| A Chartered Accountant holds prestige in the | | | | structured by the Institute of Chartered |
| society and earns handsomely. The role of | | | | Accountants of India is a good blend of theoretical |
| a Chartered Accountants is moving away from | | | | education and practical training. Syllabus is revised |
| the traditional activities of audit and tax | | | | and updated to keep pace with the firmly |
| management to becoming consultants and | | | | changing needs of the local and global economic |
| advisors in the true sense. After acquiring the | | | | environments. The CA programme has three |
| membership one can either choose to do public | | | | sections, Competency Professional Test (CPT), |
| practice or join any organization at the public | | | | Integrated Professional Competence Course |
| sector or private sector. Quite a few career | | | | (IPCC) and the Final examination. Examinations are |
| options open up. Chartered Accountants are | | | | held double a year in May and November and it is |
| compulsory to assess the risks of the companies | | | | necessary that a student must register at least |
| and can help them in designing control system to | | | | ten months before the examinations. After |
| counter those risks. They could provide new | | | | passing the Group I of the IPCC examination, |
| assurance and execution measurement services. | | | | candidates are eligible for registration as articled |
| They can take care of change management at | | | | clerks/audit clerks for practical training. |
| the ownership, structural and operational levels. | | | | The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India |
| They can be the key advisors for stakeholder | | | | believes that there is a growing requirement of |
| value making and strategic management. They | | | | CA professionals in the country and it has a tough |
| can provide help in financial administration, financial | | | | time keeping pace with the demand. The real |
| regulation and matters related to insolvency and | | | | point is therefore not whether or not you should |
| corporate recovery. They can become | | | | do an MBA or a CA, but that you better know |
| management consultants, mercantile bankers and | | | | why you should do so. As in every profession, |
| privet equity investment advisors. | | | | the most important thing is what you do with the |
| The Chartered Accountancy course as | | | | degree you acquire. |