The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India has become one of the select professional accounting bodies in the entire world to make Continuing Professional Education (CPE) mandatory for its members (with some exceptions).

The Continuing Professional Education Programmes are being conducted throughout India by the CPE Programme Organising Units, consisting of the Council of the Institute itself, any Committee of the Council, Regional Councils, Branches, and Chapters and Study Circles as constituted under, and in terms of, the relevant notifications of the Council and shall include such other entity or unit which may be recognized by Council from time to time for conduct of learning activities and grant of CPE hours to members.

CPE Directorate is entrusted with the responsibility of, inter alia, to create, assist in the development of, administer and monitor such mechanisms as may be required for the purposes of Continuing Professional Education for members in terms of the recently issued Statement on Continuing Professional Education and as may be entrusted to it by the CPE Committee from time to time.

One of the major responsibilities of CPE Directorate in the CPE endeavour is to bring out Background Materials for various topics identified by the CPE Committee for conducting CPE Programmes by the POUs. An indicative list of topics on which the CPE Programmes have been conducted or being conducted is as under:

1. Accounting and Secretarial Work - Current Developments
   
   

2. Adding Value Through Continuous Non-stop Auditing: The Emerging New Audit Service
   
   

3. Adequacy of documentation for borrowing - Current developments
   
   

4. Advanced Credit Analysis
   
   

5. Anti subsidy and Anti dumping - Law and Practice
   
   

6. Appraisal of Lending
   
   

7. Assessing Risk in the Public Sector
   
   

8. Assessment and Appellate Proceedings
   
   

9. Audit and Accounting issues in Educational Institutions
   
   

10. Audit of ATM transactions
    
    

11. Audit of Excise Records
    
    

12. Audit of FOREX Transactions
    
    

13. Audit of NBFCs
    
    

14. Audit of Programme Funds
    
    

15. Audit of Retail Banking Software
    
    

16. Audit of Risk Management Practices
    
    

17. Auditing Automated Applications: The Basics
    
    

18. Auditing Derivative Strategies
    
    

19. Auditing Human Resources Department
    
    

20. Auditing Investment Activities
    
    

21. Audits under Audit Bureau of Circulations
    
    

22. Business Intelligence
    
    

23. Business Process Improvement Techniques
    
    

24. Business Strategies for SMEs and Role of Chartered Accountants
    
    

25. Capital Budgeting under globalised business environment
    
    

26. Certification under Export and Import Procedures - Role of Chartered Accountants
    
    

27. Commercial Due Diligence
    
    

28. Comparative Analysis of IFAC and ICAI code of ethics
    
    

29. Computer Assisted Performance Evaluation
    
    

30. Contract Management - Practical Issues
    
    

31. Corporate Restructuring
    
    

32. Cost Management
    
    

33. Creative Problem-solving Techniques for Internal Auditors
    
    

34. Credit Management
    
    

35. Credit Risk management in banks
    
    

36. Current Developments in Deductions and Exemptions Under IT Act.
    
    

37. Customer Relationship Management
    
    

38. Data mining for the organization - Issues and Developments
    
    

39. Detection and preventions of inventory related frauds
    
    

40. Detection and preventions of Receivables related frauds
    
    

41. Developments in Direct Taxation
    
    

42. Developments in Indirect Taxation
    
    

43. Developments in Labour Laws
    
    

44. Drafting and Conveyancing
    
    

45. Effective Presentations
    
    

46. Efiling of returns under Income Tax Act and other laws
    
    

47. End Use monitoring
    
    

48. ERP Audit (Eg.SAP R/3)
    
    

49. Evaluating Internal Controls: A COSO-based Approach
    
    

50. Extracting Maximum Value from Information Technology
    
    

51. Finance of international trade
    
    

52. Financial Modelling
    
    

53. Financial Restructuring / Reengineering and Financial Reporting
    
    

54. Fraud Detection and Investigation for Internal Auditors
    
    

55. Implementing ABC in manufacturing environment
    
    

56. Information Systems- Security and Control
    
    

57. Insolvency laws - Role of Chartered Accountants
    
    

58. Internal Auditing with information Technology and CAATs
    
    

59. International Trade and Documentary Credits
    
    

60. Introduction to Control Self-assessment
    
    

61. Issues in Business Taxation.
    
    

62. Issues in Business Valuation.
    
    

63. Issues in Cross Border Investments
    
    

64. Issues in FEMA
    
    

65. Issues in TRIMS
    
    

66. Issues in TRIPS
    
    

67. Knowledge Management
    
    

68. Leadership Skills for Internal Auditors
    
    

