About Campus Interviews to recruit Newly Qualified Chartered

Schedule of Interview

The next Campus Interview of The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) has been planned at various centres all over the country, viz, Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Chandigarh, Chennai, Coimbatore, Ernakulam, Hyderabad, Indore, Jaipur, Kanpur, Kolkata, Ludhiana, Mumbai, Nagpur, New Delhi, Pune & Surat. A large number of leading companies are expected to participate in these interviews. The interviews will be held at the premises of the ICAI at all the aforesaid centres.

Schedule

	Centre	Dates *
1.	Bangalore, Chennai, Kolkata, Mumbai and New Delhi	4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th March 2010
2.	Ahmedabad, Hyderabad, Jaipur and Pune	23^rd, 25^th, 26^th March 2010
3.	Chandigarh, Coimbatore, Ernakulam, Indore, Kanpur, Ludhiana, Nagpur and Surat	23^rd, 25^th, 26^th March 2010

Tentative Dates For various Activities

Start Date for filling up initial details (Candidate who have qualified in June 2009, November, 2008 or May 2008 CA Final Examination and completing their articleship or GMCS between 1^st November, 2009 and 30^th April, 2010): 5^th January 2010

Start Date of candidate registration for November, 2009 CA Final qualified (and others as mentioned above) candidates: 1^st February, 2010

Last date for candidate registration : 4^th February, 2010

Opening of database for Companies

i) For Bigger centres: 10^th February 2010 ii) for smaller Centres : 12^th March 2010

It has been decided not to hold PPT (Pre Placement Talk). Further, it has also been decided by the Committee for Members in Industry to hold the Orientation & Written test (if any) before the start of the Placement Programme. The Candidates are also requested to send their consent On-line during a given period only. The complete detail are given below:

Centre	Maximum No. of companies in any single day	Last Date of Registration for Companies	Last Date of Short-listing by Companies	Consent sending by Candidates	Written Test (if any)
Bangalore, Chennai, Kolkata, Mumbai & New Delhi	6	18^th February 2010 (Upto 5 PM)	23^rd February 2010 (Upto 11 PM)	27^th - 28^th February-1^st March 2010 (Upto 11 PM)	3^rd March 2010
Ahmedabad, Hyderabad, Jaipur & Pune	5	12^th March 2010 (Upto 5 PM)	16^th March 2010 (Upto 11 PM)	19^th - 20^th March 2010 (Upto 11 PM)	22^nd March 2010
Chandigarh, Coimbatore, Ernakulam, Indore, Kanpur, Ludhiana, Nagpur & Surat	12	12^th March 2010 (Upto 5 PM)	16^th March 2010 (Upto 11 PM)	19^th - 20^th March 2010 (Upto 11 PM)	22^nd March 2010

Orienation Programme Schedule:-

Will be announced shortly.

It has been decided that those candidates who have opted a Bigger Centre as the first choice for appearing in Campus Placement Progarmme may attend the Orientation Programme at any centre to avoid the inconvenience caused due to one more trip to bigger centre only for attending the Orientation Programme to the Bigger centres.

Norms for Allotment of Day slots for participating in the Campus Interviews August-September 2009:

The allotment of days in the Campus Placement Programme will be made by CMII Secretariat as per the following norms:

Centre		Priority 1	Priority 2
Delhi, Kolkata, Mumbai, Chennai and Bangalore	Day 1	Companies Paying CTC Rs. 7 lacs & above to all the candidates.	Companies which want to recruit more than 20 candidates from a centre & paying CTC more than Rs. 6 lacs to all the candidates.
	Day 2	Companies Paying CTC 6 lacs & above to all the candidates.	Companies which want to recruit more than 20 candidates from all locations & paying CTC more than Rs. 5 lacs to all the candidates.
	Day 3	Companies Paying CTC Rs. 5 lacs & above to all the candidates.	Companies which want to recruit 15 candidates from all locations & paying CTC more than Rs. 4.5 lacs to all the candidates.
	Day 4 Onwards	First come First Served Basis	---
Ahmedabad, Hyderabad, Pune	Day 1	Companies Paying CTC Rs. 5 lacs & above to all the candidates	Companies which want to recruit more than 20 candidates from all locations & paying CTC more than Rs. 4 lacs to all the candidates
Ahmedabad, Hyderabad, Pune	Day 2 Onwards	First come First Served Basiss	---
Chandigarh, Coimbatore, Ernakulam, Indore, Kanpur, Ludhiana, Nagpur & Surat First Come First Served Basis

