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Accountants are vital support function of the organisation and trained accountants have good career opportunities. Certified Industrial Accountant + SAP course offered by ICA have been designed to meet the needs of the industry. The courses prepare accountants who are totally relevant for any industry. Students are taught Business Computer Application, Financial Accounting, Advanced Practical Accounts, Banking, Payroll & Investments, Taxation, R. O. C, Excise & Service Tax, due to which they are in high demand due to their knowledge in accounts and practical orientation. Students are also trained on SAP with respect to accounts receivable/payable and navigation in SAP. The eligibility criteria for the course is that a candidate must have passed 10+2 from a recognised board. Unfortunately, Diploma after 10th is not considered equivalent to 10+2, therefore such candidates are not eligible for CIP + SAP course. Also, course is not aligned to your basic qualification.

Cracking ICWAI (CMA) exam could be a life-turning opportunity for any youth aspiring for it. But to make it a reality, lot of hardships in the form of dedicated study is required. CMA is a very rigorous exam which requires an in-depth knowledge of the subjects. So, keeping schedule for everyday and following it could be a game changing move.
The most important thing you must do to crack the exam is to maintain the institute notes and RTPs. Nothing gets better recalled than the hand written notes. So maintain them seriously. These things would help you till midway of your journey.
But the practice questions, mock tests or the researched study material made after surveying successful candidates will be the major stakeholders of reaching you to the goal. All this material could be found on the online coaching platforms. The only trustworthy name I could recall of is Superprofs. They have compiled top notch study material, provided strategies to crack the exam and many more.
I would recommend you to register it for at least trial period of 7 days after which you could continue it or not depending on your suitability.

ISB, Hyderabad & Mohali
S.P Jain Institute of Management and Research, Mumbai
IIM, Ahmedabad
School of Management, NMIMS, Mumbai
IIM, Bangalore
Great Lakes Institute of Management, Chennai
IIM, Calcutta
XLRI, Jamshedpur
IIM, Lucknow
IMT, Ghaziabad, Hyderabad, Nagpur & Dubai
IIM, Indore
ICFAI Business School, Hyderabad & Mumbai
IIM, Kozhikode
MDI, Gurgaon
FMS, Delhi
TAPMI, Manipal
Dept. of Management, BITS Pilani, Rajasthan
XIM, Bhubaneswar
IIFT, Delhi & Kolkata
Goa Institute of Management, Goa
K.J.Somaiya Institute of Management Studies & Research, Mumbai
School of Management and Entrepreneurship Shiv Nadar, Mumbai University, Greater Noida
MICA, Ahmedabad
PSG Institute of Management, Coimbatore
TISS, Mumbai
IMI, New Delhi, Bhubaneswar & Kolkata
Adani Institute of Infrastructure Management, Ahmedabad
VIT Business School, Vellore
School of Business, Alliance University, Bangalore
Birla Institute of Management Technology, Noida
Amity Business School, Noida
Europe Asia School of Business, Pune
IIT-DMS, Delhi, Kanpur, Bombay, Madras, Roorkee & Kharagpur
ISBF, Delhi
IIM, Ranchi
School of Management SRM University, Chennai
IIM, Rohtak
National Institute of Securities Markets, Mumbai
IIM, Shillong
FLAME, Pune
IIM, Tiruchirappalli
Mysore Royal Academy, MYRA School of Business, Mysore
IIM, Udaipur
Kirloskar Institute of Advanced Management Studies
IIM, Raipur
Harihar& Pune
IFMR, Chennai
NIFT, Delhi
NIT, Surathkal

