A Company Secretary is a profession in the field of Secretarial, Compliance and Governance. The profession ensures that Board procedures are both followed and regularly reviewed and provides guidance to Chairman and the Directors on their responsibilities under various laws.
Stages to become a Company Secretary:
Foundation Programme can be pursued by 10+2 pass or equivalent students of Arts, Science or Commerce stream (Excluding Fine Arts)
Executive Programme can be pursued by a Graduate of all streams except Fine Arts.
Professional Programme can be pursued only after clearing the Executive Programme of CS Course
Admission for the CS course is open throughout the year. Examination are held twice in a year in June and December
Cut off dates for admission to CS course:
- The qualification has been divided into 3 levels (i.e. CSEET Level, CS Executive and CS Professional Level) with Total 20 Papers.
- CSEET Level (4 Papers)
- Paper 1 : Business Communication (MCQ)
- Paper 2 : Legal Aptitude and Logical Reasoning (MCQ)
- Paper 3 : Economic and Business Environment (MCQ)
- Paper 4 : Current Affairs, Presentation and Communication Skills (MCQ & Viva Voce)
- CS Executive Level (8 Papers)
- Paper 1: Jurisprudence, Interpretation and General Laws
- Paper 2: Company Law
- Paper 3: Setting up of Business Entities and Closure
- Paper 4: Tax Laws (MCQ)
- Paper 5: Corporate & Management Accounting (MCQ)
- Paper 6: Securities Laws & Capital Markets
- Paper 7: Economic, Business and Commercial Laws
- Paper 8: Financial and Strategic Management (MCQ)
- CS Professional Level (9 Papers further Divided into 8 Essentials and 1 Elective)
- Essential
- Paper 1: Governance, Risk Management, Compliances and Ethics
- Paper 2: Advanced Tax Laws
- Paper 3: Drafting, Pleadings and Appearances
- Paper 4: Secretarial Audit, Compliance Management and Due Diligence
- Paper 5: Corporate Restructuring, Insolvency, Liquidation & Winding-up
- Paper 6: Resolution of Corporate Disputes, Non-Compliances & Remedies
- Elective Papers
- Paper 9.1: Banking- Law & Practice
- Paper 9.2: Insurance & Practice
- Paper 9.3: Intellectual Property Rights- Laws and Practices
- Paper-9.4: Forensic Audit
- Paper 9.5: Direct Tax Law & Practice
- Paper 9.6: Labour Laws & Practice
- Paper 9.7: Valuations & Business Modelling
- Paper 9.8: Insolvency – Law and Practice
- Registration cum Exam fee: 1000 Rs
- Registration fee: 10000 Rs
- Exam fee: 2500 Rs
- Minimum of 40 percent marks in each paper and 50 % in Aggregate
- CSEET are MCQ’s and computer based exams (‘CBE’) and are conducted 4 times a year in the months of May, July, November and January
- CS Executive and Professional Level which paper based exams are conducted 2 times a year in the months of June and December
- Earn a Good Salary
- Job Security
- Acquire Good Knowledge in Law, Compliance, Secretarial
- Highly Respected Profession
- Entrepreneurial
- Scope of a hardcore CS would be
- Secretarial
- Regulatory Compliance