CS course and its job prospects with study details

• Regarding the company secretary course, the course conducted by The Institute of Company Secretaries of India (ICSI) has three sections -

1. Foundation,
2. Intermediate,
3. and Final course.

• The minimum eligibility required for the Foundation course for Company Secretary is 10+2 or an equivalent examination.
  

• Other requirements are excellent command over English, both written and oral. At the same time ability to understand, analyse complex and technical issues and exercise accordingly with tact and intelligence are other essentials.
  

• Company secretary has a great scope of employment in Private companies, consulting firms, financial institutions, banks, Department of company affairs and other regulatory bodies.

As a qualified company secretary you would have to take up wide range of responsibilities in

• legal,
• secretarial,
• finance,
• accounts,
• personnel and
• administrative departments of companies
• And be involved in major decisions such as formulating
• long and short term corporate policies and programmes,
• managing public issues,
• act as internal legal advisor and
• representative,
• process inter-corporate loans and investments,
• maintain the company's records,
• take care of company's tax planning,
• tax management,
• tax returns,
• explore expansion opportunities,
• arrange collaborations,
• amalgamations,
• joint ventures within and outside India etc.