The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India was set up by an Act of Parliament, The Chartered Accountants act, 1949 which came into effect from 1st July 1949 for the purpose of regulating the profession of Chartered Accountants of India. The Institute is a body corporate consisting of all persons whose names are borne in the Register of Members of the Institute. The affairs of the Institute are managed by a Council and run through its Head Office at New Delhi and 5 Regional offices at Mumbai, Chennai, Kolkata, Kanpur and Delhi. Besides there are 84 branches throughout the country.

The EIRC was formed in 1952 which serves the States of Assam, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Orissa, West Bengal, Manipur, Tripura, Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh, Mizoram and the Union Territory of Andaman & Nicobar Islands. Office of the EIRC is at 7 Russell Street, Kolkata 700071.

By now 51 members chaired the Regional Council in course of last 47 years.

The EIRC is at present serving about 13,500 members and around 30,000 students. It holds Seminars, Lecture Meetings, Conferences, CPE Programmes etc. regularly. The EIRC also holds similar programmes for the students besides holding classes for CA students at all stages i.e. for Professional Education - I or Common Proficiency Test, Professional Education - II or Professional Competence Course and Final Courses. It runs a Computer Center for imparting computer education to the members, students and others. All activities related to members, e.g. admission to associate membership, fellow membership, granting of Certificate of Practice, registration of firms, granting permission for other occupation etc. as also students activities related to articles registration, termination/completion of their training etc. are being done from Eastern Regional Office at Kolkata. The academic functions related to students as conducted by the Board of studies of the Institute are also being carried out from the Eastern Regional Office. The EIRC has also a very good updated technical library for the members and students as also its own auditorium.

During the Golden Jubilee years EIRC hosted the first International Conference of Chartered Accountant's at Science City, Kolkata on 4 - 6 December 1998. More than 1200 delegates participated in the Conference. A large number of delegates from atleast 8 foreign countries participated in the Conference. There were 18 sessions and 45 speakers deliberated in the conference.   More detail...