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Profile of CA. Uttam Prakash Agarwal CA. Uttam Prakash Agarwal son of Shri. Jagdish Prasad Agarwal ji, was born on 04 th July 1963 in Pali District of Rajasthan, completed his graduation from Abu Road, Rajasthan University. He is a monarch of Finance Industry, name which needs no introduction. Through his sheer perseverance and fortitude, he has endeavored to outshine in one of the most regal professions in the globe called Chartered Accountancy and achieve an apex position. CA. Uttam Prakash Agarwal’s hardwork paid off when he was elected as the “Honorable President of The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI), in the year (2009-2010), by the 20th Council on February 5, 2009. Though born and bought up in Rajasthan, his vision and zeal to outgrow him brought him to Mumbai in 1984, wherein he completed his Chartered Accountancy in 1987. A Fellow Member of ICAI, with more than two decades of standing, CA. Uttam Prakash Agarwal was elected to the Central Council of ICAI for the first time in 2004 and thereafter in 2007. He holds the honorary membership of The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Australia and CPA Australia. His never – ending toil to reach towards professional excellence has been recognized nation-wide by the Honorable “President of India, Her Excellency Smt. Pratibha Devisngh Patil” with “Recognition of Excellence Award”. He was also awarded with “UDAN 2011” by the Times of India Group Newspaper Navbharta Times in the hands of Shri Uddhav Thackeray, Executive President, Shiv Sena, for being one of the youngest President of ICAI & taking Chartered Accountancy profession worldwide. As a mascot for the youth he has been awarded with the totemic youth icon of the year. During his tenure as the President CA. Uttam Prakash Agarwal played a key-role in resolving & bringing the culprits to task namely the Auditors who were involved in the India’s Biggest Corporate Scandal” The Satyam Scam”. As a Director at Reliance Capital Trustee Company Limited, CA. Uttam Prakash Agarwal’s never-say-die spirit has enabled him to achieve his long-nurtured dream of repaying back to the CA Fraternity by introducing a unique concept called UPACA Academy. UPACA Academy is his effort to provide a comprehensive solution for all the problems faced by CA students. The philosophy that makes it a unique concept is that it provides CA classroom training, hostel facilities, articleship, finishing school and regular graduation (affiliated from Mohan Lal Sukhadia University) all under one roof. It incorporates various programs of soft skills and vocational courses which is essential in shaping the overall growth of students with the best surroundings and state-of-the-art facilities. All his efforts over a period of time has given him the much deserving recognition by NBC News Makers of being the “Best Chartered Accountant”. Uttam Prakash Agarwal was facilitated Excellent Chartered Accountant of the year by R.K HIV Aids Research & Care Centre. He had held following positions / achievements to his credentials: Member of the Disciplinary Committee constituted by the Council of the Institute of Actuaries of India nominated by the Ministry of Finance Technical Advisor on the Board of International Federation of Accountants (IFAC), Developing Nations Committee (DNC) of IFAC and Small and Medium Practices Committee (SMP) of IFAC. Member of SMP Committee for the period from January 1, 2010 to December 31, 2012. Member of the State Audit Advisory Board in respect of Maharashtra and Goa for Indian Audit and Accounts Department Office of the Principal Accountant General (Audit), Maharashtra. Position held till 2009-2010 Member on the Board of the Confederation of Asian and Pacific Accountants (CAPA) and CAPA Sub Committee on Environmental Accounting. Member of South Asian Federation of Accountants (SAFA) and Chairman of SAFA.SMP Committee Member of the Central Direct Taxes Advisory Committee (CDTAC) constituted by the Central Board of Direct Taxes, Department of Revenue, Ministry of Finance, Govt. of India and Regional Direct Taxes Advisory Committee (RDTAC), New Delhi.

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Page 1: CA Uttam Prakash Agarwal's Profile

Profile of CA. Uttam Prakash Agarwal

CA. Uttam Prakash Agarwal son of Shri. Jagdish Prasad Agarwal ji, was born on 04th

July 1963 in

Pali District of Rajasthan, completed his graduation from Abu Road, Rajasthan University.

