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The year 2012 was a milestone year for CIMA. We ended the year with 29,332 new students joining CIMA around the world and over 5700 achieving membership.

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Message from Arati ...................1

Recap ......................................... 2

MESANA Board Launch

Cost Congress 2012

People Matter Round Table

CIMA partners with Vidya Vikas ��Mandal

Revision Lectures

54th National Cost Convention 2013

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Referral Campaign

CIMA Global Business Challenge 2013 ��

Member Speak ......................... 6

Latest Vacancies on CIMA MYJOBS .....................................8

Important Dates ..................... 8

CIMA Applause – November 2012 (PC Based) ........................ 9

New Members – November- December 2012 ........................ 9

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Dear members of the CIMA community, We also supported the partners with quality Train-the-trainer programmes

On behalf of the CIMA India Team, wish so that they could up the quality of

you all a Happy New Year !tuition available to our students. These

The year 2012 was a milestone year measures have yielded good results and for CIMA. We ended the year with we see significant improvement in pass 29,332 new students joining CIMA percentages. We hope our students around the world and over 5700 have found these measures useful. achieving membership. Your feedback on this will be important

to us to improve.

The year 2012, also saw a record number of events being hosted by CIMA, individually or in partnership. We engaged industry leaders and members in discussions about issues relevant to business. These events and our activities

The growth of the CIMA community is a resulted in a 50% increase in coverage

testimonial to the relevance of the CIMA value of CIMA in the national and

qualification and the increasing need for regional press, over the previous year. It

management accounting skills in also helped us to add an Indian touch to

business, despite the global economic CIMA's repository of thought leadership.

environment. Not surprising therefore, that we saw over 100 job positions being In 2013, we continue our journey with advertised on CIMA My Jobs, from India the aim to increase CIMA's profile in alone, in 2012. Over 1300 new students India, support our students and increase joined CIMA in India in 2012 and the membership value for our members. student and member satisfaction index Your support, as always, is very recorded an increase over the previous important to us. We look forward to year. In 2012, we put together a number traveling with you on the road ahead. of measures to support our students to progress through the CIMA qualification. Apart from a continuation of revision lectures, we added over 15 tuition partners across the country in the year.

The joint venture with AICPA , announced in January 2012, saw over 35,000 AICPA members sign up for the CGMA designation, making it the only truly global qualification in management accounting.


The MESANA Regional Board was launched at Radisson Royal Hotel, Dubai, on Thursday, 11 October 2012 by Mr Gulzari Babber, CIMA, President.

Mr Imran Khalil Naseer, ACMA CGMA from Pakistan was appointed as the Chairman of the MESANA Regional Board for 2013 and Mr Girish Bhat, ACMA CGMA from India and Mr Amir Siddiq Abdulrahim Al Janahi, FCMA CGMA from Dubai were appointed Deputy Chairman and Vice Chairman respectively.

The rest of the Board comprises of Mr Mehdi Ettehadieh, ACMA CGMA from Iran, Mr Ammar Aqeel Al Hassan, FCMA, CGMA from

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CIMA was the Knowledge Partner at the CII Cost Congress 2012 in December at the Hilton, Chennai. The theme of the event was 'Changing Business Model in Turbulent Times – Leveraging TCM'.

Mr Mahalingam, Chairman, CII-TCM Division & CFO-TCS, was the Master Session Chairman while the Master Speaker presentation was delivered by Mr Charles Tilley, CEO, CIMA.

Cost Congress 2012


The MESANA Regional Board was launched at Radisson Royal Hotel, Dubai, on Thursday, 11 October 2012 by Mr Gulzari Babber, CIMA, President.

Mr Imran Khalil Naseer, ACMA CGMA from Pakistan was appointed as the Chairman of the MESANA Regional Board for 2013 and Mr Girish Bhat, ACMA CGMA from India and Mr Amir Siddiq Abdulrahim Al Janahi, FCMA CGMA from Dubai were appointed Deputy Chairman and Vice Chairman respectively.

