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Continuing Education (CE) plays a vital role in the CFP Certificant’s pursuit of on-going professional competence. Recognizing the importance of staying proficient in an ever-changing industry, Financial Planning Standards Board India (FPSB India) has made continuing education one of the requirements for continued use of CFP Certification Mark.

The continuing education requirement serves the public interest by assuring the public that CFP professionals are staying abreast of changes in their rapidly evolving field. And the CFP Certificant benefits when public confidence in CFP marks is secure.

Click here to download the complete list of Approved CE Activities / Points.

The following Professional Education Programs, Designations and Licenses are approved by FPSB India for earning the Continuous Education Points by CFP Certificants:

Sr. No. CE Category CE Program/ Activity CE Points
(CEPs)
Admissible
Validity of
Program/
Activity
Remarks Relevant Documents
Admissible
1 Authorship Authorship of
Book on Finance
or any component
of Financial
Planning*
15 Ongoing

Book to be
completed
in the
validity period

Soft/ Hard
copy or
link of book

Authorship of
articles in Print/
Electronic
Media/ Financial
Planning Journa
5 Ongoing Published date of the
article to be in the
validity period
Soft/ Hard
copy or
link of article
Published interview in print
media or interview/ panel
discussion in electronic media
5 30-Sept-11 Published date/
telecast date to be
in the validity period
Soft/ Hard copy or
link of interview
Published quotes in print
media or viewpoint/ bite in
electronic media (per article
or appearance)
2 30-Sept-11 Published date/
telecast date to be
in the validity period
Soft/ Hard copy or
link of article
2 Qualification Professional Courses and
Certifications (Actuary, CA,
CFA, CAIIB, JAIIB, ICWA, CS)
15 Ongoing Date of completion to
be in the validity period
Photocopy of passing
certificate / degree
Higher Academic
Qualifications
(Post Graduate or
Doctorate in Finance,
Economics, Econometrics,
Mathematics/ Statistics, Law)
15 Ongoing Date of completion to
be in the validity
period
Photocopy of passing
certificate / degree
Licentiate/ Associate/ Fellowship
of Life Insurance from
Insurance Institute of India
10 Ongoing Date of completion to
be in the validity
period
Photocopy of passing
certificate / degree
MBA (Finance- Part Time)
/ (except Finance- Full Time)
10 Ongoing Date of completion to
be in the validity
period
Photocopy of passing
certificate / degree
3 Certification
/ Courses
Mandatory Certifications
(NISM-MF, IRDA) other
relevant courses of NCFM,
BSE, IIBF, NISM, etc.
2 30-Sep-11 Date of completion to
be in the validity period
Photocopy of passing
certificate
Aspirational relevant courses
of at least 1-year duration run
by professional education
entities
10 Ongoing Date of completion to
be in the validity
period
Photocopy of passing
certificate / degree
LOMA Certification 10 Ongoing Date of completion to
be in the validity
period
Photocopy of passing
certificate / degree
4 Events/
Meetings
Events, Seminars, Round
Table/ Conference, Financial
Planning Congress, etc. and
Workshops organized and / or
pre-approved by FPSB India
or FPCIL
5 Ongoing Date of event to be in
the validity period
Participation
Certificate/ Attendance
sheet and Event
Agenda
Other events related to one of
the Financial Planning
components* or other
relevant matters on Economy
and Finance
2 31-Dec-11 Date of event to be in
the validity period
Participation
Certificate/ Attendance
sheet and Event
Agenda
Financial Planning
Association’s (FPA) Annual
Convention in US
10 Ongoing Starting Date of
convention to be in
the validity period
Participation
Certificate/ Attendance
sheet and Event
Agenda
Meetings of the Board of FPSB
India and appointed
Committees
3 Ongoing Date of meeting to
be in the validity
period
Participation
Certificate/ Attendance
sheet and Event
Agenda
Board Meetings of entities in
the BFSI sector
3 Ongoing Date of meeting to
be in the validity
period
Participation
Certificate/ Attendance
sheet and Event
Agenda
5 Quiz Quiz in the Financial Planning
Journal or solving queries in
the Newspapers/ other
journals
4 30-Sep-11 Month of Journal/
quiz to be in the
validity period
Result Sheet
6 Teaching Training and Teaching
assignments other than
performed/ undertaken as part
of profession (Workshops,
Institutes, Classroom
teaching, etc.) (Full day
assignment)
5 31-Dec-11 Sessions to be in the
validity period.
Acknowledgment
letter from the
College/ Institute
mentioning the date,
topic & number of
hours of lecture/
training/ workshop
7 Speakership Speakership in a Seminar,
Convention, Conference, etc.
5 31-Dec-11 Date of event to be in
the validity period
Acknowledgment letter
from the College/
Institute mentioning
the date, topic &
number of hours of
lecture/ training/
workshop
8 Survey
Response
Completion of FPSB India's
Job Analysis Survey towards
restructuring syllabus topic list
for CFPCM Certification
Program
5 31-Mar-12 Surveys will be
intimated through emails,
will also be on
FPSB India's website
for specified
durations.
Online submission;
shall be captured in
the survey data
(complete submission
only considered)
9 Others Participation in TV
Shows/ interviews
3 30-Sept-11 Date of Show to be in
the validity period
Participation
Certificate/ Attendance
sheet & Event Agenda/
Event schedule
Answering questions/ Queries
in newspaper/ magazines
3 30-Sept-11 Date to be in the
validity period
Participation
Certificate/ Attendance
sheet & Event Agenda/
Event schedule
Grace Points Up to 2 Ongoing To be decided on
case to case basis or
recommended to
attend a specified
program
Participation
Certificate/ Attendance
sheet & Event Agenda/
Event schedule
 
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