Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India (Continuing Professional Education for Insolvency Professionals) Guidelines (Amendment), 2025
The Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India (IBBI) has amended its 2019 guidelines on Continuing Professional Education (CPE) for Insolvency Professionals (IPs) as of August 13, 2025. The key changes include an increase in the mandatory CPE credit hours to 30 per calendar year, a requirement that does not apply in the year an IP is registered. A new provision mandates that a minimum percentage of these credits must be earned through in-person learning programs, starting at 40% in 2026 and increasing to 60% by 2028. The amendments also introduce new ways to earn credit hours, such as publishing articles or books and passing professional examinations. The guidelines also specify the credit hours for various learning activities, differentiating between in-person and virtual modes. Additionally, IPs must now get prior approval from their respective Insolvency Professional Agency (IPA) for programs organized by entities other than the IBBI or IPAs. A new relevant area for CPE has been added: “Prevention of Money Laundering Act and fraud detection.”
Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India
13th August, 2025
Amendments to the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India (Continuing Professional Education for Insolvency Professionals) Guidelines, 2019
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. The minimum percentage of total CPE credits to be undertaken through in-person learning programs is as given below:
| Calendar Year | Minimum Percentage of Total CPE Credits to be obtained through In-Person Programs |
| 2026 | 40% |
| 2027 | 50% |
| 2028 and onwards | 60% |
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.
(b) The following is an indicative format of learning activities in areas relevant for IPs and credit hours thereof:
Table No. 1
| Sl. No. | Learning Activity in the areas relevant for IPs | Credit hours |
| 1 | Workshops, Conferences, Seminars, Training Programmes, Refresher Programmes, Certificate Courses, Conventions and Symposia and the like | As per Table No. 2 |
| 2 | Acting as faculty in any of the activities in Sl. No. 1 | Equivalent to the duration of the activity |
| 3 | Publication of article in any national newspaper | Four hours |
| 4 | Publication of article in a journal of the Board, an IPA, a RVO, a Professional Institute, or a referred national or international journal | Eight hours |
| 5 | Publication of a Book | Thirty hours in the year of publication |
| 6 | Completing a two-year Post-Graduation Course | Twenty hours in the year of completion |
| 7 | Completing Ph. D. | Forty hours in the year of conferment of Ph.D. |
| 8 | Pass in Limited Insolvency Examination | Forty hours in the year of passing |
| 9 | Pass in Valuation Examination of an asset Class | Twenty hours in the year of passing |
| 10 | IPs acting as NCLT / NCLAT members | CPE requirement deemed fulfilled during the period of service as a Member |
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| Learning Activity in the areas relevant for IPs | Organizer | Mode | Half Day Credit Hours | Full Day Credit Hours |
| Workshops, Conferences, Seminars, Training Programmes, Refresher Programmes, Certificate Courses, Conventions and Symposia | IBBI/IPAs | In-Person | 3 hours | 6 hours |
| Virtual | 2 hours | 4 hours | ||
| Other Entities (including programs where IBBI/IPA is being associated) | In-Person | 2 hours | 4 hours | |
| Virtual | 1 hour | 2 hours |
(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
