To start your journey, you should be registered with ICAI to be eligible to appear for CA Foundation. 

CA Foundation: While there is no particular stream in which students should have pursued their studies, it is mandate to have passed 10+2 to be eligible for CA Foundation. There is a 4 month study period that is mandatory and needs to be completed before appearing for the exams. There are 4 papers in this exam and to be qualified its important to pass in all the papers with a minimum aggregate of 40% individually and a total aggregate of 50%. 2 papers are Objective type and 2 papers are Subjective type with negative marking for 2 papers. The subjects are Principles and Practises of Accounting, Business alaw & Business Correspondence and Reporting, Business Mathematics & Logical reasoning and Statistics, Business Economics & Business Commercial and Knowledge. For example, the score should be 40/40/40/40 in every subject and 50% overall. Even if a student gets 50% or above overall but doesnt get 40% in any one subject, he/she doesn't qualify. He/She is considered failed. And in the same manner, even if he/she passes all subjects but scores less than 50% over all, again he/she is considered failed. The 4 months training period should be able to equip the students with the required knowledge on all these subjects and that's the reason why it is not necessary to have a Commerce background in  10+2. The exams are held in May and November of every year. 

CA Intermediate:  This is the 2nd level of becoming a CA. There are 2 routes for this phase. One is completing CA Foundation and the other is a direct entry.  Graduates/Post graduates of Commerce/Non Commerce background can directly join CA Intermediate provided they clear their qualifying examination with the required aggregate. You need to be  registered with ICAI for CA Intermediate for both the ways. There are 8 papers in CA Intermediate that are both Subjective and Objective type. And the same pass rule applies here as well. Should score above 40 in each subject with an average aggregate of 50%. The subjects are divided into 2 groups. Group 1 has Accounting, Corporate Laws and other Laws, Cost and Management Accounting, Taxation. Group 2 has Advanced Accounting, Auditing and Assurance Enterprise Informations Systems and Strategic Management  and Financial Management and Economucs for Finance. For Direct entry Commerce Graduates,  it is important to have 50% aggregate in their qualifying examination and for Non Commerce Graduates, 60% aggregate is mandatory. And then there is a mandate period of Orientation period and study period. In CA Intermediate as well, the exams are conducted in May and November of every year. 

CA Final: The Chartered Accountants Final Exam has 2 groups namely Group 1 and Group 2. Group 1 has Fiancial Reporting, Strategic Financial Management, Advanced Auditing and Professional Ethics, Corporate and Allied Laws. Group 2 has Advanced Management Accounting, Information Systems Control and Audit, Direct Tax Laws and Indirect Tax Laws. The eligibility is that you should have passed your CA Intermediate and registered with ICAI. You should have completed the mandatory 12 months Practical Training or Articleship or should be in the 12th month of training by the time of examinations. And the pass rule applies here as well. After the succesful completion of all these levels, you are now a qualified CA. 

https://www.icai.org

First of all complete the registeration process by filling your correct details.

After getting registration, login to apply for the Exam.

Fill all the mandatory documents and fill tge correct details.

Take a print out of the form and attach your photograph on the form.

send it to the address mentioned on the site along with the application fee.

hello indhumathi,

ICAI conducts the CA exams list in India consists of 3 names – CA Foundation, IPCC and CA Final. Candidates need to clear the entire CA exam list in order to become a professional in this field.

where as, BCom is a 3-year Undergraduate program that focuses on subjects related to commerce, Economics, Business Law, Accountancy, Taxation and finance.

If you are a disciplined and focused kind of student, I suggest you to pursue CA and bcom simultaneously. CA foundation and 1st semester bcom are almost the same but the only thing is CA is a bit difficult compared to bcom as far as CA Foundation is concerned. BAF will absolutely right choice if we want to pursue CA with b.com (//b.com)

BAF/B. Com (A&F) i.e. Bachelor of Accounting and Finance/ Bachelor of Commerce in Accounting and Finance is an undergraduate programme which was introduced by the University of Mumbai in the year 2003-04. It is a 3-year self-financing degree course spread across six semesters i.e. two semesters a year, focusing on the domains of Accounting and Finance. It also provides opportunities to gain a broader insight into the financial aspects of Business and Management. The objective of introducing this course was to enable self-employment and provide skilled professionals in the field of Accounting & Finance to organisations.

BCom with CA is divided into six semesters. Various topics such as financial accounting, economics, company law, corporate tax, auditing, business management, etc., and many more are present in BCom Syllabus to increase the skill threshold of the student.

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Hope this will help you a lot,

Thank you

Hello Sparsh,

There are a lot of options to pursue even if you are not inclined towards CA/CS. It will depend on your interests and where do you see yourself in the future.

Some of the courses are :

1. CFA

2. MBA

3. FRM

4. CFP

5. CWA

6. Actuarial Science

If you are not inclined towards academic courses then you could pursue something in the creative field as well like fashion designing, hewellery designing, interiors among other things.

Hope this helps.

All the best!

Hi Saksham,

Yes, you can go for the CA Intermediate examinations by two methods.

First, clear your 10+2 and sit for the CPT and CA Foundation examinations and clear them. Then you can go for CA Intermediate examination.

The second option is you can directly apply for the CA Intermediate examination as a non-commerce graduate if you have secured 60% and above in your 10+2 examinations.

Hey Harsh!  Theory is actually come from good understanding and thinking  and it demand for both CA and CS .Many students focus on covering their syllabus only as they not focus to think much and cover only syllabus 

But as you said you are good in theoretical portion you can go company secretary .you have to really make it interesting for you while pursuing  and along with your syllabus you have to cover your learning capacity. 

You have to think more about the subjects and learn all the concepts very well for the  it demand a serious thinking about incidence happend in company, issue of black money , window dressing etc in company. 

Your attitude towards your study really matters government and finance ministry also go through their thinking process for the tax reform, budgetry  control and after the completion of your course, your practical knowledge demand more .

You have to be confident and good thinker for the progress of any company and you will also share your knowledge with others in future.

My best wishes to you dear! 

Hey Naren! There is not any specific  degree for CA . CA is totally based on accountancy .

As you are science student and doing bsc you should go for bsc maths honours it will be bit helpful for you. 

For pursuing CA you have two option now 

Foundation course 

foundation course it is for entrance in CA couse and  you are eligible to give this exam after 12th, stream doesn't  matter. And as I know it is advantage for science student to appear in CA foundation exam because of maths.But yes you have to make a good grip on fundamental of accounting also. 

CA ipcc 

This is next level after the entrance by ca foundation. But after completing your bsc. Or graduation from any stream you can go for direct entry. 

Process for Direct entry scheme 

 Register your self with Institute of chartered accountant of India  ICAI in the final year of your graduation for the intermediate course.

After registration you have to complete your information technology and orientation course .This is basically of 8 months course.

Now after 6 Months of completion you can appear for CA intermediate  for both or single group. 

After passing both group of intermediate you have to register for Articleship training 

Articleship training for CA student is very helpful and must. You will also get stipend for it. It is of 3 years training, but you will get to learn Practically everything you studied in Ipcc. 

Now finally you are eligible for CA final after 3years of training you can appear for final exam and after passing you become CA

So the above are the two way you can go for CA while pursuing your bsc 2nd year and yes maths can support you in foundation level in QA very much. 

You have to be very motivated and innovative and most important you have work hard after all this profession is  demanding nowadays and pay highly for your good effort .

My best wishes for you career in CA dear!