Dear Professional Colleagues,

“Integrity is fundamental to being men,Integrity means being truthful. But it also means accepting responsibility and honoring commitments and covenants.” This quote by D. Todd Christofferson describes the principles which are imbibed in Chartered Accountants. The beauty of our profession lies in its structure which results in Integrity,Independence and Inspiration towards excellence. 

The Platinum jubilee celebration was a wonderful event and we had organised various activities throughout the week. The celebrations covered activities relating to health, environment, fun with family and service to the society. CA Day was celebrated in the auspicious presence of Additional Superintendent of Police,Shri Lohit Matani. Various activities like Walkathon, Blood Donation Camp,Health Check up Camp, Organ Donation Camp, Tree Plantation, Career Counselling Programme, GST Session in Dr Annasaheb G D Bendale Girls College wereconducted. Educational kit, sponsored by our past Chairman CA Ajay Jain, were distributed to the differently abled students. A special session was conducted on Heart Care and Disease Prevention by Dr Paresh Doshi who gave practical demonstration and valuable tips for action to be taken in case of a cardiacarrest.

With the motive to safeguard the environment, Bharari Foundation, one of the charitable trust approached us to participate in their drive  for plantation of trees. We planted trees in the area near the branch. Shri B N Patil, CEO of Jilha Parishad followed by Mr Adarsh Kothari and Mr Sapan Jhunjhunwala graced the occasion. Shri B N Patil in his interaction with the students tried to explain the importance of preservation of trees.

24^th July, 2019 was celebrated as 159^th Income Tax Day. The Managing Committee visited the department and congratulated the authorities. Our members also actively participated in the Blood Donation Camp organized by the Income Tax Department. 

Internal Audit is a emerging area of practice these days. It was a great pleasure to host Seminar on Internal Audit organsied by the Internal Audit Standards Board, ICAI. We were blessed to have CA Murtaza Kachwala, Regional Council Member and CA Kalpesh Panchal from Mumbai to guide us on the subject. The session was very interactive and was attended by members in business and industry as well.

In the forthcoming month, we shall be hosting 2 days conference at Shirdi “Vibrant”organized by the Capacity Building Committee jointly with Ahmednagar, Dhule, Nasik,Nanded, Pimpri Chinchwad, Pune, Solapur and Satara branches on 8^th and 9^th August, 2019. Also, we shall be glad to attend Regional Conference “AWAKE” to be held on 9^th and 10^th August,2019.

We are planning to start a group discussion activity to provide a better learning opportunity to our members in local practice. Members can raise their queries and discuss thoroughly with the local experts. I request members to participate in large numbers and get the benefit. 

With Best Wishes,

CA Smita A.Bafna, 

Chairperson