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C-37, Sector -62, Noida (U.P.) 201309Phones : 0120-4522000 Fax: 0120-4264443

Headquarters : ICSI House, 22, Institutional Area Lodi Road, New Delhi 110003, Ph. 41504444, 24617321, Fax : 011 24626727Email : [email protected]; Website : www.icsi.edu

EXECUTIVE PROGRAMMEIMPORTANT INSTRUCTIONS

Dear Student,

We are indeed pleased to extend a cordial welcome to you to undergo postal tuition to prepare for the ExecutiveProgramme Examination of the Institute. Since you are at the beginning of your professional career, it isimportant to know the guidelines pertaining to the CS Course. You are advised to carefully go through theensuing paragraphs which gives all the important guidelines. Once you go through the guidelines, you will bebetter equipped to comply with the procedural requirements and plan your studies in an efficient manner.

STUDY MATERIAL AND TEST PAPERS

The study materials and test papers pertaining to the following subjects of Executive Programme will be sent toyou by post in case the same has not been issued by the Regional / Chapter Office of the Institute where youmay have submitted your registration application.

S.NO. SUBJ ECTS COVERED UNDER FOUNDATION PROGRAMMEMODULE-1

1. GENERAL AND COMMERCIAL LAWS

2. COMPANY ACCOUNTS, COST & MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTING3. TAX LAWS

MODULE-24. COMPANY LAW5. ECONOMICS AND LABOUR LAWS6. SECURITIES LAWS AND COMPLIANCES

Non-Commerce Graduates are required to undergo coaching in the following subjects of the FoundationProgramme and the study materials have also been supplied to such students.

S.NO. SUBJ ECTS COVERED UNDER FOUNDATION PROGRAMME1. ENGLISH AND BUSINESS COMMUNICATION2. ECONOMICS & STATISTICS3. FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING

4. ELEMENTS OF BUSINESS LAWS AND MANAGEMENT

The number of study lessons and the contents thereof are given at the beginning of each study material. Youmay please check the contents of the packet and immediately bring to our notice, discrepancies, if any includingshort supply, missing lessons, etc.

The Study Materials sent by post bears the application number and/ or registration number. Student Registrationnumber as mentioned on Registration Letter should invariably be quoted in all communications you have withthe Institute including submission of response sheets to the test papers appended at the end of each studymaterial.

All the study materials have been prepared incorporating as far as possible; the latest amendments that havetaken place upto the date of bringing out the study material. Detailed course content for each subject have beengiven at the beginning of each study material. Lists of suggested readings and books for reference have also

been given for the benefit of students. Some of the law subjects undergo changes either by legislativeamendments or through Rules, Notification, etc. issued from time to time. It is, therefore, essential for everystudent to keep his knowledge updated and this purpose students should refer to various judgements, orders,rules, guidance notes, etc. that may be published from time to time either in the Institutes monthly journalChartered Secretary or in the Student Company Secretary Bulletin. In case you experience any difficulty andhave any query of academic nature, you may write to Directorate of Academics & Professional Development,ICSI House, 22, Institutional Area, Lodi Road, New Delhi-110003.

It has been our endeavour to prepare the best possible study materials, still there could be scope for furtherimprovement. Student may agree with us and appreciate that improvement is a continuous process. Therefore,it is our sincere desire to bring about improvements in the areas wherever deficiencies are noticed. Yourcooperation and involvement in improving the study materials is of paramount importance. We therefore lookforward to you for making constructive suggestions by pointing out specific deficiencies highlightinginconsistencies, if any, in the study material to us. The responsibility of feedback is placed on you and we hopeyou will discharge this responsibility to the best of your abilities and for the benefit of all of us. Suggestions in thisregard may be sent to Directorate of Academics & Professional Development of the Institute.

The Study materials supplied to you are fairly exhaustive and also contains the necessary orientation andexposure expected of the students. You are therefore advised to read the study material as basic material andthereafter supplement it with further suggested readings.

