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Company Secretary- a promising career option! - 20-May-2018
Company Secretary is a promising career option after completing higher secondary education or graduation.
The Company Secretary is a professional course offered by the Institute of Company Secretaries of India (ICSI) which is a statutory body established under the Company Secretaries Act, 1980, to develop and regulate the profession of Company Secretaries in India.
The Institute works under the aegis and guidance of the Ministry of Corporate Affairs, Government of India.
Presently, the Institute has on its roll over 53,000 members who are actively engaged in the corporate sector and over 400,000 students pursuing the course of Company Secretary-ship.
The Company Secretaries professional are expert in various laws like corporate laws, securities laws, accounting, taxation, and other allied laws who acts as a key functionary in the corporate pyramid.
They are multi-faceted professionals with all round excellence. They are competent to work as Integrated Corporate Managers and capable of undertaking wide gamut of work in all the functional areas in addition to their core area of Legal and Corporate Compliance Management. They have also established their eminence in Corporate Financial and Global matters.
They act as a vital link between the company, its Board of Directors, Shareholders, Government and other Agencies. They are confidante of the Board of Directors and arrange meetings of the Board of Directors and committees, prepare and circulate agendas, take minutes at meetings and advise board members on various matters pertaining to corporate laws and responsible to ensure the effective and efficient administration of the company.
Course details: The Institute of Company Secretaries of India is the only Institute in India which offers the course of Company Secretary-ship and provides postal and oral coaching through its 4 regional offices and 68 chapter offices across India. In addition to these, the Institute under Sabka Saath Sabka Vikas has also signed MoUs with various universities/colleges in tier 2 and tier 3 cities where chapter offices are not present to guide students.
The entire registration process is online.
Examinations are held twice in a year in June and December at around 200 examination centres across the country and one overseas centre at Dubai.
The Institute also provides for various scholarships/ financial assistance to the meritorious or economically backward students.
Campus Placements: The Institute conducts campus placements periodically at its regional and chapter offices wherein the fresher company secretaries are picked up by the regulators and the reputed companies at very attractive packages.
Professional Skills required: To become a successful Company Secretary a student should have interest in subjects like Corporate Laws, Accounting, Finance, Taxation, Economics, Commerce and has the ability to understand, analyse, complex and technical issues. A Company Secretary is expected to have outstanding organizational ability along with excellent communication and coordination skills.
Career as a Company Secretary would be prestigious, financially rewarding and carries with it a high degree of job satisfaction.
The course of company secretary-ship comprises of following three stages and a compulsory training requirement- FOUNDATION PROGRAMME / CS EXECUTIVE PROGRAMME / CS PROFESSIONAL PROGRAMME.
The interested students may visit www.icsi.edu for details about the Institute and the course.
