Miles CPA & CMA training institute in India

Miles Education

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US certifications like CPA and CMA empower professionals with global credibility, these are also focused on what professionals really need to know

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• Publié par: MilesCPAReview
• Publié le: 30 mars 2016
• Nombre de lectures: 8
• Langue: English

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Walking extra 'Miles' to ofer end-to-end training services to students

With a mission to ensure that all graduates are recognized by their due potential, Varun Jain, Founder of Miles Professional Education, the only specialized CMA review course provider in India, discusses various USP’s of his organization, the challenges ahead, as well as the changes needed for the education sector.

What is Miles ProFessional Education all about? Miles Professional Education is an education start-up and India’s largest classroom training provider for US certiîcation courses CPA (Certiîed Public Accountant), which is the highest accounting qualiîcation in the US and is the reigning profession for public accountants all over the world. CMA (Certiîed Management Accountant) is the management accounting qualiîcation in the US oered by the Institute of Management Accountants (IMA), US. CMA is the US equivalent of CMA/CWA in India and CIMA in the UK. Miles Professional Education is spread across 10 cities in India.

How is Miles diferent From the other online testing bodies? Miles is a course provider and trainers for US review courses. We are not a testing body. We provide students with all tools (study material, live classroom training, online access and question banks etc.) necessary to successfully pass these exams. Unique classroom training model are coupled with self-developed “user-friendly” study material. The student relations team provides assistance in evaluations of Indian scores, counseling students for exam preparation, visa and logistical assistance, license assistance from one of the 55 states in the US to placement assistance in Indian and multinational companies. Miles is the only training institute in India that provides end to end services to its student fraternity.

How do these certiIcations help in enhancing the job prospects? In today’s world, a crucial objective of education is to be able to change not just one’s local markets, but to inLuence the entire world. CPA’s and CMA’s are equipped with this aptitude and ability to create a dierence to their respective industries and thereby the international economy as a whole. Thus, a commerce graduate from India can now explore US professional certiîcations while taking classes from test- prep providers in India like Miles CPA Review or Indian franchisees of US-based providers. These certiîcations ît in as global professional chartered and management accountants. CPA’s and CMA’s have multitude of opportunities in big 4 consulting companies, MNC’s and Indian companies with US presence.

How do you justiFy short duration courses like CPA/CMA as opposed to the ïndian ProFessional courses - CA/CWA/CS? With increasing globalization and the presence of MNC’s in India, knowledge and credibility of professionals need to be now recognized on a global platform. For instance, in accounting and înance, we have respected professional qualiîcations like CA and CWA (now Indian CMA) with demand across India for decades. But nearly all MNC’s are looking for more, that is, they are looking at professionals who can be showcased to their global teams with qualiîcations having global credibility.

That was the entire rationale behind Miles launching courses like US CPA, which is equivalent to the Indian CA and US CMA, which is the counterpart of the Indian CMA. Not only do these US certiîcations like CPA and CMA empower professionals with global credibility, these are also focused on what professionals really need to know.

What kind oF jobs is available For Fresh graduates who take up CMA? In India, fresh CMA’s can easily pick up job earnings in the range between Rs. 400,000 to Rs. 600,000 per annum, and with experienced CMA’s in top management and înance positions in companies, there is certainly no upper limit to their pay packages. Most of the cream job opportunities for CMA’s are with multi- national corporations. To summarize, CMA from a career perspective means 2 exams, 300-400 hours of study over 6 months, exams conducted in India and extensive opportunities with MNC’s.

What is your geographical expansion in ïndia and where do you see yourselF in next Ive years? Miles started with one oïce in Hyderabad close to îve years ago. In these three years, we have been only moving up the ladder by introducing the courses in the key Tier 1 and Tier 2 cities in India. Miles is now present in 10 key locations in India. We train students in Hyderabad, Bangalore, Chennai, Kochi, Ahmedabad, Mumbai, Kolkata, Delhi NCR, Jaipur and Pune. We are soon looking at spreading our presence in tier 2 and tier 3 cities like Indore, Nagpur, Udaipur, ucknow, Chandigarh, Orissa, Bhubaneswar etc. and wider presence in North Eastern Regions likes Assam, Guwahati, Siliguri etc., Students can take up CMA along with their graduation and to oer this opportunity to maximum students, we are partnering with key colleges in cities across India. We already have tie - ups with prominent colleges in Kochi, Hyderabad, Coimbatore, Gurgaon, Ghaziabad, Pune, Bangalore, Gwalior etc. We are looking at closing at least 50 – 75 college partnerships by the end of this year and gradually take the brand International. This will also increase our presence in India to such a large number.

What are Miles expansion plans outside ïndia? 2016 is a very important year for us. Besides expanding our reach in India, our next big step will be to go International. By the end of 2016, Miles will have presence in Middles East (Dubai in particular) and one oïce in the US. Our team is already physically present in these locations and has already the ground work preparations.

Do you have any partnerships to ofer the courses? Miles has partnered with Wiley for its course oerings - CPA & CMA. For CPA, Wiley's study materials and online test bank access are a part of the organization's pedagogy. For CMA, we have an oïcial tripartite agreement with the Institute of Management Accountants and Wiley. As part of this agreement, we provide Wiley study materials and online test banks to the candidates in addition to the oïcial discounts that Miles candidates are able to obtain.