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SELF-TEST QUESTIONS

At the end of some of the lessons, you may find Self-Test Questions relating to the subject discussed therein.These are meant for recapitulation only. Answers to Self-Test Questions need not be submitted to the Institutefor evaluation.

COMPULSORY POSTAL TUITION & SUBMISSION OF ANSWERS (RESPONSE SHEETS) TO TESTPAPERS

Each study material contains five test papers. Students are required to submit only one response sheet (out ofthree compulsory test papers appended at the end of each study material) per subject for the respective modulehe/ she intends to appear in the CS Examinations. Required number of response sheets to the test papers maybe sent to the Institute at the address noted above. If your performance is found satisfactory in all the responsesheets i.e. you have secured a minimum 40% marks in each paper, you shall be isused the CoachingCompletion Certificate on the basis of which you will be entitled to enroll yourself for the particular module(s) ofthe CS Executive Programme examination subject to fulfilling the other requirements laid down under CompanySecretaries Regulations, 1982.

You must attempt the required number of questions after thorough preparation and, as far as possible, under

examination conditions without referring to books or notes. If you do not answer the required number ofquestions and/ or fail to secure a minimum of 40% marks, you will be required to rewrite the response sheet tothe particular test paper(s).

You are required to resubmit all those response sheets in which you secure less than 40% marks. Student areadvised not to resort to copying or submit response sheets written by other persons as no credit is given for suchresponse sheets. Besides, suitable action may be taken against those indulging in such malpractices. Answersto test papers should be written in English or Hindi, at your option, on foolscap sheets of approximately 13X8size. Please begin each answer on a fresh page, indicating at its right hand top your admission number, tofacilitate evaluation by examiner. Though a student is allowed to answer the test paper in Hindi medium, studymaterial is available in English only.

TITLE SHEETS AND WRAPPERS

A set of title sheets and wrappers is being sent to the students alongwith the study materials. The format of titlesheet is also available on the Institutes website www.icsi.edu . The title sheet is required to be clipped to theresponse sheets as the first cover and wrapper may be used for wrapping the response sheets in the form of aroll. Adequate postage must be affixed before dispatch. You are requested to follow strictly the instructions forsubmission of response sheets/ test papers. Please write you full name, complete address with pin codenumber, admission number, subject, complete test paper number, etc. while submitting the response sheets forevaluation. In case the title sheets/ wrappers fall short or have not been received along with the study material,do not delay sending of answers to test papers (response sheets) on that ground. To avoid delay, you may sendthe response sheets, indicating at the first page, your admission number, full name, mailing address, subject,test paper number, etc. and the response sheets may be sent in an envelope to the Institute. Always make it apoint to mention the subject as well as Test Paper denomination and complete postal address correctly with pincode.

POSTING OF RESPONSE SHEETS

Students are advised to get acknowledgement from the Institute for response sheets sent, by attaching a self-addressed stamped post card with admission number and full details of response sheets, i.e. subject, test papernumber mentioned therein. You may send a reminder if no acknowledgements are received within 45 days fromthe date of dispatch of response sheets. Credit is given only for the response sheets received in the Institute andnot for the response sheets lost in transit. Students may check the status of response sheets at the StudentPortal www.icsi.in

Students located in and around New Delhi, Kolkata, Chennai, Mumbai, Bengaluru and Hyderabad maysubmit the response sheets to t he respective Regional / Chapter Office(s) of the Institute also.

LAST DATE FOR RECEIPT OF RESPONSE SHEETS

The last date for receipt of response sheets including resubmission in the Institute from the students who wish tobe considered for enrollment for the examination to be held in June/ December is 28th February / 31st Augustrespectively. These dates have been fixed keeping in view the enrollment dates of examination and thus norequest for extension of time beyond the stipulated dates, will be entertained.

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You may please note that response sheets are to be sent to the Institute pinned separately in regular flowwithout waiting for the last date. Last date mentioned above is just an indicator for students to suitably plan theirstudies under postal tuition. It is advisable to complete the coaching as quickly as possible and send the lastresponse sheet including resubmission, if any, so as to reach the Institute on or before the last date mentioned inthe preceding para. This will give the Institute a reasonable period to get the response sheets evaluated in time.

