V. Rajaraman (born September 1929) is an Indian Chartered Accountant who was the President of

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from 1980 to 1981. Currently, he is a senior Partner in Thakur, Vaidyanath Aiyar & Co., New Delhi

Biography

V. Rajaraman was born on 16 September 1929 in

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. He was elected as second president of the XIth Council (1979–82) of

in 1980 and inaugurated the Trichur Branch (Thrissur City) of the

on 10 June 1981. In 2006, he became a member of the task force constituted to consider challenges involved and to prepare a road map for the possibilities of converging / adoption of the

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(IFRS) in the Indian context. Later, he became a member of the Special Group for formulating Institutes' response to the various recommendations as contained in the Report of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Finance on Companies Bill 2009. He also headed the Bureaucracy Today Assessment Committee constituted in February 2014, for compiling the list of top 100 CA firms. He has audited multiple Indian

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including some

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. His article titled ''Where There are Opportunities for Profession, Growth Will Follow'' was published in ICAI e-Journal. Amarjit Chopra referred to him as his role model in his presidential address in 2010.

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Living people 1929 births Indian accountants {{India-business-bio-stub

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