There are several common mistakes done by the students:
1. Not having a proper timetable:
Many of the students do not have their timetable which is the most and which is not being followed by them as they prepare timetable but didn't follow them.
2. Not revising properly
Students think that they do not need revision as they have done this before but it's totally wrong. Revision is a must to increase your speed to increase your knowledge. When you revise for your topics in the exam, you can easily solve day without taking more time.
3 Missing mock test
A lot of students do not give the mock test and they directly go for the exam. In this, they are making the biggest mistake because mock test help you for your final exam and while preparing for mock test, you are preparing for your finals. Also mock test gives you an idea about how much you can score in final.
4. Not clearing the doubts
Just once, don't feel shy to clear the doubts. If you have some doubts at that time you should ask your faculty and clear those doubts.
5 Not analysing their mock test
After giving the mock test, they just check the result. They do not analyse the question paper that what types of mistakes they have done where they didn't perform well. This over-analysis should be done by students while preparing
These are few common mistakes done by the students while preparing for IIFT if they avoid these mistakes then they easily crack all the exams for MBA for MBA entrance like IIFT, SNAP, CET, CAT, MAT, GMAT, NMAT and XAT.

If you want crack this exam in 6 months so you have had to understand the exam pattern, exam material, and in which subject you are weak. The question paper comprises of a total of 180 multiple choice questions to be answered in three hours. That is, on an average there is 1 minute to answer 1 question. There are four answer choices for each question and the student has to choose the correct option. There is provision for negative marking and 0.25 marks are deducted for every wrong answer.
Time Management: you should equally time divided in all subjects, if you are weak in any subject then give more time to a particular subject. Focus on concepts: Focus on understanding the concepts throughout your preparation. You can also create your memory tips or interesting acronyms to remember formulae or equations or difficult terminologies.

All the three fields are outstanding. However, if still someone asks than I would prefer the same in the below mentioned order:
1) ICAI: A Chartered Accountant is a person who is required to audit the annual accounts of every business. He is a person whose signature is considered authentic to verify the accounts prepared by any businessman. In this scenario he can practice privately which gives him an outstanding exposure as he has to himself handle the various scenarios into different businesses of various clients. Not only this, a CA can also get into a job into any good company if he/she doesn't wish to do private practice. He can work as a COO, Financial Analyst, Budget planner, Budget Analyst, CFO, Accounts Head or any such nomenclature could be a feather in his cap.
2) ICSI: A Company Secretary is next utmost importance in the corporate world. He/She is a person who is completely knowledgeable about day to day functions of the company. He is the person who is well aware of all the corporate laws and intercessions of the business. He makes the functioning of the company efficient by coordinating at various levels and is also a medium to provide genuine and authentic information to the shareholders of the company. Any company having a paid up share capital of more than 10 crores has to deploy a full time Company Secretary. The most important about CS is it is a statutory designation. A person may begin his/her career as a Junior Secretary for the company. As his/her experience and exposure increases he/she can get promoted to a further more respectful, rewarding and responsible designation.
3) ICWAI: Nowadays, ICWAI is also a good professional qualification into the corporate world associated with the manufacturing strata of the field. A CWA, nowadays the nomenclature has changed to CMA is an important person responsible for looking into the cost of manufacturing the product. He/she is responsible to correctly estimate and calculate the appropriate cost of product for manufacture. Moreover the person is important as many companies plan their marketing strategies after getting complete details of the cost and other related information about the product from the cost accountant. Initially a person may join a firm as a Junior Cost Accountant or so. However, as the experience increases one can expect higher rewards with the advancement.
Concluding, all the jobs are excellent and have their importance in their fields. Package depends on one's experience.

Here are some points on how to avoid being trapped:
Remember, the options in GMAT are designed to trap you. They are very similar and if you miss one small point in the question, you will end up with an incorrect option which you will feel is correct. So, it's always good to recheck your answer by re-reading your question. Make sure you are not missing/ignoring an important point.
Solve lots of questions and learn about the type/pattern of questions being asked. The more you solve, the more question patterns you'll learn about. While practising, if you get a question wrong, always learn how to solve it correctly. Ensure that you don't make the same mistakes again. Also, remember to keep your eyes open and be alert.
Learn to identify Pythagorean triplets, right angled triangles and ratio of sides (trigonometric ratios), etc. I can't stress more on the importance of remembering the formulas, tables, squared and cubes of numbers.

