CA vs MBA

Is this debate doing good to anyone?

A lot of eyebrows have already raised and a lot of people have already become excited to debate on this topic. To all those I am sorry. Here I am not debating for or against anyone rather I am writing against the generalization of this debate altogether.

I am in favor of taking away this topic from all the debate lovers. Last few days I got a chance to meet many budding CAs and MBAs. All of them had listened a lot of different views on this topic. And these views had completely influenced their mindset about both the courses.

There are views that CAs are better and there are views that MBAs are better and there is an expert opinion that CAs are good at one thing and MBAs at other (Lets leave those things alone for now).

Let us not generalize all this and see from the point of view of an individual student. Irrespective of whether one is a CA student or an MBA student; the objective remains to gain the knowledge in his field of interest, learn and improve his presentation and communication skills, take practical experience and get the confidence to achieve his career goals.

So what I feel is once a decision is taken to pursue either of the course, a budding CA or an aspiring MBA should not give a piece of his mind to this debate. Rather he should concentrate on analyzing where he stands, improving his own skills and progress in his own career.

Proud CA who respects MBA

Sanjay Nawandhar