He is a monarch of Finance Industry, name which needs no introduction. Through his sheer

perseverance and fortitude, he has endeavored to outshine in one of the most regal

professions in the globe called Chartered Accountancy and achieve an apex position. CA. Uttam

Prakash Agarwal’s hardwork paid off when he was elected as the “Honorable President of The

Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI), in the year (2009-2010), by the 20th Council

on February 5, 2009. Though born and bought up in Rajasthan, his vision and zeal to outgrow

him brought him to Mumbai in 1984, wherein he completed his Chartered Accountancy in

1987. A Fellow Member of ICAI, with more than two decades of standing, CA. Uttam Prakash

Agarwal was elected to the Central Council of ICAI for the first time in 2004 and thereafter in

2007. He holds the honorary membership of The Institute of Chartered Accountants of

Australia and CPA Australia. His never – ending toil to reach towards professional excellence

has been recognized nation-wide by the Honorable “President of India, Her Excellency Smt.

Pratibha Devisngh Patil” with “Recognition of Excellence Award”.

He was also awarded with “UDAN 2011” by the Times of India Group Newspaper Navbharta

Times in the hands of Shri Uddhav Thackeray, Executive President, Shiv Sena, for being one of

the youngest President of ICAI & taking Chartered Accountancy profession worldwide. As a

mascot for the youth he has been awarded with the totemic youth icon of the year. During his

tenure as the President CA. Uttam Prakash Agarwal played a key-role in resolving & bringing

the culprits to task namely the Auditors who were involved in the India’s Biggest Corporate

Scandal” The Satyam Scam”. As a Director at Reliance Capital Trustee Company Limited, CA.

Uttam Prakash Agarwal’s never-say-die spirit has enabled him to achieve his long-nurtured

dream of repaying back to the CA Fraternity by introducing a unique concept called UPACA

Academy. UPACA Academy is his effort to provide a comprehensive solution for all the

problems faced by CA students. The philosophy that makes it a unique concept is that it

provides CA classroom training, hostel facilities, articleship, finishing school and regular

graduation (affiliated from Mohan Lal Sukhadia University) all under one roof. It incorporates

various programs of soft skills and vocational courses which is essential in shaping the overall

growth of students with the best surroundings and state-of-the-art facilities. All his efforts over

a period of time has given him the much deserving recognition by NBC News Makers of being

the “Best Chartered Accountant”. Uttam Prakash Agarwal was facilitated Excellent Chartered

Accountant of the year by R.K HIV Aids Research & Care Centre.

He had held following positions / achievements to his credentials:

� Member of the Disciplinary Committee constituted by the Council of the Institute of Actuaries

of India nominated by the Ministry of Finance

� Technical Advisor on the Board of International Federation of Accountants (IFAC), Developing

Nations Committee (DNC) of IFAC and Small and Medium Practices Committee (SMP) of IFAC.

� Member of SMP Committee for the period from January 1, 2010 to December 31, 2012.

� Member of the State Audit Advisory Board in respect of Maharashtra and Goa for Indian Audit

and Accounts Department Office of the Principal Accountant General (Audit), Maharashtra.

Position held till 2009-2010

� Member on the Board of the Confederation of Asian and Pacific Accountants (CAPA) and CAPA

Sub Committee on Environmental Accounting.

� Member of South Asian Federation of Accountants (SAFA) and Chairman of SAFA.SMP

Committee

� Member of the Central Direct Taxes Advisory Committee (CDTAC) constituted by the Central

Board of Direct Taxes, Department of Revenue, Ministry of Finance, Govt. of India and

Regional Direct Taxes Advisory Committee (RDTAC), New Delhi.

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� Member of the National Advisory Committee on Accounting Standards constituted by the

Ministry of Corporate Affairs, Government of India.

� Member of the Audit Advisory Board and the Government Accounting Standards Advisory

Board – both constituted by the Comptroller and Auditor General of India.

� Member on the Committee on Internal Audit constituted by the Office of Controller General of

Accounts, Government of India.

