All India Education News

New Delhi : While appreciating the emerging diversities and complexities in valuation job, the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) has decided to launch a Certificate Course on Valuation.

The objective of the course is to enhance the knowledge as well as competency levels of the members of ICAI to position them as leaders in the global service market.

The course is targeted at the members, either already or prospectively, in Valuation, Strategic Financial Management and Cross Border Transactions.

Apart from the comprehensive theoretical aspects, the course, first of its kind in India, will sharpen the expertise and excellence of ICAI’s members through multiple case studies across the industry and service sector like pharmaceuticals, retail, manufacturing, banking, insurance, valuation, mining, infrastructure, private equity valuation, and cross-border transactions.

The course will be conducted at New Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai, Kanpur and other metro cities. The classes for the New Delhi centre will begin from November 15, 2008.

The Corporate Laws Committee (CLC) is in the process of preparing a panel of faculty which can assist it in teaching and preparation of study material for the course.

Considering the experience and expertise, the faculties would be designated as Visiting Professor, Visiting Associate Professor or Visiting Lecturers.

The University of Pune, along with Global Talent Track, announced a programme offering college students add-on courses that will help them understand the requirements of industry and make them ‘industry-ready’ when they graduate.

The programme will be initially rolled out in 100 colleges affiliated to the university and the number of students expected to enrol is 30,000, vice-chancellor Narendra Jadhav said on Wednesday.

The programme will offer orientation and training in the information technology enabled services segment that needs human resources in huge numbers. These will include banking and financial services, insurance and retail, Jadhav said.

The programme contains three modules of 132 hours each, comprising awareness, skill training and employability development, Jadhav said, adding that the students are expected to complete these modules side by side their basic degree education. “The programme is optional, but we are confident that the students will find it relevant,” Jadhav said.

Uma Ganesh of Global Talent Track said the outsourcing opportunity for India is very big and we need to prepare the country’s youth to take up work that goes beyond call centres and other basic business process outsourcing categories. There will be opportunities in newer areas such as finance and accounting or publishing, she added.

Cisco, in the field of connectivity and networking technology, is the technology partner for the programme.