« Top Headlines » Open DEMAT Account in 24 hrs  What Are 5 Heads Of Income Tax?  Income Tax Dept releases interim action plan for FY25 on tax collection, refund approvals   Income Tax Return: 5 lesser-known tax-saving tips from Section 80  Income Tax Return: 5 lesser-known tax-saving tips from Section 80  Why you need not rush to file your ITR immediately  Income tax returns: ITR-1, ITR-2, ITR-4 forms for FY 2023-24 available for e-filing  Section 80DDB tax benefits for specified illnesses: 5 things to know  Income tax slabs FY 2024-25: Five tips to help taxpayers decide between old and new income tax regimes  ITR-1, ITR-2, ITR-4 forms for FY 2023-24 (AY 2024-25) available now on e-filing income tax portal  How To Save Tax For Salary Above 15 Lakhs?  Tax Saving: Top 5 investment options to save maximum tax in 2024 «  TDS - Failure to deduct or pay - vires of Sec 40a(ia)... Core cos borrowing abroad for power play to get tax sop... » ICAI charts new programmes December, 05th 2007 In an attempt to cut the growing disparity between the skill-set of Chartered Accountant professionals as against the industry requirements, The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) is in talks with several companies across sectors for developing industry specific training programmes.   We have been talking to companies across sectors like Information Technology (IT) and banks for developing industry specific training programmes as a post qualification option for CA professionals. The idea is to train CA professionals and guide them into specialising in a particular field of their choice or liking, said Ved Jain, vice president, ICAI.   Echoing the words of Jain, Gautam Adani, chairman of Adani Group said, As a diversified group, we hire one of the highest number of CA professionals and are keen to work with ICAI in helping them develop industry specific training programmes in sectors like port, IT, real estate, among others.   Elaborating on the huge demand and supply gap for CA professionals, Jain said that the industry is demanding 2.5 times more CA professionals than the current supply. Last year ICAI saw over 10,000 students passing out the course while the demand this year is way over 20,000 students, he added.   With an emphasis of creating IT savvy CA professionals as per the industry requirements, ICAI has set up computer labs at all its branches across the country. The 116 branch-strong institute has also initiated 100 hours of IT training for the students as part of the curriculum.