� Member on the Board of Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority (IRDA), member on

the Board of Tariff Advisory Committee of IRDA and also a member of Standing Committee on

Accounting Issues (SCAI) constituted by IRDA.

� Member of the High Level Steering Committee for implementation of XBRL based data

submission by Banks constituted by the Reserve Bank of India.

� Member of IFRS Core Group under the Chairmanship of Secretary , Ministry of Corporate

Affairs (MCA)

� Member of Sub-Committee (Audit) of the Board for Financial Supervision of Reserve Bank of

India (RBI).

� Member of SEBI Committee on Disclosures and Accounting Standards (SCODA).Member of the

Working Group for matters related to trade in accounting, book-keeping and auditing services

and other related issues constituted by the Ministry of Corporate Affairs.

� Member of the Secretarial Standards Board of the Institute of Company Secretaries of India

(ICSI).

� Chairman of the Disciplinary (old) Committee, Representation Committee, ICAI-ICWAI-ICSI

Coordination Committee, Infrastructure Committee, Diamond Jubilee Committee,

International Affairs Committee and High Powered Committee of ICAI

� Editor-in- chief of the journal “The Chartered Accountant "

� Under the Chairmanship of Uttam Prakash Agarwal, The Institute of Chartered Accountants of

India has constituted a High Power Committee to investigate the financial Scam of Satyam

Group amounting to near about 7000 Crores. Under his Chairman, Committee had submitted

the report to Ministry of Corporate Affairs well within the prescribed time limit.

� Member of the executive committee of premier Chamber of Commerce the Indian Merchants

Chamber (IMC)

� Member of India- UK (Indo-UK) Task force on Corporate Affairs and the Task Force of

Department of Public Enterprises (DPE), Government of India, to provide professional and

technical support to the DPE in the process of finalization of MoU documents.

� Animal Welfare Officer of Animal Welfare Board of India, Ministry of Forest and Environment,

New Delhi

� Instrumental in having the memorandum of understanding with the Institute of Chartered

Accountants in Australia (ICAA)

� Instrumental in having the joint declaration with the Certified General Accountants Association

of Canada (CGA Canada) and Bahrain Institute of Banking & Finance (BIBA)

� Instrumental in lending a helping hand to African Nations ( Djibouti) in form of imparting

education and training in accountancy to its students, through ICAI.

� Instrumental in activating 22 overseas chapters of ICAI

� Instrumental in setting up the foreign chapter of the Institute in New York

� Launching of ICAI major events through Web Cast Channel

� Signing of MoU with the department of Excise & Customs for e filing of service tax returns

through Certified Filing Centers – CFCs

� Introducing a touch screen based electronic voting system P-EVM (Preferential Electronic

Voting Machine), for conducting ICAI elections

� Instrumental in launching of the Web based Learning Module for providing E- learning

facilities for the members

� Participated in the Information Systems Audit & Control Association International Conference

held from July 20th

to 22nd

, 2009 at Los Angeles.

� Participated in the International Innovation Network (IIN) Conference held in Hong Kong on

17th

February 2009

� A Resource person at the SAFA Event on ‘Beyond the Regulatory Compliance’ and conference

on ‘Value Creation by Professional Accountants’ held on the 4th

& 5th

of April 2008 at Lahore,

Pakistan.

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� Resource Person for International Conference on Code of Ethics during IFAC -BRIC Forum at

New York on 18th & 19th May, 2008.

� Resource person for SAFA International Conference on Role of Infrastructure Development-

Energy, Power, Road, Rails & Ports held in July 2006 at Bangladesh.

� Resource person for Nepal Conference on “The New Horizon for the Profession a Way

Forward” at Nepal

� A part of International Study Tours organized under the aegis of Western India Regional

Council and ICAI

� Organized an International Conference on “Winds of Challenges-Global Strategies for

Accounting Profession” at Agra, from July 03-05, 2009. The Conference was inaugurated by Sir

David Tweedie.

� Chairman, IASB. At the occasion, Ernest Almont, President, AICPA and Professor Schilder,

Chairman, IAASB were also present. The International Conference was attended by over 2100

delegates and about 150 delegates from over 20 countries.