All the above priorities are based on First come First Serve Basis
* Companies participating at day 1 and day 2 should give minimum salary to all the candidates selected as mentioned in priority table and also recruiting entities required to disclosure of package.

Note: CTC* means cost to company. It is the total cost that an Organisation is spending towards their employees which includes Salary details like Basic salary, House Rent Allowance, Company Leased Accommodation, Daily Allowance, City Compensatory Allowance, Special Allowance, Conveyance Allowance, Lunch Allowance, Entertainment Allowance, Books/Periodicals Allowance, Education Allowance, House Maintenance Allowance, Furnishing Allowance, Dress/Uniform Allowance, Other allowances; Benefits/Perks/Reimbursements like Value of company car, Car subsidy (or equivalent tax savings), Driver's salary, Maintenance and Petrol Expenses, Leave Travel Allowance, Canteen Subsidy, Telephone Expenses, Mobile Phone, Club Membership, Electricity/Gas, Servant/Gardener, Credit Cards, Furnishings/Durables, Holiday facilities, Medical reimbursements, Medical insurance, Personal Accident Scheme, other benefits; Retirals like Provident fund, Superannuation fund, Gratuity; Bonus like Fixed Bonus, Productivity linked Variable Bonus, Any other performance oriented incentive including Stock Option Plan and; Soft Loans like Interest subsidy, etc.

The tariffs for campus interviews August-September 2009 shall be as follows:

a) For the Corporates:

Participation at		Fee per centre per day
Participation at		Day 1	Day 2	Day 3	Subsequent Days
a.	Mumbai and New Delhi	Rs. 3,50,000	Rs. 2,00,000	Rs. 1,50,000	Rs. 1,00,000
b.	Chennai, Kolkata, Bangalore	Rs. 2,00,000	Rs. 1,50,000	Rs. 1,00,000	Rs. 70,000
c.	Ahmedabad, Hyderabad, Jaipur and Pune	Rs. 70,000	Rs. 60,000	Rs. 50,000	N.A.
d.	Chandigarh, Coimbatore, Ernakulam, Indore, Kanpur, Ludhiana, Nagpur & Surat	Rs. 35,000	Rs. 20,000	N.A.
e.	Additional Fee payable in case the recruiting entity continues the interview on the second day after Day 3 at Mumbai, New Delhi, Chennai, Kolkata and Bangalore and Day 2 at other centres	Rs. 70,000 for Mumbai and New Delhi Rs. 50,000 for Chennai, Kolkata and Bangalore Rs. 40,000 Ahmedabad, Hyderabad, Jaipur and Pune Rs. 20,000 for Other Centres
f.	Fee payable for holding written test prior to the conduct of campus interviews	Rs. 1,50,000 for Mumbai and New Delhi Rs. 1,00,000 for Chennai, Kolkata and Bangalore Rs. 40,000 for Ahmedabad, Hyderabad, Jaipur and Pune Rs. 25,000 for other centres
g.	Conducting of online psychometric test only at the day of written test	Rs. 50,000/- Per Centre

* Plus service tax @ 10.3% applicable

b) For the Firm of Chartered Accountants (having more than ten partners) * :

