The Society undertakes many events during the year in the spheres of education, sports and social interaction.
Few activities organized by us are:
National Chartered Accountants Students Conference -
This is an event, which provides access for CA Sri Lanka students to a forum of guest speakers and gives them an opportunity to question prominent figures on the happenings in the business community. Prominent personalities and intellectuals from various professional fields have graced the occasion as chief guests. Further Student delegates from Pakistan, Nepal, Bangladesh, and India who are members of South Asian Federation of Accounts (SAFA) are taking part in our conference representing their accounting bodies. Students from other professional bodies like ACCA, CIMA, AAT are also invited to interact with us to share experiences and knowledge.
Students’ Magazine & Newsletter –
‘Fusion’ Business Magazine, a publication of PACSS, is published in line with the Students’ Conference. The primary objective of this magazine is to encourage students to contribute articles of their choice and it provides an excellent opportunity for students to express their views and opinions. Further, newsletter of the society is circulated annually amongst all registered students of the CA Sri Lanka which includes useful information such as syllabus change, training requirements, examination calendar etc
Chartered Ball -
This is an entertaining event organized in the grandest scale to provide students as well as members of CA Sri Lanka, an occasion to interact with each other and amongst the students of correlated professional bodies while enjoying themselves.
Inter Auditors’ Sports events -
A chance for all working students to escape from the rigorous of work, deadlines, exams and move into a totally different arena of physical endurance. The primary goal of these sports events is to bring trainees of all member firms together to nurture an environment where we interact and make friends. The sports events organized by us are Cricket, Soccer, Badminton, Netball, Basketball, Swimming, Marathon, Carom, Volleyball and Table Tennis. Only member firms of PACSS are allowed to participate in these tournaments.
Awards Night -
After a year of perseverance and competition, we award and inspire all those who emerge victors. Awards will be given not only to students who excel in examinations but also to those who excel in the Inter Auditors’ Sports events. This is followed by a night of music and dancing, fun and laughter, where we celebrate the completion of yet another eventful and successful year of work, exams and sports.
Student exchange programs with SAFA –
Representatives from CA Sri Lanka and PACSS are invited by the members of SAFA to take part in conferences and other events organized in the region. We as the representatives of Sri Lanka, participate in these events.
CSR Activities -
1st CSR event for the year was successfully held on 7th November 2010 at the Fatima Boys Home, Kochchikade. The event was held as planned and we handed over our donation to the in charge of the orphanage. And had some games for the children along with a distribution of gifts to winners at the end.
PACSS Tabloid –
It is with great pleasure that we invite you all to read the “PACSS Tabloid”– the newsletterfor students, by students. As we are all moving at a fast pace at this ICT age, the thirst for timely information and companionship has become a driving force within us. Our online newsletter “PACSS Tabloid” hopes to fulfill this necessity by keeping in touch with the vast student body that we at PACSS represent. “PACSS Tabloid” will be published quarterly with the objective of providing youan overview of the activities carried out by PACSS forthe benefit of the students as a whole and updating you with the recent developments in our profession. The newsletter will also feature a cross word puzzle providing you with an opportunity to win a cash prize. As PACSS is committed to address your requests and as “PACSS Tabloid” is published exclusively for you, the scope and success of it will depend on your feedback.
Few of our events that we are planning to organize in the future:
Inter Auditor’s quiz competition –
This competition is brought in to enhance the awareness of students on the developments in the fields of Academic, Sports, Information Technology and Current Affairs. While we continue to organize events to promote education, sports and social interaction, we hope to play a more active role with CA Sri Lanka on students’ welfare. Further, we plan to promote student development in areas, which go beyond the traditional classroom work, such as leadership, social skills, teamwork, etc.
