APPEAL TO THE ESTEEMED MEMBERS Dear ACAE Members It gives us immense pleasure in announcing the most awaited event - The ACAE Annual Conference 2021. This year’s Annual Conference, being the 61st year of our foundation, is being organised on the theme “FUTURE PROOFING: BUSINESS & PROFESSION”. The Annual Conference is an endeavor to enable professionals in maintaining and developing competencies, enhancing their knowledge, expertise and skill for excellence in discharging their professional duties. The Annual Conference has been intricately curated to provide an insight on the recent happenings in the professional arena coupled with the twin objective of smart learning. Expert and renowned speakers from all across CA M P Sureka the country shall share their experiences on the various tenets of Business CA Anup Kr Sanghai Chairman & Profession. The technical sessions in the Annual Conference will deal President Annual Conference Committee with practical and contemporary issues and we are confident that the participants will experience a fruitful, enlightening and educational journey by joining the Annual Conference. Looking forward to meeting you on September 04 & 05, 2021. CA M P Sureka CA Anup Kr Sanghai Chairman President Annual Conference Committee

THEMATIC FOCUS This year the theme of our Annual Conference is “Future Proofing: Business & Profession”. Organisations, whether a business house or a professional firm are set up with a prime motto of success. However, in order to make this motto a reality, organisations need to navigate efficiently through many internal and external challenges. Many challenges are unknown and hence there is a constant need for the organisations to take effective measures to overcome the uncertainties. As the saying goes, “Prevention is better than cure”, it is crucial for organisations to take appropriate steps to combat the problems faced by them. There are certain aspects which entrepreneurs need to look into before setting up their businesses. The reason being both success and failure are prevalent in a business and profession. In difficult situations it is essential for entrepreneurs to not lose their enthusiasm. However, enthusiasm is not the only weapon to fight this malady. This is because there is no short cut to hard work, ethics, integrity and determination. The recent pandemic has once again reinforced the need for future proofing of our organisations. Through this Annual Conference, which would be attended by business and professional entrepreneurs, ACAE is making an attempt to host various knowledge sessions wherein eminent speakers and experts from all across the country shall share their experience and thoughts on different burning issues while echoing the importance of Future Proofing.

ABOUT ACAE

Association of Corporate Advisers & Executives (ACAE), the oldest professional body in , was established in the year 1960. Members of ACAE have a diverse profile and include professional practitioners, corporate executives, industrialists and businessmen. The membership strength is more than 1300. ACAE has become a premier institution of excellence and learning in the field of accounting, taxation, legal, corporate matters and finance. ACAE has been organising conferences, conclaves, summits, symposia, seminars, workshops, group discussions, lecture meetings, memorial lectures, debates and panel discussions on a regular basis to keep its members updated on all the issues of professional interest. ACAE programmes had been addressed by Late Jay Prakash Narayan, Political visionary, Late Shri Somnath Chatterjee, Statesman and Former Speaker of Lok Sabha, Bharat Ratna Late Shri Pranab Mukherjee, Hon’ble Former President of , Shri , Former of , Dr. Arvind Panagariya, then Vice Chairman of NITI Aayog, Dr. , Finance Minister, Government of West Bengal, Dr. Sambit Patra, National Spokesperson-BJP, Shri Sachin Pilot, Shri B K Birla, Shri Y C Deveshwar, Shri B M Khaitan, Shri R S Agarwal, Shri Sanjiv Goenka, Shri Harshavardhan Neotia, Shri T. V. Mohandas Pai, Shri M. J. Akbar, Shrimati Meenakshi Lekhi, Shri J K Mittal, Sr. Advocate, Supreme Court of India, Dr. Partha Sarathi Shome, Advisor to Ministry of Finance, Shri Anurag Singh Thakur, former Minister of State for Finance & Corporate Affairs, Govt. of India, Shri Babul Supriyo, former Minister of State for Environment, Forest & Climate Change, Shri Piyush Goyal, Minister of Commerce & Industry, Govt. of India – to name a few noted and eminent personalities of India. ACAE has initiated and established the first annual corporate awards in West Bengal in association with The Economic times, popularly knows as “ET Bengal Corporate Awards” which has recognised achievement of Corporate Bengal for the past seven years. Our state of the art office infrastructure, which is in the heart of the city, was inaugurated in July 2011 by Dr. Amit Mitra, Hon’ble Finance Minister, West Bengal. We have recently acquired a new office in the same building for the benefit of our members and students, which will be operational soon. ACAE Annual Conference Future Proofing : Business and Profession Full Day : 10.00 AM to 5.30PM Day 1: Saturday, 4th September 2021