Participation at		Fee per centre per day
Participation at		Day 1	Day 2	Day 3	Subsequent Days
a.	Mumbai and New Delhi	Rs. 3,50,000	Rs. 2,00,000	Rs. 1,50,000	Rs. 30,000
b.	Chennai, Kolkata, Bangalore	Rs. 2,00,000	Rs. 1,50,000	Rs. 1,00,000	Rs. 30,000
c.	Ahmedabad, Hyderabad, Jaipur and Pune	Rs. 70,000	Rs. 60,000	Rs. 30,000	N.A.
d.	Chandigarh, Coimbatore, Ernakulam, Indore, Kanpur, Ludhiana, Nagpur & Surat	Rs. 35,000	Rs. 20,000	N.A.
e.	Additional Fee payable in case the recruiting entity continues the interview on the second day after Day 3 at Mumbai, New Delhi, Chennai, Kolkata and Bangalore and Day 2 at other centres	Rs. 25,000 for Mumbai and New Delhi, Chennai, Kolkata and Bangalore Rs. 30,000 Ahmedabad, Hyderabad, Jaipur and Pune Rs. 15,000 for Other Centres
f.	Fee payable for holding written test prior to the conduct of campus interviews	Rs. 1,50,000 for Mumbai and New Delhi Rs. 1,00,000 for Chennai, Kolkata and Bangalore Rs. 40,000 for Ahmedabad, Hyderabad, Jaipur and Pune Rs. 25,000 for other centres
g.	Conducting of online psychometric test only at the day of written test	Rs. 50,000/- Per Centre

* Plus service tax @ 10.3% applicable

c) For the Firm of Chartered Accountants (upto ten partners):

Participation at		Fee per centre per day
Participation at		Day 1	Day 2	Day 3	Subsequent Days
a.	Mumbai and New Delhi	Rs. 2,00,000	Rs. 1,00,000	Rs. 60,000	Rs. 25,000
b.	Chennai, Kolkata, Bangalore	Rs. 1,20,000	Rs. 80,000	Rs. 60,000	Rs. 15,000
c.	Ahmedabad, Hyderabad, Jaipur and Pune	Rs. 60,000	Rs. 50,000	Rs. 25,000	N.A.
d.	Chandigarh, Coimbatore, Ernakulam, Indore, Kanpur, Ludhiana, Nagpur & Surat	Rs. 25,000	Rs. 20,000	N.A.
e.	Additional Fee payable in case the recruiting entity continues the interview on the second day after Day 3 at Mumbai, New Delhi, Chennai, Kolkata and Bangalore and Day 2 at other centres	Rs. 15,000 for any of Centres
f.	Fee payable for holding written test prior to the conduct of campus interviews	Rs. 1,00,000 for Mumbai and New Delhi Rs. 60,000 for Chennai, Kolkata and Bangalore Rs. 25,000 for Ahmedabad, Hyderabad, Jaipur and Pune Rs. 20,000 for other centres
g.	Conducting of online psychometric test only at the day of written test	Rs. 40,000/- Per Centre

* Plus service tax @ 10.3% applicable

Special Recruitment Window in www.icai.org and www.cmii.icai.org

A special recruitment window with a designated URL can be provided to the companies on the payment of Rs. 4,00,000 (Rs. Four lacs only) plus service tax @ 10.3% at www.icai.org and www.cmii.icai.org. The window shall be kept live for one month from the day of hosting. In addition there will be service tax applicable to be paid by them

Supply of Database of All India Rank Holders List along with contact details

The charges for the Supply of Database of All India Rank Holders List along with contact details shall be as follows.

1. Before the start of Campus interview @ Rs.3,00,000/- plus service tax @ 10.3% applicable.

2. After Campus interviews are over @ Rs. 50,000/- plus service tax @ 10.3% applicable

Payment may be made by cheque / demand draft in favour of 'The Secretary, The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India', payable at New Delhi.

