Prafulla Chhajed

Prafulla Chhajed is a fellow and practicing member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) and member of CPA (Australia). He has done LLB (Gen) and holds ICAI certificate on Forensic Accounting & Fraud Detection and Certificate on Business Responsibility and Sustainability Report (BRSR).

He was the President of The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (2019-20) and was Chairman of WIRC of ICAI (2007-08). Presently, he is serving on the Board of State Bank of India as an Independent Director. He is Deputy President of Confederation of Asia & Pacific Accountants (CAPA), Malaysia (2021-2023). He is member of Professional Accountancy Organisation Development Group of International Federation of Accountants (IFAC), New York. He is member of Board of Management of Mumbai School of Economics & Public Policy (University of Mumbai). He is Governing Council Member and Chairman of Banking, Finance and Information Technology Committee of Maharashtra Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Agriculture.

In the Past, He has served as an Independent Director in Insurance Regulatory & Development Authority (IRDA) and as member of Primary Market Advisory Committee of SEBI. He has served as Director in ICAI Accounting Research Foundation, Director in Indian Institute of Insolvency Professionals of ICAI, Director in ICAI Registered Valuers Organisation ,Director in Extensible Business Reporting Language (XBRL) India. He was Chairman of Executive Committee of World Congress of Accountants 2022 constituted by International Federation of Accountants (IFAC). He has served as an Independent Director in SBI Mutual Fund Trustee Company (P) Ltd and also an Independent Director of GIC Housing Finance Limited. He has served on various National and International organisations such as SAFA, IFAC SMP committee, CA Worldwide, Integrated Reporting Council etc. He has widely travelled across the globe and addressed many seminars and conferences both in India and Internationally.