Invitation for Expression of interest for Authoring Publicat

The Institute of Chartered Accountants of
India
[Set up under an Act of Parliament]
Committee for Members in Industry
Invitation for Expression of interest for Authoring Publications relevant to the
Members of ICAI serving in Industry
The Committee for Members in Industry (CMII) is meant to encourage and
enhance close links between the Institute and the Chartered Accountants working in
industries, so as to provide for them, a base of reference in terms of knowledge,
expertise, skills and assistance in individual career growth through the development of
extensive and intensive relationship with organizations, agencies of the Government,
Departments and Ministries of the Central and State Government to provide the
maximum possible exposures to the world of trade, commerce, industry and
Governance, simultaneously pursuing the goal of providing maximum employment
opportunities.
One of the major responsibilities of CMII is to bring out publications for various
topics relevant for the Members of The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India
(ICAI) serving in industry.
The CMII invites Expression of Interest from members of the Institute and other
experts who are interested in developing / preparing basic drafts of the publications on
topics relevant to the Members of ICAI serving in Industry The intending authors of the
CMII publications are expected to have appropriate level practical experience in the
relevant area along with the knowledge of various aspects of industry.
The CMII publication has to be prepared as self-learning booklets in the form of
handbooks with proper mix of theory and practical case studies.
Apart from getting recognition, among their professional brethren, for their
contribution in preparing the background materials, the authors of the accepted
publication materials will get :
1. Their names printed in the Publications
2. Honorarium and reimbursement of incidental expenses as per the prevailing
policy of the Institute. (Which will depend upon the size, time and efforts to be
required to prepare such publication materials).
The intending authors are required to send a formal request letter with the
following details, to Dr. T.Paramasivan, Sr. Deputy Director(Tech), CMII
Secretariat, The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India, Post Box No.7100,
Indraprastha Marg, New Delhi - 110 002. Sending proposals by email at
tparamasivan @ icai.org or sambit.mishra @ icai.org with a copy to
cmcmii @ yahoo.com is preferred:
1. Brief profile of the author
2. Specific experience and expertise in the relevant topic for which they offer
themselves to write the background materials which will enable the CMII
secretariat for allotting the preparation of material for them
3. Proposed coverage of the Publication (in about 2000 - 3000 words)
4. Sources of primary and secondary data based on which the Publication
material will be written
5. Time frame within which they can submit the publication material.
It may be noted that mere submission of the Expression of Interest may not lead to
the allotment of the particular publication materials to a particular applicant. The
Institute reserves the right to request any other expert (though they might not have
offered their expression of interest in this regard) to prepare publication materials. No
communications will be entertained in this regard. Only selected authors will be
individually communicated.
Indicative topics on which CMII would like to bring out publications are given below:
1. Auditing, Assurance, and Ethics Pronouncements
2. Quality Control for an Audit of Financial Statements
3. Mentoring Guidelines for Professional Accountancy Organizations
4. Evaluating and Improving Governance in Organizations
5. Handbook for the Professional Accountants in Business
6. Managing Risk to Enhance Stakeholder Value
7. Study of Governance in the Public Sector
8. E-Business and the Accountant
9. Handbook for Information Security Governance
10. Rebuilding Public Confidence in Financial Reporting
11. A study of Mergers & Acquisitions : An International Perspective
12. Implementing the Accounting Standards: Technical & Managerial
Issues in various Industries
13. Managerial issues in Auditing Standards, Expectations, and compliance
requirements in Various Industries
14. Cost & Financial Management
• Balanced Scorecard
• Better Budgeting
• Business Planning
• Business Process Improvement
Techniques
• Business Valuation
• Capital Budgeting under Globalised Business
Environment
• Cash Flow and Financial Forecasting
• Cost Management
• Corporate Restructuring
• Corporate Social Responsibility
• Financial Due-Diligence
• Financial Engineering
• Financial Instruments and
Derivatives
• Financial Modeling
• Issues in Cross Border
Investments
• Issues in Mergers and
Acquisitions
• Restatements of Financial
Statements under US GAAPs
and IASs
• International Accounting
Standards & IFRS
•Corporate Financial Reporting
•Accounting information system
•Accounting to transactions in
Foreign Currency
•Actuarial science
•Constraint finance
•Financial Leverage
•Financial markets
•Financial strategies for creating value
•Inbound and outbound Investments of
Corporates- Compliance with FEMA
•Investment management
•Lease Financing
•Portfolio management
•The Dividend Decision
•The financing decision
•Venture capital
•Virtual finance
•Working capital management
15. LAW
• Corporate Governance
• Developments in Labour Laws
• EXIM Policy and Procedures
• Provisions of FEMA
• Important provisions relating to
Right to information Act
• An overview of the provisions of
Sarbanes Oxley Act
16. BUSINESS MANAGEMENT
• Commercial Due Diligence
• Competitiveness: Concepts and
Challenges
• Conflict Management
• Consumer and Organizational
Buying Behavior
• Contract Management –
Practical Issues
• Cost reduction techniques in
Resource Mobilization
•Credit Analysis and Credit
Management
• Customer Relationship
Management
• Enterprise Risk Management
• Evaluation of Supplier Strategy:
Valuation Framework
• Implementing ABC in
Manufacturing Environment
• Industrial Relations
• Knowledge Management
• Logistics & Supply Chain
Management
• Management Audit
• Management of Change
• Managing Creativity & Innovations
• Managing Employee Redundancy
• Money Laundering Risk and
Management
• Motivation Techniques
• Narrative Reporting
• Operations Planning and Control
• Performance Management
• Quality Audits
• Six Sigma
• Strategic Decision - Making
• Stress Management
• Sustainability Development
• Time Management
• Total Quality Management
• Treasury Management
• Value Added Business Controls - The
Right Way to Manage Risk
• Value Based Management
•360 degree Feedback
•Business process outsourcing
•Competency Mapping
•Employee Benefits including
ESOPs
•Knowledge process outsourcing
•Leadership development
•Manpower planning
•Organizational Development
•Talent Management
•Turnaround management
17. OTHERS
• Auditors’ Report under the
Companies Act – Issues on
CARO, Documentation,
• Communication Skills and
Personality Development
• Detection and Prevention of
Frauds
Reporting and Disclosure
Requirement
• Environmental Accounting
• Issues in TRIMS
• Recovery Management of NPAs
• Regulatory Developments in
Countries Abroad
• Urban Planning and
Environment
• World Economic Development
and Investment Planning
• Capital Markets
• BASEL II Norms
•TRIPs
•Instruments of foreign trade
policy
•Customs Valuation
•International Tax Disputes
Mechanisms
•Indian Fiscal system
•Indian financial system
•Globalization, Privatization
Liberalization
•Business Policy & Ethics
•Entrepreneurship
•Balance of trade & Balance of
Payment
•Export Documentation
•Special Economic Zone
•Special Drawing Rights (SDRs)
•Generalized System of
Preferences (GSP)
•International financial
institutions
•Business Recession
•Quality of life
•Business Environment
•Project Management
•Learning Organizations
•Human Performance
Technology
•Business Decision models
•Business Reengineering
•Business Process Modeling
•Ergonomics & Health and
Occupational Security
Management
•Technological and
Organizational
Innovation
•Scheduling and Sequencing
•Disaster Management
•Enterprise information
management •Business Failures-
Predictions &
Preventions
•Role of CFOs in enterprise Risk
Management
CA. Vijay Kumar Gupta
Chairman
Committee for Members in Industry