CS Professional Syllabus June 2025: Download Latest Syllabus PDF

The duration of CS Professional exam for each paper is three hours. CS Professional exam is divided into two groups. The CS Professional group 1 consist of four papers whereas, second group consists of three papers. Candidates will have to attempt the questions of each paper within the given time duration. ICSI CS Professional December 2025 datesheet has been released.

Yes, ICSI CS December 2025 enrollment window without late fee opened on August 26. Candidates can enroll for ICSI CS Executive and CS Professional Dec 2025 till prescribed last date. Only candidates who have registered for the ICSI CS examination will be able to enroll for the exam. Candidates enrolling after prescribed last date will have to pay the late fee of INR 250. 

No, there is no negative marking in CS Professional examination. CS Professional question paper will consist of description/subjective questions which will have no negative marking. 

For objective type question, for every wrong answer 0.25 marks will be deducted and one mark will be given for every correct response. 

The CS Professional is the final stage of the Company Secretary exam, whereas the CS Executive is the second stage. The CS Executive course can be pursued by any graduate (except a fine art graduate). After clearing the CS Executive course, only you can appear for the CS Professional course. In the CS Executive stage, there are just two modules to be cleared to advance to the next stage. Since CS Professional is the last stage, there are three modules and one elective subject. You need to pass a total of nine exams to become a company secretary. The fee for a CS executive is around Rs. 10,000, whereas it is Rs. 12,000 for CS professionals.

Institute of Company Secretaries of India releases ICSI CS question papers of past examinations- CS Executive and CS professional on its official website. CS previous year question papers can help candidates understand the structure of the exam, identify important topics, and help to know the type of questions asked. Check steps below to know how to download the ICSI CS previous year question papers for CS Executive and Professional examinations

Step1 - Visit the link provided- ICSI CS Question Paper 

Step 2- Scroll down the page

Step 3- Search for the examination and paper to download the question paper

Step 4- Click on the 'Download' tab

Step 5- Screen will display the question paper in PDF fomat

Step 6- Save or take the print of question paper

Candidates preparing for CS Professional exam as per Old syllabus must select one paper from Electives. Check the table below to know the Elective subjects for CS Professional (Old syllabus)

• Banking Law and Practice
• Capital Commodity and Money Market
• Insurance Law and Practice
• Intellectual Property Rights-Law and Practice
• International Business-Laws and Practices

Whereas, Candidates preparing for CS Professional exam must select one paper from each Elective 1 and Elective 2 respectively. Check the table below to know the Elective subjects for CS Professional (New syllabus)

Paper Number	Elective 1	Paper Number	Elective 2
4.1	CSR & Social Governance Part I – Corporate Social Responsibility (50 Marks) Part II – Social Governance (50 Marks)	7.1	Arbitration, Mediation & Conciliation Part I – Arbitration & Conciliation (70 Marks) Part II – Mediation (30 Marks)
4.2	Internal and Forensic Audit Part I – Internal Audit (60 Marks) Part II – Forensic Audit (40 Marks)	7.2	Goods and Services Tax (GST) & Corporate Tax Planning Part I – Goods and Services Tax (GST) (70 Marks) Part II – Corporate Tax Planning (30 Marks)
4.3	Intellectual Property Rights – Law & Practice (100 Marks)	7.3	Labour Laws & Practice (100 Marks)
4.4	Artificial Intelligence, Data Analytics and Cyber Security – Laws & Practice (100 Marks)	7.4	Banking & Insurance – Laws & Practice Part I – Banking Laws (50 Marks) Part II – Insurance Laws (50 Marks)
		7.5	Insolvency and Bankruptcy – Law & Practice (100 Marks)

No, CS Professional exam syllabus does not change every year. ICSI notifies the update in syllabus. Earlier, ICSI introduced the new CS Professional syllabus in 2022. Candidates must stay updated with the latst notification to know the updates CS Professional syllabus. The first examination under new syllabus 2022 was held in December 2023.

CS Professional exam is a closed book examination except for elective papers which will be a open book test. ICSI CS Professional exam consists of 7 papers and 2 elective papers. The 7 CS Professional papers will be held in closed book format.

To appear for the ICSI CS Pre Examination Test (PET) candidates must refer the steps mentioned below:

Step 1- Visit the official website of ICSI

Step 2- Click on the 'E-learning' tab followed by Pre-Interview Test (PET) tab

Step 3- Select the examination to appear for

Step 4- Select the module

Step 5- Enter the login credentials- Your login ID is your registration number (without any slash sign) suffix with @icsi.edu for example- If your registration number is 1234567/10/2018 then your login ID will be 1234567102018 [at]icsi.edu and fefault password for first time login is Learn@1234

Step 6- Appear for the Pre-interview test online.

Students who are registered under CS Executive new syllabus and CS Professional new syllabus shall have to appear for the Pre examination test to become eligible to enroll and appear for the CS Executive or CS Professional examination. The exam will be conducted by ICSI. the exam will be served as an eligibility criteria to appear for the main examinations. Candidates will be required to pay the pre examination test fee of INR 1000 online. Once the payment is realised, candidates will be sent invitation along with the login ID and password.

Candidates preparing for CS Professional examination must know the complete syllabus. Check below to know the CS Professional old and new syllabus:

CS Professional New Syllabus

Group 1

Paper Number	Subjects	Marks
1	Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) – Principles & Practice Part I – Governance and Sustainability	65
	Part II – Risk Management	20
	Part III- Environment & Sustainability Reporting	15
2	Drafting, Pleadings and Appearances Part I - Drafting and Conveyancing	70
	Part II - Pleadings and Appearances	30
3	Compliance Management, Audit & Due Diligence Part I – Compliance Management	40
	Part II – Audit & Due Diligence	60
4	Elective 1 (Select one Paper out of 4 Elective Papers)

Group 2

Paper Number	Subjects	Marks
5	Strategic Management & Corporate Finance Part I – Strategic Management	40
	Part II – Corporate Finance	60
6	Corporate Restructuring, Valuation and Insolvency Part I – Corporate Restructuring	40
	Part II – Valuation	20
	Part III – Insolvency, Liquidation & Winding up	40
7	Elective 2 (Select one Paper out of 5 Elective Papers)	-

ICS CS Professional Syllabus (Old)

Professional Programme (Under ICSI Syllabus 2017)
Module 1, Paper 1	Company Secretarial Practice
Module 1, Paper 2	Drafting, Appearances and Pleadings
Module 2, Paper 1	Financial Treasury and Forex Management
Module 2, Paper 2	Corporate Restructuring and Insolvency
Module 3, Paper 1	Strategic Management, Alliances and International Trade
Module 3, Paper 2	Advance Tax Laws and Practices
Module 4, Paper 1	Due Dilligence and Corporate Compliance Management
Module 4, Paper 2	Governance Business Ethics and Sustainability

Professional Programme (Under ICSI Syllabus 2017)
Module 1, paper 1	Advanced Company Law and Practice
Module 1, paper 2	Secretarial Audit, Compliance Management and Due Diligence
Module 1, paper 3	Corporate Restructuring, Valuation and Insolvency
Module 2, Paper 1	Information Technology and System Audit
Module 2, Paper 2	Financial Treasury and Forex Management
Module 2, Paper 3	Ethics, Governance and Sustainability
Module 3, Paper 1	Advance Tax Laws and Practice
Module 3, Paper 2	Drafting, Appearances and Pleading