CA (Dr.) Anand Banka is a Fellow Member of ICAI and holds a PhD in Finance. Anand has over 14 years of experience of accounting and audit, especially in International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS)/Indian Accounting Standards (Ind AS) domain. His experience includes implementing IFRS/Ind AS in companies across sectors. He has been involved in the accounting standard setting process, both Ind AS and AS, with the ICAI.

He is also a prolific speaker with seminars across various countries on IFRS, Indian Accounting Standards, Companies Act, etc. Other notable achievements and contributions include:

• He was awarded ‘Silver shield’ by the ICAI International Research Awards 2021 for research paper in accounting category

• He is recipient of the ‘Young Achiever Award, 2020’ presented by the prestigious Indian Achievers’ Forum

• He has Authored the books “Ind AS Simplified”, “Comprehensive Guide to Ind AS Implementation” and “Comprehensive Guide to Indian GAAP”

• He is a Special Invitee on the Accounting Standards Board (ASB) of the ICAI

• He is one of the best rated faculties for the Certificate Course on IFRS/Ind AS of ICAI, across India, Nepal and UAE

• He has been an “Asian-Oceanian Standard-Setters Group (AOSSG)” Trainer in Nepal for the Nepal IFRS Centre of Excellence

• He has been a Coordinator and Faculty for ‘National Mission on Education’ of Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD, Govt. of India) for Implementation of Accounting Standards in Educational Institutes like IITs and IIMs

• He has been Subject Editor for books on financial accounting and reporting

• He has penned several articles that have appeared in professional publications like Bombay Chartered Accountants’ Journal (BCAJ) and WIRC Reference Manual