CSEET & EXECUTIVE

Company Secretary is a professional in the field of corporate governance and corporate law. All the legal compliances that a company has to comply with right from incorporation to winding up, everything is done by the CS. A CS is a link between the board of directors and the shareholders. Every company (subject to the criteria mentioned by ICSI and companies act) is required to appoint a full time company secretary. A practicing CS also conducts secretarial audit, which is also mandatory to a certain class of companies.
In order to become a CS, you must clear three exams.

1. CSEET
A student can appear for the CSEET exam after passing their 12th standard or an equivalent 10 + 2 Senior Secondary examinations. Duration of CSEET Programme is 3 months, excluding the months of admission and the examination. Exams are conducted 4 times in a year. Subjects :
English and Business Communication
Economics and Statistics
Financial Accounting
Elements of Business Laws and Management

2. CS Executive
Executive Programme can be pursued by a Graduate of all streams except Fine Arts. There are 8 paper divided into two modules or groups.
Group 1 :
Jurisprudence interpretation and general law
Company law
Setting up business entities
Taxation
Group 2 :
Accounts
Financial management and strategic management
Economic commercial and business laws
Securities law and capital markets

3. CS Professional Professional Programme can be pursued only after clearing the Executive Programme of CS Course. There are 9 papers divided into 3 Modules in CS Professional Programme.
Module 1 -
Governance, Risk Management, Compliances And Ethics
Advanced Tax Laws
Drafting, Pleadings And Appearances
Module 2 -
Secretarial Audit
Corporate Restructuring
Resolution Of Corporate Disputes
Module 3 -
Corporate Funding & Listings In Stock Exchanges
Multidisciplinary Case Studies
Electives 1 Out Of Below 8 Subjects (The Examination For This Paper Will Be Open Book Examination)
Banking Law And Practice
Insurance Law And Practice
Intellectual Property Rights– Laws And Practices
Forensic Audit
Direct Tax Law & Practice
Labour Laws & Practice
Valuations & Business Modelling
Insolvency – Law And Practice

Commencement Dates -
CSSET (CS Foundation) starting from 20th May 2023