The council of the institute of company secretary of India in exercise of the power vested under clause (a)of sub-section (2) of section 15 of the company secretary act,1980 . Approved the new syllabus for the cseet ,executive and professional programs of the company secretary course.
The new syllabus of ICSI is in 3 stages.
*1st Stage
Company secretary executive entrance test (cseet).
There are 4 four subject’s
*1st-business communication (50Mark’s)
*2nd-legal aptitude, logical reasoning and quantitative aptitude(70marks)
*3rd-economic and business environment (50Mark’s)
*4th-current affairs (30Mark’s)
*2nd Stage
Executive program in there are 2 groups.
( Group 1 ) There are 4 subject
- *Part 1- jurisprudence, interpretation and general laws (100 Mark’s)
- *Part 2-company law and practice in there are 2 part.
- (I) company law – principles and concepts (60 Mark’s)
- (II) company administration and meetings (40 Mark’s)
*Part 3- Setting up business, industrial and labour laws
- (I) setting of business ( 60 Mark’s)
- (II) industrial and labour laws (40 Mark’s)
*Part 4- corporate accounting and financial management
- (i) corporate accounting (60 Mark’s)
- (ii) financial management (60 Mark’s)
( Group 2 )
*Part 1 Capital market and security laws
- (i) Capital market (40 Mark’s)
- (ii) securities laws (60 Mark’s)
*Part 2 Economic, commercial and intellectual property laws
- (i) economic and commercial law’s (60 Mark’s)
- (ii) intellectual property laws (40 Mark’s)
*Part 3 Tax and practice
- (i) direct tax (60 Mark’s)
- (i) indirect tax (40 Mark’s)
*3rd Stage
Professional program in there are 2 group
( Group 1 ) There are 4 part
*Part 1- environmental, school and Governance (ESG)- principles and practice
- (i) Governance and sustainability (65Mark’s)
- (ii) risk management (20 Mark’s)
- (iii) environment and sustainability reporting (15 Mark’s)
*Part 2 drafting, pleading and appearances
- (i) drafting and conveyancing (70 Mark’s)
- (ii) pleading and appearances (30 Mark’s)
*Part 3 compliance management,audit and due diligence
- (i) compliance management (40 Mark’s)
- Audit and due diligence (60 Mark’s)
*Part 4 elective 1
(Select one paper out of 4 elective paper’s)
1 CSR and social governance
- (i) corporate social responsibility (50 Mark’s)
- (ii) social governance (50 Mark’s)
2 internal and forensic audit
- (i) internal audit (60 Mark’s)
- (ii) forensic audit (40 Mark’s)
3 intellectual property rights law and practice (100 Mark’s)
4 artificial intelligence,data analytics and cyber security law and practice (100 Mark’s)
( Group 2 )
There are 3 part
*Part 1 strategic management and corporate finance
- (i) strategic management (40 Mark’s)
- (ii) corporate finance (60 Mark’s)
*Part 2 corporate restructuring, valuation and insolvency
- (i) corporate restructuring (40 Mark’s)
- (ii) valuation (20 Mark’s)
- (iii) insolvency, liquidation and winding up (40 Mark’s)
*Part 3 elective 2
(Select one paper out of elective paper’s)
1- arbitration, mediation and conciliation
(i) arbitration and conciliation (70 Mark’s)
- (ii)mediation (30 Mark’s)
2- Goods and services tax (GST) and corporate tax planing
- (i) Goods and services tax (GST) (70 Mark’s)
- (ii) corporate tax planing (30 Mark’s)
3- labour laws and practice (100 Mark’s)
4 banking and finance – law and practice
- (i) banking laws (50 Mark’s)
- (ii) insurance laws (50 Mark’s)
5 insolvency and bankruptcy -law and practice (100 Mark’s)
