Call for Research Proposal by ICAI Research Committee; Know More Details

The Research proposals are invited from members of ICAI on the pre-decided sub theme and broad areas. The proposals can be submitted round the year.

Eligibility Guidelines For Applicants

Essential: Applicant must be a Member of ICAI

Desirable: Weightage would be given to applicant having experience of atleast 5 years in the Research subject domain and a PhD holder.

Procedure For Selection

Step-1: Applications can be submitted at https://shorturl.at/ipuLX

Step-2: Submission of Research Proposal and detailed Work Profile

Suggested Format of Proposal

Proposal may include the following brief parameters-

• Title of the Research proposal
• Introduction
• Objective
• Literature Review
• Research questions
• Statement of Problem
• Research Gap
• Research hypothesis
• Research Methodology
• Expected Output and its usage for profession or economy
• References/Bibliography

Documents Required

• Research Proposal
• Detailed Work Experience Profile

Step-3: Scrutiny by the Research Committee Secretariat

Step-4: Shortlisting by the Shortlisting Committee

Step-5: Submission of the Final Report

• 25% of Honorarium i.e., Rs. 25000/- would be released on submission of Final Report. Balance amount i.e., Rs. 75000 would be released subject to the approval of Final report

Step-6: Approval of Final Report

Duration

The duration of research project should not exceed 1 (One) month from the date the project proposal is approved by the competent authority unless a longer period is otherwise justified. In case more than one month is expected due to justified reasons, the prior approval from the competent authority should be taken. The longer period in any case should not exceed further one month.

Permissible Honorarium

The eligible honorarium including other incidental expenditure per study would be Rs. 1,00,000/-. The honorarium would be paid only after the submission and approval of the research report by the competent authority. 25% of Honorarium i.e., Rs. 25000/- would be released on submission of Final Report. Balance amount i.e., Rs. 75000 would be released subject to the approval of Final report.

Copyright/IP Rights etc.

Any copyright or intellectual property right or patent, etc. – commercial, academic and for further research purpose, arising out of the research work would vest with ICAI. The ICAI would, however, duly acknowledge the researcher in the research publication.

Monitoring

The implementation and progress of the research projects approved under this scheme would be monitored regularly. The applicant may, at any point of time during the project, be requested to provide the details of work done/remaining, the draft of the project/publication, etc. to evaluate the implementation and progress of the project. If it is observed that the project is not being carried out as mentioned in the research proposal or the progress made by the researcher is not satisfactory, it may also be withdrawn.

Expected Output Of The Research Project

Research Reports, Survey reports, publications etc. beneficial for the profession or the economy at large.

Proposed Topics

• Green Finance
• Social Audit
• ESG Performance
• Crypto-currency
• Corporate Social Responsibility
• Integrated Reporting
• Foreign Direct Investment
• Fraud Prevention
• Total Quality Management
• Foreign Trade Policy
• Human Resource Accounting
• Tax Fairness and Tax Knowledge
• Money Laundering
• E-Governance
• Digital Transfer Pricing
• Corporate Governance
• Sustainable Finance
• IFRS Based Accounting Standards
• Tax Evasion
• Social Impact Analysis
• Others

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