SIRC of ICMAI: Southern India Regional Council, Chapters, Coaching and Jobs

How SIRC fits into ICMAI

ICMAI is the statutory body for cost and management accountancy, set up by the Cost and Works Accountants Act, 1959. ICMAI's website lists its headquarters at CMA Bhawan, 3 Institutional Area, Lodhi Road, New Delhi, with further offices in Noida and at 12 Sudder Street, Kolkata. It works through four regional councils, based in Kolkata, Chennai, Delhi and Mumbai, plus chapters in India and abroad (SIRC, About Us). ICMAI's Regional Councils page lists them as WIRC, SIRC, EIRC and NIRC and links to SIRC's official website, sircoficmai.in. Our guide to the four regional councils of ICMAI compares them.

Regional councils are set up under Chapter XI of ICMAI's Cost and Works Accountants Regulations, 1959 (as amended up to 25 May 2012):

• Members. ICMAI Council members from the region plus at least six members elected by the Institute's members in that region (Regulation 114).
• Term. Four years from the date the council is constituted (Regulation 121).
• Office bearers. A Chairman, Vice-Chairman, Secretary and Treasurer, elected every year (Regulation 122). For 2026–27, SIRC's home page names CMA Praveen Kumar as Chairman, CMA Rajesh Sai Iyer as Vice Chairman, CMA Divya Abhishek as Secretary and CMA K.V.N. Lavanya as Treasurer.
• Students' Facilities Committee. Every regional council must set one up (Regulation 127).

Under Regulation 116, a regional council advises and assists ICMAI's Council. Among other things it may keep the register of students for its region, give routine information to prospective exam candidates, arrange coaching if the Council wishes, run study circles, keep a library and reading room for members, maintain an employment exchange for qualified cost accountants and organise a student section.

States and chapters under SIRC

SIRC covers Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Karnataka, Kerala and the Union Territory of Pondicherry (Puducherry). ICMAI's list of Southern India Region chapters and SIRC's own list both name these 29 chapters (checked 6 October 2026):

Bengaluru, Cochin, Coimbatore, Dindigul, Erode, Godavari, Hosur, Hyderabad, Kottayam, Kozhikode-Malappuram, Madurai, Mangalore, Mysuru, Nellai-Pearl, Nellore, Neyveli, Palakkad, Pondicherry, Ranipet-Vellore, Salem, Sathavahana, Thrissur, Tiruchirappalli, Tirupati, Trivandrum, Ukkunagaram, Vijayawada, Visakhapatnam and Warangal.

So students in Bengaluru or Hyderabad, for example, have a local chapter that works under SIRC. Neither list has a separate Chennai chapter; Chennai is where the regional council's own office is. ICMAI's chapter list links to a page for each chapter.

Admission and oral coaching at SIRC

SIRC runs oral (classroom) coaching for CMA Foundation, Intermediate and Final at its Egmore office. Its admission notice for the June 2026 exam term says:

• The oral coaching classes come "without any additional cost": the notice gives one fee per level for oral or postal coaching.
• Attending the oral coaching classes is not mandatory.
• You can register online on ICMAI's student portal and select "Southern India Regional Council – Chennai" as your oral coaching centre, or register in person at the SIRC office in Egmore.

SIRC's Oral Coaching Forms page has separate application forms for Foundation, Intermediate Group 1, Intermediate Group 2 and Final (Groups 3 and 4). SIRC's Admission page carries its latest admission notice. On 6 October 2026 this was still the notice for the June 2026 term, so confirm the current registration date and class start with SIRC (sirc@icmai.in) before you apply. The amounts ICMAI charges for each level are explained in our CMA course fees guide.

Skills training and workshops

Under Syllabus 2022, which applies from the June 2023 exam term, ICMAI's curriculum lists these trainings and workshops alongside the exams:

SIRC's admission notice for the June 2026 term describes the Foundation and Final fees as including the Industry Orientation Training and Skills Training Programme, and the Intermediate fee as including the Skills Training Programs. The only Industry Oriented Training notice on SIRC's Announcements page on 6 October 2026 was for December 2023 exam Final students, so ask SIRC for the current schedule.

Job opportunities on SIRC's website

SIRC's Job Opportunities page posts vacancy notices from employers. Each entry shows the employer's name and dates and links to the employer's own notice. In September and early October 2026 it carried practical training (articleship) vacancies at cost accountants' and chartered accountants' firms, industrial training notices and openings at companies and public bodies, among them TANSIDCO (CMA trainees), Chennai Metro Rail Limited, the National Small Industries Corporation (CMA industrial training) and the Office of the Official Liquidator, Ministry of Corporate Affairs, Chennai (young professionals).

Open the notice for the role, location, eligibility and how to apply. The notices are the employers' own letters (one firm's notice we read asked trainees to send their CV to the firm's own email address), so follow the employer's instructions. If you are looking for a practical training place, see also our guide to CMA articleship vacancies.

SIRC office address and contact

• Address: The Institute of Cost Accountants of India, Southern India Regional Council, CMA Bhawan, No. 4, Montieth Lane, Egmore, Chennai 600 008.
• Email: sirc@icmai.in. For queries on registration, revalidation, coaching and de novo registration, SIRC's Student Queries page also lists coachingsirc@gmail.com.
• Office hours: Monday to Friday, 9:30 am to 6:00 pm; closed on Saturday and Sunday.
• Phone numbers: listed on SIRC's Contact Us page.

Frequently Asked Questions

Is SIRC of ICAI the same as SIRC of ICMAI?

No. SIRC of ICAI is the Southern India Regional Council of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India, the body for chartered accountants (CA); ICAI lists its office at ICAI Bhawan, 122 Mahatma Gandhi Road, Nungambakkam, Chennai 600 034. SIRC of ICMAI belongs to the Institute of Cost Accountants of India and serves CMA students and members.