The Digital Professional

FOREWORD “ Never before in history has innovation offered promise of so much to so many in so short a time ,” rightly says Bill Gates while referring to technology, which is constantly and comprehensively changing the way of life including in business and professional world. India and Indian accountancy profession are no exception to this trend. Changes in technology landscapes are creating a challenging environment for the accounting professionals to work in. Equally crucial has been the reflections of technology such as ERP, Big data, Cloud computing, Artificial intelligence, Internet of Things, Robotics and the equitably perceptible emerging interface in the workings of professionals. In future, CA professionals shall have the opportunity to reach more people, more businesses and more organizations around the world, providing streamlined and complex professional advice that is becoming very uncommon and more complex and expensive day-by-day. Certainly, using the advancement in technology and communications, functions and operations can be executed more efficiently and cost effective way. Authors CA. Shailesh Haribhakti and CA. Sanjib Sanghi have rightly mentioned that, “Digital is the way of life and we strongly believe that our relevance can be sustained only by technology deployment.” I am happy to note that authors are doing their bit for their fellow accountants in introduction of technology through this book The Digital Professional and suggesting way forward.