Archive · 5 Sep 2026
NFRA Forms Nine-Member Panel on Audit Quality and Technology
The National Financial Reporting Authority has created a group of nine advisers.
The group will study how audits can be made more reliable.
Its members come from different parts of the finance, business, regulatory and technology worlds.
Shyamala Gopinath and Ananth Narayan are among the members.
The group will advise on how auditors should follow professional standards.
It will also identify industries and audit areas that may need special attention.
The advisers will look at how data analytics, automation, artificial intelligence and machine learning affect audits.
They will also consider cybersecurity, cloud systems, audit records and the protection of client data.
The National Financial Reporting Authority has established a nine-member advisory committee on audit quality, assurance and technology.
Former Reserve Bank of India Deputy Governor Shyamala Gopinath and former Securities and Exchange Board of India Whole-Time Member Ananth Narayan are committee members.
The panel includes professionals, chief financial officers, audit committee members, independent directors, technology experts, regulators and industry representatives.
It will advise on applying auditing, quality control, quality management, assurance, review and ethical standards.
The committee will examine emerging audit risks, artificial intelligence, machine learning, cybersecurity, cloud risks and client-data security.
- Who
- The National Financial Reporting Authority's nine-member advisory committee, including Shyamala Gopinath and Ananth Narayan.
- What
- NFRA established an advisory committee on audit quality, assurance and technology.
- When
- The announcement was published on September 5, 2026.
- Why
- To advise on auditing standards, emerging risks, technology use, cybersecurity, cloud risks and the security of audit and client data.
- Committee size
- Nine members
- Established by
- National Financial Reporting Authority
- Focus areas
- Audit quality, assurance and technology
- Notable members
- Former Reserve Bank of India Deputy Governor Shyamala Gopinath and former Securities and Exchange Board of India Whole-Time Member Ananth Narayan
- Technology topics
- Data analytics, automation, artificial intelligence and machine learning
- Security topics
- Cybersecurity, cloud-related risks, audit-documentation integrity and client-data security