| 27 April 2006 |
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The Chartered Institute of Management Accountants, UK (CIMA) and Dun & Bradstreet Information Services India Pvt. Ltd. (D&B) have entered into a strategic alliance under which D&B will deliver courses relating to the CIMA Certificate in Business Accounting and become an accredited CBA centre to provide assessment for these courses.
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The Alliance agreement was signed between Mr. Robert Jelly, Director - Education, CIMA, UK and Dr. Manoj Vaish, President & CEO - India, D&B.
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The scope of the alliance will include co-operation on the CIMA Certificate in Business Accounting (CBA) and Continual Professional Development (CPD) programmes, leveraging the expertise of both parties to deliver high standard financial education and training. In collaboration with CIMA, D&B India will offer tuition courses for the Certificate in Business Accounting and D&B India will be accredited as a CIMA Computer Based Assessment Centre. Moving forward, D&B and CIMA will extend the alliance to organize and promote joint seminars and events, including CPD courses.
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The Certificate of Business Accounting is designed to develop the fundamental skills and techniques necessary for success in a rapidly changing business environment, with modules ranging from business economics and financial accounting to ethics, corporate governance and business law. The Certificate's flexibility as both a stand alone qualification for non financial managers and an entry level route to the professional Chartered Management Accountant qualification will ensure its relevance to employers and students alike. D&B will offer this qualification through its strategic business unit - D&B Financial Education Solutions.
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Speaking on the occasion Mr. Robert Jelly, Director - Education, CIMA said, "CIMA welcomes this alliance with yet another global organization. The agreement, enabling D&B not only to deliver CIMA tuition but also provide assessment venues and support for our students in India, helps strengthen CIMA's strategy which aims to work ever more closely with employers in India to provide an internationally recognized qualification solely focused on the training of accountants in business both in the private and public sectors." |
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Dr. Manoj Vaish, President & CEO - India, D&B said, "D&B is pleased to offer students and professionals in India with access to an internationally recognized qualification, in partnership with CIMA. This alliance combines CIMA's international expertise with D&B's experience in delivering focused financial education solutions, relevant to business. D&B through its Financial Education Solutions has been serving the business community with innovative, high-quality financial education programmes. This alliance is yet another step in our quest to facilitate growth and excellence among executives and their organizations." |
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CIMA (the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants) is the only international accountancy body with a sole focus on business. It is a world leading professional institute that offers an internationally recognized qualification in management accountancy, focusing on accounting in business, in both the private and public sectors. CIMA is the voice of over 85,000 students and 65,000 members in 158 countries and is responsible for the education and training of management accountants who work in industry, commerce and not-for-profit and has more members in the public sector than any other UK based body. CIMA prides itself on the commercial
relevance of its syllabus, which is in tune with the activities of high performance organizations, and evolves continually to reflect the latest developments in global business. It is committed to upholding the highest ethical and professional standards of members and students, and to maintaining public confidence in management accountancy. For more information about CIMA, please visit www.cimaglobal.com
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Dun & Bradstreet, the leading provider of global business information, knowledge and insight, has been enabling customers to Decide with Confidence for over 160 years. D&B manages the world's most valuable commercial database of over 100 million companies. This database updated more than 1.5 million times a day is the foundation of D&B's solutions that customers rely on to make critical business decisions. D&B has been offering a wide suite of information solutions in the areas of risk management, economic analysis, export marketing, sales & marketing support, financial education and technology & analytics, for over a decade in India.
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D&B Financial Education Solutions (FES) is designed to provide high-end training in the financial domain. D&B FES offers a wide-spectrum of innovative, high-quality and comprehensive financial education programs customized to meet the varied financial training requirements of organizations large and small. Capitalizing on its extensive global experience and network, D&B brings international best practices and up-to-date knowledge to each training project. These include customized training programmes,
tailor-made and designed around specific organizational training goals, seminars, workshops and conferences which are open to professionals from the business and academic world and certificate programmes, based on accepted vocational competency standards. D&B FES has been working closely with corporates, banks, financial institutions, ITeS / BPO companies and educational institutions, helping them improve competitiveness by facilitating professional growth and excellence among their executives.
For more information about D&B, please visit www.dnb.com
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