Showing posts with label company secretary course in india. Show all posts
Showing posts with label company secretary course in india. Show all posts

Wednesday, 17 July 2013

3 Day training shop by Bank Sohar, Oman

Banks and financial institutions are striving to make their employees more proficient in finance management skills. A bank based in Oman, Bank Sohar, conducted a three day workshop for its select employees.

Objective of the workshop

Updating employees of recent developments

Short term programmes or workshops help in updating the knowledge of staff who may have not studied the concerned topics when he or she pursued studies. Such crash courses help employees in facing newer challenges. DGM (the Human Resource & Corporate Support) of the banking institution Ms. Munira Abdulnabi Macki believes that the training workshop will add value to Sohar’s staff and help the bank in providing world class service to its customers.


Better service

When employees are well trained and have updated knowledge, they provide better service to customers on behalf of the organisation. It helps the institution in having upper hand over its competitor. Such banking courses also help the staff to learn about best practices followed by other top banks around the world.

The workshop was conducted by Andre Lanser who has vast experience of 15 years in delivering courses for many reputed banks around the world. He specialises in Financial Modelling, Corporate Finance, Credit, Valuation and related subjects.

Tuesday, 16 July 2013

New Syllabus for the Company Secretary Course

The Institute of Company Secretaries of India (ICSI) has introduced new syllabus for the executive and professional programmes. The revamped curriculum is already applicable for the executive course since February 1, 2013. Candidates for the professional programme will get to study the new syllabus from September 1, 2013.

Highlights of the new curriculum

Executive Programme

As per the revamped syllabus, students of the Executive stage of the CS course will have to study for seven papers instead of six in the earlier case.

The first 4 papers are included in Module 1 and the last 3 in Module 2:

·         Company Law
·         Cost and Management Accounting
·         Economic and Commercial Laws
·         Tax Laws and Practice
·         Company Accounts and Auditing Practices
·         Capital Markets and Securities Laws
·         Industrial, Labour and General Laws

Professional programme

Students for the professional course will have to study 9 papers instead of 8 as is the present practice.

Papers are divided into three modules with 3 papers in each set:

·         Advanced Company Law and Practice
·         Secretarial Audit, Compliance Management and Due Diligence
·         Corporate Restructuring, Valuation and Insolvency
·         Information Technology and Systems Audit
·         Financial, Treasury and Forex Management
·         Ethics, Governance and Sustainability
·         Advanced Tax Laws and Practice
·         Drafting, Appearances and Pleadings
·         Electives

Detailed syllabus for the entire course can be downloaded from the ICSI’s website.

Sunday, 14 July 2013

Company Secretary Different From a Chartered Accountant

A Chartered Accountant (CA) has nothing in common with a Company Secretary (CS) though for some inane reason there seems to be a prevalent general perception that the professions are related. Chartered Accountants work extensively in finance and business sectors whereas a company secretary is almost always the ‘connect’ that bridges the functional gap between the management, board of directors and employees.

The Company secretary course in India is conducted by the Institute of Company Secretaries of India. The entire program is divided into three stages, Foundation, Executive and Professional programs. A qualified CS generally acts as a legal advisor to senior personnel in an organization. In public companies CS professionals look after legal issues related to corporate investments, loans and any other public issue. Chartered Accounts though are more powerful in the sense that they are authorized to conduct audits whereas a company secretary plays a more advisory role.

A company secretary basically is qualified to perform multiple roles including corporate governance, secretarial services, legal advisor, financial management and human resource management.



The minimum eligibility criteria for enrolling for both Company Secretary-ship and Chartered accountant course, i.e. the ‘Foundation Program’ are a 10 + 2 certificate. Graduates and post graduates in any field interested in enrolling for the company secretary courses are exempted from going through the foundation stage and are given direct entry into either the ‘Intermediate Program’ or the ‘Final Professional Program’.