Editing Accountant (section)

==India==
{{Unreferenced section|date=August 2017}}Chartered accountancy is offered in India by the [[Institute of Chartered Accountants of India]] (ICAI), the second largest accounting body in the world. This Institute was established in 1949 under the Chartered Accountants Act, 1949 for the regulation of the profession of chartered accountants in India.

The ICAI set up the Accountancy Museum of India in 2009, the third museum of accounting in the world. It is located at ICAI's office in [[Noida]].A Cost and Management Accountant is registered as a  member under [[ Institute of Cost Accountants of India |the Institute of Cost Accountants of India(ICMAI)]] previously known as (ICWAI) which is a statutory body constituted under the Cost and Works Accountants Act 1959 enacted by the Parliament of India, it is also the second largest Management Accountancy body in the world. The members of the Institute are widely recognized as Cost and Management Accountants (FCMA, ACMA).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mca.gov.in/Ministry/actsbills/pdf/Cost_and_works_Accountants_Act_1959.pdf |title=ICWAI Act on MCA website |access-date=2012-07-30 |archive-date=2012-04-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120425131134/http://www.mca.gov.in/Ministry/actsbills/pdf/Cost_and_works_Accountants_Act_1959.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>