16th National Convention of CA Students

 Announcement

16th NATIONAL CONVENTION OF CA STUDENTS’

Theme: Shaping Young Professionals – Challenges

Today

Date: December 21 & 22, 2009

Day: Monday and Tuesday

Venue: Centenary Auditorium, Madras University

Chennai – 600 005

Organised by:

The Board of Studies

Of

THE INSTITUTE OF CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS OF INDIA

Hosted by:

                                         SICASA of SIRC of ICAI      

Day One

December 21, 2009 ( Monday)

Inaugural Session:

Technical Session 1: Accounting and Auditing

1. IFRS - Future ahead

2. Standards on Auditing (SA) – The new evolution

3. Core banking system

Lunch

Special address – Power of Communication

Special session - Initiatives of the Board of Studies

Technical Session 2: Corporate Governance

1. Corporate Governance and Role of Independent Directors

2. Companies Bill, 2009

3. Limited Liability Partnership

Special address – Professional etiquette

Cultural Programme: Evening

Dinner

Day Two

December 22, 2009 (Tuesday)   

Technical Session 3: Direct and Indirect Taxation

1. Double taxation avoidance agreement

2. Automation of central excise and service tax (ACES)

3. GST – Issues & impact

Special address – Value of articleship training

Lunch

Technical Session 4: Financial Management and capital markets

1. Changing face of capital markets – National and International

2. Treasury management

3. Credit rating – Future of profession

Special address – Facing an interview

Valedictory Session:

1. Valedictory Address

2. New Scheme of Education and Training

3. Best Paper Award for paper submitted in each technical session

4. Feedback from participants

Students are invited to contribute papers for various technical sessions. It has been

decided to select two papers on each topic.

Paper writers selected for presentation of paper at the Convention are exempted from

payment of registration fee. All paper writers of the National Convention will be

reimbursed to and fro first class or 2 Tier AC railway fare by the shortest route (including

service tax paid) or any airline, whichever is less.

They would also be paid an allowance @ Rs. 1,500/- per day which would include

expenses on boarding, lodging and conveyance. The daily allowance would be payable

on actual expenses incurred up to a maximum of five days to meet the daily and

incidental expenses subject to actual number of days spent from the commencement of

the journey till the end of the journey, including travel time. There would be no restriction

for travel by Rajdhani and Shatabadi trains.

Students interested to submit a paper can do so in a soft copy of the paper along with

scanned photograph and biodata for approval so as to reach positively by 5th

December, 2009 to CA R. Devarajan, Director, Board of Studies, ICAI, by e-mail at

umesh.gupta@icai.org & psdos@icai.org .

A student cannot submit more than one paper. Please provide your registration number,

course of study, complete postal address for communication, phone no. (Landline &

mobile) & e-mail id. and the Paper in MS – Word format (14 points typing) to be sent as

attachment to the mail (the subject of the mail should be Paper on “__________ ” of

National Convention of CA Students).

Registration fee: Rs. 500 per student.

Fees for outstation delegates (Delegate fee plus Rs.200 per day for accommodation which

includes food): -

Outstation delegates are requested to confirm their participation latest by 15th December,

2009 for accommodation arrangement. Demand Draft to be drawn in favour of “ SICASA National

Convention 2009”, payable at ‘ Chennai ’. Delegate fee can be paid in cash only in case of

submission in Person (not through Post / Courier) at SIRC office with effect from 14th December

2009 during office hours on working days .

Students joining for the programme would get their delegate certificate at the end of the

Convention.

All correspondence relating to registration may be addressed to:

Convenor, National Convention of CA Students, SIRC of ICAI, “ICAI Bhawan”, 122

MG Road, Nungambakkam, Chennai. Phone: 044-39893989, E-mail: sirc@icai.org;

sicasa@icai.in, website: www.icai.org, http://sicasa.sircoficai.org

Convention Director : Sri Devarajan, Director, BOS, ICAI

Convention Co-ordinator : Ms Ayushi S Jain

Convention Convenor : Mr Ramanujam Raghavan