ICSI PRESS CONFERENCE
CS Mamta Binani, President,
The Institute of Company Secretaries of India, while speaking to the Press stated that, “The Institute of Company
Secretaries of India is a premier national professional body constituted under
an Act of Parliament in 1980 is fully engaged in the propagation and promotion
of Company Secretaries as Governance Professionals. With about 40000 members
and about 4,00,000 students, the Institute is in constant endeavor towards the
transitioning of Company Secretaries as Governance Professionals.”
The President outlined the major initiatives of ICSI as under:
ICSI SIGNATURE AWARD
In a major step forward, the Institute of Company
Secretaries of India (ICSI) has instituted “ICSI Signature Award” for the
topper in the Bachelor’s Degree examinations in Commerce conducted by the
Central, State Universities and specialised programmes/papers of Indian
Institutes of Management (IIM) & Indian Institutes of Technology (IIT) in
India. The Central Universities and State Universities in India will be as per
criteria followed by University Grants Commission from time to time.
The ICSI Signature Award will be awarded only to the
Topper (One Medal) in the University examinations. The medal as per the
specifications provided by the Institute will be arranged by the concerned
University for distribution during Convocation or other ceremonies.
The ICSI Signature Award along with a certificate
will be distributed annually in the Convocation of the University or any other
appropriate function, preferably in the joint seminar with the ICSI if it is
conducted in a particular year.
The top three students of the Universities and
qualifications as covered under this Scheme will be eligible for full waiver of
Registration Fee for Executive Programme Stage. This award will be presented to
a candidate of sufficient merit of a minimum score of 60%.
CS Olympiad
In a Landmark move, the Institute of Company
Secretaries of India (ICSI) will be conducting CS OLYMPIAD in September, 2016.
CS Olympiad will be conducted for the 11th and 12th standard students appearing
in the respective examinations in each academic year in schools across India.
The first ‘CS Olympiad’ is scheduled to be held in September, 2016.
The Logo of CS OLYMPIAD was unveiled at the hands of
CS Mamta Binani, President, ICSI in the presence of the ICSI central Council
Members at New Delhi recently.
CS MamtaBinani, President, ICSI informed that
"We are very pleased with the release of a visual identity for the CS
Olympiad which is very relevant and will help us celebrate the essence of competitiveness.
The present logo for the CS Olympiad manifests ICSI's philosophy besides depicting
the essence of the event.
ICSI has entered into an MOU with Science Olympiad
Foundation (SOF) for conduct of CS Olympiad in schools across India.
ICSI STUDY CENTRES
The Institute is setting up “ICSI STUDY CENTRES” for
imparting quality education & other basic services to the ICSI students in
association with universities / colleges in order to create synergy between the
university education and professional education to enhance the quality of
education imparted to the ICSI students,
The ICSI Study Centres shall be set up in cities/
locations where the Regional/ Chapter Office of the ICSIdoes not exist.
Study centre shall be run by faculty or Department of
Commerce or any other department having relevance to CS Course, by whatever
nomenclature, on self-sustainable basis.
The respective department of the university/ college
shall operate and manage the ICSI study centre.
Head of respective department of university / college in which the study
centre has been set up or his representative will be designated as Director of
the CS Study Centre.
INITIATIVES FOR STUDENTS
Ø A Merit Scholarship Scheme through ICSI Students Education Fund Trust
has been developed under which highly meritorious students will be granted
monthly scholarships for three years subject to the passing the various stages
of CS Course at the first available opportunity.
Ø Online facilities for syllabus switchover, claiming
qualification-based paper-wise exemption, change of elective subject, etc have
been made available on www.icsi.edu.
Ø The Institute
has completely switched over to Online Mode for Registration of Students w.e.f.
1st January, 2014.
Ø The Institute
has completely switched over to Online Mode for Examination Enrollmentw.e.f.
1st October, 2013.
Ø A Grievance Solutions Cell has been established to look into
the grievances of the students through a Grievance Portal and also through a
dedicated E-Mail Id grievance.solutions@icsi.edu.
