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'''Western India Regional Council''', abbreviated as '''WIRC of ICAI''' is one of the five Regional Councils of [[Institute of Chartered Accountants of India]] (ICAI) and the largest among them.<ref name="wirc-profile">{{cite web|title=Profile of WIRC|url=http://www.wirc-icai.org/profile.aspx|website=wirc-icai.org|access-date=19 September 2016}}</ref> It is located in [[Mumbai]] and serves a membership of more than 85000 [[Chartered Accountant]]s and circa 225000 CA students, in a network of 32 branches<ref name="wirc-branches">{{cite web|title=Branches of WIRC|url=http://www.wirc-icai.org/branches.aspx|website=wirc-icai.org|access-date=19 September 2016}}</ref><ref name="kalyandombivli-branch">{{cite web|title=Welcome to Kalyan Dombivli Branch of WIRC|url=http://kalyandombivli-icai.org/Home|website=kalyandombivli-icai.org|access-date=19 September 2016}}</ref> in the three [[States and union territories of India|states]] of [[Maharashtra]], [[Gujarat]], [[Goa]] and two [[Union Territories]] of [[Daman and Diu]] and [[Dadra and Nagar Haveli]].<br />
[[File:ICAI Regional Councils.png|thumb|right|Map of India showing the jurisdictions of the five Regional Councils of [[Institute of Chartered Accountants of India|ICAI]], with WIRC marked in blue.]]<br />
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==Branches==<br />
In all, WIRC has 32 branches, with the recent most ''Kalyan-Dombivli'' branch being formed on 17 January 2016. The main regional office of WIRC is located at [[Mumbai]] in Maharashtra.<br />
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===Maharashtra===<br />
#[[Akola]]<ref name="akolabranch">{{cite web|title=Akola Branch of WIRC of ICAI|url=http://akolaicai.org/|website=akolaicai.org|access-date=19 September 2016}}</ref><br />
#[[Ahmednagar]] (Est. 2002)<ref name="ahmednagarbranch">{{cite web|title=About Branch|url=http://ahmednagar-icai.org/th/about-branch/|website=ahmednagar-icai.org|access-date=19 September 2016}}</ref><br />
#[[Amravati]] (Est. 27 March 2008)<ref name="amravati-pimpri-chinchwad-notifications-page">{{cite web|title=New Branches at Amravati and Pimpri Chinchwad Approved by Council|url=http://icai.org/new_post.html?post_id=259&c_id=218|website=icai.org|publisher=Institute of Chartered Accountants of India|access-date=19 September 2016}}</ref><ref name="amravati-notification">{{cite web|title=Notification for Amravati|url=http://resource.cdn.icai.org/7416notifi_amravati.jpg|website=icai.org|publisher=Institute of Chartered Accountants of India|access-date=19 September 2016|date=31 March 2008}}</ref><br />
#[[Aurangabad, Maharashtra|Aurangabad]] (Est. 17 June 1986)<ref name="aurangabad-branch">{{cite web|title=About Aurangabad Branch|url=http://aurangabad-icai.org/about-aurangabad-branch/|website=aurangabad-icai.org|access-date=19 September 2016}}</ref><ref name="aurangabad-fb-foundation-day">{{cite web|title=Happy Branch Foundation day|url=https://www.facebook.com/aurangabadicai/posts/383367968531507|website=fb.com/aurangabadicai|publisher=Aurangabad Branch of WIRC of ICAI|access-date=19 September 2016|location=Aurangabad|date=17 June 2015}}</ref><br />
#[[Dhule]] (Est. 1 June 2013)<ref name="dhule-branch">{{cite web|title=Welcome to Dhule Branch WIRC Institute of Chartered Accountants of India|url=http://www.dhuleicai.org/|website=dhuleicai.org|access-date=19 September 2016}}</ref><br />
