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Business & Doing business through innovations and Advanced
Technologies" under the Chairmanship of CMA Neeraj Joshi,
Shri Sunil Shah, MD, Motivation Engineers & Infrastructure
Pvt. Ltd. dealt in detail the concept with his professional
experience and emphasized CMAs to be innovative. Souvenir

Shift In Doing Business’. The Convention was inaugurated by
Chief Guest Hon Dr. Kiritbhai Solanki, Member of Parliament,
Ahmedabad West, President of the Institute CMA Manas
Kumar Thakur, Shri Ajay Das Mehrotra, IRS, Principal
Commissioner of IT & Govt. Nominee in the Institute. CMA P V was released at the hands of Shri Ajay Das Mehrotra, IRS,
Bhattad, Immediate Past President & CCM, CMA Pradip Desai, Principal Commissioner of IT & Govt. Nominee in the Institute
Chairman, WIRC, CMA Kailash Gandhi, Vice Chairman WIRC on the occasion. The session was concluded by vote of
and Convener of RCC, CMA Laxman D. Pawar, Hon. Secretary thanks offered by CMA Shriram Mahankaliwar, Chairman PD
WIRC and CMA Vinod Savaliya, Chairman, Ahmedabad Committee, WIRC.
Chapter were on the dais. In the 1st Technical Session under
the Chairmanship of CMA Amit Apte, CMA Hiranand Savlani The Institute of Cost Accountants of India-Pimpri Chinchwad
& CMA Deodhar presented Industry points of view on GST- Akurdi Chapter
The Road Ahead and emphasized GST as radical change. In
2nd technical session, ‘Doing Business Digitally’, under the The Chapter organized a seminar on ‘Activity Based Costing
Chairmanship of CMA Harshad Deshpande, speakers Shri R K (ABC)’ on March 4, 2017 at CMA Bhawan. CMA Ashish
Saraf gave detail account of initiatives taken by Govt of India Deshmukh, chairman of the chapter focused on how Activity
towards digital India project with its benefits & challenges. Based Costing can be implemented and covered the following
Dr. Kalpesh Parikh with his expertise on "Cloud Computing & topics under ABC Implementation Guide for Indian Railway.
Security" gave broad insight of "New Normal" & '(In) security On March 11, 2017 the Chapter organized a seminar on ‘Profit
& Risk mitigation emphasized security as prime for survival. In Optimization by integrating Cost & Energy Audit (ECORE)’ at
CMA Bhawan. The first session was conducted by Dr. Ravi
Deshmukh, Managing Director-PPS Energy Solutions. In his
speech, he focused on importance of energy and the second
session was conducted by CMA Dhananjay Kumar Vatsyayan
and he highlighted on the following points under profit
optimization by integrating cost & energy audit. The Chapter

3rd Session on 'Tax Techniques for Business Value Creations'
under the chairmanship of CMA Debasish Mitra, speaker CMA
Ashok B Nawal, council member emphasized that business
value comes from vision, change Management, enhancement
of stakeholders' value & use IPR etc. On 2nd day in the
4th technical session on 'Bankruptcy & Insolvency Code & organized a seminar on ‘GST – Final Draft Provisions’ on March
NCLT & Role of Cost Accountants / Professionals' under the 17, 2017 and faculty CMA L D Pawar, Secretary & RCM, WIRC
Chairmanship of CMA Manubhai Desai, CMA J K Buddhiraja focused on the GST rates which have been approved by the
gave a detailed presentation on Insolvency & Bankruptcy GST Council. The Chapter conducted communication and
Code 2016. 5th Technical session on "Govt. Initiatives for soft skills training for intermediate students from 25th, 27th

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