The  next  Professional  Competence  Examination  (PCE),  Integrated  Professional  Competence Examination   (IPCE) and Final Examinations of the Institute will be held from 8th  November-2010 to 22nd November-2010 at the following centres :

1) Centres in India – Agra, Ahmedabad, Ahmednagar, Ajmer, Akola, Alappuzha, Aligarh, Allahabad, Alwar,   Ambala,  Amravati,  Amritsar,Anand,  Asansol,  Aurangabad,  Bangalore,  Bareilly,  Bathinda, Beawar, Belgaum, Bellary, Berhampore, Bharauch, Bhavnagar, Bhilwara, Bhopal, Bhubaneswar, Bhuj, Bikaner, Bilaspur, Chandigarh, Chennai, Coimbatore, Cuttack, Dehradun, Delhi / New Delhi, Dhanbad, Durg,  Ernakulam,  Erode,  Faridabad, Gandhidham,  Ghaziabad,  Goa,  Gorakhpur,  Guntur,  Gurgaon, Guwahati, Gwalior, Hisar,  Hubli, Hyderabad, Indore, Jabalpur, Jaipur, Jalandhar, Jalgaon, Jammu, Jamnagar, Jamshedpur, Jodhpur, Kanpur, Karnal, Kollam,  Kolhapur, Kolkata, Kota, Kottayam, Kozhikode, Kumbakonam, Latur, Lucknow, Ludhiana, Madurai, Mangalore, Mathura, Meerut, Moradabad, Mumbai, Muzaffarnagar,  Mysore, Nagpur, Nanded, Nashik, Nellore, Noida, Palghat, Panipat, Pali-Marwar, Panvel, Patna, Patiala, Pimpri-Chinchwad, Pondicherry, Pune, Raipur, Rajamahendravaram, Rajkot, Ranchi, Ratlam, Rewari, Rohtak, Rourkela, Saharanpur, Salem, Sambalpur, Sangli, Satara, Shimla, Sikar, Siliguri, Sirsa, Solapur, Sonepat, SriGanganagar, Surat, Thane,   Thiruvananthapuram, Thrissur, Tinsukia, Tiruchirapalli, Tirupati,  Tirupur,  Tuticorin,  Udaipur, Udupi, Ujjain, Vadodara, Vapi, 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  Examinations  are  required  to  be  made  either  online  at http://icaiexam.icai.org or in the prescribed forms which are priced at Rs.100/- per form. In order to capitalize the Technological Advancements and to make ICAI’s Students Community more technology savvy, it has been  decided to waive off the cost of application form (i.e, Rs.100/-) in respect of candidates who fill in their forms online at  http://icaiexam.icai.org from 5th August ,2010 to 3rd  September,2010 and remit the examination fee online by using credit cards , either VISA or Master Card . Alternatively, students can utilise  the physical examination application forms which are priced at Rs. 100/- each and will be available for sale from 5th August ,2010 to 3rd September,2010.  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 alongwith a self addressed envelope with postal stamps worth Rs. 15/-.

Management Accountancy Course (MAC Part-I),  Insurance and Risk Management (IRM) examinations will also  be held from 16th  November, 2010   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 9th   November ,2010. 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 5th August ,2010. 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  (PCE), Integrated Professional Competence (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 5th August ,2010.   Details of date schedule of examinations will be found printed in the relevant application forms.

The Examinations will be held in ONE SESSION ONLY in respect of Professional Competence  (PCE), Integrated Professional Competence  (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 submitting the Application Forms online at http://icaiexam.icai.org and receipt of application forms are 26th August ,2010 ( upto 17:30 hrs, for online) (without late fee) and 3rd September , 2010 ( upto 17:30 hrs, for online) (with late fee of Rs. 500/-).

Candidates of the Professional Competence Examination (PCE), Integrated Professional Competence Examination (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.

( G.Somasekhar)

Additional Secretary(Exams)