CA Prasanna Kumar D elected President of Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) for 2026–27, CA Mangesh Kinare elected Vice-President.

Exam-focused facts from the 16 February 2026 current affairs briefing.

Key facts

The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) elected CA Prasanna Kumar D as its 74th President for the 2026–27 term.
CA Mangesh Pandurang Kinare was elected as Vice-President of ICAI for 2026–27.
Prasanna Kumar D served as Vice-President of ICAI during 2025–26.
He was a member of the ICAI Central Council in its 24th, 25th, and 26th Councils.
He chaired the Visakhapatnam Branch of ICAI in 2001–02 and the Southern India Regional Council in 2013–14.
As President, he will chair ICAI’s Executive, Finance, Disciplinary, and Examination Committees and serve as Editor in Chief of The Chartered Accountant journal.