About CS

For a remarkable and glamorous career in legal affairs and corporate finance, the best career path is to opt for Company Secretariat or CS Course. CS is a certified course which is administered by the Institute of Company Secretariat of India, i.e. ICSI under the Company Secretaries Act, 1980.

According to the standards placed by Companies Act, any organization that possess a share of Rs. 5 corers+ is lawfully bind to hire a company secretary for monitoring the legal matters of business. With rapid corporatization, the role of the company secretary is becoming more significant since the past few years, which in turn maximized the requirement of company secretaries in India. The CS course offers a location of power as well as status and direct admission to the top board or management room.

A CS can holds many crucial positions like:

• A chief advisor to the board of directors on the best practices for governing business.
• An expert in corporate laws, security laws as well as capital market and corporate governance.
• Strategic and corporate manager.

CS -Foundation

The candidates who have cleared the senior secondary examination, i.e. 10+2 from a specific board or any other exam that is accepted by the Central Government as equal to the board exams are eligible to join the course. Exception from the Foundation exams is specified to graduates, post-graduates and the candidates who have cleared the Common Proficiency Test (CPT) that is conducted by ICAI will be able to directly register to the Executive Program of CS Course.

The duration of course: 8 months, excluding the months of admission and examinations. The candidates are required to pass the Foundation exam in 3 years since the date of the admission.

The examination: The examination will be conducted in the OMR Sheet form which will include the objective-based multiple-choice questions.

The paper will be divided into two parts that will include two subjects, each of 100 marks:

Session 1 (Two parts-90 minutes-200 marks)

• Business environment and entrepreneurship will include 50 questions and you will be marked on 100.
• Business management, ethics and communication will also include 50 questions and you will be marked out of 100.

Session 2 (Two sections-90 minutes-200 marks)

• Business economics will include 50 questions and 100 marks.
• Fundamentals of Accounting and Auditing will also include 50 questions and 100 marks.

The qualifying marks: The candidates will be considered as pass if he or she requires a minimum of 40% in every subject and 50% in the overall subject.

CS EXECUTIVE

A candidate needs to undergo the executive program to fulfil the below-mentioned conditions:

• Must not be below 17years of age on the date of his or her application, and
• Must have either cleared the Foundation Program examination of the Institute or must be eligible for the exemption.

Exempting from clearing the Foundation Program exam:

• A graduate or post graduate degree in any discipline except Fine Arts,
• Cleared the Foundation exam of the ICAI-CMA or the CPT which is conducted by ICAI or any other recognized Accountancy Institute located in India or Abroad and is considered equivalent by the Council.

Subjects of CS Executive New Syllabus Program

Module-I

1. 1.Jurisprudence, Interpretation & General Laws
2. 2.Company Law
3. 3.Setting up of Business Entities and Closure
4. Tax Laws

Module-II

4.Corporate & Management Accounting.

5.Securities Laws & Capital Markets

6.Economic, Business and Commercial Laws

7.Financial and Strategic Management.

CS Professional Programme

Company Secretary Professional Course can only be pursued if you clear the Executive Program of the CS Course. BRICS Academy conducts special Professional Company Secretary Course batches in the state of Bangalore the whole week. Apart from the other CS Coaching Centre in the state, we believe that our work cannot be considered complete till the candidates get his or her desired job, therefore continuous counseling sessions are organized for all the candidates after the completion of the examination.

Module-1 1.Governance, Risk Management, Compliances and Ethics

2.Advanced Tax Laws

3.Drafting, Pleadings and Appearances

Module-2 4. Secretarial Audit, Compliance Management and Due Diligence

5.Corporate Restructuring, Insolvency, Liquidation & Winding-up

6.Resolution of Corporate Disputes, Non-Compliances & Remedies

Module – 3 7.Corporate Funding & Listings in Stock Exchanges

8.Multidisciplinary Case Studies (The examination for this paper will be

open book examination)

9.Electives 1 paper out of below 8 papers

9.1 Banking – Law & Practice

9.2 Insurance– Law & Practice

9.3 Intellectual Property Rights– Laws and Practices

9.4 Forensic Audit

9.5 Direct Tax Law & Practice

9.6 Labour Laws & Practice

9.7 Valuations & Business Modeling.

9.8 Insolvency – Law and Practice

(The examination for this paper will be open book examination)