Western India Regional Council

Western India Regional Council, abbreviated as WIRC of ICAI is one of the 5 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.

Map of India showing the jurisdictions of the five Regional Councils of ICAI, with WIRC marked in blue.

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)[6][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]

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