The rest of the Board comprises of Mr Mehdi Ettehadieh, ACMA CGMA from Iran, Mr Ammar Aqeel Al Hassan, FCMA, CGMA from Bahrain, Mr Razib Hassan, FCMA CGMA from Bangladesh, Mr Sriram Kameshwar, ACMA CGMA from India, Ms Zeinab Yehia Halim, ACMA CGMA from Egypt and Dr Tariq Iyyaz Billah, FCMA CGMA from Pakistan.

Mr Robin Vaughan, Executive Director, Governance and Professional Standards; Mr Bradley Emerson, Regional Director, MESANA; Arati Porwal, Chief Representative, India; Javaria Hassan, Country Manager, Pakistan; Zareef Matin, Manager, Bangladesh and Geetu Ahuja, Head of GCC, Middle East were present on this occasion.

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CIMA was the Knowledge Partner at the CII Cost Congress 2012 in December at the Hilton, Chennai. The theme of the event was 'Changing Business Model in Turbulent Times – Leveraging TCM'.

Mr Mahalingam, Chairman, CII-TCM Division & CFO-TCS, was the Master Session Chairman while the Master Speaker presentation was delivered by Mr Charles Tilley, CEO, CIMA.

The Cost Congress 2012 covered the following topics in two days:

The Cost Congress was attended by industry leaders, CFOs and Management Accountants.

Members of the MESANA Board with the CIMA President, Executive Director Robin Vaughan and Bradley Emerson, Regional Director.

Bahrain, Mr Razib Hassan, FCMA CGMA from Bangladesh, Mr Sriram Kameshwar, ACMA CGMA from India, Ms Zeinab Yehia Halim, ACMA CGMA from Egypt and Dr Tariq Iyyaz Billah, FCMA CGMA from Pakistan.

Mr Robin Vaughan, Executive Director, Governance and Professional Standards; Mr Bradley Emerson, Regional Director, MESANA; Arati Porwal, Chief Representative, India; Javaria Hassan, Country Manager, Pakistan; Zareef Matin, Manager, Bangladesh and Geetu Ahuja, Head of GCC, Middle East were present on this occasion.

MESANA (Middle East South Asia and North Africa) Regional Board, follows the formation of the Southern Africa Regional Board (SARB) and the South East Asia Regional Board (SEARB) in CIMA. The Regional Boards, work with CIMA Council's Global Markets Committee (GMC) to deliver CIMA Council's objectives for growth globally, including supporting students in their progression through CIMA's examinations and conversion to membership. They also work with CIMA Council's Members' Services Committee (MSC) to ensure that CIMA members receive support in maintaining CIMA's reputation for the skills of management accountants and high professional standards and through this that CIMA members' needs are met and they are retained in membership.

The Cost Congress 2012 covered the following topics in two days:

The Cost Congress was attended by industry leaders, CFOs and Management Accountants.

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People MattersCIMA partners with Vidya Vikas Mandal

For the November 2012 Exam Diet, we had conducted Webex based revision lectures over the weekends from 27th October to 10th November. We covered Enterprise, Performance and Financial Pillar across Operational, Management and Strategic levels. Also, we conducted revision session for Top CIMA. The lectures were conducted by faculties from India and Sri Lanka.

Panel Discussion with People Matters MagazineRevision Session

CIMA along with People Matters organised a Breakfast Round table themed "Building Measurability in Human Capital” at The Leela Kempinski, Gurgaon on 4th December 2012.

The objective of the discussion was on the need for assessing the cost of losing talent and the following:

Factors that account for the cost of hiring a replacementThe scalability of the loss of top talent for an organisationStrategising retention strategies to manage top talent

The discussion was moderated by S. Varadarajan, Executive President – HR, Tata Teleservices and Ester Martinez, Founder and Managing Editor, People Matters.

The session was attended by Business Heads, HR Heads and Senior HR Professionals.

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CIMA announced its partnership with the prestigious Vidya Vikas Mandal (VVM), on 14th December in Goa, with an aim to provide the students of Goa, an opportunity to study the most relevant international professional qualification for business.

The partnership between the two prestigious education bodies marked CIMA's entry in Goa, leading to a meaningful mutual collaboration in the field of education. Under this partnership, CIMA and Vidya Vikas Mandal will launch a study centre at the VVM campus that will offer CIMA qualification to the students.

