CA.Roy Varghese

Chairman

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Dear Young Friends,

December is the month of peace, hope and joy. It is the month of lights, snow, feasts and promise of the wonderful blessings yet to come. Being the last month of the year, it is the curtain raiser for the New Year. It has been a wonderful year so far for SICASA, with full of activities and programme reaching out to members and public at large. As we approach the New Year, it is essential we take stock of this year. What did we set out to do this year? Have we been true to our goals and ourselves? What gifts and awakenings did we receive that we did not plan on? How have we been challenged, and have we found a way to turn our challenges into blessings?

Friends, greet the New Year with a sense of joyful anticipation. No matter what has happened this year, we have the power to create our next year as we choose. We are not the same person(s) who started this year. We are wiser, deeper, and richer for our experiences. We will take our knowledge and build on it to make a new year unlike any you have lived before. Devote this New Year to gratitude, blessing and celebration. Write down what we would like to leave behind and what we would like to take with us. Honour those who loved and supported us this year by thanking them in our heart and with our words. Do you realize how much grace we have received and how loved we are?

Friends, apart from the regular Coaching Classes, Mock Tests, ICITSSOrientation programme, Study Circle meeting and participation in the BOS Webcasting, it has been a glorious month on account of our activities and programme. We had the All Kerala Cultural Fest- Ekah 2017 well attended and participated by 5 Kerala branches. Our student members were competing with each other and proving to the world that they are not the mere book worms but highly talented one’s with a professional acumen to compete with and challenge anyone SICASA members participated in large numbers in the Golden Jubilee Celebrations of the branch during the month. We were proud to launch a Blood Donor website – ICAI keralablooddonors.org, jointly with the Branch on the occasion of the golden jubilee celebrations, inaugurated by the Hon Chief Minister of Kerala Sri Pinarayi Vijayan. It is the first of its kind in the entire country initiated by CA Students and Members to support the general public. 

As part of the continuing CSR initiative, SICASA along with the branch also launched Karthavya-Cancer Care, a continuing project to support the cancer patients in the age group of 18-30 jointly with Regional Cancer Care Center, Trivandrum.

The ICAI Branch along with SICASA started a new reading room facility for students during the month. The new reading room was inaugurated by the Hon President of ICAI CA Nilesh S Vikamsey. It will cater to a minimum 50 students per day. Our President also addressed the SICASA members on that day and administered Swatchatha pledge emphasising the need for cleanliness in our everyday life. As part of Swachatha Initiative, SICASA distributed a cleaning kit to all the registered delegates from all over Kerala who came for the Cultural Fest Ekah. We had also an Intra Branch Cricket Tournament at Elamakkara Bhavans School Ground participated by 16 teams, and Indoor Sports Games of Caroms and Chess at branch premises well participated by the students. 

Friends, determine that the next year will be the best one ever. It will be what you want it to be, so aim high. Always believe, you deserve the very best that life has to offer, because you are the very best. 

Wish You All A Very Happy, Eventful & Joyful New Year 2018.

With Warm regards and love

CA Roy Varghese
Chairman, SICASA Ernakulam Branch

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