BWI: PIRON goes Global with ACCA IFRS Diploma for International Professionals

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Source: PIRON Consulting
Thursday, February 11, 2010 04:51 PM IST (11:21 AM GMT)
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PIRON goes Global with ACCA IFRS Diploma for International Professionals
ACCA is the World's Largest Accounting Body with Members & Students in 170 Countries

New Delhi, Delhi, India, Thursday, February 11, 2010 -- (Business Wire India) -- Piron is going global and proud to be associated with ACCA (Association of Chartered Certified Accountants), World's Largest Accounting Body. As a Gold Approved Partner with ACCA, Piron Education has launched an international campaign designed to deliver world class education to the farthest corners of the globe.

As countries across the world are rapidly approaching the date of convergence to IFRS, the demand of IFRS accounting professionals are expected to reach record levels. Companies in over 100 countries are desperately looking for people who are IFRS qualified. Piron is extremely happy to announce the PIRON-ACCA IFRS Diploma by extending an expertise arm to International professionals.

Piron's state of the art e-learning module and real-time online training uses the global reach of the internet to deliver trainings along with interactive web portals that can be used by International candidates to interact with our acclaimed faculty.

"This association with ACCA allows Piron to connect with IFRS aspirants worldwide. Based on the need, we can connect to UK, US, Canadian IFRS Experts to impart their valuable experience in IFRS Transition. We can train professionals in more than 240 locations spread over 105 cities across India through our video conferencing technology in alliance with Reliance World and now also train professionals all across the world through real time e-learning at www.flexiguru.com. Even tier 2 & 3 cities benefit through the online conferencing mode with high interactivity levels," explained Ankur Aggarwal, CEO, Piron.

"ACCA recognized this trend and was the first organization to deliver a qualification which is dedicated to training employees in how to apply International Financial Reporting Standards, no matter where you are in the world. ACCA's IFRS Diploma is recognized across the world", said Abhishek Asthana, Chartered Accountant and member of ICAI.

"It gives us immense pleasure to share that we have been associated with leading brands like Reliance and Bombay Stock Exchanging Training Institute to take forward the IFRS initiative nationwide and being chosen as preferred Training Vendors for companies like Accenture, Genpact, Colt Technologies, NTPC, Amar Ujala, Deepak Nitride, Ashok Leyland and many more," added Mr. Aggarwal.

Key servings of International PIRON-ACCA IFRS Diploma:
1) Course Duration. - 60 hrs of online real time training through Web conferencing. The entire course will be completed in 10 weeks.

2) 1 year of unlimited access of flexiguru.com, with e-learning content in the form of videos, presentations, assignments, forums, etc.

3) Diploma Accredited by the ACCA, world's largest accounting body.

4) Examination Method: Written Exam

5) The next online batch starts: Weekdays / Weekends: Last week of Feb 2010

6) Classes options:

a) Morning / Evening weekday classes: Three classes per week in evenings (2 hours of each class)
b) Morning / Evening Weekend Classes: Saturday and Sunday (3 hours of each class)

Modes of Training

1) Live online through web conferencing
2) Live video conferencing
3) In house (In person training)
4) In house (Web and Video conferencing)
5) Classroom trainings* (Only in selected cities)

The next international batch of PIRON Education includes students, professionals and companies from North America, South America, Middle East, Africa and Asia.

About Piron:

PIRON specializes in offering training and consulting services in the sphere of accounting and finance. It provides comprehensive solutions in the realm of IFRS through its various group companies.

PIRON Education specializes in providing IFRS certification programs in alliance with its European partners is providing training to corporate and individuals in Diploma in IFRS (DipIFR), approved by ACCA, the world's largest accountancy institute. Piron is the only institution in India providing ACCA's officially approved study material of DipIFR and also certified with the highly prestigious Gold Approved Learning Partner status by ACCA. Available in 105 cities in India through Reliance World Centers and all across the world through real time e-learning at www.flexiguru.com.

PIRON Consulting, a division of PIRON Group, specializes in providing tailor-made in-house training & consulting services in IFRS:

-- Training on IFRS Overview, tailor-made detailed IFRS workshop and industry specific workshops
-- Assisting companies in impact analysis of IFRS adoption
-- Designing the IFRS diagnostic kit for companies
-- Providing consulting in first time adoption of IFRS


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