New syllabus for Executive and Professional Programme:ICSI

CS M G Jindal, Chairman, Northern India Regional Council of ICSI said that Students are the life line of the Institute and the profession. He shared that New syllabus for Executive and Professional Programme, which is contemporary in approach and global in perspective is being launched soon.

He added that the New Syllabus gives greater emphasis on due diligence, financial management, compliance management, corporate governance, sustainability and ethics ,etc comprises Seven Papers at Executive Programme Level and Nine Papers at Professional Programme Level including one paper to be opted by the students out of the five elective papers viz., (i) Banking Law and Practice (ii) Capital, Commodities and Money Market (iii) Insurance Law and Practice (iv) Intellectual Property Rights-Law and Practice; and (v) International Business- Laws and Practice.

The Council has decided to implement the new syllabus for Executive Programme w.e.f  1^st February, 2013 and the Professional Programme w.e.f 1^st September 2013.

Now Students who have completed their Foundation Examination of the Institute of Cost Accountants of India  or Common Proficiency Test (CPT) of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India or any other  Accountancy Institution in India or abroad recaognized as equivalent thereto by the Council are exempted from  CS Foundation programme  and are eligible  to apply for  CS Executive programme.

CS Rajiv Bajaj, Immediate past Chairman, and Chairman of Brand Building & Innovation Committee, NIRC-ICSI briefed on the results of Company Secretaries examinations held in December 2013, which has  been declared today, the 25th February, 2013 at New Delhi and released to all the regional and chapter offices of the Institute throughout the country for information of students and general public.

The Institute declared the toppers in all the stages viz. Foundation Program, Executive Program & Professional Program. Mr. Abdullah Rashid Fakih scored first rank in the Professional Program and belongs to Pune Chapter of ICSI, Mr Amit Nolakha scored first rank in the Executive Program and belongs to Bhilwara Chapter of NIRC & Ms. Nisha Garg scored first rank in the Foundation Program and belongs to Ludhiana Chapter of NIRC.North India is always leading in excellent results.

Northern India Regional Council (NIRC) is one of the four regional councils of the Institute of Company Secretaries of India (ICSI). NIRC represents the states of Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Haryana, Punjab, Rajasthan, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, National Capital Territory of Delhi and Union Territory of Chandigarh. NIRC has 30 chapters and more than 9500 members on the rolls and 1,53,000 students spread over different parts of the region.

CS Shyam Agarwal, Vice-Chairman, Northern India Regional Council said that the Company Secretaries profession is well established in India with a strong cadre of about 33,000 members including about 5,000 members holding certificate of practice. A Company Secretary is an independent professional and is governed by the code of conduct contained in the Company Secretaries Act, 1980 and is, therefore, subject to disciplinary jurisdiction of the Institute. The Institute enforces strict code of conduct and disciplinary mechanism to ensure high ethical standards from Company Secretaries in their professional work.

Company Secretary – A lead professional

Profession of Company Secretaries is a developing profession. The membership of the Institute has been widely recognised for various purposes by the Central Government, State Governments, judicial, quasi-judicial authorities, financial institutions, etc. Company Secretaries have been authorised to appear before tribunals and quasi judicial bodies such as CLB, Securities Appellate Tribunal, Income Tax Authorities, Customs, Excise & Service Tax Appellate Tribunal, VAT authorities, Competition Commission of India etc.

Brand building of Company Secretaries - Professional development and continuing education

This year the theme of NIRC is Brand Building and Innovation. NIRC of the ICSI through professional development programmes seeks to impart continuing education to its members, to keep them updated in the various developments in the relevant laws as well as corporate and business environment. CS Rajiv Bajaj, Chairman of Brand Building Committee congratulated the media for playing a positive role in constructive nation building by spreading the awareness about the professional programmes of the Institute.