News Desk, News Nation 360 : Association of Corporate Advisers & Executives (ACAE) is one of the oldest professional bodies in Kolkata. The members have a diverse profiles and include professional practitioners, corporate executives, industrialists and businessmen. ACAE was established in the year 1960 and is a pioneer professional platform that brings everyone in the corporate world to achieve common goals of progress and growth. Prof. Sukumar  Bhattacharya was the founder Vice-President and later on the President of the ACAE. Prof. Sukumar Bhattacharya was an eminent expert on Taxation Laws, a Chartered Accountant and an ex-member of the Central Council of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India. He had also passed the I.A.S. Examination but did not join the service. He went on to become a Senior Advocate of Calcutta High Court/ Supreme Court. Prof. Bhattacharya had the rare distinction of being permitted by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India as well as the Bar Council of West Bengal to carry on both professions as a Chartered Accountant and also as an Advocate. ACAE organised the 13th Prof. Sukumar Bhattacharya Memorial Lecture on the topic “INDIA The Party has just Begun” at Park Hotel, Kolkata on June 25th, 2023. Prof. Sukumar Bhattacharya Memorial Lecture is a very prominent annual event and we have had the opportunity of welcoming eminent personalities to grace this event. For ACAE, he was a fatherly figure because of his valued contribution and deep involvement with this Association from its inception to his last breath in 2005. The Association renders a yearly tribute to him by organising a Lecture  Meeting in his memory. In fact, this was the centenary year celebrations of Prof. Sukumar Bhattacharya. The Memorial Lecture was attended by eminent personalities from the Counsels, Institute of Chartered Accountants of India, Institute of Company Secretaries of India and other professional bodies. The speaker for the day was Honourable  Ambassador Dr Deepak Vohra. Dr Vohra is a 21st-century Indian diplomat and is currently the special advisor to the Indian prime minister. Dr Deepak Vohra, IFS (Retd), was the Special Advisor to the Autonomous Hill Development Council in Ladakh. Dr Vohra spoke about India as a superpower and how this country is going to become the third-largest economy in a few years. He spoke of the commitment of the Government to ensure that no stone was left unturned in achieving the desired results. He also emphasised one and all to aspire in reaching greater heights in their professional careers.