Institute of Productivity and Management (IPM, Lucknow)

Hi Nirmal, Decide what you want to be in next five years and then analyze what your options are if you were to study IPM or CA after analyzing see which course is most the compitable to your self made future image and proceed with that. IPM goes for a holistic development of the student by making him acquire knowledge and be efficient in different domains. It garners your presentation skills and boosts your overall development. It isn't focused on just one domain but many. On the other hand a CA deals in depth about the field of accountancy. It is a correspondence course to say. You study, go give your exams and then do your articleship. The presentation skills and personality development solely rests on your course of action into this. Other Comparison Areas :-
If you want to spend a less, simply you can opt for CA. It will cost 1/10 th that of IPM. You will have that much security that you will be pass out within 5 years in case of IPM, you Cant expect that from ICAI. CA. Will have a option to Practice Independently. You can always go for MBA of CFA or FRA while doing CA. So Think about the Pros & Cons and Decide accordingly.