Indicative guidelines for Companies:

Pre Placement Talk (Soft Copy Format) of the Companies shall be made available on the Placement Portal www.cmii.icai.org for the information of Newly Qualified Chartered Accountants. It will also be compulsory for the companies to send a soft copy of their Pre-Placement talk for uploading on the placement portal. The companies need to specify clearly
- Geographical location & no. of positions of placement centrewise. It will be visible in the candidate's login that which other centres the company is participating other than the centre, from where the candidate has registered for the Campus Interviews.
- Job profile with descripttion + responsibilities + preferably Place of posting in Department. e.g If a company 'Y' has posted 50 vacancies on portal for Corporate Banking, then the break-up of positions should be mentioned as Credit Mgr-20, Relationship Mgr-10, Global Investment Banking-20etc.
- The timing of the shift i.e US,UK or India.
- Age limit, if any
- Reservation Status e. g. How many vacancies for General/OBC/SC/ST/PH
- If there is any cut off for percentage of Marks/attempt in CA Foundation/Inter/Final
- The company should also inform the process of recruitment i.e whether the company will hold GD/WrittenTest/Personal Interviews
Companies participating in Campus Placement Programme August-September, 2009 shall have to mandatory to give offer letter to the selected candidates in writing on the same date of Interview itself.
Shortlistingby individual recruiting entities shall be restricted to maximum fifteen times of the number of vacancies in that particular organisation, which are expected to be filled up from a particular Campus Placement Programme centre.
The Committee has also decided minimum CTC for the companies who will participate in Campus Placement Programme August-September, 2009, are as follows.
At Bangalore, Chennai, Kolkata, Mumbai and New Delhi:
(i) CA firms employing members - Rs.3.00 lacs
(ii) Any other Company employing members - Rs.3.50 lacs

At other campus interview centres viz Chandigarh, Ernakulam, Nagpur, Coimbatore, Indore, Kanpur, Ludhiana, Ahmedabad, Jaipur, Hyderabad, Pune and Surat:
(i) CA firms employing members - Rs.2.50 lacs
(ii) Any other Company employing members - Rs.3.00 lacs
Companies must now give us centre-wise indicative figure for recruitment and so that they can shortlist the candidates centre-wise accordingly.
Consideration of lowest CTC for allotting day/slot priority
If companies are giving two different pay packages i.e. to rank holders and non-rank holders, the lower amount paid to the candidates shall be taken into consideration for granting Day 1, Day 2 and Day 3 status. e.g. If a Co "X" mentioned the no. the CTC to be 8 lacs for Day 1 priority but bifurcated the offering into two halves i.e for rank holder- Rs.8 lacs & 5.6 lacs to other candidates. Then the 5.6lacs CTC would be considered for allotting the Days.
Requirement of Bond signed by companies- If any company is required bond with the candidates then they must specify the :
a. Period of the bond
b. The Amount of the Bond
At the time of interview, companies must have in the interview Board a representative from Technical side and a representative from HR side and decisions on the selection should be communicated to the candidates on the same day.
Company should ensure that the personals who are coming at PPT should also be present at the time of interviews.
Companies should not interact directly with candidates for collecting hardcopies of Bio data etc.
Once the access of database has been provided to the companies, the participation fee shall neither be refunded nor adjusted under any circumstances.

Indicative guidelines for Candidates:

The Candidates who have qualified in the CA Final Examination held in November 2009 and are interested to appear in these interviews may access the Institute's On-line Placement Portal at www.cmii.icai.org and fill up the Application Form Online from 1st February,2010 to 4th February,2010 . Please note the following important information in this regard:

A candidate can appear for only Five interviews irrespective of the fact that he/she is short listed by several organisation but at the moment he is offered job by any organisation and is accepted by him/her in writing then the candidate will not be permitted to attend the rest of the campus interviews.
Eligibility for appearing in Campus Placement Programme to be held in February-March, 2010
1. The candidates who fulfil the following criteria are eligible to appear in the Campus Placement Programme to be held in February-March, 2010:

Sl.No.	Criteria
Sl.No.	Clearance of Final Examination of Chartered Accountancy Course[1]	Completion of GMCS Course	Completion of Articled ship	Submission of Application for ICAI Membership*
1	Novemeber, 2009	30^th April, 2010	30^th April, 2010	15^th May, 2010
2	June 2009	Between 1^st November, 2009 and 30^th April, 2010	Between 1^st November, 2009 and 30^th April, 2010	15^th May, 2010

[1] Candidate who have qualified in May 2008 or November, 2008 CA Final Examination and completing their articleship or GMCS between 1^st November, 2009 and 30^th April, 2010 are also eligible.

