company secretary as profession

The Institute of Company Secretaries of India is a recognised professional body formed to develop and regulate the profession of Company Secretaries. It is the only institute which offers this course and awards the certificate bestowing the designation of Company Secretary to a candidate qualifying for membership of the institute. The institute has its headquaters at New Delhi and has four regional offices at Calcutta, Delhi, Chennai and Mumbai. In addition their are 36 chapters and 10 satellite chapters located all over the country.


Secretaries of India is the only recognised organisation offering this course. The course consists of three stages.These are as follow.
FOUNDATION: The institute offers foundation course for senior secondary(10+2) pass students willing to join Company Secretaryship Course. Earlier admission was open to only those candidates possessing minimum graduate degree.
INTERMEDIATE: Students enrolled One of the prescribed qualifications for a company secretary is the membership Institute of Company in the company secretaries course have to appear for the intermediate examination after successfully passing the foundation course. All gradutes, post-gradutes (excluding fine arts) and pass in the final examination of the ICWAI or ICAI or of any other accountancy Institution in India or abroad recognised by the Council of the Institute are exempted from passing the foundation examination and can directly enroll in the intermediate course on payment of such exemption fee.
FINAL: On successfully completing the Intermediate Examination, students qualify to appear for the Final Examination which can be pursued after 18 months of enrolling in the course and having undergone satisfactory postal or oral tuition for a particular group of final examination.