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Company Secretary Course Details

Stages to become a Company Secretary:
  1. The student who would like to join this CS Course after 10+2 has to undergo three stages to pursue the Company Secretaries Course i.e.
    • Foundation Program
    • Executive Program
    • Professional Programme
  2. In addition, the student has to undergo Practical Training for about 15 months, which a student may opt to start after passing the Executive Program
  1. The Student who would like to join the Course after passing the Graduation (Example: B.com) has to undergo two stages of the Company Secretaryship i.e.
    • Executive Program
    • Professional Program
    Besides, the student has to undergo Practical Training for about 15 months.
  2. Foundation Program, which is eight months duration can be pursued by 10+2 pass students of Arts, Science or Commerce stream.
  3. Executive Program can be pursued by a Graduate of all streams except Fine Arts.
  4. Professional Program can be pursued only after clearing the Executive Program of Company Secretary Course.
  5. Training: A Student has to undergo 15 months Management Training in Companies sponsored by the Institute after passing the Executive or Professional Program or under the guidance of a Company Secretary in Practice.
  6. After qualifying Professional Examination and on successful completion of training a candidate is admitted as an Associate Member of the ICSI and can use the letters ACS after his/her name i.e. Associate Company Secretary.
Note: Admission to the Company Secretary Course is open throughout the year. Examinations are held twice a year in June & December.
There are 4 subjects in CS Foundation.
  • Business Environment and Entrepreneurship
  • Business Management Ethics and Communication
  • Business Economics
  • Fundamental of Accounting and Auditing
CS Foundation Registration is open throughout the year. Candidates registered up to and including the month of March are eligible to take the Foundation examination earliest in December in the same year and those registered up to and including September can take up the examination in June next year subject to satisfactory completion of coaching.
There are 2 Modules in CS Executive. Module -I contains 4 subjects and Module – II contains 3 subjects.

Module I

  • Company Law
  • Cost and Management Accounting
  • Economic and Commercial Laws
  • Tax Laws and Practice

Module II

  • Company Accounts and Auditing Practices
  • Capital Markets and Securities Laws
  • Industrial, Labor and General Laws
Candidates registered as students up to and including May in a year are eligible for appearing in any one Module only of the Executive examination held in December of that year and those registered up to and including the month of November in a year are eligible for appearing in any one Module only in the June examination of next year subject to completion of coaching, computer training & other requirements (as per the guidelines of the Institute) in the Module they intend to appear.
There are 3 Modules in CS Executive. Module -I contain 3 subjects, Module – II contains 4 subjects and Module 3 contains 2 subjects and 5 elective papers.

Module I

  • Advanced Company Law and Practice
  • Secretarial Audit, Compliance Management, and Due Diligence
  • Corporate Restructuring, Valuation, and Insolvency

Module III

  • Advanced Tax Laws and Practice
  • Drafting, Appearances, and Pleadings

Module II

  • Information Technology and Systems Audit
  • Financial, Treasury and Forex Management
  • Ethics, Governance, and Sustainability

Elective Subjects

  • Banking Law and Practice
  • Capital, Commodity and Money Market
  • Insurance Law and Practice
  • Intellectual Property Rights – Law and Practice
  • International Business-Laws and Practices

Medium of Examination

The Institute allows the facility for students to appear in examination in English as well as in Hindi. (Except Business Communication subject of Foundation Program)

Qualifying Marks

A candidate is declared to have passed the Foundation / Executive / Professional examination if he/she secures at one sitting a minimum of 40% marks in each paper and 50% marks in the aggregate of all subjects.

Time limit for completing CS Examination

A student is required to complete the Executive and the Professional examination within the registration period. However, on payment of requisite fees, the validity of registration may be renewed/extended for the further period subject to fulfilling the applicable guidelines.

ICSI Oral Tuition Guidelines / PPT Guidelines

Salient features of the Oral Tuition Guidelines & PPP Guidelines: Under the revised guidelines 30 lectures of 2 hours duration for each subject of Foundation / 35 lectures of 2 hours duration for each subject of Executive / 40 lectures of 2 hours duration for each subject of Professional Program has been made mandatory

The process to become a Chartered Accountant (CA) is as following

First step is to register for CPT with the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) after passing 10th Standard examination.

Take CPT examination after you appear in the 12th exam and after completion of period of 60 days from the date of registration for CPT.

IPCC – Integrated Professional Competence Course would be the next stage after p[assing the CPT and 12th Level. Passing the CPT and 12th exam is mandatory without wich one would not able to register for IPCC. Generally, the registration for the IPCC must be done well in advance that is before 9 months of the IPCC exam.

  • IPCC level contains total 7 papers (Group 1+ Group 2).
  • Group – 1 – four papers
  • Group – 2 – is composed of three papers.
  • Passing the Group – I, is necessary for commencing an Articleship.

Candidates need to complete 100 hours Information Technology Training (ITT). Before registering for Articleship, Orientation and ITT should be completed. The Orientation Course of one week which is a 35 hours of length and covers topics, such as, communication skills, personality development, business environment, office procedure, general knowledge of commercial aspects, etc.

(Note: You have the flexibility to complete ITT and Orientation course at any time before registering for an Articleship)

Candidates can appear and pass the Group – 1 or Both Groups of IPCE – Integrated Professional Competence Examination.

After passing the Group 1, candidates can appear for Group 2 in next attempt after Group 1 attempt or during Articleship.(Note:- Candidates can register for the Articleship after passing the only Group 1 also)

Articleship is important and is a part of the overall process. Candidates need to register as Articled Assistant for a period of 3 years with a practicing CA after passing either Group – 1 or both the Groups of IPCE.

Here is what we can term it the final stage of this time driven process. This is a Final CA exam and you need to register for C.A Final Course after passing both the groups of IPCC.

During the last 6 months of 3 years of articled training you have to register and pass the CA Final. Candidates are supposed to pass the group 1 and 2 of the CA Final to complete the process successfully.

Articled Training of 3 years of the period must be completed within given time frame.

15 days Course on General Management and Communication Skills is one of the stages in this process and this should also be completed in given time.

The last one is a much-awaited procedure and that is to Enroll as a member of ICAI and getting designated as a Charted Accountant (CA).

Normally, it would take 4.5 Years for CPT route and 3 years for the graduation route where candidates are exempted from the CPT route and can directly enroll for IPCC.