Dear  Members,

 

We have great pleasure in announcing that this year we shall be celebrating the Silver Jubilee of our Chapter in conjunction with Diamond Jubilee of The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India, New Delhi. The 21st  International Seminar of the Chapter will be held on 5 th & 6 th of November 2009 under the theme “Beyond Turbulence – Blazing New Trails” at UAE Armed Forces Officers Club Auditorium.

 

The Seminar will be inaugurated by our Chief Guest, H. E. Sheikh Nahyan Bin Mubarak Al Nahyan, Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research, UAE.

 

H. E. Talmiz Ahmed, Indian Ambassador will be the Guest of Honour.

 

CA Uttam Prakash Agarwal, President, The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India will also grace the occasion and address us.

 

Please note that we have following eminent speakers for the Seminar:

 

1.         Mr. K. V. Kamath, Chairman – ICICI Bank, Mumbai
2.         Mr. Rakesh Jhunjhunwala – Chairman – Rare Enterprises, Mumbai
3.         Ms. Liv Watson – Vice Chair – XBRL International, USA
4.         Dr. Abhijit Sen – Former Member, Company Law Advisory Committee,      Govt.of India
5.         Mr. Suhash Gopinath – CEO & Vice Chairman – Globals Inc., USA
6.         Mr. Rashesh Shah – Founder Chairman & CEO – Edelweiss, Mumbai
7.         Mr. Mani Shankar Iyer – Former Union Minister

 

As in the previous years we are planning to issue our brochure during the seminar. One of the key features of this brochure is articles which provide information and also help in sharing professional knowledge. We request you to please contribute your articles for the brochure.  The articles should preferably be your original contributions. Should you choose to provide a pre-authored article which in your view would be appropriate and useful for the brochure, please give due credit to the source / provide written permission for the same.

 

We request you to keep the articles brief.  We expect to articles to be maximum of 2 to 3 pages (on A4 size paper, of font type New Times Roman with font size 11).

 

Please note that the articles are subject to editing and may not be published due to space constraints and if not found to be substantially original or approved by the committee.  Your contributions should be sent by email to CA Fakhruddin Bhat, on his email address bfd.ie@adia.ae  latest by 8 th October 2009.

 

Considering the workload involved in organizing the seminar we may require some volunteers.  The specific tasks would be helping with the workload on seminar days and also in the printing of the brochure.  Members who are willing to volunteer can contact CA Rakesh Singh on his email address rksingh@hct.ac.ae.

  

Befitting the occasion, we have arranged for an exciting entertainment program on the eve of Friday, 06th Nov. 2009.

 

We hope to meet your expectations at this year's seminar with your contribution and participation. Please treat this communication as an advance invitation and block these dates in your calendar. Online registration for the seminar will start on our website shortly. Please regularly visit our website http://www.icaiauh.com for latest updates.

 

With best wishes and warm regards,

 

Yours sincerely,

 

CA Padmanabha Acharya

Joint Secretary

The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India

Abu Dhabi Chapter

 

30 September 2009