ICAI launches New IT Initiatives for Chartered Accountants and Students

ICAI - Chartered Accountants

The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) has launched a number of IT initiatives for the members and students. Enumerating the recent significant initiatives, ICAI President CA Naveen N D Gupta said that “I am happy to share that ICAI has been leveraging technology to bring its member and student services to their doorsteps.”

e-Sahaayataa at ICAI NOW: ICAI’s e-Sahaayataa (i.e. https://help.icai.org) helps its members and students communicate their concerns regarding the functions of ICAI and get a timely resolution.

“I am happy to inform that e-Sahaayataa is now available on the mobile app ICAI NOW too. Having revolutionised the dissemination of information, ICAI NOW makes available the updated content from ICAI website to its users.”

Downloaded by more than one lakh users, the app has received a positive feedback from its ten-thousand-plus users with an average rating of 4.2. Also, Grievance Monitoring Committee has been constituted in all the five Regions, which will frequently meet, possibly once a week, and review the grievances of our members and students relating to administrative and regulatory matters.

“I sincerely hope, these initiatives will go a long way in the timely resolution of our members’ and students’ concerns,” he said.

Online Facility for Change in Email, Mobile and Address: As you know, due to the paucity of time, we often tend to rely more ongoing on online and executing our various works and projects using our mobile phones, tablets, etc., to meet multiple deadlines especially in a virtual-office-like situation.

“To facilitate our members with a hassle-free system, ICAI recently launched an OTP-based online form using which our members can update their mobile number and email id in the ICAI records. ICAI also launched an online service with regard to the change of address for its members, which can now be done without any paperwork or manual intervention. All the above facilities are available in the dashboard of members, which is available under the e-Services section at https://www.icai.org,” he said.

Webcasts Organised: To update its members on the economic and statutory changes, ICAI keeps organising webcasts in all domains of the accountancy profession. In the last one month, ICAI organised a series of webcasts. These topics included varied areas of professional relevance such as ‘Early Signals of Fraud in Banking Sector’, ‘Key Amendments by Finance Act, 2018’, ‘Capacity-Building Measures of Practitioners with Special Reference to Documentation in the Bank Audit and Fair-Value Measurement under Ind AS’, ‘MCA’s Initiatives on Ease of Doing Business in India’, ‘E and Other Issues in TDS and ICS Compliances’ and ‘Understanding and Filling New Forms of Income-Tax Returns’. Prominent speakers included MCA Regional Director Shri D. Bandopadhyay, former IFAC SMP Committee member Mr Abdulwahid Aboo and ICAI past Council member CA. Shrinivas Y. Joshi.

CPE-Samadhan Implemented: An online query-to answer platform has been implemented to provide expert responses to member queries pertaining to CPE (Continuing Professional Education) Committee of ICAI, which is expected to go live on technical subjects shortly after a panel of experts is put in place. Using this platform, members can reach out to expert members for seamless information and query resolution experiences in the select areas of practice as hosted by the Committee. Concerned link has been provided elsewhere in this Journal.

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