Hubballi :

The Hubballi branch of the Southern India Regional Council of The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) has been adjudged the best branch for 2014 at an all-India level for its outstanding services.

ICAI Hubballi chairman Hitesh Kumar Modi told reporters here on Sunday that this is the fourth time that the branch has been awarded. “The Hubballi branch achieved its objective of enhancing the value of the profession by organizing various professional programmes last year. An auditorium with a seating capacity for 450 was inaugurated on December 6, 2014, to facilitate various seminars and conferences of different organizations. A library and an information technology laboratory have been opened for students. Coaching classes for CA examinations are being conducted by the branch regularly.”

He said various workshops and seminars were also organized to help members stay up to date on the auditing of banks, cooperative societies, income tax, service tax and value added tax during the year. “Social programmes like blood donation camps, free distribution of books to students, women empowerment programmes and Swachh Bharat campaigns were often conducte.”

The city branch has won the ‘most active branch award’ and the ‘highly commanded performance certificate’ by the parent institute since 1993.

RR Joshi, chairman of Southern India CA Students Association, said the students wing of the Hubballi ICAI has been awarded with a Certificate of Appreciation-2014 at the national-level by ICAI, Delhi.

ICAI office bearers Nandaraj Khatavkar, YM Khatavkar, Prakash Kadur, G Shivakumar and others were present.

source: http://www.timesofindia.indiatimes.com / The Times of India / Home> City> Hubballi / TNN / February 16th, 2015