69. Legal Aspects of International Business
    
    

70. Managing Knowledge Capital to add company-wide value
    
    

71. Mergers and Amalgamations
    
    

72. Money laundering Risk and management
    
    

73. Money Market Operations - Issues and Developments
    
    

74. Motivation Techniques
    
    

75. Negotiating skills
    
    

76. Negotiating the best business finance
    
    

77. New Investment Strategies
    
    

78. Penalties under Direct Tax Laws
    
    

79. Performance management - Current Developments
    
    

80. Personal taxation for NRIs
    
    

81. Private Equity and Venture Capital
    
    

82. Public Relations and Writing skills
    
    

83. Purchasing Fraud: Prevention, Detection, and Response
    
    

84. Purchasing Techniques
    
    

85. Quick Response Audits (Government)
    
    

86. Recent Amendments to Setoff and Carry Forward of Losses
    
    

87. Recent Developments in Law relating to Negotiable instruments
    
    

88. Recovery Management of NPAs
    
    

89. Representing a Case Before Appellate Authorities under Income Tax
    
    

90. Representing a Case Before ITAT
    
    

91. Restructuring of NPA Account
    
    

92. Revenue and Inspection Audits of cooperative banks.
    
    

93. Risk Management
    
    

94. Social Audit of Large Cooperatives
    
    

95. Stay, Tax Recovery and other Related Provisions under the Tax Laws
    
    

96. Stock Valuation, Business Valuation
    
    

97. Strategic Finance for Small Business Firms
    
    

98. Supply Chain Management - Role of CAs
    
    

99. Survey, Search and Seizure
    
    

100. Taking cases before Income Tax Settlement Commission and ITAT
     
     

101. Tax Planning under Incomes Tax Act
     
     

102. Taxation of Agriculture Income - Recent Developments
     
     

103. Taxation of e-commerce
     
     

104. Taxation of Foreign Collaborations
     
     

105. Taxation of Non-Corporate Entities - Issues and current Developments
     
     

106. Taxation of Permanent Establishments
     
     

107. TDS - Law and Practice
     
     

108. Tools and Techniques for the Members who are starting their practice for the first time
     
     

109. Treasury Management
     
     

110. Valuation of Perquisites - Recent Notifications and Impacts
     
     

111. Value-added Auditing
     
     

112. Value-added Business Controls: The Right Way to Manage Risk
     
     

113. Works Contract - Tax Implications
     
     

114. Writing High-Impact Audit Reports
     
     

The CPE Committee invites Expression of Interest from members of the Institute and other experts who are interested in developing CPE Background Materials on the above topics as well as other topics of professional interest to the members of the Institute in general and practicing members in particular. The intending authors of the CPE Background materials are expected to have appropriate level practical experience in the relevant area. The CPE background materials have to be prepared as self-learning booklets in the form of handbooks with proper mix of theory and practical case studies. The background materials on accounting and auditing areas have to prepared to reflect the current technical pronouncements of the Institute. Similarly background materials covering legal enactments should be prepared to reflect the current provisions and guidance thereof.

Apart from getting recognition, among their professional brethren, for their contribution in preparing the background materials, the authors of the accepted CPE Background materials will be:

1. Eligible for getting CPE Credit hours as per the Statement on CPE
   
   
2. Getting their names printed in the front page of the CPE Background materials
   
   
3. Honorarium and reimbursement of incidental expenses as per the prevailing policy of the Institute. (Which will depend upon the size, time and efforts to be required to prepare such background materials).
   
   The intending authors are required to send a formal request letter with the following details, preferably within a month from the date of publication of this announcement, to the CPE Directorate The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India, PO Box No. 7100, Indraprastha Marg, New Delhi - 110 002. Sending proposals by email at tparamasivan@icai.org is preferred:

1. Brief profile of the author
   
   
2. Specific experience and expertise in the relevant topic for which they offer themselves to write the background materials which will enable the CPEC for allotting the preparation of background material for them
   
   
3. Proposed coverage of the CPE Background material (in about 2000 - 3000 words) including the proposed chapter scheme
   
   
4. Sources of primary and secondary data based on which the Background material will be written
   
   
5. Financial budget for preparing the background material
   
   
6. Time frame within which they can submit the background material.
   
   It may be noted that mere submission of the Expression of Interest may not lead to the allotment of the particular background materials to a particular applicant. The Institute reserves the right to request any other expert (though they might not have offered their expression of interest in this regard) to prepare CPE Background materials. No communications will be entertained in this regard. Only selected authors will be individually communicated.