Students may also note that mere submission of response sheets by stipulated date will not entitle him/ her toclaim as a matter of right, permission for appearing in the examination. Admission to the examination subject toall the conditions that are required to be satisfied under the Company Secretaries Regulations, 1982 iscontingent upon clearance given by the Institute regarding completion of coaching. Coaching CompletionCertificates are issued only to those students whose performance in all the response sheets includingresubmissions, if any, is found satisfactory. Therefore, you must keep adequate time in hand in respect ofresubmission of answer paper and their assessment, since the last date as mentioned has been fixed both forfresh submission as well as resubmission of answer papers.

COACHING FOR THE CS FOUNDATION PROGRAMME EXAMINATION FOR NON-COMMERCE STUDENTS

Pursuant to proviso to regulation 38, non-commerce students exempted from passing the FoundationProgramme examination under clause (iii) are required to undergo coaching for those subjects of the Foundation

examination, which they had not studied at the graduate/ post graduate level, before becoming eligible forundergoing coaching for the CS Executive Programme.

Non-Commerce Students who are required to undergo coaching for the Foundation Examination should,therefore, submit response sheets to test papers of the Foundation Programme Examination before commencingtheir coaching for the CS Executive Programme examination. They should submit response sheets for theFoundation Programme subjects as early as possible but in any case latest by 15th J anuary/ 15th J uly so thatthey may have adequate time to submit/ resubmit response sheets for the CS Executive Programmeexamination so as to reach the Institute latest by 28th February/ 31st August for being considered for admission tothe CS Executive Programme examination to be held in J une/ December respectively.

Such students should start submitting response sheets for the CS Executive Programme immediately after theyhave submitted/ resubmitted all the response sheets for the Foundation Programme subjects. They will,

however, be issued coaching completion certificates for the CS Executive Programme examination only after thecoaching completion certificate for the Foundation Programme subjects has been issued to them.

STUDENT INDUCTION PROGRAMME

Every candidate registered for Executive Programme are compulsorily required to undergo Seven days StudentInduction Programme (SIP) within six months of registration. Students may contact the nearest Regional/Chapter Office for enrollment to Student Induction Programme.

COMPULSORY COMPUTER TRAINING

In terms of the amendment to Regulation 40 of the Company Secretaries Regulations, 1982, all the Executive

Programme students are required to successfully undergo Compulsory Computer Training for becoming eligiblefor appearing in the C Executive Programme examination.

The Institute, in compliance of the aforesaid amendments, has tied up with M/s. Aptech through which 70 hoursof computer training shall be provided to the students of the Institute in all centres of Aptech all over the country.

To undergo this course, a student has to approach APTECH centre on al India basis. To take admission, he/ shehas to deposit the requisite fees at the respective APTECH centre and fulfill the formalities as per therequirements of the Computer Training Centre.

The list of APTECH Centres including detailed course contents, module details and topic-wise duration, etc.have been published on the website of the ICSI i.e. www.icsi.edu

A student shall be exempted from undergoing the course on the basis of the following criteria : -

1. He/ She has the requisite knowledge of the areas/ topics covered in the computer training; and

2. He/ She enrolls himself/ herself for an online exemption test to be conducted by Sify Softwares Ltd. atany of the SIFY Centre on all India basis and successfully clears the test.

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STUDY MATERIAL FOR THE CS FOUNDATION PROGRAMME FOR COMMERCE STUDENTS

The study material for the Foundation Programme has been prepared with utmost care and it is strongly felt thatevery student undertaking the Company Secretaryship Programme Course should read it before he startspreparing the papers forming part of the CS Executive Programme Examination. It would provide the necessarylink and exposure expected from students pursuing the Company Secretaryship Programme Course. Commerce

Students are, therefore, advised to purchase the study material by paying the requisite amount.

COACHING COMPLETION CERTIFICATE

Coaching Completion Certificate for Executive Programme is issued module-wise and the students may submitthe response sheets for the papers of the particulars module(s) in which they intend to appear in the CSExaminations.

