Institute of Company Secretaries of India, ICSI is a professional organization, which offers training to students aspiring for a course in Company Secretaryship. Though its offers a distance learning module, you can count on its exhaustive resources which will be provide to you while registering for the course. Apart from 66 exam centers, ICSI has 69 chapters and satellite chapters across India for offering guidance and counseling to the students as well as its members. With its headquarters in Institutional Area on Lodi Road in New Delhi, it also offers oral coaching classes to willing students.
Courses at Institute of Company Secretaries of India, ICSI:
After you complete Class 12, you can enroll for Company Secretaries course which consists of Foundation, Executive and Professional programs. You will also be required to attend field training for approximately 15 months, which can be undertaken after completing the Executive program.
An undergraduate candidate can however, complete the course through Executive and Professional programs apart from taking the training. Once you clear the professional level and also complete the training successfully, you can be enrolled as an Associate Member of the ICSI.
Eligibility for admission to Institute of Company Secretaries of India, ICSI
:
- Students from any stream can apply for 8-month Foundation Program.
- A candidate, who has graduated with fine arts, can not apply for Executive Programme.
- After you pass the Executive level, you can begin studying the Professional Programme.
- A candidate with an undergraduate or postgraduate degree in Commerce or Corporate Secretaryship need not pass the Foundation program. The same applies for pass-outs of the final exam of ICWAI or ICAI in India as well as any Accountancy school recognized by the Council as an equivalent one.
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- You can enroll for the CS program any time in a year, the exams of which are held in June as well as December.
- You can collect the prospectus from the ICSI offices by paying Rs 200 or Rs 300 by cash for Foundation and Executive programs respectively. If you want to collect by post or courier, you can send a D.D of Rs 250 or Rs 350 respectively. The D.D should be payable at New Delhi and drawn in favor of 'The Institute of Company Secretaries of India'.
- The last date for admission to Foundation level is 31st March or 30th September while the cut-off date for Intermediate course is 28th February or 31st August.
Fee Structure of ICSI:
You need to spend Rs 3,600 for the foundation program. A commerce graduate can pay a fee of Rs 7000 for Executive program and a non-commerce graduate, Rs 7750.
Contact Details:
"ICSI HOUSE"
22 Institutional Area
Lodi Road in New Delhi, Pin- 110 003
Tele No: 011-41504444
Directorate of Students Services
C-37
Sector 62 in NOIDA
Pin- 201301
Tele No: 0120-4239998
www.icsi.edu
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