Keeping a tab on the world of business March-April 2013
Vol IV
Message from
Ayan Mahapatra National Head - Academic Relations
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In the year 2013, five more universities have shown interest in partnering with CIMA to offer the qualification as an option to their undergraduate students.
Message from Ayan ...................1 Recap ......................................... 2 • People Matter Round Table • GBC regional round • CIMA Convocation 2013.................3
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Content
Up Next .................................... 3 • Revision Lectures • Whiz competition
Member Speak ......................... 4 Latest Vacancies on CIMA MYJOBS ....................................6 Important Dates ..................... 6 CIMA Applause – November 2012 (PC Based) ........................ 7 New Members – NovemberDecember 2012 ......................... 8 CIMA in News ............................ 8
Greetings from CIMA India!
qualification within the reach of more number of students, has led to It is my privilege to write the university partnerships with Manipal introduction to this edition of CIMA University and Symbiosis Centre of Pulse. To introduce myself, I am Ayan Distance Learning in 2012. In the year Mahapatra, my team and I work towards 2013, five more universities have shown building partnerships with educational interest to partner with CIMA to offer institutions and tuition providers in India the qualification as an option to their to make CIMA more accessible to undergraduate students. students around the country. Last year, CIMA focused on creating new In 2013, we will continue to expand our partnership network while we support learning partnerships across India with existing partners to succeed and sustain. leading professional accounting training institutions. The idea was to help CIMA students to progress to the next level of qualification and the result is visible with most of the learning partners registering pass rates above 70% and one partner even registering a 100% pass rate in November 2012 exam across all levels. Our endeavour is to make quality tuitions available in every city where we have a substantial student population. Through our learning partnerships, we have now reached out to places like Jaipur, Lucknow and Ranchi. Over the past two years, we have seen an increase in the number of students opting for tuition support with such learning partners, which is encouraging for us and our partners.
The academic relations team is proud to contribute to CIMA's mission to help people and businesses to succeed, by growing the talent pool of financially qualified business leaders, who drive business success. We are grateful to the CIMA students and members who have consistently supported our initiatives by volunteering to speak at or judge college and university events organised by CIMA. If you would like to be a part of CIMA's academic partnership initiatives in the future or would like to recommend a college/training institute in your city as a partner, please do get in touch with us. We would appreciate and look forward to your continued support.
Our efforts towards bringing the
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