CA. Subodh Kumar Agrawal, FCA, former President, The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) was the President of South Asian Federation of Accountants (SAFA) for the year 2014. He was the Vice-President of SAFA for the year 2013.
Having passionately represented Indian accountancy profession on the international front, CA. Subodh Kumar Agrawal has earlier been the member of various Committees of SAFA, including Committee for Improvement in Transparency, Accountability and Governance, Committee on Professional Accountants in Business, Committee on Professional Ethics and Independence and Committee on Quality Control.
SAFA was formed in the year 1984 and has at present the membership of ten accounting institutions in Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Maldives. Bhutan and Afghanistan have been given Observer Status. SAFA has also been recognized as an Acknowledged Accounting Grouping by the International Federation of Accountants (IFAC). ICAI is one of the founder members of SAFA and also hosts its Permanent Secretariat at New Delhi.
Agrawal Subodh & Co have undertaken several assignments in the areas of Audit & Assurance ,Tax Advisory and Corporate Advisory in Bhutan and Nepal. It also has an extensive network of associates in the south -Asian countries.