Company Secretaryship

Company Secretary in the set-up of corporate sector plays the role of a mediator between the company, its board of directors, stakeholders, government and regulatory authorities.
There are three types of Company Secretary Course which you can take up:
1. Foundation Course.
2. Intermediate Course.
3. Executive Course.
The Eligibility Criteria for these courses are mentioned below:
Foundation Course:The candidate should have at least passed 10+2 examinations to get into the Foundation Course. This is a basic-level course, which is of eight-month duration ( 8 Months).
Intermediate Course:The candidate should have passed Foundation Course of the Institute of Company Secretaries of India or ICWAI, ICAI or got their graduation degree or a Masters degree to get enrolled into the Intermediate Course. The duration of the Intermediate Course is nine months (9 Months).
Executive course: The candidate becomes eligible to sit for the Executive course after he completes and clears the Intermediate course.
After the candidate passes the Executive course, he/she has to undergo a five-day Training Orientation Program, which precedes the actual training of 15 months. The 15-month training is followed by a practical training, which is of three-month duration. In practical training, the candidate has to work with a company or an independent company secretary practitioner as an intern to get hand-on knowledge and training about the roles and responsibilities of a company secretary. It is followed by 15-day training with the Registrar of Companies, financial or banking institutions or stock exchange to know their nitty-gritty. Then there is a 15-day Secretarial Modular Training Program. Some of those company secretary candidates who are exceptionally brilliant or have had good practical experience could be partially exempted from training or their training period could be reduced.
A Company Secretary could either get a government job in accounts or law departments or could get attached to a corporate sector and even rise to the post of Chairman or Managing Director or even be a member of the Board of Directors in the private sector. Though an average Company Secretary would get the starting salary of at least Rs 10,000, sky is the only limit for the brilliant and exceptional Company Secretaries.

After +2, a student is eligible to take the Foundation Course. Examination can be taken twice a year, in June and December.
Candidates who pass the foundation examination are eligible to seek registration as students to the Company Secretaryship course.
The course completes after a preliminary, intermediate and final examination.
Final Examination can be taken after 18 months of enrolling in the course and having undergone satisfactory postal or oral tuition for the particular group of final examination. Enrollment is open throughout the year. For appearing in the June examination, enrollment is on up to -September and for appearing in December examination, enrollment is completed by March.
Practical experience ranging from two to three years or Management Training for 15 months and four months practical training in a company which is arranged by the Institute is also required. After qualifying in the Final examination and undergoing practical training, a candidate is eligible to be admitted as an Associate Member. Senior Associate members may be entitled to become Fellows.
Admission is open to anyone who has passed the graduate examination of a university in India or any other equivalent qualification or those who have taken the foundation examination.
How to get there-
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Of course, you may pursue these courses together and in-fact, if you belong to the commerce background, the Bachelor's degree program must be pursued along with the company secretary course because it will save the time and preparation for one will help the other and especially the CS course will help a lot in your B.Com programme.
Now, the question arises that are these courses interrelated?
If not to a very large extent, they are of course interrelated to certain at a level. A professional course like CA, CWA and CS, has a professional approach and it helps the student to have a higher level of knowledge in the respective field compared to the regular B.Com course and it ultimately helps the students of a degree program in the related field.
Here, I am providing you with the syllabus of the company secretary program, which might helpful for you to understand better.
Foundation Programme:
English and Business Communication
Economics and Statistics
Financial Accounting
Elements of Business Laws and Management
Executive Programme:
General and Commercial Laws
Company Accounts, Cost and Management Accounting
Tax Laws
Company Law
Economic and Labour Laws
Securities Laws and Compliances
Professional Programme:
Company Secretarial Practice
Drafting, Appearances and Pleadings
Financial, Treasury and Forex Management
Corporate Restructuring & Insolvency
Strategic Management, Alliances and International Trade
Advanced Tax Laws and Practice
Due Diligence and Corporate Compliance Management
Governance, Business Ethics and Sustainability