Highlights of the Book

This book is intended for the individuals aspiring to qualify Independent Director’s exam conducted by Indian Institute of Corporate Affairs (IICA). The book have been designed keeping in mind to serve all the purposes for reader to have a thorough knowledge of Company Law, need to have Independent Director on Board, to clear Online Proficiency Test conducted by IICA, to have glimpse of Financial Statements and Auditor’s Report and to know about few cases in recent years, which has been in public debate due to their failure in ensuring corporate governance.

The book comprises of 44 Chapters. Chapter 1 is the general introduction to the ‘Overview of data bank for Independent Directors’ in which role of independent directors, Provisions of Companies Act, 2013, MCA Rules related to databank are contained. Chapter 2 deals with the Procedure for How an Individual can get himself registered on IICA Data Bank and details about the Online Proficiency Test for Independent Directors. Chapter 3 to 37 are as per IICA Syllabus in which examinee can have thorough knowledge for clearing the Online Proficiency Test conducted by IICA for inclusion of name of the individual in the Independent Director’s Data Bank. Lastly, Chapter 38 to 44 contains the case studies based on real Corporate Cases in the recent past.

Keeping in mind, lack of time with Corporate people, author has prepared book in a comprehensive manner so that the provisions are easy to understand and explained in crisp format.

Key Features

• Master Guide to clear Independent Director’s Online Proficiency Test
• Entire Syllabus covered as prescribed by IICA
• Detailed coverage of entire syllabus in tabular format and charts for easy grasping
• Chapter wise 1000 plus MCQs along with answers are covered
• Includes Mock Tests and Self-Assessment Tests based on Actual Examination Pattern
• Summary points given at the end of chapter for quick revision
• Covered- Company Law, SEBI Regulations, Financial Accountancy, Corporate Governance, Secretarial Standards and Case Studies based on Real Corporate Cases

About the Author

CA PRANAV GOYAL qualified as a C.A. in the year 2012, after having completed his training from one of the Big-4s, wherein he was involved in Executing statutory and tax audits of clients in industries like Automotive, FMCG, Power, Pharmaceuticals, Trading, Metals among others (All of them being Fortune 500 Companies).Apart from the above, he was part of World Bank and Global Fund engagements as local fund agent handling grant value close to USD 1 Billion. He has also successfully completed his Law degree from Chaudhary Charan Singh University, Meerut. He has also successfully completed the Indirect Taxes Certification Course and DISA course conducted by ICAI along with Registered Valuers Course conducted by IBBI. Post qualification he was part of the core transaction support team at one of the Big-4s with involvement in both buy side and sell side mandates. He is also a regular speaker at various study circles organized by ICAI in relation to GST.