The Post Qualification Course in 'Diploma in Insurance and Risk Management (DIRM) of ICAI is intended to equip the members of the Institute to become Insurance and Risk Management professionals and Insurance consultants. The DIRM Course is tailor-made for CAs who wish to emerge as preferred professional in the insurance sector. The contemporary and comprehensive course material of the DIRM Course provides inputs required to comprehend the nitty-gritty of the insurance industry.

Registration for the Course is open throughout the year. Members registered to the Course will be eligible to appear for Technical Examination of the Course only after completion of an interval of nine months and satisfactorily completion of postal Eligibility Test Papers.

Kind attention of the members is invited to the last date for taking registration to the Course in order to become eligible to appear in the Technical Examination to be held in November, 2012 and onwards is 31st January, 2012. Although the last date for registration to the Course is 31st January, 2012 yet in order to facilitate the members residing in the nook and corner of the Country, duly filled up registration form received after the due date i.e. 31st January, 2012 may be considered for November, 2012 DIRM Technical Examination if and only if, either the payment instrument (either Demand Draft or Pay Order only) must be obtained from any Nationalized/scheduled bank on or before 31st January, 2012 or online payment of registration fee is made by 31st January, 2012. The registration forms to be received beyond the cut off date and not complying with any of the preceding conditions shall be considered for the May, 2013 DIRM Technical Examination.

For obtaining registration, Prospectus for DIRM Course, priced at Rs. 150/- (Rs. One Hundred Fifty only), can be obtained from the Institute's sale counters at New Delhi and the Regional Offices at Mumbai, Chennai, Kolkata & Kanpur and the Branches of the Institute (subject to availability). The Registration Form can be downloaded from the hyperlink: http://220.227.161.86/16762rformdisanew.pdf and prospectus to the Course may be viewed at the hyperlink: http://220.227.161.86/8722announ502.pdf The online payment can be made at the link provided in the soft copy of the registration form which is hosted at aforesaid hyperlink.

For any information about the DIRM Course, the Secretariat of the Committee on Banking, Insurance and Pension may be contacted at 011-30110566 or via email at cobip@icai.org