Whats the Catch in ICAI Parivartan Offer regarding Windows 7

Mukesh Choraria (Professional Motivator) (853 Points)

17 February 2011  

So there may be many smiles on the face of students and members by knowing about the PARIVARTAN Offer brought by ICAI.

The said so looking mouth watering offer is really not without a CATCH.

Clearly reading the offer says that the scheme is valid for just 1 year. That means what you pay will just give you a legal license for 1 year. After 1 year you need to again pay to get license. 


How much you need to pay? Not sure the prices may go up may go down. Whatever the price be you have to pay to renew license. Its like having a Anti-virus kind of a software. renew it yearly ;(


Well the tag line given by ICAI that it had  collabrated with Microsoft bring a lot of doubt in my mind.

The reason MIcrosoft had already started its program for students.

They have a dedicated website   https://www.dreamspark.com/ which allows students to get Absolutely Free most of MS products without charging anything.

Just need to verify that you are a student and yes its all FREE.


Another Catch is that it is not Windows 7 that many of us might be using in our system.

You need to have a licensed original lower version and then n then only you can Upgrade it to Windows 7 enterprise.


Its really good for those who want to have licensed versions as the original cost for just office 2010 costs you around 16000 bucks.


Hope the above info is helpful.