CS Professional · exam guide
CS Professional Career Scope
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CS Professional is the final exam stage of the Company Secretary course. With the required training it leads to Associate membership of ICSI, the statutory body that regulates the Company Secretary profession and promotes corporate governance, risk management and compliance.
Typical roles
- Company Secretary in employment
- Company Secretary in practice (holding a Certificate of Practice)
- Secretarial, compliance and governance roles
- Academic roles (ICSI lists academia among CS career opportunities)
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
- Other ICSI-recognised training entities, including LLPs in GIFT City and body corporates with a place of business outside India
What it leads to: After passing Professional and completing the training, apply for Associate membership of ICSI (ACS) with the Training Clearance Certificate.