This Amendment shall be called the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India (Continuing Professional Education for Insolvency Professionals) Guidelines (Amendment), 2025
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Mumbai, August 14, 2025: In exercise of the powers conferred by section 196 of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 (31 of 2016), the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India hereby makes the following amendments to the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India (Continuing Professional Education for Insolvency Professionals) Guidelines, 2019, namely: -
1. These amendments shall be called the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India (Continuing Professional Education for Insolvency Professionals) Guidelines (Amendment), 2025.
2. In the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India (Continuing Professional Education for Insolvency Professionals) Guidelines, 2019 (hereinafter referred to as the principal guidelines), in Clause 5: (i) sub-clause (a) shall be substituted with the following, namely: - “(a) An IP shall undertake a minimum of 30 credit hours of CPE each calendar year. Provided that an IP is not required to undertake any CPE in the calendar year in which he is registered. Illustration An IP registered as on 30th June, 2025 shall undertake CPE for at least 30 credit hours in a calendar year, namely, 2026, 2027, 2028, 2029 and so on. Clarification An IP shall undertake CPE even when his registration is suspended, or he has ceased to have an authorisation for assignment.”
(ii) after sub-clause (a), the following sub-clause shall be inserted, namely: - “(aa) An IP shall undertake mandatory minimum percentage of total CPE credits through in-person learning programs.
3. In the principal guidelines, clause 6 shall be substituted with the following, namely: - “6. Learning activities. (a) An IP may earn credit hours from the learning activities in two ways: i. By participation in learning activities offered by the Board, an IPA, a Registered Valuer Organisation, a statutory professional institute, a university or any other entity, as may be approved by the Board from time to time; or ii. By publishing articles / delivering lectures, in the areas relevant for IPs, an indicative list of which is at Schedule to these Guidelines.
(c) IPs to obtain prior approval from their respective IPA before enrolling in any CPE program organised by entities other than the IBBI or the IPAs. (d) IPAs to ensure processing of approval requests from IPs, as per point (c) above in a diligent, objective and time-bound manner to facilitate professional development in a seamless manner.” 4. In the Schedule of the principal guidelines, in Sl. No. 2 of the Table titled Areas relevant for Insolvency Professionals for the purpose of Continuing Professional Education, after the entry titled ‘Avoidance Transactions for Insolvency Professionals’, the following shall be inserted, namely:
- Prevention of Money Laundering Act and fraud detection
