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ICMAI appoints Srinivasa Prasad as President, Joshi as VP for 2025-26 term
Prasad has around 40 years' experience in finance, cost management, corporate social responsibility, and related fields. He was a Council Member of ICMAI during the 2011–2015 term and has been re-elected for the 2023–2027 term.
ICMAI also elected cost accountant Neeraj D Joshi as the Vice President of the institute for 2025–26.
Headquartered in New Delhi, ICMAI is a statutory body established under the Cost Accountants Act, 1959, and operates under the Ministry of Corporate Affairs, Government of India. It has over 100,000 qualified cost and management accountants (CMAs) and 600,000 students.
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