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. He served Northern India Regional Council (NIRC) as regional council member for 2 consecutive terms from 1998-2001 & 2001-2004. During the year 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. 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.

During council year 2024-25, he, under capacity of Vice President of ICAI, had 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 nominated 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).

Continuing to advance the role of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India as a partner in the nation’s development, while serving as the President of ICAI, CA. Charanjot Singh Nanda is supporting the Government and Regulators as a Member of the Board of Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI), and SEBI’s Primary Market Advisory Committee (PMAC) & Compendium of Major Activities of the Advisory Committee on Listing Obligations and Disclosures (ACLOD).

CA. Charanjot Singh Nanda has been passionately representing India and the profession on various international forums, striving to position India as a Global Accounting Hub. Currently, he is a Board member of SAFA (South Asian Federation of Accountants). Also, he represents ICAI on Board meetings of the Pan African Federation of Accountants (PAFA) and ASEAN Federation of Accountants (AFA).

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.