Arati Porwal, Chief Representative, CIMA India and Ramnath Kare, President, Vidya Vikas Mandal signed a Letter of Intent for partnership.

The launch was followed by a press conference and coverage of the same appeared in all major dailies and local TV channels.

Present on the occasion, showcasing their support, were Dr. V. Kamat, Registrar, Goa University and Shri Binayak Datta, Advisor – Corporate Affairs, Zuari Agro Ltd.


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54thNational Cost Convention 201318 – 19 January 2013

CIMA was a knowledge partner with the Institute of Cost Accountants of India for the 54th National Cost Convention. The theme for the convention was around 'India's Cost Competitiveness – Imperatives for CMAs.

The National Cost Convention was held in Ahmedabad on 18th and 19th January 2013.

The convention covered the following technical sessions:Building enterprise competitiveness through enhancing professional skills setCoping with the tardy growth of the economy. Analysing concern areas and the role of CMAsEnergising infrastructure: strategic options and action agendaAvailability of adequate power: sine qua non for sustained economic developmentNot everything is healthy in the HEALTH sector - imperatives for CMAs

Mr Gulzari Babber, President, CIMA attended the Convention as a Guest of Honour and Mr Peter Simons ACMA, CGMA, Technical Specialist, CIMA spoke on “enterprise competitiveness” through enhancing professional skills set'.

To know more about the convention, the programme brochure.

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CIMA Convocation 2013

CIMA India will host the first ever convocation for new members in 2013 at Bangalore and Mumbai.

Mr. Gulzari Babber, President, CIMA would hand over membership certificate on this occasion to the new members. He will also hand over trophies as recognition of achievement to the India Rank Holders from November 2012 Exam, September Resit 2012, and November PC Based Exam 2012.

Referral Campaign

Welcome to the CIMA Referral Programme – your opportunity to inspire people you know, to benefit from the CIMA qualification!

For every successful student registration received through your referrals, before January 31st, 2013, you stand a chance to win exciting gift vouchers. Also, if your referrals contribute to the maximum new student registrations before that date, you could win an iPad!

*Terms & Conditions1) Minimum of 3 references needed2) In case of a tie, there would be a lucky draw to decide the final winner

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CIMA students stand to win Rs. 2000 CIMA book voucher, for each new student registration through their references

CIMA members stand to win Rs. 2000 CROMA voucher for each new student registration through their references

Over and above 1 student and 1 member contributing to maximum registrations would receive an iPad*

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Tuesday, January 29th, 2013Time: 6.00-7.30pm, followed by cocktailsITC Windsor, Regency II"Windsor Square" 25, Golf Course Road.

Friday, February 1st, 2013Time: 6.30-8.00pm, followed by cocktails and dinnerRegus, Room No. 10, Trade Centre,Bandra Kurla Complex, Bandra (E).


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CIMA is a knowledge partner with the Institute of Cost Accountants of India for the 54th National Cost Convention. The theme for the convention is around 'India's Cost Competitiveness – Imperatives for CMAs.

The National Cost Convention will be held in Ahmedabad on 18th and 19th January 2013.

The convention will cover the technical sessions:Building enterprise competitiveness through enhancing professional skills setCoping with the tardy growth of the economy. Analysing concern areas and the role of CMAsEnergising infrastructure: strategic options and action agendaAvailability of adequate power: sine qua non for sustained economic developmentNot everything is healthy in the HEALTH sector - imperatives for CMAs

Mr Gulzari Babber, President, CIMA will attend the Convention as a Guest of Honour and Mr Peter Simons ACMA, CGMA, Technical Specialist, CIMA will speak on “enterprise competitiveness” through enhancing professional skills set'.

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Referral Campaign



All you need to do is and submit contact details of your references by 25th January 2013.

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CIMA was a knowledge partner with the Institute of Cost Accountants of India for the 54th National Cost Convention. The theme for the convention was around 'India's Cost Competitiveness – Imperatives for CMAs.

The National Cost Convention was held in Ahmedabad on 18th and 19th January 2013.