The general eligibility criteria are as follows: (a) Bachelor Degree or equivalent B.A. Valid GMAT score (GMAT/GRE scores are valid for three/ five years from the date to the application deadline date of the round in which candidate is applying. (c) Some Iims have minimum age criteria (d) Minimum 5 years of full time work experience after completion of graduation. Candidate selection is based on assessment based on following criteria: (a) Academic background (b) Professional experience (c) GMAT score (d) Personal interviews (e) Statement of Purpose (f) Recommendation
An overall assessment is made on the basis of all these factors for selecting candidates for admission.

IBSAT is an online management aptitude test which is conducted by The ICFAI Foundation for Higher Education. The test scores are used for the intake of MBA and PhD programs of ICFAI Business School, The campuses that consider these scores are Hyderabad, Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Dehradun, Gurgaon, Jaipur, Kolkata, Mumbai and Pune.
Each section except Verbal Ability has 30 questions. The Verbal Ability section has 50 questions
Verbal ability section in IBSAT exam basically tests students written language abilities. To clear this section, you must follow strategies like making a habit of reading more newspapers, quality magazines, novels etc. Spending qualitative time in reading also helps to overcome your weakness in your language skills. The verbal ability section of IBSAT exam is classified into following parts
- Vocabulary Usage
- Para Jumble
- English Grammar
- Replace the missing words
- English Usage
Few tips and tricks for IBSAT Preparation are
- The first step to follow is IBSAT previous years question papers in order to understand the structure of the exam. You may also try solving them within the 120 minutes and examine the answers after completing the paper.
- Make sure to check the speed while solving the questions. Time management plays a very critical role as the candidates will get more than a minute for each question. To improve this part, solve sample papers and try mock tests.
- Since IBS is a Computer Based test, the candidates are recommended to appear for as many mock tests as possible. The online mock test will offer a similar atmosphere as that of the exam.
- Do not lose confidence and do not get anxious in the exam or solving the sample papers. Go through the questions cautiously and try to comprehend them and then solve them.
- Try reading newspapers, magazines, novels, books, journals, etc. for a better hold over vocabulary.

The general eligibility criteria are as follows: (a) Bachelor Degree or equivalent B.A. Valid GMAT score (GMAT/GRE scores are valid for three/ five years from the date to the application deadline date of the round in which candidate is applying. (c) Some Iims have minimum age criteria (d) Minimum 5 years of full time work experience after completion of graduation. You must first earn above credentials to meet eligibility criteria. Candidate selection is based on assessment based on following criteria: (a) Academic background (b) Professional experience (c) GMAT score (d) Personal interviews (e) Statement of Purpose (SOP) (f) Recommendation.

The important things which you should look into while preparing for this exam are as follows:
1. Select one of the best coaching centers which offer quality education- TIME is one of the famous coaching centers for CAT and MAT.
2. Dedication- Be focused on the aim which you need to achieve.
3. Try to read Hindu newspaper editorial. Most of the passages which appear in MAT are from Hindu editorial.
4. Try to do a maximum number of online mock tests. You will definitely clear MAT by doing the above.
5. Try to read as much as you can and make note of points.
6. Revision of each week topics is very important.
7. Mathematical ability questions will be little-twisted try to do as faster as you can. These are my tips for you to crack both MAT and CAT.