Chief Guest: Shri Arjun Ram Meghwal Inaugural Address 10.00 AM - 10.30 AM Hon. Union Minister, Govt. of India** Guest of Honour: CA Nihar N Jambusaria President, ICAI TOPIC CA P R Ramesh, Hyderabad Accounting and Auditing 10.30 AM - 12.00 O’Clock CA Shailesh Haribhakti, Mumbai New Horizons CA Nilesh Vikamsey, Past President, ICAI, Mumbai

Corporate Laws Easing CS Savitri Parekh, Mumbai 12.00 O’Clock - 1.00 PM CS Ramaswami Kalidas, Mumbai Complexities

1 PM to 2 PM Lunch Break

Insolvency Profession Chief Guest & Chairman of Session Shri Bhupendra Yadav Hon.Union Minister, Govt. of India An Institution in making 2.00 PM - 3.30 PM Shri Suharsh Sinha, Mumbai, Moderator Shri Abizer Diwanji, Mumbai

Shri Khalid Aizaz Anwar, IAS, Commissioner, WBGST GST The Game Changer 3.30 PM - 4.30 PM CA Arun Kr Agarwal, Kolkata, Moderator Shri V Sridharan, Senior Advocate, Mumbai

Income Tax CA Padamchand Khincha, Bengaluru 4.30 PM - 5.30 PM Faceless and Beyond CA Saurabh Soparkar, Ahmedabad

10.00 AM to 1.30PM Day 2: Sunday, 5th September 2021

TOPIC CA Dilip B Desai, Kolkata E Governance 10 AM - 11.30 AM CA Guru Prasad, Bengaluru Reigning Transparency

CA Dipankar Chaterjee, Kolkata, Moderator Multidisplinary CA Manoj Fadnis, Past President, ICAI, Indore 11.30 AM - 1.30 PM Partnership Aiming Big CS Pavan Vijay, Past President, ICSI, Delhi CMA Sanjay Gupta, Past President, ICAI(CMA), Delhi

REGISTRATION DETAILS

Online Registration: https://acaekolkata.org/ac2021 Registration Fees: Physical Mode* : ` 2500/- (Inclusive of GST) Virtual Mode : ` 500/- (Inclusive of GST) ** Confirmation awaited (*Subject to COVID Guidelines) For Registration Call: 033- 2210-7724 | 033-4060-8353 | 9874074194 ANNUAL CONFERENCE 2021 TEAM

MENTORS Anand Chopra Jinesh S Vanzara P R Ramesh R S Jhawar Sanjay Bhattacharya Santosh K Roongtaa

CORE COMMITTEES Madhav Sureka Chairman Kamal Nayan Jain Co- Chairman Anup Kr Sanghai President Jitendra Lohia Immediate Past President Vivek Agarwal Vice President Anup Kr Banka Vice President Pramod Dayal Rungta General Secretary Sumit Binani Joint Secretary Tarun Kr Gupta Treasurer

SUB-COMMITTEES Chairman Co-Chairman Finance Jinesh S Vanzara Anand Chopra Delegate Registration Pramod Dayal Rungta Sumantra Guha Souvenir H K Agrawal Ayush Jain Reception Arun Kr Agarwal Vasudeo Agarwal Press & Publicity Jinesh S Vanzara Niraj Harodia Hall Management Arvind Agrawal Rahul Parasrampuria Front Desk Management Tarun Kr Gupta Vikash Kr Banka, Shivani Shah Virtual/Information Technology Jitendra Lohia Anup Kr Banka, Priyank Singhi Social Media Vivek Agarwal Pushp Deep Rungta

MEMBERS Abhijit Sen Kashi Prasad Khandelwal Ravindra Sanghai Santanu Ghosh Amitav Kothari Kailash Dhanuka Rajesh Singhania Shivank Chhaparia Arun Kr Gupta Ketan Satnalia Rakesh Jain Shubham Khaitan Arun Kr Khandelia Madan Kumar Maroti Ram Ratan Modi Subhash Chandra Saraf Ashis Kumar Ray Mamta Binani Ramesh Kr Patodia Sunil Kr Sahoo Beena Jajodia Manisha Sharaf Ranjeet Kumar Agarwal Sushil Kr Goyal C S Sarda Mayur Agrawal Ratan Kr Banka Sushil Kr Pransukhka Chirajit Goswami Mohit Bhuteria Ratan Lal Sethia Sushil Kumar Rungta Daulat Jain Nandita Sen Ravi Jain Swapan Kr Bhattacharya Debayan Patra Nitesh Kr More Ravi Kr Patwa S S Gupta Dilip Kr Patni Pradeep Kr Agarwal Rishi Khator Vijay Kr Sarawagi Hari Ram Agarwal Pramod Kumar Mundra S M Gupta Vikash Jain Hemant Kr Lakhotia Pulak Kr Saha Sanjay Poddar Vivek Newatia Indu Chatrath R N Rustagi Sanjib Sanghi Vishnu Tulsyan