Western India Regional Council Explained

Western India Regional Council, abbreviated as WIRC of ICAI is one of the five Regional Councils of Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) and the largest among them.^[1] It is located in Mumbai and serves a membership of more than 85000 Chartered Accountants and circa 225000 CA students, in a network of 32 branches^{[2] [3]} in the three states of Maharashtra, Gujarat, Goa and two Union Territories of Daman and Diu and Dadra and Nagar Haveli.

Branches

In all, WIRC has 32 branches, with the recent most Kalyan-Dombivli branch being formed on 17 January 2016. The main regional office of WIRC is located at Mumbai in Maharashtra.

Maharashtra

1. Akola^[4]
2. Ahmednagar (Est. 2002)^[5]
3. Amravati (Est. 27 March 2008)^{[6] [7]}
4. Aurangabad (Est. 17 June 1986)^{[8] [9]}
5. Dhule (Est. 1 June 2013)^[10]
6. Kalyan-Dombivali (Est. 17 January 2016^{[3] [11] [12]}
7. Jalgaon
8. Kolhapur
9. Latur
10. Nagpur
11. Nanded
12. Nashik
13. Navi Mumbai
14. Pimpri-Chinchwad
15. Bandra Kurla Complex (Est. 27 March 2008)^[13]
16. Pune
17. Sangli
18. Solapur
19. Thane
20. Vasai

Gujarat

1. Ahmedabad
2. Anand
3. Bharuch
4. Baroda
5. Bhavnagar
6. Bhuj
7. Gandhidham
8. Jamnagar
9. Navsari
10. Rajkot
11. Surat
12. Vapi

Goa

1. Goa

Regional Council members

Following is the list of members of WIRC elected for the years 2019-2021^[14]

1. CA. Lalit Bajaj - Chairman
2. CA. Vishal P. Doshi - Vice Chairman
3. CA. Murtuza Kachwala - Secretary
4. CA. Jayesh Kala - Treasurer
5. CA. Hitesh Pomal - Chairman [WICASA]
6. CA. Abhijit Kelkar
7. CA. Anand Jakhotiya
8. CA. Arpit Kabra
9. CA. Arun Anandagiri
10. CA. Balkishan Agarwal
11. CA. Chintan Patel
12. CA. Drushti Desai
13. CA. Hitesh Pomal
14. CA. Kamlesh Saboo
15. CA. Manish Gadia
16. CA. Murtuza Kachwala
17. CA. Shilpa Shinagare
18. CA. Sushrut Chitale
19. CA. Vikash Jain
20. CA. Vimal Agrawal
21. CA. Vishal P. Doshi

Students' Council

The students' wing of WIRC is Western India Chartered Accountants Students Association (WICASA). The managing committee consists of 12 members who are Chartered Accountancy course students, pursuing their articleship. Apart from this Committee at regional level, there are separate WICASA Committees at Branch level which are again managed by Chartered Accountancy Students pursuing 'articleship'The Managing Committee at Branch level consists of 7 members.^[15]

External links

• Official Website - wirc-icai.org

Notes and References

1. Web site: Profile of WIRC. wirc-icai.org. 19 September 2016.
2. Web site: Branches of WIRC. wirc-icai.org. 19 September 2016.
3. Web site: Welcome to Kalyan Dombivli Branch of WIRC. kalyandombivli-icai.org. 19 September 2016.
4. Web site: Akola Branch of WIRC of ICAI. akolaicai.org. 19 September 2016.
5. Web site: About Branch. ahmednagar-icai.org. 19 September 2016.
6. Web site: New Branches at Amravati and Pimpri Chinchwad Approved by Council. icai.org. Institute of Chartered Accountants of India. 19 September 2016.
7. Web site: Notification for Amravati. icai.org. Institute of Chartered Accountants of India. 19 September 2016. 31 March 2008.
8. Web site: About Aurangabad Branch. aurangabad-icai.org. 19 September 2016.
9. Web site: Happy Branch Foundation day. fb.com/aurangabadicai. Aurangabad Branch of WIRC of ICAI. 19 September 2016. Aurangabad. 17 June 2015.
10. Web site: Welcome to Dhule Branch WIRC Institute of Chartered Accountants of India. dhuleicai.org. 19 September 2016.
11. Web site: Notification for Kalyan-Dombivali. icai.org. Institute of Chartered Accountants of India. 19 September 2016. 1. 1 February 2016.
12. Web site: Notification of Kalyan-Dombivli & Thane Branch of WIRC of ICAI. www.icai.org. Institute of Chartered Accountants of India. 19 September 2016. 4 February 2016.
13. Web site: Notification for Pimpri-Chinchwad. icai.org. Institute of Chartered Accountants of India. 19 September 2016. 31 March 2008.
14. Web site: Regional Council Members. wirc-icai.org. 19 September 2016.
15. Web site: About WICASA. wirc-icai.org. 19 September 2016.