27 September 2013
Yes, you can do so, However, you have to fill a form 112 and submit it to your regional Branch of the ICAI for seeking permission for additional course...
27 September 2013
Yeas you can do so with the approval of Institute for doing additional course with article ship.
PURSUANCE OF OTHER COURSE OF STUDIES With the permission of the Institute a student can pursue one course of study at a time. A student has to submit application in Form No.112 to the appropriate Regional Office of the Institute seeking permission to pursue other course of study within one month of joining the college/ course. The office shall grant permission within one month from the date of receipt of Form No.112. The students currently undergoing graduation or other course under general permission, which was given for the articled assistant to pursue graduation course, is withdrawn; therefore should obtain the permission within six months of issuance of new guidelines. The students shall, however, be permitted to complete the academic session/year currently undergoing and switch over to correspondence courses or institutions where no classes are conducted between 11.00 a.m. and 5.00 p.m. on any working day. The certificate portion in Form No.112 indicating college timings etc. shall be countersigned by the Principal of the college with the seal and stamp of the college and also indicating the telephone number and full address of the college. In the event of breach of these guidelines and not taking permission as required, the articles already undergone shall be derecognised for such period as the Institute may decide. In case an articled assistant is found not undergoing articles in the manner prescribed, he shall be debarred from appearing in the exam up to 3 consecutive exams besides cancellation of such period of articles. The concerned member who allowed him to be such an articled assistant be subject to punitive action besides withdrawing either partly or fully his eligibility to train articled assistant. In Peer Review, the Reviewer be required to verify whether training is imparted to the articled assistants in the manner prescribed. http://www.icai.org/new_post.html?post_id=6014
27 September 2013
My first question is to why to do a distance MBA (merely for a qualification)?? Instead do CWA or CS alongside as a back up of CA. If get through both amazing else at least you will land up with one qualification. Distance MBA has no value to a fresher. If you are easy goer to get a qualification (say distance MBA qualification) then no value addition to your career. First concentrate in one study area (here CA or CWA or CS are more or less simialr subjects so you wont have any problem to deviate from subjects. There are many valuable qualifications you can add. But at this stage (if you are student/trainee) then better to do CWA or CS along with CA which is permissible as per ICAI guidlines.(cost alos minimal as compared to distance MBA generally)
06 October 2013
Yes you can do and all the experts have given under which circumstances you can do if you do without permission from ICAI then you may loose your articleship