The Chartered Accountants Course has been recognized as Postgraduate Degree by 103 universities, 9 IIMs and 2 IITs, ICAI President CA Naveen N D Gupta said in a statement.
“It is a matter of satisfaction to acknowledge that 103 universities, 9 IIMs and 2 IITs have recognized the CA qualification equal to their postgraduate degree facilitating our members to pursue their PhD programme,” ICAI president said.
Chartered Accountancy course of ICAI is being accepted and recognised in the country as well as globally from both academic and professional perspectives. While on the one hand, the ICAI is constantly entering into new MRAs and MoUs with foreign and international accounting bodies with acceptance of our CA qualification abroad, our academic institutions within the national territories are accepting our members offering them to pursue the PhD programmes at their premises.
Currently, ICAI has MRA with 16 international accountancy bodies, including ICAEW, CPA Ireland, CPA Australia, CAP Canada and CA Australia & New Zealand.
