The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) has opened the registrations for an online certificate course in Business Responsibility and Sustainability Reporting. The fourth batch of the online course will begin on May 8. The interested candidates can apply at the official website at icai.org or directly at learning.icai.org. They can login using their registered ICAI id and password to access the online course.
The candidates will have to complete 15 Continuing Professional Education (CPE) hours on the completion of the course. While five CPE hours will be given after qualifying the exam.
Those who are working as a Chartered Accountant in both public and private sectors will be eligible to apply for the course. ICAI said that the course would impart essential skills to prepare professionals as preparers, assurance providers, risk managers, investment appraiser of projects.
It will be a five-day course with daily four-hour sessions. It will be held in English language. It will have several modules including-- Introductory session, MCA BRSR disclosures-- module 1 and module 2, assurance aspects and BRSR vis-a-vis global frameworks. Each session would be followed by a list of multiple-choice questions for the candidates to help understand the course.
Candidates will be provided case materials, online reading material and a certificate on the completion of the course.