* While attending the Orientation Programme/Campus Interviews candidates should either carry the relevant proof of applying for the membership of the Institute or should submit a written declaration that they would apply for the membership by 15^th May, 2010.

Please Note :

Organisations participating in the Campus Placement Programme prefers that the candidates selected by them should be ready to join the organisations immediately and should not claim that their GMCS / Articleship is pending and requires more time to join, which will affect the overall quality of the campus placement programme and its success which primarily driven by number of organisations participating and the positions offered. Accordingly these cut off dates have been prescribed.
Where the the candidates have qualified in November, 2009 final examination but their articleship and/or GMCS is pending as on .
30^th April, 2010 they shall be permitted to appear in the Campus Placement Programme to be held in August-September, 2010.

Attending of Orientation Programme for the Newly Qualified Chartered Accountants shall be compulsory for participation in Campus Placement Programme.
The candidates:
Dress Code as prescribed and approved by the Council for the Members of ICAI has been made mandatory for attending the Campus Placement Programme August-September, 2009. Kindly visit https://www.cmii.icai.org/imgs/recommend.pdf.
From Day 3 in Campus Placement Programme at bigger centre (Bangalore, Delhi, Chennai, Kolkata and Mumbai) and Day 2 onwards at smaller respective centres a candidate may be allowed to appear for interview, if not selected earlier, in case, there is an open interview by any company
A candidate can appear for interviews at one centre only for which he/she has to exercise his/her option at the time of submitting the application form.
The Application Form has to be filled up online at www.cmii.icai.org by 27^th August 2009 (upto 12 midnight).
No manual application shall be accepted under any circumstances.
User manual available on the site may be referred for assistance regarding the process of filling up the form.
The e-mail id should be entered cautiously and it may be ensured that it is functional until the Interviews are over, since all the correspondence shall be made only through e-mail.
The candidates are advised that after filling up all the details in the bio-data form in the portal, Please click on the SUBMIT button and take the print out of that bio-data form, which will be a proof that the candidate has successfully submitted the form.
The Companies shall be shortlisting you Online. Kindly note to send your consent to appear in the interviews during the given period only.

Indicative Procedure for Conducting Campus Interview

Register on www.cmii.icai.org
Login as a Registered Company and fill the details asked for
Get in touch with the CMII Secretariat - Placements Desk at (011) 30110450 or send an email at placements @ icai.org to get the date(s) and time slot(s) for individual centres
Remit the Participation fee for Participating in the Placements Programme at Head Office, New Delhi only
Access to the Database of candidates shall be Allowed by the CMII Secretariat after the receipt of participation fee.
Mark the Shortlist of the candidates Online.
Candidates shall be able to see the Shortlists Online.
The various dates by which the companies have to submit their shortlists and their Pre placement schedule are also available on www.cmii.icai.org
Written test if any shall be conducted by the companies only before the start of the Campus Placement Programme at a particular centre on a given date.
List of Selected Candidates should be announced on the same day.
Organisations may provide their feedback on the scheme.
Last date for filling up the online application form by the candidates is 4^th February, 2010 (upto 12 midnight)
Correspondence with the recruiting entities / students shall be done via e-mail only.
A candidate can appear for only Five interviews irrespective of the fact that he/she is short listed by several organisation but at the moment he is offered job by any organisation and is accepted by him/her in writing then the candidate will not be permitted to attend the rest of the campus interviews.
Candidates shall be allowed to opt for only one Campus Interview centre.