| A Chartered Accountant holds prestige in the society | | | | corporate recovery. They can become management |
| and earns handsomely. The role of a CA is moving | | | | consultants, mercantile bankers and privet equity |
| away from the traditional activities of audit and tax | | | | investment advisors. |
| management to becoming consultants and advisor in | | | | The chartered accountants course as structured by |
| the true sense. After acquiring the membership one | | | | the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India is a |
| can either choose to do public practice or join any | | | | good blend of theoretical education and practical |
| organization at the public sector or private sector. | | | | training. Syllabus is revised and updated to keep pace |
| Numerous career options open up. | | | | with the rapid changing needs of the local and global |
| Chartered Accountants are compulsory to assess the | | | | economic environments. The CA programme has |
| risks of the companies and can help them in designing | | | | three sections, Competency Professional Test (CPT), |
| control system to counter those risks. They could | | | | Integrated Professional Competence Course (IPCC) |
| provide new assurance and working measurement | | | | and the Final examination. Examinations are held |
| services. They can cooperation change management | | | | double a year in May and November and it is |
| at the ownership, structural and operational levels. | | | | necessary that a student must register at least ten |
| They can be the serious advisors for stakeholder | | | | months before the examinations. After passing the |
| value making and strategic management. They can | | | | Group I of the IPCC examination, candidates are eligible |
| provide support in financial administration, financial | | | | for registration as articled clerks/audit clerks for |
| regulation and matters related to insolvency and | | | | practical training. |