The Institute of Chartered
Accountants of India
(setup by an Act of Parliament)
COMMITTEE ON CAREER COUNSELLING
The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India
ICAI – EXCELLENCE | INDEPENDENCE | INTEGRITY
A statutory body
established by an Act of
Indian Parliament
“The Chartered
Accountants Act,1949”
More than 75 years of existence, ICAI has
achieved recognition as a premier
accounting body globally
ICAI is the largest Accounting Body in
the World.
ICAI – Infrastructure
Human Branches # Foreign Branch Own Auditoriums Information
Resources #
176 Chapters # Buildings #
#41 &
Technology
1200+ 50 102 Centres #
Seminar
165
Halls # 94
(Computers
for students
(Approximate undergoing
capacity # ITT, Advance
20840+) 7130
ITT
Plus)
सात महाद्वीपों की एक भाषा … लेखांकन (लेखाकर्म)
7 Continents..
Accountancy
1 Language
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ICAI Partner in Nation Building
Chartered Accountants
are a bridge between
People and the Government.
Public Government
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THE IMPORTANCE AND IMPACT OF CA AS A
PROFESSION
A CA’s Pen is mightier than a Sword
As Finance Professionals - Finance is the back
bone of any enterprise and CA’s enable the same
in Accounting, Reporting and Control roles
As Auditors - There is no Second Opinion on a CA’s
opinion on a financial statement
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Dream CA Believe CA Achieve CA
Economic well-
being
Reputation
International exposure
Good social stature
Attractive career
options
Dedicated professional
CA student
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FEE STRUCTURE – (Including Study Materials)
FOUNDATIO Foundation Registration Fees - Rs.
N COURSE 9000
Registration Fees - Rs
15000
Students’ Activities Fees - Rs
INTERMEDI 2000
ATE Registration fees as Article Assistant
1000
- Rs
COURSE Total Fees - Rs.
18000
Final Registration Fees - Rs.
FINAL 22,000
COURSE Total Fees
22,000
ICITSS Fees
- Rs.
i. Course on Information Technology - Rs.
6,500
OTHER ii. Orientation Course - Rs.
FEES 7,000
Advanced AICITSS)
i.Course on Advanced Information Technology - Rs.
7,500
TOTAL FEES ii.Management & Communication Skills Course
7,000 TOTAL FEES - Rs.
- Rs.
77,000
1. 75% Concession in Registration Course Fee for all levels of CA Courses for the
Candidates/ Students from Union Territories of Jammu & Kashmir, Ladakh, 8 North-
Eastern States & Andaman and Nicobar Island.
2. Wards of deceased members have been given 75% concession in Registration
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Fee for all levels.
SUBJECTS OF DIFFERENT LEVELS
CA COURSE
Paper1 : Accounting
Paper2 : Business Laws
Paper3 : Quantitative Aptitude
* Business Mathematics, * Logical Reasoning
FOUNDATION * Statistics
Paper4 : Business Economics
Group-I
Paper1 : Advanced Accounting
Paper2 : Corporate and Other Laws
Paper3 : Taxation
* Section A – Income-tax Law
* Section B – Goods and Services Tax (GST)
INTERMEDIAT Group-II
E Paper4 : Cost and Management Accounting
Paper5 : Auditing and Ethics
Paper6A: Financial Management
Paper6B: Strategic Management
Group-I
Paper1 : Financial Reporting
Paper2 : Advanced Financial Management
Paper3 : Advanced Auditing, Assurance and
FINAL Professional Ethics
Group-II
Paper4 : Direct Tax Laws & International Taxation
Paper5 : Indirect Tax Laws
Paper6 : Integrated Business Solution (Multidisciplinary
Case Study with Strategic Management)
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MANTRA OF BECOMING A CA
HARDWO DEDICATI
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CHARTERED
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OPPORTUNITIES FOR CAS
Own Practice Job /Employment
Entrepreneurship / Further Studies/
Business UPSC/ Management
While presenting the interim budget of 2020-21, CA. Piyush Goyal, Hon’ble Minister for Railways
and also given additional charge for Ministry of Finance said “We are poised to become a 5
trillion-dollar economy in the next 5 years and aspire to become a 10 trillion-dollar economy in
the next 8 years” thereby implying that the role of Chartered Accountants is only going to get
more important from here on and there could be a dearth of about 25000 professionals in the
market in the future.
