What is the difference between a chartered accountant and a cost accountant?
Raman Chugh, Hisar To become a Chartered Accountant, you have to clear the examination conducted by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) and also complete 3-year articleship. But for becoming a Cost Accountant, you have to merely clear the examination conducted by the Institute of Cost & Works Accountants of India (ICWAI). There is no need to do articleship. While a Chartered Accountant is empowered to verify and certify all accounts including the balance-sheet of an organisation, a Cost Accountant or Cost Manager as he is now called, has no power to verify the balance-sheet. His focus lies in analysing and determining organisational and management costs. I am a final year student of BE. As I am interested in pursuing a career in software engineering, could you suggest some short-term diploma/certificate courses other than Mtech/MCA, where the input is essentially BE/BTech? Kirti Singh, Patiala One option is to do a course in networking, e.g. the CNE (Certified Novell
