as the Member for the Committee on Corporate Governance Guidelines for Insurers in India. He has also been elected as the ICAI’s representative on the Dedicated Cell on Services Trade Restrictiveness Index (STRI) constituted by Ministry of Corporate Affairs for possible reform measures under STRI and monitor developments in this regard in coordination with Department of Commerce.

Other nominations include his nomination on the Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (ASSOCHAM), National Council on Capital Market and as the ICAI’s representative on Regional Direct Taxes Advisory Committee formed under Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) at New Delhi.

As the President of ICAI, CA. Charanjot Singh Nanda is now, by virtue of his post, the Chairman of all the Standing Committees, i.e., the Executive, Finance, Disciplinary and Examination Committees, Ex-officio member of all the Non standing Committees, and the Editor-in-chief of the ICAI Journal, The Chartered Accountant. He also Chairs the ICAI research wing - Accounting Research Foundation (ICAI ARF), Extensible Business Reporting Language (XBRL) India, and three funds for the welfare of the CA fraternity namely the Chartered Accountants Benevolent Fund (CABF), Chartered Accountants Students Benevolent Fund (CASBF), and S. Vaidyanath Aiyar Memorial Fund. He is also the Director on the Board of the Institute of Social Auditors of India (ISAI), ICAI Registered Valuers Organisation (ICAI RVO) and The Indian Institute of Insolvency Professionals of ICAI (IIIPI).

CA. Charanjot Singh Nanda is an individual who embraces change with agility. His extensive tenure with the Institute underscores his adeptness in management and strategy. Beyond having an illustrious career, he is a great human being having great love and compassion for his peers and juniors and is highly regarded amongst the CA fraternity.