Dear Professional Colleagues,

It gives me a sense of immense pride and honor to be elected as the 16th Chairman of our Chapter.

I would like to thank you all from bottom of my heart for giving me an opportunity to serve the Chapter in various capacities over last 5 years. The Melbourne Chapter was started in 2006 with just 30 members with initial corpus of AUD 300, it has now grown into an association of 180+ members and provide a platform and service to the ICAI community. This is the result of the commitment and hard work put in by previous chapter leaderships and their committees. The Chapter functioning standards have been continuously raised higher by all my predecessors. Present committee endeavors to take the Chapter to further heights. We will strive for the best events- both professional and social.

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The idea for the coming year is to accelerate activities and increase members engagement. Needless to mention raising the profile of the Chapter amongst various associations not only in Australia but also globally is the need of the hour. Though our main areas of focus for the committee would be to increase chapter visibility, membership base and to provide professional events of best quality on current topics, industry, and professional engagements. We shall make endeavors to showcase the value proposition our professional qualification and experience bestows to the Australian landscape. We would also at the same time like to bring in fold the members families by organizing various social events, common development sessions, leisure, cultural and musical events where everyone can come together and interact with each other. With this objective in mind, we are aspiring to celebrate Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav on Independence Day eve i.e., 14th August 2022. We have an eminent speaker, coach, and author to benefit us and our spouses to uplift ourselves at work and careers. A curated cultural program shall also follow.

Some of the key activities planned for this year include:

  • Workshops on new themes and tools
  • Speakers on regulatory and reporting standards
  • CPD in areas of outsmarting unique challenges and embracement of innovative technologies
  • Industry and Trade Bodies engagement
  • Service Practice collaboration

On social front we would love to organize:

  • Family events
  • Games Tournaments
  • Movies, & Summer Outings

We have also planned to conduct CSR activities like helping new migrants, blood donation and mental health awareness.

We would appreciate if you can propose speakers and sponsors for the Annual Seminar as well as for our PDC events.

This year, four new members have joined the committee. These volunteers are energetic and fully committed. They bring with them new perspective of looking towards things. I convey my best wishes for their tenure with the Chapter.

In the end I request you to provide guidance and support to enable us to take the Chapter on a new horizon and would always welcome feedback and ideas that can help us develop and grow.

I would like to take this opportunity to thank my immediate predecessor CA Pankaj Damle, a founder member under whose Chairmanship the Chapter started coming back to physical events. I would like to also thank the Present ICAI President Sri Debashis Mitra, previous ICAI President CA Nihar Jambusariya and Head office team, Melbourne Chapter Advisory Committee members, Newsletter Editor & team, Internal Auditor, Electoral Officer, previous Managing Committee Members and founding members for taking the first initiative in establishing this Chapter.

Thanking You,

CA Harsha Vardhan Singh

Chairman 2022-23

Melbourne Chapter, ICAI

06th August 2022