Company Secretary : A Prosperous Professional

If you want become a valuable and responsible professional in corporate world who ensures both the legal as well as ethical compliance and by providing his worthful guidance to the Board of Directors ascertains the substantial growth of the organization, then go for Company Secretary Course.In the present world's economic scenario company secretary has increases the importance of company secretary. Company Secretary plays a vital role in the organization for its overall development 

The Company Secretary is:

• An in-house legal expert; a compliance officer of the Company.
• An expert in corporate laws, securities laws & capital market and corporate governance
• Chief advisor to the board of directors on best practices in corporate  governance
• Responsible for all regulatory compliances of company
• Corporate planner and strategic manager

if you want to be a Company Secretary, you have to pass the Company Secretary

 Examination conducted by the Institute of Company Secretaries of India (ICSI).

A candidate who wants to pursue the Company Secretaryship course under the new scheme of examination has to complete the following three stages:

*Foundation Programme  

* Executive Programme 

* Professional Programme 

The Increasing Importance Of Company Secretary

The average annual compensation of Company Secretaries at the top 500 firms listed on the BSE stood at Rs 50 lakh even though many of them got less than Rs 25 lakh, says a report.

The findings are based on an analysis of the secretarial audit reports of S&P BSE 500 companies by CimplyFive Corporate Secretarial Services -- which provides research and technology based solutions for compliance with the Companies Act, 2013.

Secretarial Audit is a concept introduced in the Companies Act, 2013, whose most provisions came into effect from April 1, 2014.

"The average annual compensation of Rs 50 lakh reflects the increasing importance for compliance among S&P BSE 500 companies.

"However, this importance accorded is not uniform across all the companies analysed as reflected in 155 (31 per cent) companies where the CS gets less than Rs 25 lakh and another 142 (28 per cent) companies where they earn less than Rs 50 lakh," the report said.

Under the Companies Act, 2013, company secretaries have an important role and are recognised as Key Managerial Personnel (KMP).