#[[Kalyan-Dombivali]] (Est. 17 January 2016)<ref name="kalyandombivli-branch"/><ref name="kalyan-dombivli-notification">{{cite web|title=Notification for Kalyan-Dombivali|url=http://resource.cdn.icai.org/41105rba30911.pdf|website=icai.org|publisher=Institute of Chartered Accountants of India|access-date=19 September 2016|page=1|date=1 February 2016}}</ref><ref name="kalyan-dombivli-notification-page">{{cite web|title=Notification of Kalyan-Dombivli & Thane Branch of WIRC of ICAI|url=http://www.icai.org/new_post.html?post_id=12343|website=www.icai.org|publisher=Institute of Chartered Accountants of India|access-date=19 September 2016|date=4 February 2016}}</ref><br />
#[[Jalgaon]]<br />
#[[Kolhapur]]<br />
#[[Latur]]<br />
#[[Nagpur]]<br />
#[[Nanded]]<br />
#[[Nashik]]<br />
#[[Navi Mumbai]]<br />
#[[Pimpri-Chinchwad]]<br />
#[[Bandra Kurla Complex]] (Est. 27 March 2008)<ref name="amravati-pimpri-chinchwad-notifications-page" /><ref name="pimpri-chinchwad-notification">{{cite web|title=Notification for Pimpri-Chinchwad|url=http://resource.cdn.icai.org/7417notifi_pimpri_chinchwad.jpg|website=icai.org|publisher=Institute of Chartered Accountants of India|access-date=19 September 2016|date=31 March 2008}}</ref><br />
#[[Pune]]<br />
#[[Sangli]]<br />
#[[Solapur]]<br />
#[[Thane]]<br />
#[[Vasai]]<br />
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===Gujarat===<br />
#[[Ahmedabad]]<br />
#[[Anand, Gujarat|Anand]]<br />
#[[Bharuch]]<br />
#[[Baroda]]<br />
#[[Bhavnagar]]<br />
#[[Bhuj]]<br />
#[[Gandhidham]]<br />
#[[Jamnagar]]<br />
#[[Navsari]]<br />
#[[Rajkot]]<br />
#[[Surat]]<br />
#[[Vapi]]<br />
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===Goa===<br />
#[[Goa]]<br />
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==Regional Council members==<br />
Following is the list of members of WIRC elected for the years 2019-2021<ref name="wirc-members">{{cite web|title=Regional Council Members|url=http://www.wirc-icai.org/council-members.aspx|website=wirc-icai.org|access-date=19 September 2016}}</ref><br />
# CA. Lalit Bajaj - Chairman<br />
# CA. Vishal P. Doshi - Vice Chairman<br />
# CA. Murtuza Kachwala - Secretary<br />
# CA. Jayesh Kala - Treasurer<br />
# CA. Hitesh Pomal - Chairman [WICASA]<br />
# CA. Abhijit Kelkar <br />
# CA. Anand Jakhotiya <br />
# CA. Arpit Kabra <br />
# CA. Arun Anandagiri <br />
# CA. Balkishan Agarwal <br />
# CA. Chintan Patel <br />
# CA. Drushti Desai <br />
# CA. Hitesh Pomal <br />
# CA. Kamlesh Saboo <br />
# CA. Manish Gadia <br />
# CA. Murtuza Kachwala <br />
# CA. Shilpa Shinagare <br />
# CA. Sushrut Chitale <br />
# CA. Vikash Jain<br />
# CA. Vimal Agrawal<br />
# CA. Vishal P. Doshi<br />
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==Students' Council==<br />
The students' wing of WIRC is [[Western India Chartered Accountants Students Association]] (WICASA). The managing committee consists of 12 members who are Chartered Accountancy course students, pursuing their ''articleship''. Apart from this Committee at regional level, there are separate WICASA Committees at Branch level which are again managed by Chartered Accountancy Students pursuing 'articleship'<br />
The Managing Committee at Branch level consists of 7 members.<ref name="wirc-wicasa-about">{{cite web|title=About WICASA|url=http://www.wirc-icai.org/about-wicasa.aspx|website=wirc-icai.org|access-date=19 September 2016}}</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* Official Website - [http://wirc-icai.org wirc-icai.org]<br />
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