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A CA can serve in all possible avenues of
Commerce
Commerce
Management
Entrepreneur Consultancy
services
Information
Technology Business
consulting
CHARTERED
Advisory
ACCOUNTANT Government
services
Advanced
finance and Academics
economics
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EARN WHILE YOU LEARN
(MINIMUM STIPEND)
Stipend to Articled Assistants
Classification of the normal place of Stipend payable per month in (₹) during training
service of the articled assistants
First year Second year Total Stipend
for Two Years
1. Cities/Towns having population of 20 4,000 5,000 1,08,000
lakhs and above
2. Cities/Towns having population of 5 3,000 4,000 84,000
lakhs and above but less than 20
lakhs
3. Cities/Towns having population of less 2,000 3,000 60,000
than 5 lakhs
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ICAI SCHOLARSHIP SCHEME
Sr. No. Scholarship Category Amount Eligibility Criteria
(p.m.)
1 Need based for Rs. 1,500/- Students who are registered for Intermediate course
economically weaker and income of parents should not be more than Rs.
Intermediate students 3,00,000 p.a.
2 Need based for Rs. 1,500/- Students who are registered for Final course and
economically weaker income of parents should not be more than Rs.
Final students 3,00,000 p.a.
3 Merit cum need based Rs. 2,000/- Rank-holders of Intermediate Exam who has
Scholarship registered themselves for the Final course (other than
those covered under Merit Scholarship and income of
parents should not be more than Rs. 3,00,000 p.a.
4 Merit Scholarship Rs. 2,500/- Rank-holders of Intermediate Exam, whose name
appears at sr. no. 1 to 10 and in case the rank
continues to further ranks i.e. to sr. no. 11 or to sr. no.
12 or so on, then all such rank holders.
NOTE: Students can apply online anytime for the Scholarship by login at Self Service Portal (SSP) at
https://eservices.icai.org . In case of any clarification, please contact at Ph: 0120-3045914, please visit our
website at www.icai.org
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ICAI’s Virtual Classes, e-Learnings and Cloud
Campus facilities
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Campus Placement Programme-
A Bird’s Eye view
Campus placements organized two times every year participated
by leading companies and CA firms. The highest domestic salary
offered for February-March, 2024 is INR 29 Lac Per Annam.
TOP MAJOR SECTORS DURING CAMPUS PLACEMENT IN FEBRUARY-MARCH 2024
FAST MOVING CONSUMER GOODS
BANKING
(FMCG)
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY-
INSURANCE
SOFTWARE
PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANY MANUFACTURING
MULTINATIONAL CONGLOMERATE
AUTOMOBILE MANUFACTURER
COMPANY
CHARTERED ACCOUNTANCY FIRMS
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USP of CA profession
Established by an Act of Regulator of audit and
Parliament assurance functions
Open for all streams:
Elements of theory &
Commerce/Arts/Scienc
practice in 2 years
e
Articleship
Offers opportunities for Age is no bar (As in any
distance learning age, anyone can register
in CA Course)
Meritocracy
Equal opportunity for all
Standardized course
with regular updates Cloud campus for
students
Campus placement Employment
(Attractive career
options)
Ability to multitask
Great learning at minimal
Catalyst in economic cost
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Your path to success: Built on a foundation of
meritocracy
Contribute to Participate in social Leadership positions
corporate/banking initiatives such as Swachh in the public and
laws, governance and Bharat Abhiyan, Swachhta private sector
economic policies hi seva campaign,
Swachhata Pakhwada etc.
Manage a CA practice that Start a business from Attractive
offers audit, assurance, scratch and take it to remuneration in
taxation, management unprecedented heights employment
accounting & advisory as an entrepreneur
services.
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Power of CAs Signature
Tax Audit
(under Income Tax Act & Forensic Audit
GST Act)
Foreign Currency
Company Audit
Remittances
(under the Companies Act)
(as per FEMA)
Various other ‘Assurance’ services (Required by statutes of
Central Government, State Governments, Local
Authorities)
These are the areas in which it is mandatory to
get documents certified by a Chartered
Accountant
“Your signature is more powerful
than PM's and Government also
believes the Accounts signed by you.”
-Shri Narendra Modi, Hon’ble Prime Minister,
(while addressing Chartered Accountants after
announcing GST, Business Today, July 2017.)