SUGGESTED ANSWERS

Suggested answers to the test papers are supplied to the students after satisfactory completion of coaching in allthe subjects concerned.

QUOTING REGISTRATION NUMBER IN ALL CORRESPONDENCE

While writing to the Institute, you must quote your registration number and complete correspondenceaddress with pin code number. Letters or response sheets not bearing the student registration numberwill not be attended to.

NINE MONTHS CRITERIA

Students desiring to appear at an examination must have got themselves registered atleast nine calendarmonths prior to the month in which the examination commences, besides fulfilling other requirements laid downunder the regulations. In other words, students registered upto and including the month of August in a year willbe eligible for appearing in the examinations in both modules in J une session next year. Similarly studentsregistered upto and including the month of February will be eligible for appearing in the examinations in bothmodules in December session of the same year.

However, a student may be allowed to appear in one module of CS Executive Programme examination, if he isregistered as a student atleast for a perioid of six calendar months prior to the month in which the examinationcommences, subject to the completion of coaching for the module he/ she intends to appear. Accordingly,students registered upto and including May/ November in a year can appear in one module of CS ExecutiveProgramme held in December/ J une next, respectively.

ORAL TUITION

The Regional Councils and some of the Chapters of the Institute have been conducting oral tuition classes forthe benefit of students. The oral tuition is optional and an additional facility. Students opting to undergo oralcoaching are exempted from submitting response sheets under the Compulsory Postal tuition Scheme. Thepostal coaching material and test papers are sent to all students on their registration to Executive Programme.

There will, however, be no remission in postal tuition fee in case a student opts to undergo oral tuition.

Students who desire to join oral coaching classes may contact the respective Regional / Chapter Office of theInstitute for enrolling themselves for oral tuition classes.

Apart from the Oral Coaching Centres managed by the Regional and Chapter Offices of the Institute, theInstitute has authorized certain outside institutions under Public Private Partnership Scheme to conduct OralCoaching classes on behalf of the Institute. A list of such centres can be seen on the website of the Institute viz.www.icsi.edu

E-LEARNING (http://elearning.icsi.edu)

In order to facilitate students, e-learning portal is also available for the Company Secretary FoundationProgramme which also be extended to Executive Programme and partially for Professional Programme.Students throughout the country including rural and semi-urban areas as well as from other countries can availthis 24X7 hours online study facility as the portal has global reach.

Under e-learning, student can have continuous access to studies and guidance of faculty online. The e-learningmodule will enable the students to have access to learning and faculty support at any time as per theirconvenience. Interactivity will be established by modules such as Discussion Boards and Online Chat. Under theVirtual Classroom facility under e-learning portal, students will be able to interact live with the faculty.

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Undergoing of e-learning is in addition and not in substitution to compulsory postal tuition. E-Learning isdesigned to provide a virtual contact between the teacher and the taught. Students intending to join e-learningare required to pay additional fees determined by the Institute from time to time. For detailed course contentsand fee payable, students are advised to visit http://elearning.icsi.edu

The students can use the following modes of payment for availing the service:-

Through Credit Card/ Debit Card/ ECS (Electronic Clearing Services) at E-Learning Portal.

By way of Demand Draft favouring ICSI Gurukul Online payable at Mumbai.

CS EXECUTIVE PROGRAMME EXAMINATION

The students after submitting all the response sheets within the stipulated time, may make their enrollmentapplications on the prescribed Form EXAfor appearing in the examination pending issue/ receipt of coachingcompletion certificate. The coaching completion certificate would be issued only when they have successfullycompleted the coaching.

The last date for receipt of examination enrollment application alongwith the prescribed fee in the Institute forappearing in J une/ December examination is 25th March / 25th September respectively. You are advised tosubmit the examination form alongwith examination fee by 25th March/ 25th September positively for June/December Sessions of examinations. However, if you miss the said cut-off dates for any genuine reason, youmay submit the examination enrollment application alongwith prescribed late fee upto and including 9th April/10th October respectively for J une/ December sessions. It may please be noted that all examinationapplications received after the said dates i.e. 9th April/ 10th October will be summarily rejected.

