CS Executive · exam guide
CS Executive Career Scope
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CS Executive is the middle stage of the Company Secretary course. ICSI is the statutory body, under the Company Secretaries Act, 1980, that regulates and develops the Company Secretary profession, with a focus on corporate governance, risk management and compliance.
Typical roles
- Trainee under a Practising Company Secretary, company or other entity (after passing Executive)
- Secretarial and compliance roles in companies
- After the full course: Company Secretary in employment or in practice
Where you can work
- Listed and unlisted companies
- LLPs and Practising Company Secretary firms
- Regulators and market institutions that ICSI lists as training entities, such as the Ministry of Corporate Affairs and its offices, SEBI, NSE, BSE, IRDA and RBI
What it leads to: Passing both Executive groups makes you eligible to register for the CS Professional Programme and to begin the EDP and the 21-month practical training.