The convention covered the following technical sessions:Building enterprise competitiveness through enhancing professional skills setCoping with the tardy growth of the economy. Analysing concern areas and the role of CMAsEnergising infrastructure: strategic options and action agendaAvailability of adequate power: sine qua non for sustained economic developmentNot everything is healthy in the HEALTH sector - imperatives for CMAs

Mr Gulzari Babber, President, CIMA attended the Convention as a Guest of Honour and Mr Peter Simons ACMA, CGMA, Technical Specialist, CIMA spoke on “enterprise competitiveness” through enhancing professional skills set'.

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The competition that lets full-time undergraduates (studying in a university, college or any other educational institution in India), demonstrate their business know-how – on a global platform; interact with the who's who of international business; and get the chance of a dream start to a career in business.

The CIMA Global Business Challenge is a one-of-its-kind business event that provides you with:

Experience: the honour of representing one's country on a global stage.

Opportunities: interact with the world's top employers and business leaders attending the event.

Fun: socialise with peers from around the globe and explore different cultures.

Prizes: get a chance to win a free trip to South Africa – the host city for the 2013 global final, exciting prizes and the title of the business leaders of tomorrow.

The Global Business Challenge calendar for India

Please note that these dates may change.

Regional final (South): 2 March 2013

Regional final (East): 9 March 2013

Regional final (West): 16 March 2013

Regional final (North): 23 March 2013

India final: 6 April 2013

Prizes: get a chance to win a free trip to South Africa – the host city for the 2013 global final, exciting prizes and the title of the business leaders of tomorrow.

The Global Business Challenge calendar for India

Please note that these dates may change.

Registration closes: 20 January 2013

Report submission: 26 January 2013

Shortlist announcement: February 2012

Presentation material submission: February 2012 - exact date to be confirmed

Local regional final:

Southern India: 2 March 2013

Eastern India: 9 March 2013

Western India: 16 March 2013

Northern India: 23 March 2013

Local (country) final: 6 April 2013

Global final: 30 Aug 2013

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struggle to capture information in simple and logical fashion. Some people don't feel the need to share knowledge as they don't feel it adds value and how it links to execution. We award individual for the outcome, but very few organizations document the way the outcome was achieved that can serve for others to follow. We can solve these problems using a simple 5-step process.

Learn from the best: First step is to rank and identify the areas which are significantly above the average in terms of performance, delivery, execution, etc. The reasons for superior performance could be plenty e.g. it could be a charismatic leader, lagging behind. Most times people wonder Some of the intelligent species in the technical expert, cutting-edge technology, why some of the employees, countries, animal kingdom leave a trail to share team synergy. The easiest and the best competitors, customers and others are the knowledge on food, water, warnings and source of gathering intelligence can come best-in-class. The collective sharing of best many more. The organizations have similar from within the organization. We can start practices adds tremendous value and the trails to capture and share knowledge. by selecting the high-performing synergy is energizing to create something Knowledge is more than just facts, individuals and sharing their techniques for extraordinary. information or descriptions and it can be a larger population to tap on. regarded as 'Intellectual Property' if it is

Knowledge is as precious as water and if used as a differentiator to gain a broader Share with the rest: The second step is to you don't save it then it will drain. There context, new ideas or insights. create interest by sharing among the larger

community. Also, the employees have numerous ideas during the normal course of work, but don't have a mechanism to share. People are the key for the success of this program and they need to be motivated to share. The information should be simple to understand and accessible to the community at large. The process needs to be developed where the employees can share ideas or best practices. The submission can be commented upon as feedback by other employees of the same team or other teams looking to leverage best practices. The ideas that have the highest user ratings and great potential to leverage can be awarded or recognized. The content will also be independently Some of the fastest growing companies go are very few who know end-to-end for a analyzed by a team of experts. The experts beyond just managing knowledge. The large company and the information is can act as 'ambassadors' to systematically companies have an intelligent process to difficult to assess for operations spanning expand the benefit to other teams within identify areas, which are best-in-class or several countries. Sometimes organizations the organization.

Member Speak


Besides innovation and staying up-to-date, the next big lesson is that of adaptability.

