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Bengaluru, Feb 19: Chartered Accountant A B Geetha has been elected as the Chairperson of the Bengaluru branch of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) for 2017-18.

Geetha is the first woman of a professional body. She is a practising CA with over 13 years of professional experience specialised in direct taxation and auditing. Her contributions to the CA professional community as Secretary, Treasurer and CA Students’ Head have been noteworthy, said an official press note.

The Bengaluru branch caters to the needs of nearly 13,500 CAs and 30,000 students on its rolls.

Geetha has also been an active member of Karnataka State Chartered Accountants Association and AWAKE, women entrepreneurs association of Karnataka.

Other office-bearers are Shravan Guduthur (Vice Chairman) Bhat Shivaram Shankar (Secretary), Raveendra S Kore (Treasurer), Bhojaraj Shetty (nominated-Chairman), all chartered accountants.

The ICAI, a statutory body, has a Council composing of 40 members, 32 elected and the rest nominated by the Central Government.