ICAI believes in regular updation of the C.A. course to suit the fast changing environment. As part of this effort the Level Two of the course has been changed and re-christened IPCC. The details of IPCC are:

1. Completion of 9 months from date of registration for IPCC.
2. Undergo Information Technology Training (ITT) provided by ICAI itself for 100 Hours.
3. Undergo the Orientation Programme conducted by ICAI for 35 Hours.

• Eligibility Criteria:A student who has passed the CPT and 12th standard examination may join the Integrated Professional Competence Course
• Practical Training: After passing group-I of the course, a student must join a practicing Chartered Accountant for practical training (Articleship). Articleship shall be of 3 years duration (36 months).
• Additionally: In addition to artcileship a student must complete 100 hours of Information Technology Training (ITT) and 35 hours of ‘Orientation Programme’ ITT is to be started after a student registers for IPCC and completed before appearing in Group-I and Group-II of IPCE or Group I / ATE. Orientation Programme is of 4 sessions per day for 35 hours with an ICAI accredited institute.
• Integrated Professional Competence Examination (IPCE): A student will have to appear for the IPCE after fulfillment of following conditions: PCE is conducted twice in a year, May and November.

YES....

IF U PASS FIRST GROUP OF PE-2..........U R ELIGIBLE TO START ARTICLESHIP TRAINING IN IPCC........AND JUST ONLY NEED TO CLEAR GROUP 2 OF IPCC

MR Jha....

Paper wise excemption will be given... like if u ask A,B,D paper then in IPCC you will get excemption for those A,B,D papers.... Group factor will be ignored

Originally posted by : Rahul Bansal
	YES....   IF U PASS ANY FIRST GROUP OF PE-2..........U R ELIGIBLE TO START ARTICLESHIP TRAINING IN IPCC........AND JUST ONLY NEED TO CLEAR GROUP 2 OF IPCC

 Dear Rahul,

Any Group??? are u sure??? any announcement relating to that??? I beleieve Articleship comences as soon as u clear first group... please correct me if i am wrong. Is there any new notification for that??

Dear Frnds,

My case is also same, i have cleared first group of PE2, and completed 3 yrs articleship also,please let me know i will also be converted into IPCC, Will i be treated as 1st group cleared in it also.

Please help me out with this in details.

Thanks in advance

Originally posted by : Pursuing CA
	Dear Frnds, My case is also same, i have cleared first group of PE2, and completed 3 yrs articleship also,please let me know i will also be converted into IPCC, Will i be treated as 1st group cleared in it also. Please help me out with this in details.   Thanks in advance

YES........U CAN CONVERT INTO IPCC........AND JUST ONLY NEED TO CLEAR GROUP 2 OF IPCC.