GOING BEYOND KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENTKnowledge Management (KM) has changed from static form to real-time updates. Businesses today look for a greater and tangible return for investing inknowledge management. Roy D'Cunha shares a 5-step process that will make a positive difference to the business.

Roy D'CunhaB.Com, FCA (Ind), CIA (US), CISA (US), ACMA (UK), CGMA (UK) IA Manager – Corporate Tax, Treasury, Finance Hewlett Packard

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Share knowledge profitably:The third step is the format of gathering/sharing information, knowledge and intelligence. The most difficult part is to capture tacit knowledge into a tangible form. Few organizations have used brilliant techniques to capture tacit information into meaningful forms including:

ideas implemented. It is important for the application to have access restrictions for confidential information.

Reward success: The last important step is to keep the momentum, managing the content and rewarding the people. The ones that have generated great savings or impact or cost reduction can be inducted in the 'Hall of Fame'. The program can be

The fourth step is expanded to include latest news, problems to have a good tool that supports the requiring solutions, propose alternative process. In the past, these were normally suggestions for existing ideas and future included in process documents or strategy. The plan can selectively be newsletters but KM has evolved from static extended to other interested stakeholders information to more fluid and real-time like customers, suppliers, pan-industry, updates. The growth of new tools and and etc.social media like Wiki, Facebook, Google and Twitter have enhanced user experience For any comments, suggestions or with several features e.g. like, share, questions on this article - please send an debate, timeline, how to and search email at [email protected] on audio/video. The company can invest to add some of these features and the investment can be recovered over time through the savings generated by the

• Comparisons (before and after)• Charts or graphs • Pictures – diagrams, flowcharts, etc• Videos and audios • Analogy - especially for complex areas• Relationship, connections and linkages• Success and failures experience stories • Real-life case studies

Use the right tools:

Static form of KM

Real-time form for KM

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Latest Vacancies on CIMA MYJOBS


2013 Exams dates - March 2013 (Resit)

For more vacancies, log on to http://myjobs.cimaglobal.com

Employer : WiproPosition : Business Finance/ Corporate Finance –

Asst. Manager/ Manager/ Sr. ManagerLocation : BangaloreSector : ITLink : http://myjobs.cimaglobal.com/job/4609

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Employer : Hewlett Packard (HP)Position : Interns - Internal AuditLocation : BangaloreSector : ITLink : http://myjobs.cimaglobal.com/job/

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Current opportunities for CIMA qualified professionals

Exam entry deadline students 22nd January 2013

Tuition provider web entry deadline 25th January 2013

Deadline for applying for extra time 25th January 2013

Pre-seen material for tutors/ students Mid January 2013

Exam fee deadline 8th February 2013

Admission advice w/c 11th February 2013

Exam 25th - 28th and March 1st

Exam results released 22nd March 2013

February

CIMA Applause! CIMA is delighted to announce the names of students who have achieved top ranks in the various papers of the November 2012 exams (PC based).

Congratulations! You make us proud!

Test for Professional Competence T4 Part B Case Study (PC based)

Mr. Deepak Tharanee T4 Part B Case Study Examination 30 1

Mr. Ashish Ashok Kumar Rohra T4 Part B Case Study Examination 29 2

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CIMA congratulates all new members for earning their ACMA, CGMA designation.

New Members – November- December 2012

Name Designatory Letters

Mr Namburi Kiran Kumar ACMA, CGMA

Miss Sonali Thapar ACMA, CGMA

Mr Ponniah Manian ACMA, CGMA

Ms Darshana Sanghavi ACMA, CGMA

Mr Barath Ranganathan ACMA, CGMA

Mr Bhargava Raju Dommaraju ACMA, CGMA

Miss Jyoti Chopra ACMA, CGMA

Miss Tanisha Govindarajan ACMA, CGMA

Mr Himanshu Thacker ACMA, CGMA

Mr Gouthem Manakkadan ACMA, CGMA

Mr Deepak Chikhale ACMA, CGMA

Mr Alpesh Gandhi ACMA, CGMA

Mr Balanagu Kumar ACMA, CGMA


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