Date for CA exams announced

The Professional Competence Examination (PCE), Integrated Professional Competence Examination(IPCE) and Final Examination of the Institute will be held from 5th to 19th November, 2009 at the following centres : 1) Centres in India Agra, Ahmedabad, Ahmednagar, Ajmer, Akola, Alappuzha, Allahabad, Alwar, Ambala, Amravati, Amritsar, Asansol, Aurangabad, Bangalore, Bareilly, Bathinda, Beawar, Belgaum, Bellary,Bhavnagar, Bhilwara, Bhopal, Bhubaneswar,Bhuj, Bikaner, Chandigarh, Chennai, Coimbatore, Cuttack, Dehradun, Delhi/New Delhi, Dhanbad, Durg, Ernakulam, Erode, Faridabad, Ghaziabad, Goa, Gorakhpur, Guntur, Gurgaon, Guwahati, Gwalior, Hisar, Hubli, Hyderabad, Indore, Jabalpur, Jaipur, Jalandhar, Jalgaon, Jammu, Jamnagar, Jamshedpur, Jodhpur, Kanpur, Kollam, Kolhapur, Kolkata, Kota, Kottayam, Kozhikode, Kumbakonam, Latur, Lucknow, Ludhiana, Madurai, Mangalore, Mathura, Meerut, Moradabad, Mumbai, Muzaffarnagar, Mysore, Nagpur, Nanded,Nashik, Noida, Palghat, Panipat, Panvel , Pali- Marwar, Patna, Patiala, Pimpri-Chinchwad, Pondicherry, Pune, Raipur, Rajkot, Ranchi, Rohtak, Rourkela, Saharanpur, Salem, Sangli,Satara, Shimla,Sambalpur, Siliguri, Solapur, Sonepat, Sriganganagar, Surat, Thane, Thiruvananthapuram, Thrissur, Tinsukia ,Tiruchirapalli, Tuticorin, Udaipur, Udupi, Ujjain, Vadodara, Varanasi, Vellore, Vijayawada, Visakhapatnam and Yamunanagar.

2) Overseas Centres :- Abu Dhabi (UAE) and Dubai (UAE) and at Kathmandu (Nepal) [ONLY FOR PCE, IPCE AND FINAL EXAMINATIONS].

Applications for admission to Professional Competence Examination (PCE), Integrated Professional Competence Examination (IPCE) and Final Examination are required to be made in the prescribed forms. The application forms are priced at Rs. 100/- per application form and will be available for sale from 17th August, 2009. The candidates requiring forms by post may please send their requisition to the Additional Secretary (Examinations), The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India, ICAI Bhawan, Indraprastha Marg, New Delhi 110002, along with a remittance of Rs. 100/- per application form by Demand Draft/ Indian Postal Order, drawn in favour of the Secretary, The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India, payable at New Delhi giving clearly the address where the application form is required to be sent together with postal stamps worth Rs. 15/-. Alternatively the candidate may fill up the examination application form online at http://icaiexam.icai.org from 17th August,2009 to 14th September, 2009 and remit the fee online by using credit card, either VISA or Master Card.

Management Accountancy Course (MAC Part-I), Insurance and Risk Management (IRM) examinations will be held from 13th November, 2009 and International Trade Laws and World Trade Organisation (ITL&WTO) Examination will also be held at the centres mentioned above (except Abu Dhabi, Dubai and Kathmandu) from 6th November, 2009. For application forms for these examinations, please write to the Additional Secretary (Examinations), ICAI, New Delhi 110002 along with a postal order/Demand Draft for Rs.100/- drawn in favour of the Secretary, ICAI, New Delhi or obtain the same against the cash payment from Regional and Branch offices of the Institute from 17th August, 2009. The Management Accountancy Course (MAC Part-I), Insurance and Risk Management Course (IRM) and International Trade Laws and World Trade Organisation (ITL&WTO) Examinations are open only to Members of the Institute.

The name of examination i.e. Professional Competence Examination (PCE),Integrated Professional Competence Examination (IPCE), Final, Management Accountancy Course (MAC Part-I), Insurance and Risk Management (IRM) and International Trade Laws and World Trade Organisation (ITL&WTO) examinations for which the form is required should specifically be mentioned in the requisition letter. The examination forms will be sent by ordinary post. No responsibility is taken for non/ late delivery of forms by post. The forms will also be available against cash payment for personal collection at the offices of the Institute at New Delhi and its regional and Branch Offices from 17th August, 2009. Details of date schedule of examinations will be found printed in the relevant application forms.

The Examinations will be held in ONE SESSION ONLY between 01.00 P.M. to 04.00 P.M. (IST) in respect of Professional Competence Examination (PCE),Integrated Professional Competence Examination (IPCE), Final, International Trade Laws and World Trade Organisation (ITL&WTO), Management Accountancy Course (MAC Part-I), and Insurance and Risk Management (IRM) Examinations. Details of Examination timing/session, dates of examinations, venue and sequence of papers pertaining to each examination will be found printed on the Admit Card. There will be no change in the examination schedule in the event of any day of the examination being declared a Public Holiday by the Central Government or any State Government.

The last dates for receipt of application forms are 7th September, 2009 (without late fee) and 14th September, 2009 (with late fee of Rs. 500/-).

Candidates of the Professional Competence Course (PCE) , Integrated Professional Competence Course (IPCE) and Final Examinations will be allowed to opt for Hindi medium for answering questions. Further details will be available in the information sheets attached to relevant application forms.