Title:
ACCOUNTING EDUCATION IN INDIA-PROBLEMS AND PROSPECTS

Authors:
Dr. Pradip Kumar Das

Abstract:
Sociocultural and digital metamorphoses have impressed academics, researchers and professionals to consociate meticulously for imparting cogent accounting education. Accounting education in India is at climax, experiencing legion obstacles yet retaining golden ticket for robust sprouting. This paper bottomed on secondary method approach explores the status quo of accounting education, unearthing basic issues like outmoded curricula, sketchy pragmatic training, industry-academia alienation and a lacuna of accredited pedagogue. Further, it reconnoitres cutting-edge implications and glocalization on accounting profession. Potentialities for amelioration are also examined, escalating the necessity for dynamic curriculum, strengthened industry-academia collaboration, promotion of research, and association of digital techniques in the academic journey to clinch that the motif is venerated by the offspring crying for technology. By encountering the challenges, India can cultivate a hearty accounting education methodology that complies with international standards and outfits students with the dexterity expected for the budding fintech ecosystem.

Keywords:
Curriculum, Professional, Accounting education, Problems, Prospects