I am a CA Article student i need to know can a CA ARTICLE student gets Excemption from SIP of ICSI on the basis of the completion of the 1 Year Articleship??
The exemption is normally granted on a case to case basis other than those covered under the following ICSI guideline as reproduced below. It is always preferable to request the respective Regional Council directly, citing your experience for claiming exemption.
Criteria for exemption from undergoing SIP
The candidates fulfilling the following criteria may apply in the prescribed format for the exemption from undergoing SIP: (i) Candidates having one year of working experience as assistant or any other post equivalent thereto by whatever name called or any other higher grade thereto in the field of Finance, Secretarial, Human Resource, Marketing, General Administration, Teaching, Research etc. in any body corporate, government body, statutory or autonomous body, public undertaking, financial institution, banks, consultancy firms, Law firms or any other organization/institution which in the opinion of the Council provides scope for adequate exposure for exemption from Students Induction Programme (SIP), or
(ii) Candidates possessing Post Graduate Degree or 2 years Post Graduate Diploma in any stream, or
(iii) Candidates possessing professional qualification e.g CA, CWA,LL.B,BE/B.Tech/B.Arch, MBBS, Post Graduate Degree/Diploma in Businesses Administration/ Management, MCA or any other qualification as approved by the Council from time to time.
Students seeking exemption may apply within six months from the date of registration in the Executive Programme.
The students who were enrolled on or after 1st September 2009 and yet not undergone the SIP may also apply for the exemption.
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