SSEI's CFA Level 1 Special Batch is 505 hours of core conceptual teaching (Gold) or 562 hours (Platinum & Platinum Plus) by Sanjay Saraf Sir, designed for students with strong Economics and Statistics backgrounds - final-year Engineers, Economics Honours, Statistics Honours, and Maths Honours graduates. Full core instruction across most subjects, with revision-videos-only for Economics and Quantitative Methods, leveraging your existing foundation to go deeper faster. Built to win above 90th percentile.
Watch these classroom recordings and walk-throughs to see our first-principles teaching style in action.
30+ years of proving that the CFA curriculum has no concept too complex - only explanations not good enough yet. Sanjay Saraf Sir, CFA, FRM, CIIA, CPM, CTM, CIB. MS Finance from ICFAI Hyderabad. Gold Medallist awarded by Late Dr. Manmohan Singh.
This timeline is pulled directly from CFA Institute's official Dates & Fees page. Fees are paid to CFA Institute and are independent of any SSEI programme fee.
CFA Institute opened registration for the August 2026 window. Candidates could register via the candidate portal.
Early rate of USD 1,140 was available until this date. Standard rate of USD 1,490 applied from 22 Jan 2026.
Scholarship application window closed. If awarded, exam fee reduced to USD 350. Apply for the next window instead.
Registration window closed. If you are registered, proceed to scheduling your slot before 7 Jul 2026.
Last date to book your Prometric/Pearson VUE slot. Miss this and your registration is forfeited - no refund.
Last day to change your exam appointment (centre or time). USD 250 rescheduling fee applies. No changes permitted after this.
Official 6-day computer-based testing window at a Prometric/Pearson VUE centre. You sit your pre-scheduled slot - one attempt per window.
CFA Institute releases pass/fail results and percentile decile band within 8–9 weeks of the window close, via your candidate portal.
CFA Institute opened registration for the August 2026 window. Candidates could register via the candidate portal.
Early rate of USD 1,140 was available until this date. Standard rate of USD 1,490 applied from 22 Jan 2026.
Scholarship application window closed. If awarded, exam fee reduced to USD 350. Apply for the next window instead.
Registration window closed. If you are registered, proceed to scheduling your slot before 7 Jul 2026.
Last date to book your Prometric/Pearson VUE slot. Miss this and your registration is forfeited - no refund.
Last day to change your exam appointment (centre or time). USD 250 rescheduling fee applies. No changes permitted after this.
Official 6-day computer-based testing window at a Prometric/Pearson VUE centre. You sit your pre-scheduled slot - one attempt per window.
CFA Institute releases pass/fail results and percentile decile band within 8–9 weeks of the window close, via your candidate portal.
Economics and Statistics at honours / engineering level cover quantitative methods and macroeconomic fundamentals more deeply than a typical Level 1 candidate. Rather than re-teach these from scratch, we provide full core teaching for the other 8 subjects and targeted revision videos for Econ & Quant Methods.