Blank examination enrollment application form EXA can be obtained by hand from the nearest Regional/Chapter Office of the Institute. The same can also be obtained by sending the requisite fee by way of demanddraft favouring The Institute of Company Secretaries of India payable at New Delhi to Main Stores, TheInstitute of Company Secretaries of India, C-37, Sector-62, Noida -201 309.

Online Examination Enrollment facility is also available atwww.icsi.in

Students are advised to fill in the enrollment applications/ examination forms carefully (in their ownhandwriting) to avoid last minute complications.

No cutting and over-writing is to be done in the examination form.

ISSUE OF ADMIT CARDS, MARK SHEETS & PASS CERTIFICATE

(i) Admit Card for CS Examinations

Students may please note that the Admit Cards for appearing in the CS Examinations may be downloaded bythe students approximately 15 days before the commencement of examinations.

(ii) Mark Sheets

For Foundation and Executive Programme Students, E-Mark Sheets are issued which can be downloaded fromthe website of the Institute and the same are not sent by post. However, hard copies of Mark Sheets are sent toProfessional Programme Students at their correspondence address.

(iii) Pass Certificate

Pass Certificates are issued only to Professional Programme Pass Students which is usually issued within onemonth after declaration of results.

STUDENT COMPANY SECRETARY

Student Company Secretary bulletin is posted to all students free of cost on bi-monthly basis. Please make it apoint to read the Student Company Secretary Bulletin regularly as it would enable you to prepare properly forthe CS Examinations. It contains all administrative guidance and important date; academic guidance; studyupdates; gists of important legal cases; gists of notifications of the Government; and various other relevantinformation and clarifications pertaining to Company Secretaryship Course.

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A GUIDE TO COMPANY SECRETARYSHIP STUDY AND EXAMINATION

The Institute has brought out a booklet titled A Guide to Company Secretaryship Study and Exmaination forthe benefit of the students undergoing company secretaryship course. The booklet provides useful guidance as

to how to approach the company secretaryship programme and prepare for the CS Examination. You areadvised to go through the booklet thoroughly which has been exclusively brought out for the registered students.

This booklet is provided all students of Executive Programme free of cost alongwith the set of study materials.

DECLARATION OF RESULTS OF CS EXAMINATIONS

The results of CS Examinations held during J une and December are usually declared on 25th August & 25thFebruary respectively. Further, the students who are declared passed in the Executive Programme Stage arerequired to register for the Professional Programme Stage by 31st August & 28th February immediately followingthe dates of declaration of results to become eligible for appearing in all Four Modules of ProfessionalProgramme during the next J une / December examinations. In case any student misses the aforesaid cut-off

dates but register by 30

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November / 31

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May respectively, they shall be eligible for appearing in Two Modules(Out of Four Modules) in next J une/ December Examinations.

UNIFORMITY IN SIGNATURES

Students are advised to maintain uniformity in signatures in the various applications/ correspondence sent to theInstitute and the same should match with the signatures as available in the Institutes records.

MODE OF PAYMENT

Al l fees and other dues payable to the Ins ti tu te may be remit ted only way of crossed demand draft drawnin favour of The Institute of Company Secretaries of India payable at New Delhi.

E-MAIL ID AND MOBILE NUMBERS OF THE STUDENTS

Students can themselves update their Address, E-Mail Id, Mobile Numbers, etc. on the student portalwww.icsi.in after logging into the portal. Students are advised to update their E-Mail id, Mobile Number,

Address, etc. in the database prompt ly to ensure that the communications sent by the Insti tute arereceived by the students promptl y.

NOTE : THE GUIDELINES CONTAINED IN THIS ANNEXURE IS NOT EXHAUSTIVE AND STUDENTS AREADVISED TO REFER TO THE VARIOUS AMENDMENTS IN THE GUIDELINES, REGULATIONS, ETC. ASMAY BE INTRODUCED FROM TIME TO TIME.

With best wishes,

(Sohan Lal)

Director (Student Services)

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