About Amritsar Branch of NIRC

The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) is a statutory body established by an Act of Parliament, viz. The Chartered Accountants Act, 1949 (Act No.XXXVIII of 1949) for regulating the profession of Chartered Accountancy in India. The Institute, functions under the administrative control of the Ministry of Corporate Affairs, Government of India. The ICAI is the second largest professional body of Chartered Accountants in the world, with a strong tradition of service to the Indian economy in public interest.

The affairs of the ICAI are managed by a council in accordance with the provisions of the Chartered Accountants Act, 1949 and the Chartered Accountants Regulations 1988. The council functions through its 4 standing committees and 35 Non-Standing Committees. To ensure operational efficiency, ICAI has established around 164 branches all across the India covered under Northern Region, Central Region, Southern Region, Western Region, Eastern Region and 34 Overseas Chapters. Amritsar branch is a medium sized branch covered under the Northern India Regional Council (NIRC).

The origin of Amritsar branch dates back to 1979. Operating from a single room located in the Income tax office, the branch started its activities under the charismatic leadership of Late. CA R.K Bansal ji who served as the first chairman of the branch. Amritsar Branch accomplished new heights under the dynamics leadership of Late. CA H.S. Goolry who served the branch thrice as a chairman. Amritsar Branch covers the area of Tarn Taran and Batala. The branch currently caters about 800 CA Members and 1200 CA Students.

Amritsar is a dazzling showcase of composite culture and secular heritage. Amritsar is like a diamond with many facets. Amritsar famously known as city of Golden Temple, Durgiana Temple and a place admired for food, culture, heritage sites like Jallianwala Bagh , Gobindgarh Fort and Wagah Border. The most dominating asset for the city remains its people who are friendly, God-fearing, hospitable, hardworking informal, robust and with a tremendous zest for living. Amritsar branch is as lively as the flavours of the city. It is one of the most active and dynamic branches of ICAI and enjoys a special reputation especially amongst the branches of NIRC majorly because of the wide range of activities it has engaged into for members and students in the past few years including hosting the council meeting in 2018 and NIRC Branch Orientation in 2019.The branch has been awarded as the best branch of NIRC each year in the last 7 years. In February 2020, it was awarded the Best Branch in medium category all across India by ICAI.

Following are the accolades earned by the branch in the last few years :-

  1. Best branch of NIRC in 2011-12
  2. Best branch of NIRC  in 2013-14 Jointly with Jalandhar Branch 
  3. Best Branch of NIRC in 2014-15 Jointly with Hisar Branch
  4. Best branch of NIRC  in 2015-16 
  5. Highly commended Branch (Medium) in 2016-17
  6. Best Branch (Medium) of NIRC in 2017-18 
  7. Best Branch (Medium) of NIRC in 2018-19

Growing in strength, the branch constructed its building in 2015 with a state of the art 230 seater auditorium, a computer lab with 40 PCs, a seminar hall with modern facilities like inbuilt sound system, wall mounted projector and screen, a reading room with more than 2000 books of professional interest. Branch has been active in supporting members and students in areas of professional interest and has represented the profession in the city. In this direction branch has taken various initiatives such as launching of own Website with dynamic directory of members, Monthly E-Newsletter for members and students.

To keep Members and Students academically updated the branch organizes various webinars, seminars, lectures, meetings and workshops. Some programmes are also organized for benefit of the general public as a whole which includes Public Meeting on Union Budget, Investors Awareness, GST awareness programmes etc. Some of the annual highlight events of the branch are :-

  1. National Conference on direct and indirect taxes
  2. Union Budget Analysis programme
  3. Bank Audit Refresher programme
  4. CA Day Celebrations
  5. New Year Celebrations
  6. Blood Donation and Health Checkup Camps
  7. Tree Plantation Drives
  8. Student Conference
  9. Student Cultural Festival : Litfest
  10. Sports competition for members and students
  11. Mock Tests for students
Since inception branch has taken various steps towards betterment of the students such as setting up ITT Centre, reading rooms, training rooms for Orientation & MCS Course, CA Mock Examination and many more. Further, NICASA of Amritsar Branch is also regularly conducting Seminars and Workshops for Students, Free Lecture Meetings, CA Career Programs, Quiz and Elocution competitions, Sports events, Sociocultural events and other activities for the profound personality development of the CA Students. Great exposures are made available to the students for developing their leadership qualities, event management Skills and creating awareness about social responsibilities through various programmes under the NICASA of Amritsar Branch.
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Contact us

working hours icon Working Hours

Monday- Friday : 10:00-17:00 Hrs

location iconOffice Address

ICAI Bhawan

Bhai Gurdas Ji Nagar New Amritsar

Amritsar Punjab-143001

CA Chamber, Room No. 401 & 402
Central Revenue Building

The Mall, Amritsar 143001

Mobile no: 7986026837

Email: amritsar@icai.org