Company Secretary Course-Overview

Image Courtesy: icsi.edu

Company Secretary is a very reputed course which helps a normal student to transform into a corporate professional.This course provides a very intensive learning in various fields which includes legal (general, Commercial, Industrial,labour), securities market, corporate restructuring,tax(direct, Indirect) and also a rigrous training of 12-15 months in a company or under a practicing company secretary under which students become capable enough to convert their intensive learning into practical performance.


The course has been divided into 3 categories:

1.Foundation Programme
2.Executive Programme
3.Professional Programme

This Course also includes mandatory training programmes. Such programmes are conducted by ICSI.The details of such training programmes are furnished below:

1.Student Induction Programme(SIP): 7 days
2.Executive Development Programme(EDP): 8 days
3.Professional Development Programme(PDP): 24 Hours
4.Management Skill Orientation Programme(MSOP): 15 days
5. Registrar of Companies(ROC) training: 15 days

Company Secretary is a very  important  professional of any organisation which performs various functions in a corporate field which comprises various areas such as by providing secretarial services, financial market Services, taxation services etc.

In recent years, Company secretary Profession has achieved new heights in various sector.
As per section 203 of Companies Act,2013 , A Company secretary is categorized as
Key Managerial Person (KMP) for the company.

A qualified company secretary has  2 options:

1. Go for Employment   or,
2. Go for Practice

If we talk about employment,
Every  listed Company and every other company whose paid up capital is Rs.5 crore or more , should have a company secretary in whole time employment.
If we talk about the salary portion in this regard ,company secretaries are getting a handsome amount from the companies.As a company secretary serves the company as the protector against the penalty proceedings of laws,by complying the compliances of laws and regulations.
Therefore generally companies are ready to pay good amount to their company secretary.


If we talk about Practice,
A qualified company secretary can practice by opening his/her firm, Every company requires a practicing company secretary for compliance of various Rules and regulations.
After the introduction of companies act,2013 , practicing companies secretaries are generating a handsome profit out of their cs profession, mainly because of new concepts in the said act like One Person Company.