Registration Announcement for September 2021 Examination

September 2021 Actuarial Examination – Registration Announcement

Institute has decided to conduct the upcoming September 2021 examination in Home based online format from 1st September 2021 to 17th September 2021. Timetable - September 2021

To appear for September 2021 Online Examination, all applicants are required to fulfil the below

mandatory technical requirements,

Hardware

Personal Desktop/ Laptop1

Web Camera

Microphone

Operating System

Licensed Windows 7 and above

(NOTE: IOS / MAC BOOK ARE NOT ALLOWED)

.NET Framework 4.5.1 and above

Web Browser (Any One)

Google Chrome – Ver. 63 and above (Recommended) Firefox -Ver. 52 and above (Recommended)

Internet

Minimum speed of 512 Kbps, preferred 1 Mbps and above

RAM

Minimum 512 Mb, preferred 1-2 GB

Note: Device should have free space of more than 65MB on the default hard drive.

For the following subjects, applicants shall also fulfil the additional requirements as given below:

  1. CM1, CM2, CP2:
    1. MS Office (Licensed)- 2010 or above
  1. CS1, CS2:
    1. MS Office (Licensed)- 2010 or above
    2. R version 6.1 or higher
    3. R Studio – Version 1.1 or higher for 32 bit operating system Version 2 or higher for 64 bit operating system
    4. Packages – base, stats, utils, graphics, fpp, markov chain, forecast, dplyr, readxl, psych, corrplot, flexsurv,

We urge all applicants to meet all mandatory technical requirements before registering for September 2021 Online Examination.

No requests for cancellation and refunds will be entertained post registration.

Online Registration for September 2021 examination will start from 15th June, 2021.

1 No tablet or mobile devices are eligible

The procedure for the online registration of examination

1) Log on to your member login (actuariesindia.org) by entering your login ID and Password. Once you login, the system will ask you to upload your pass port size photograph, telephone number and email id before moving further.

2) Click on the “Examination” -> “September 2021 Examination”-> “Examination Form”

3) Select the correspondence address you wish to select “Permanent” Or “Alternate”.

4) Select Country, City and enter Pin Code at the time of registration from where you would like to appear for the Examination

5) Click on “Edit Profile details” in case you wish to change your Correspondence address, Contact number or Email ID. Make sure edited and non-edited details are accurate to send and receive communications throughout the examination

6) IIt is mandatory to upload your passport size photograph as per the mentioned specification. You will receive a confirmation email in case your uploaded photograph is up to the mark else you will be receiving a rejection email asking you to re-upload the proper

Do's

Dont's

Upload your recent passport size photograph (4.5 cm length x 3.5 cm width) in colour

Do not upload black and white photographs

Background of the photograph should be plain white and the dress should be in dark colour

Photograph with dark background or in uniform, or with

eyes hidden under coloured or dark glasses will not be accepted

Photograph should fit within the given box

Photograph is NOT to be signed

Frontal view of the full face should be visible in the photograph

Distracting shadows on the face or in the background should not be there

Print of the photograph should be clear and with a continuous-tone quality

Eyes must not be covered by hair.

Expression of the face should be natural (no grinning, frowning or raised eyebrows)

Glares or eyeglasses should be avoided with a slight upward or downward tilt of the head

Eyes must be open and both edges of face must be clearly visible

Photograph should not be damaged, for example: torn, creased, or marked

Minimum photo resolution should be of 150px * 150px. Maximum photo size not more than 1MB to be saved only in (.png, .jpg, .bmp, .jpeg, .gif, .raw)

format

Head coverings are not permitted except for religious reasons, but the facial features from bottom of chin to top of forehead and both edges of the face must be

clearly visible

Head should be in the centre of the frame and both ears should be visible

Photographs cut from group photographs are not acceptable

7) Select the subject(s) you wish to appear in the check box.

 

Note:

You will only be able to view the subjects for which you have purchased the study material and you can select maximum of three subjects in one examination.

 

8) A declaration window will appear for September 2021 online examination, read the declaration and click on read and

9) Click on “Pay” tab to make the payment of examination

10) On successful payment you will be directed towards “Transaction Acknowledgment”

11) Click on “Proceed” to view your registration

Registration for Additional Subject

If you wish to register for an additional subject, you need to follow the same registration process as mentioned above.

Points to Remember

1) Online Registration starts on 15th June 2021, Tuesday at 00 p.m.

2) Last date of Registration without late fee is 24th July 2021, Saturday upto 00 p.m.

3) Last date of Registration with late fee is 31st July 2021, Saturday upto 3:00 m.

4) The Student who wish to appear for September 2021 Actuarial Examination from overseas countries can register. Except below mentioned countries;

Iran, Syria, North Korea, Cuba, Crimea & Sevastopol, Russia, Venezuela, Balkans (Serbia, Montenegro, Bosnia & Herzegovina), Belarus, Burundi, Central African Republic, DR Congo, Iraq , Lebanon , Libya, Mali, Nicaragua, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Yemen, Zimbabwe and Middle East countries.

 

Note:

Overseas examination will be conducted strictly as per Indian Standard Time (IST) only.

 

No refund request shall be considered for the candidates registering from excluded countries under any circumstances.

5)Hall ticket will be made available to download under your respective member login by 21st August

6) Institute will issue the “Student Guide for Actuarial September 2021 Home Based Online Examination” for detailed ‘know how’ of the online examination

7) Institute plans to conduct mock examinations for all registered This will enable candidate to confirm if their system meets the technical requirement as stated above. It will further help the candidate to get acquainted with exam software and processes. It is strongly recommended that the

candidate appear for the mock examination to avoid last minute hassle. The detailed information will be communicated once registrations are closed.

8) You are advised to use your registered email id for all the communications related to

9) All examination related details will be available in the Member Login and also communicated on your registered email ID at least 2 days before the date of

10) Examination payment receipt will be available to download from the “Examination” tab on successful

For Queries

1) Login ID and Password - Swetha Jain - swetha@actuariesindia.org / 022- 62433335

2) Examination related queries - Jyoti Dubey - jyoti@actuariesindia.org / 022- 62433336

3) Study Material queries - Nilima Kadam - studymaterial@actuariesindia.org /022-62433339

4) Transaction related queries- Larry Barretto - it@actuariesindia.org / 022- 6243 3353

Ms. Milan Ghosalkar- milan@actuariesindia.org / 022- 6243 3347

Disclaimer: “Institute reserves the right to change the Examination schedule already announced for any valid reason or any unforeseen circumstances and the said changes will be notified on the website.”

Institute of Actuaries of India

12th May 2021

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