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Recognition for CA Course
1- Equivalence to Post-Graduation
i. The University Grants Commission (UGC) granted academic equivalence to
the Chartered Accountancy qualification with its Post Graduate degree, for
appearing in the UGC National Eligibility Test (NET) vide D.No.9-35/2016(CPP-II)
dated 15th March, 2021. Details are available at link:
https://www.ugc.ac.in/pdfnews/2480829_CACSICWA-Public-Notice.pdf
ii. The Association of Indian Universities (AIU) has recognized the Chartered
Accountancy qualification with Graduations equivalent to post graduate degree
in Commerce or allied discipline for pursuing Ph.D. programme.
112 Universities have recognized the Chartered Accountancy qualification as
equivalent to Post Graduation for registering the members to the doctoral
programme (Ph.D.) including:
- The Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Kolkata,
Lucknow, Kozhikode, Shillong and Jammu
- Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras and Bombay Details can be
accessed at Link: https://resource.cdn.icai.org/26417bos15829.pdf.
2- The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) has recognized Chartered
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Accountancy Qualification for admission to Civil Services examination.
Prominent Chartered Accountants
CA. Piyush Goyal
• Union Minister of Commerce & Industry, Consumer Affairs & Food & Public
Distribution and Textiles, Government of India.
CA. Suresh Prabhu
• Former Union Cabinet Minister, Government of India.
CA. Harish Salve
• Former Solicitor General of India.
• Senior Advocate in Supreme Court.
• He was awarded with the distinguished Padma Bhushan for his contributions
in Public Services
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Prominent Chartered Accountants
CA. Sudha Balakrishnan
First ever Chief Financial Officer chosen by the RBI.
CA. Aditya Puri
. Former Managing Director, HDFC
CA. T. N. Manoharan
Former President, ICAI, and Ex-chairman of Canara Bank.
Padma Shri awardee in 2010.
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Prominent Chartered Accountants
CA. Kumar Mangalam Birla
. An Indian billionaire industrialist and the Chairman of the Aditya Birla
Group, one of the largest conglomerates in India
CA. S Gurumurthy
• Chairman, Vivekanand International Foundation. Writer, Journalist,
Corporate Advisor
CA. Rajesh Magow
• Co-founder & CEO, MakeMyTrip
CA. Sanjiv Mehta
• Chairman & MD. Hindustan Unilever Ltd
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Quotes from distinguished leaders
Dr. Rajendra Prasad Dr. S. Radhakrishnan
President of India, President of India,
1950-62 1962-67
“The fast-increasing tempo of the industrial “You will help us in maintaining high
and economic development of the country standards of public behaviour by your
makes it imperative that every Chartered frank and candid accounting and auditing.
Accountant should realise that he belongs It is therefore essential that you maintain
to a profession which provides the first line high standards...Whatever profession you
of defense to the unwary public against might follow, you should not forget that
money grabbers and opportunists. Your everyone is an artist in his own line,
responsibility in this matter becomes all the whether it is in accounting or auditing,
greater because of the autonomy, which writing or doing the job of a sculptor or a
your profession enjoys.” painter.”
Quotes from distinguished leaders
Shri Lal Bahadur
Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam
Shastri
President of India
Prime Minister of India
2002 - 2007
1964-66
“I cannot conceive what would happen if “I suggest that all the CAs… should take
there were no accountants and no the following oath… I will not only bring
auditors. Not only the mute shareholders out the problems of Financial Management
in a private company but the industries for protecting the interests of the
and the economy of the country as a stakeholders of the enterprises, but also
whole would suffer without your help and suggest possible solution with ethics
adequate guidance.” as a way of life.”
Quotes from distinguished leaders
Shri Narendra Modi Smt. Droupadi
Hon’ble Prime Minister of Murmu
India Hon’ble President of India
“The Chartered Accountant Fraternity is
“Yours is a profession in the society that the 'Pillar of Economic Governance'. You
has the capacity to save this entire have been entrusted with an important
economy and keep it growing… A responsibility of reflecting the real health of
Chartered Accountant’s role should be the economy. There are more than 3.5 lakh-
such that he knows that he is not working chartered accountants in the country. It is a
just to add and subtract these numbers matter of special happiness that the
between 0 to 9, but he should feel that he percentage of women in this profession is
is playing an important role in building increasing day by day. I hope that in the year
the economic infrastructure of this 2047, when the country will celebrate the
nation.” centenary of independence and your institute
will also be close to the centenary year, they
will account for 50 per cent of the total
practicing-chartered accountants.”
Committee on Career Counselling of
ICAI
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COMMITTEE ON CAREER COUNSELLING
“ICAI Bhawan”, A-29, Sector-62, Noida (U.P.) P.C.-201309
Phone: 0120-3876871, Toll-Free-1800 202 8371, E-mail:
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