Company Secretary

What is it?

A Company Secretary is responsible for the efficient administration of a company, particularly with regard to ensuring compliance with statutory and regulatory requirements and for ensuring that decisions of the board of directors are implemented.

Eligibility:

Any student who aspires to become a certified Company Secretary must fulfill the given below eligibility criteria to pursue the course:

• Minimum qualification required to register for the first level (Foundation Programme or CSEET) of Company Secretary Course is to Class 12 pass in any stream (excluding Fine Arts) from a recognized university or equivalent
• The candidate who wishes to pursue CS after graduation will have to complete only two levels: Executive Programme and Professional Programme
• Those who have completed graduation, post graduation (excluding Fine Arts) or have cleared Foundation level of CA and Cost Accounting course by ICWAI can directly take admission to CS Executive level.

Stages to become a Company Secretary:

• The student who would like to join the Course after 10+2 pass or equivalent has to undergo three stages to pursue the Company Secretaries Course i.e.
  Foundation Programme
  Executive Programme
  Professional Programme
• The Student who would like to join the Course after passing the Graduation has to undergo two stages of the Company Secretaryship i.e.
  Executive Programme
  Professional Programme

• 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

Pattern of Exam:

There are 4 papers in CS Foundation Programme (wef. 01.04.2017)

There are 8 papers divided into 2 Modules in CS Executive Programme (wef. 01.03.2018)

There are 9 papers divided into 3 Modules in CS Professional Programme