Gulf: CA N. Ramananda Prabhu has become the first Indian Chartered Accountant to be admitted as an Honorary Member of Oman Association Chartered Public Accountants (CPA), Sultanate of Oman. The event has created history in the Sultanate of Oman India Accounting profession.
During the meeting in Muscat, Dr. Mohammed Razza Qasim Lawati, Deputy Chairman, presented CA Prabhu with a membership card and welcomed him to work with the Oman Association of Chartered Public Accountants, Sultanate of Oman, a force to be reckoned with for nation-building and developing young Omanis, as well as developing the road map on accounting and audit framework, which will facilitate participation in developing Oman Vision 2040, which is focused on developing the skills of the Omani citizens.
Nader Nasser Hamood Al Rawahi, Board Secretary of OACPA also acknowledged and appreciated CA Prabhu’s various initiatives for the upskilling and knowledge sharing for Omani accountants’ fraternity and Oman association working towards Oman’s Vision 2040. He also thanked CA Prabhu’s contribution to the Omani community which has created history and milestones in Oman India education relationship by launching the flagship programme of ICAI digital learning library access to College of Banking and Financial Studies Omani accounting students, during his Chairmanship with Muscat Chapter ICAI and said that he was looking forward to his continuous mentorship, guidance and support towards the members of the association and generation next Omani accounting fraternity in Oman.
Ali Al Asmi, Chief Accountant of the Central Bank of Oman and Board Member, Hamid Sangoor Al Jadjali, Treasurer of OACPA, Hamood Al Samri, Abdel Rehman were present during the event.
Dr. Raghu Naika, Principal, Government First Grade College, Byndoor, congratulated CA Prabhu for this achievement and said “We are proud of CA Prabhu, for becoming an Honorary Member of OACPA. He has made our institution proud as he is Alumni of our college 1990 batch. He is a role model and has set the highest standard for the generation next in our college, making all Byndoorians, Kannadigas and Indians Proud of this achievement in the Sultanate of Oman. We wish him well in all his future endeavours.
Praveen Kumar Shetty, President, Alumni Association Government First Grade College, Byndoor, congratulated CA Prabhu. “We will celebrate this joyous moment with all Byndoorians in a befitting programme when CA Prabhu will be in Byndoor next time,” he said.
Ramesh Bhat, Office of Comptroller and Audit General, Bengaluru too congratulated CA Prabhu. “CA Prabhu made all of us proud and created new milestone and history in accounting profession of global arena and Omani’s will remember his contribution for lifetime. We will celebrate and felicitate CA Prabhu in a grand function in Bengaluru next time and wish him many more accolades in future.”
CA Prabhu has made significant contributions to the accounting profession in the Sultanate of Oman, being the past Chairman of the Muscat Chapter of ICAI. He has been associated with Oman Association Chartered Public Accountants (OACPA) since its inception in 2016 by providing guidance, support and advisory from time to time. CA Prabhu has been at the forefront of his social and community welfare voluntary services. Recently, Government of Karnataka had given the “Kannada Rajyostava Award-Udupi District-2021” for his incredible contribution in the field of social service.
