Compulsory Attendance of Professional Development
Programmes by the Members
The Council of the Institute at its 200th Meeting held on
March 18, 2011 at New Delhi amended the Guidelines for Compulsory Attendance of
Professional Development Programmes by the Members to provide as under:
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Next block of three years |
April 01, 2011 to March 31, 2014 |
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Min. number of Programme Credit Hours (PCH) to be
acquired by Members in Practice |
15 PCH in each year or 50 PCH in a block of three years w.e.f April
01, 2011 |
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Min. number of PCH to be acquired by Members in
Employment (i.e. members in whose name Form 32 has been filed to work as
Company Secretary under the provisions of Sec. 383A of the Companies
Act, 1956) |
10 PCH in each year or 35 PCH in a block of three years w.e.f April
01, 2011 |
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Min. number of PCH to be acquired by Members above
the age of 60 years |
Presently the members of the age of 65 years are not required to obtain PCH. This age limit stands reduced to 60 years and the members above the age of 60 years shall be required to obtain 50% of the PCH required to be obtained by the members below 60 years w.e.f April 01, 2011. |
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Members failing to obtain the mandatory PCH upto
March 31, 2011 |
Provided with a shortfall upto 10 PCH and required
to compensate by obtaining atleast 5 additional PCH on pro rata basis in
the first year of the next block of three years
commencing from April 01, 2011. |
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Members who have not obtained any PCH during the
block ending on March 31, 2011 |
Members seeking renewal of CoP to provide an
explanation for non compliance with the Guidelines – to be decided on
case to case basis. |
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Carry forward of the excess PCH if the member has already completed
the mandatory PCH upto December 31, 2010 and continued to attend
Professional Development Programmes during January – March, 2011 |
The Guidelines for Compulsory Attendance of Professional Development
Programmes by the Members do not provide for carry forward of PCH from
one block of three years to the other. If any member had obtained the
mandatory PCH upto December 31, 2010 and continued to attend
Professional Development Programmes during January – March, 2011, then
in such case the PCH obtained by such member during January – March,
2011 would be treated as having been obtained in the first year of the
next block commencing from April 01, 2011. |
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