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The Certified Management Accountant (CMA) is professional credential career potential in the field of Accounting and Financial management. CMA syllabus includes Financial Reporting, Planning, Performance, and Control Financial Decision Making. CMA is the US equivalent of the Indian Cost Accountant qualification from The Institute of Cost Accountants of India (formerly ICWAI). CMAs have knowledge of Financial Planning and Analysis, Financial Management, Internal Controls Risk Management. Cost Management. Performance Management, Decision Analysis and Professional Ethics. CMA certification open a lot of opportunities for candidates in the domestic as well as the global market. It will help you to enhance your financial, accounting and management skills that will expand your career potential and which will help you to stand out from the rest. The credentials and knowledge base of a CMA is a big advantage when working with MNCs, financial services or consulting firms.
To earn the CMA, you need to meet the following requirements:
(a) Become member of IMA.
(b) Entrance into the CMA program
(c)Eligibility is Bachelors degree from an accredited college/university or a related professional certification.
(d) Two continuous years of professional experience in management accounting or financial management.
(e) Complete and pass Parts 1 and 2 of the CMA exam.
You can pursue the US CMA certification from India without traveling or working abroad. There are currently 9 test centers throughout India.

Eligibility Of the Master of Computer Applications [M.C.A]
Graduation in any stream is the basic eligibility for MCA. The eligibility for qualifying marks in graduation differs from institute to institute. Most of the institutes require 45 to 50 % aggregate in qualifying exam for taking admission. Reserved categories get some relaxation in aggregate percentage.
Apart from this there is another prerequisite for taking admission in MCA degree; one must have studied Mathematics in 10+2 as a compulsory subject.
How to Get Admission in Master of Computer Applications [M.C.A]
Admission to MCA can be obtained either on the basis of entrance exams or directly on qualifying exam merit basis. Following are the general ways of admission in MCA program
Direct Admission- Direct admissions are done on the basis of merit in qualifying exam. Some institutes also provide admission on management quota, which is also way of direct admission. Management quota seats in every college are reserved. Fee is generally higher for these seats than general seats.
Entrance Test- After taking entrance test conducted by various universities, qualified students are called for counselling. Counselling is conducted for seat allotment in various colleges under that university. Admission is done after allotment of seat in counselling.
Entrance tests for MCA admissions
There are several state level/university level entrance tests for admissions.
IPUCET- Conducted by GGSIP University for admission to university and its affiliated colleges in Delhi.
TANCET- Conducted by Anna University for admission to university campus and other colleges in Tamil Nadu.
NIMCET- NIMCET is NIT MCA Common Entrance test, a National Level Test conducted by NITs for admission in to their MCA programs.
BIT MCA Entrance Test- Conducted by BIT Mesra for admissions to its MCA program.
WBJEE- Conducted by West Bengal Joint Entrance Exam Board for admission in all technical institutes of West Bengal
UPSEE- Conducted by Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam University (Formerly UPTU) for admissions to various colleges in Uttar Pradesh.