AICAS is a Non Government Organisation founded in 1989, with the objectives of development and growth of the profession of Chartered Accountants, to provide necessary education, training, assistance and guidance to Chartered Accountants to enable them to serve trade, industry & commerce effectively and utilise their professional skills with independence, integrity and intelligence.
Conferences
AICAS in the past has organized very successful and informative National and International conferences on relevant and emerging topics very successfully with participation from all over India and abroad.
The Chartered Accountant World
Among the host of activities carried out by AICAS, is the regular publication of its monthly newsletter “The Chartered Accountant World” with a circulation of more than 40,000 copies to professionals in India and overseas, besides Journalists, Senior Bureaucrats, Members of Parliament and Ministers, Banks, Institutions, SEBI, RBI & DCA and International Agencies and electronic communication to over 1,50,000 through our Chartered Accountants and CFO World database.
Shri Vinod Jain was born on 15th November'1957. He is commerce graduate with Honours from Shri Ram College of Commerce in 1976 and passed LLB in 1979. Shri Jain passed CA Intermediate Examination in vember'1977 with 7th Rank in all India Merit List , Final Examination in November'1979 with 13th Rank on All India merit list and became a Fellow Member of The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India . He ualified in Company Secretary Examination in December 1979 and became a Fellow Member of the Institute of Company Secretaries of India. He is also a qualified in Cost Accountant exam in the year 1983 and became a Fellow Member of the Institute of Cost Accountants of India. He is Diploma holder in Information System Audit (DISA) from the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India in 2004.
CA Vinod Jain has about 38 years of experience in the field of Taxation, Audit, Accounting, Finance ,Banking, Law Education and strategic planning and business management.
Shri Vinod Jain started his career with Apollo Tyres Limited. He is Managing Partner of Vinod Kumar & Associates, Chartered Accountants from February 1980 till date. He was a Statutory Auditor of different Banks and Insurance ompanies. He worked as Legal Representative and Attorney of various clients before Securities Appellate Tribunal(SAT) , Board of Industrial and Financial Reconstruction(BIFR), Appellate Authority under Sick Industrial Companies Act, Company Law Board and Income Tax Appellate Tribunal(ITAT).He is also Chairman of Inmacs Management Services Limited.
Shri Jain was the Chairman of Northern India Regional Council of The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India from September'1983 to September'1984 and also served as its Secretary (1982-83) and reasurer (1984-1985).He was a Central Council Member of 'The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India' from 1998 to 2004 and 2007 to 2013 ( 12 Years) and supervised as a Member of the Council, framing of Accounting standards, Auditing Standards, Education examination and training of CA course, Investigation and disciplining of Chartered Accountants.
Shri Jain also served as Chairman, Board of Studies of The Institute of Chartered Account ants of India from 2010 to 2011 being incharge and overall responsibility for the Chartered Accountants education of about 1 million CA students in the country.He served as Chairman of Financial Market and Investors Protection Committee for 5 years, Professional Development Committee, Management Accounting Committee for 4 years & Expert Advisory Committee of ICAI. He had also served as a member of Accounting Standard Board, Auditing and Assurance Standard Board, Public Finance Committee, Information Technology Committee, Insurance Committee etc.
He was Founder and National Director and Dean of One Year Certificate Course in Finance (MBF) from July'2009 to February'2013. Shri Jain was Founder and National Director of 3 months Certificate Course on Valuation conducted by The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India. Shri Jain was National Director of Certificate Course on Forex Risk and Treasury Management of ICAI from 2010 to 2013.
He has also served on different Committees of Central Board of Direct Taxes , Ministry of Corporate Affairs and following committees of Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI):
- SEBI "Committee on Primary Markets Advisory
- SEBI "Secondary Market Advisory Committee
- SEBI "Mutual Fund Advisory Committee.
- SEBI "Take-over Code Committee ".
- SEBI Sub Committee on "Entry Qualification in the Primary Market"
Mr. Jain has been elected member of National Council of CII and a former National President of ANMI (Association Of National Stock Exchanges members of India)
Presently Shri Jain is a Member, High Powered Committee, appointed by Finance Ministry to simplify Income Tax Law. He has been appointed as a Government nominee Director on the Board of Directors of Coal India , Limited.
Shri Vinod Jain has bagged many Awards and Honours .