The choice purely depends on the ultimate goal that you have set in mind.
Actually, the course content plays a very huge role in deciding the best match with law. CA course although can be a good choice. However, the context of the syllabus is quite different from that of law. The similarity between, both CS and LL.B. is that both of them are law focused courses. The CS curriculum attempts to make you study corporate laws in depth, whereas an LL.B. course will make you study a number of laws ranging from civil to criminal.
If we now consider the fact, that you want to primarily be a CA, and then pursue a degree (CS or LL.B) that is law focused, I would suggest that you would like to practice in corporate law and tax law matters as a Chartered Accountant. If that is true, I would suggest going for LL.B. as an additional degree because a CA or a CS cannot represent his client before the High Court or the Supreme Court. So, in case you grow in your profession and would want to litigate before these courts, you would need a membership of the Bar Council, for which an LL.B. degree is a pre-requisite.

By the way of introduction, I am an alumnus of IIM Indore (2016 batch) and I understand it is very confusing to decide on which college to join.
Before getting into which college is better. It would be good to see what all are the parameters a candidate should look for while choosing the college.
Most students start by thinking about the kind of college they want to attend and due to this they sometimes fail to question what college has to offer to them.
The main parameter to look for is faculty, industry reputation, alum network, placements, course structure and infrastructure.
Now, if I were to choose among the mentioned colleges I would go for L. J. Institute of Management Studies over GLSICT considering the above pointers in mind.
L. J. Institute of Management Studies has a good track record of placements and also it has better infrastructure. All the other pointers are at par.

The exam is based on the CBSE class 11th and 12th syllabus. Level of difficulty is moderate. A candidate is advised to clear on all the fundamental basics from NCERT books. If a candidate's fundamentals are clear then the exam is a cake walk for him/her.
Here are few tips to crack the examination:
Set your plan agile and keep time for revision and solving mock test papers.
Three months can make or change the game. Time management is very important at every single point of time till the final day.
Be positive. Maintain a good balance between your accuracy and solving time.
Be focused and calm. For the last month, keep all the formulas and tricks handy and revise on a daily basis.
Remember:
-Make daily/weekly targets and pen down the progress.
-Revise the syllabus as per the study plan.
-Solve previous years questions as per the time frame guidelines of the actual exam. This will give you a look and feel of the actual exam.
-Manage your time well.
-Keep calm and stay cool.
Good luck.

Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) is an internationally recognized course that ensures a surefire way to enter Investment banking. Once you become a Charter holder, you have access to the international career network of the CFA Institute and can actively find yourself a suitable job in another country. If you are already working in a global firm, CFA Charter can also act as a springboard for you to get global postings within your firm.
So, how shall you go about it?
Complete and clear all the exams and work towards the 48 months work experience criteria then apply for a CFA Charter.
Once you are a Charter holder, access the CFA Institute website career resource JobLine to track and apply for jobs abroad.
Alternatively, network with your local CFA Chapter members and look for postings abroad.
Subscribe to newsletters and job alerts published by job portals in other countries (e.g: SEEK.com for Australia/NZ or Gulftalent.com for UAE jobs).
Network and publicize your CFA charter on LinkedIn and other career networking websites.
Don't fail to mention the CFA Charter in your resume and use it as a keyword to get the right hits in regular job portals other than job line.
If you are already working in an MNC, you can negotiate for a global posting after qualifying.
Even if you do not have a CFA Charter, if you have at least cleared the exams, you should mention that in your resume as well.

There is no doubt Loyola college ( CL, Chennai)is good for B.Com as per my point of view I would suggest LPU is best not only for B.Com but also other programmes as well. B.Com at LPU is really amazing there are some reasons behind it.
1. This course aims to demonstrate an understanding of professional customs and practices. Students also learn to organize and maintain information. It improves problem-solving and critical thinking skills. Students learn how to effectively utilize a new software tool to complete a task.
2. Students will be able to identify the key issues faced by organizations and develop models to help remove the issues. Most colleges do not provide a Placement facility after Bachelor's Programme but LPU does. LPU Gives the opportunity to work with well-known Companies with higher salary packages. LPU also provides a scholarship facility but you have to give the LPU NEST test. There is another scholarship programme as well that you have to visit the LPU website. Hope this helps!