� Instrumental in organizing The International Conference on "Accounting Profession- Shining

bridge between Global Economies” from Nov 20-22nd at Jaipur which was inaugurated by

Hon’ble Union Minister of Corporate Affairs, Shri Prem Chand Gupta.

� Organized a 4 days Corporate Event Forum, during the 17th to 20th of January 2008 at Grand

Hyatt, Mumbai, comprising of four Concurrent events viz. Career Ascent, Capital Advantage,

Fin Summit and the CA.Corporate Leader- Exact Awards. The forum generated an income of

Rs. 1.35 Crores. CNBC Awaaz was the media partner to the event.

Social & Societal Developments

Journey to Bhartiya Janta Party

• 1988- Handled Treasury Ward 148 of Borivali East.

• 1995- Participating in all the elections including providing basic necessities to all the

voluntaries of BJP during elections and also preparing Voters list for own state.

• 1996- Convener of Borivali Vidhan Sabha North Mumbai BJP Profession Cell.

• 2000- Vice President of Kandivali Assembly.

• 2000- Joint Convener of Professional Cell of BJP under the convener ship of Mr. Shailesh

Gedia.

• 2013- Convenor Maharashtra Economic Cell BJP.

• 2014- Member Central Finance Committee BJP.

Besides this associated with many other social work:-

• Founder President of Rajasthan Seva Sangh, Thakur Complex, Asha Nagar, Kandivali (E),

Mumbai-400 101 since 1999.

• National Covenor of Officer and Professional of Akhil Bhartiya Vaishya Federation.

• President of Andheri Junior Chamber (1997)

• General Secretary of Akhil Bhartiya Agarwal Samaj (Young Wing)

• General Secretary of Maharashtra Rajya Agarwal Sammelan (Young Wing)

• Vice-President and Joint Treasurer of Rashtriya Hindipatra Lekhak Sangh, Mumbai (1994-

2003)

• Trustee, President, Secretary and Join Secretary of Arawali Agarwal Samaj Sangh

• Mumbai (1991-2006)

• Convener of Jan Jagruti Kendra, Mumbai

• Zonal Secretary of International Lions Club (Zone 3 Region 1 District 323 – A3) (2002)

• Advisory Board Member of mumbaijankari.com

• National Secretary of Rashtriya Yuva Vaishya Parishad

• Legal & Constitution Committee Member of Goregaon Sports Club

• Trustee of Brijdham Shri Radha Krishna Charitable Trust

• Managing Committee Member of Akhil Bhartiya Vaishya Samaj – Mumbai Unit (2004)

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International Travels & Global Developments

by CA. Uttam Prakash Agarwal

Sr. No. Country Developments

1 USA Edinburgh Group & International Federation of Accountants Board &

Council Meeting

International USA Study Tour

2 UK Joint Indo UK Task Force

International Study Tour to Europe

3 Australia MOU with Certified Practicing Accountants Australia

MOU with The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Australia

International Study Tour to Australia

4 Djibouti, Africa MOU with University of Djibouti

5 Canada Joint Declaration with Certified General Accountants Association of

Canada

6 Bahrain Joint Declaration with Bahrain Institute of Banking and Finance

7 Singapore Recognition of ICAI Qualification for granting membership of Institute

of Professional Accountants of SAMARA Region

8 Hong Kong IIN Meeting

International Federation of Accountants Board Meeting

9 New York IIN Meeting

International Federation of Accountants Board Meeting

10 Johannesburg IAASB NSS Meeting

11 Spain Business Delegation

12 Poland Business Delegation

13 Bangladesh SAFA Board

14 Dubai Annual Conference of Dubai Chapter

15 Dublin International Federation of Accountants Board

16 Croatia,

Zagreb

DNC Meeting of International Federation of Accountants Board

17 Tallinn, Estonia Eden burgh Group & International Federation of Accountants Board

18 Switzerland UNCTAD Meeting

19 Doha Annual General Meeting of Doha Chapter

20 China SMP Committee & CAPA Board Meeting

International Study Tour to China

21 Malaysia AOSSG Meeting

22 Abu Dhabi AOSSG Meeting