Southern India Chartered Accountants Students Association (SICASA) is the student’s wing of Southern India Regional Council of Institute of Chartered Accountants Association (SIRC-ICAI). It is this association which provides students a platform to learn, share, participate and perform.
The Southern India Chartered Accountants Students’ Association formed in the year 1957 and then on the branches of the student’s association has only grown leaps and bounds. At present SICASA has its presence in all the 45 branches of the Southern regionthat includes the states of Tamil Nadu, Telengana, Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala and the UT of Pondicherry
It is a platform given by ICAI for the students, by the students and of the students under the able guidance of a Regional Council Member. Currently the mantle FOR Year 23 -24 is held by RCM CA.Chengal Reddy Rami Reddy gari as Chairman-SICASA and we shall be shortly sharing the details and photographs of co-opted members.The managing committee consists of a maximum of 12 members who are Chartered Accountancy course students, pursuing their article ship. SIRC of ICAI looks to provide a strong platform for students to empower for their future growth and to build their network, its social circle and to sharpen its leadership skills by participating in the various activities held in SICASA.
What the SICASA Aims to achieve?
1. Provides a channel of communication with the Institute for Quick Resolution of student related matters.
2. Organises Lectures, Seminars, Workshop, National and CA Students Mega Conferences.
3. Conducts Sports Events, Youth Fest & Other cultural Activities.
4. Organizes Trips, Tours to Factories & Industrial Organizations & to places of Educational Importance.
5. SICASA also hosts various activities organized by BOS - SSEB like Branch and Regional Level Debate, Best Presenter, Drama, Essay Writing, Elocution and various other competition for CA Students.
6. SICASA alsohas clubs like Orator’s Forum, Writer’s Club and Entrepreneurship club to polish communication skills, writing skills and the entrepreneurship interest and spirit in students.
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CHAIRMAN's MESSAGE
Dear Students,
“I do not suffer from Autism, but I do suffer from the way you treat me.”
- Tyler Durdin
In health there is freedom. Health is the first of all liberties
“The greatest threat to our planet is the belief that someone else will save it.”
- Robert Swan
April has been a month of Festivals starting from Mahavir Jayanthi, Easter, Tamil New Year’s Day, Bai Sakhi, Ambedkar-Jayanthi, Ramzan. Hope all of you celebrated the same and greeted your friends who celebrated these special occasions.
It was also a month of awareness starting from world Autism Awareness day on 2nd April raising the concerns of development issues in children - World Health day on 7th April to World Earth day on 22nd April. Children, Health,Earth are invaluable assets and need to be consciousness and find ways and avenues to exercise the responsibility to be excellent/responsible future ready professionals.
As I write this Newsletter, exams for CA Inter-mediate and Final is going on and I hope to see excellent results with multitude of students writing their Final becoming members and professional colleagues and those writing intermediate get into Final.
Coming to SICASA activities, to support students involved in Bank Audits, SICASA Team had a Bank Audit Virtual Seminar (Part - 3) by Past Chairman SIRC of ICAI CA. Dungar Chand U.Jain on the Topic- "Bank Audit Using Technology". Part 1 & 2 was conducted end March 23 by expert resource persons.
We are sure that the mentoring session by way of Half Day Seminar (How to Face CA Exams) for Students attempting May 2023 was useful to all of them.
As an innovative effort SIRC of ICAI had organized a campus visit for students from “The Pupil School”. The event was hosted by our SICASA MC Team filed with fun and learning activities for students along with the Career Counselling session by the Regional Council Member CA. Rekha Uma Shiv.
The Month of April also saw one physical event of SICASA Orators Forum Series #60 on Excuse the Rumors - Introduce the Reason Called You by CA. Sethu Raman on 09th April 2023 followed by a Virtual Orators Forum meet on 16th April 2023.
Earth is our eternal mother who nourishes generations of us and to honour her, on the World Earth day falling every year on 22nd April 2023, the SICASA team along with volunteers organized a beach cleaning drive on 22nd April 2023. As my closing remark, I say “Take Care of yourself and the World around you! My dear Students”.
Lovingly Yours,
CA. Chengal Reddy Ramireddygari
Chairman- SICASA
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