ICSI | Merit Cum Means Assistance



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The Institute of Company Secretaries of India (ICSI) is inviting applications for its Merit-Cum-Means Assistance Scheme. This scheme offers financial aid to students pursuing the Company Secretaryship Course, specifically for the Executive and Professional Programmes. Applications must be submitted by 25th May 2021, and candidates must meet specific academic and income criteria.

The Institute of Company Secretaries of India invites applications under the Merit-Cum-Means-Assistance (Company Secretaryship Course) Scheme, 1983. Applications are invited to reach the Institute in the prescribed form on or before 25th May 2021. Read the official announcement and the criteria for applying to the scheme below: 

File No.205:Exams:2021 
Dated, the 22nd February, 2021 

ANNOUNCEMENT  
ICSI/CS/02/2021  

MERIT-CUM-MEANS ASSISTANCE SCHEME, 1983 

In pursuance of para 13 of the "Merit-cum-Means Assistance (Company Secretaryship Course) Scheme, 1983", as amended upto 9th April, 2015, applications are invited to reach the Institute in the prescribed form on or before 25th May, 2021 for award of 25 numbers of financial assistance each for pursuing Executive Programme and Professional Programme of the "Company Secretaryship" from students who fulfil the eligibility criteria laid down under the said scheme. 

ICSI Merit Cum Means Assistance Scheme 2021 Applications Open

According to the scheme, a candidate applying for assistance should have passed Foundation Programme or Both Modules of the Executive Programme examination without exemption in any paper, at one sitting, in the first attempt in CS December, 2020 examination and that Foundation passed candidate should have registered as regular student for pursuing Executive Programme within three months from the date of declaration of their result. The total income of such an applicant, if employed or is having an independent source of income, should not be more than Rs.2,40,000/- per annum and if he/she is dependent on his/her parents/guardian/spouse whether partially or wholly, the combined gross income from all sources should not be more than Rs.3,60,000/- per annum. 

Prescribed application form together with a copy of the Merit-cum-Means Assistance (Company Secretaryship Course) Scheme, 1983 can be downloaded from the Institute's Website at https://vvww.icsi.edu/media/website/Application%20Form.pdf. Applications not made on the prescribed forms and/or without supporting documents, incomplete applications, applications not fulfilling the eligibility criteria laid down under the scheme or applications not reaching the Institute on or before 25th May, 2021 are liable to be summarily rejected. 

New Delhi - 110 003 

BY ORDER OF THE COUNCIL

(CS ASHISH MOHAN)
SECRETARY

FAQ :

It is a scheme by the Institute of Company Secretaries of India to provide financial assistance to students pursuing the Company Secretaryship Course.

Applications must reach the Institute on or before 25th May 2021.

Candidates must have passed the Foundation Programme or both modules of the Executive Programme in their first attempt in the CS December 2020 examination. If employed, their income should not exceed Rs. 2,40,000 per annum. If dependent, the combined gross income of the applicant and their parents/guardian/spouse should not exceed Rs. 3,60,000 per annum.

You can download the prescribed application form and the scheme details from the ICSI website: https://vvww.icsi.edu/media/website/Application%20Form.pdf

Applications that are not on the prescribed form, lack supporting documents, are incomplete, do not meet eligibility criteria, or do not reach the Institute by the deadline are liable to be summarily rejected.




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