Ø
The syllabus of
Foundation Programme, Executive Programme and Professional Programme have been
revised.
Ø
The Institute
has also introduced Open Book Examination(OBE) system for the Elective Papers
where student can select one subject out of five subjects and give an Open Book
Examination for the same .
Ø
OMR based
Examinations and Computer-based Examinations are conducted for Foundation Programme Stage.
Ø
OMR based
Examinations for three papers under New Syllabus of Executive Programme .
Ø
An online
English Learning course has been launched . Students can register online for
the same onwww.icsi.edu.
Ø
The
Study Materials are also available in
PDF Format as well as E-Book form which can be downloaded by the students
free of cost.
Ø
50% Concession
in Registration and Examination Fee has been introduced for War Widows and
Wards of Martyrs of military and para-military forces.
Ø ICSI-SMASH
Project - This is an ambitious project of the Institute in
progress. Outcome of this project would be an integrated web portal through
which the students and members will be facilitated with all sort of online
services pertaining to them.
Ø Introduction the facility of auto SMS to the
students on receiving of Quarterly reports and Training completion
certificate.
Ø Updation of
quarterly reports on the same date of submission has also been made available
for students .
Ø
Students
can check their training updation in their respective students accounts/Page at
www.icsi.edu by logging into
their accounts .
MODIFIED TRAINING STRUCTURE FOR
STUDENTS
Under the modified Training Structure a student who has passed the Final examination or Professional
Programme examination of the Institute shall be eligible for Associate
Membership of the Institute only after he/she
has undergone the practical training for a period of:
i.
three years on registration
for Executive Programme; or
ii. two years after passing the Executive Programme
examination; or
iii. one year after passing the Professional
Programme examination;
ICSI Launches Skill Development
programme for its Students
In an endeavour to develop advanced professional skills
amongst the CS Students , The Institute of Company Secretaries of India
(ICSI) has launched a “15 days Academic Program” which shall be applicable for all
Company Secretaryship (CS) students who
have passed/completed their Executive Program (i.e. passed both/all modules of CS
Executive Program) on or after 25th
August, 2015.
The Academic programme will be of 15 days and will be
providing a comprehensive exposure to various aspects of becoming a
well-trained CS Professional and will help the CS Executive Programme students
in grooming themselves for playing an effective role as a Company Secretary in
the Corporate world.
The Programme has been launched by the Institute of Company
Secretaries of India to provide industry ready CS professionals to the
corporate world.
Further details are available at institute’s website www.icsi.edu for the reference of the Students of CS Executive Programme.
There is also provision for exemptions to those students who are having
adequate working experience on case to case basis.
The 15 days academic programme launched by ICSI is also an
endeavour to be in line with the ‘Skill India’ initiative of the Hon’ble Prime
Minister, which aims to equip the youth
of India with all the necessary skills
to become a competitive global workforce.
Initiatives
for MEMBERS
Institute has about 40000 Members across the country and abroad.
The Institute aims to constantly develop competence of its members and the
profession by providing specific
trainings at various platforms, bringing out effective guidelines on various
professional development activities and harnessing many National and
International tie-ups, added, President, ICSI.
Practising
Company Secretaries :
Ø PCS Induction
programmes are being organised throughout the country and are getting
overwhelming response
from the members.
Ø The Institute
will be coming out with PIP Videos for the members located at remote places and
who are unable
attend the programmes physically.
TRAINING
PROGRAMMES for Peer Reviewers
Ø Training
Programmes for Peer Reviewers are being held throughout the country after
mapping the number of PCS in each region with the number of Peer Reviewers
available from that region.
Ø 1000 Practice
Units have been identified using random sampling software for being peer
reviewed during the current year.
Ø Introduction of
online facility for registration of Company /PCS / other entities for
imparting training.
Ø PCS are also
allowed to impart 15 days specialized training.
capacity
building.
Ø The Institute has
Launched PMQ Course in five specialized subjects, namely, Banking
Law and Practice; Insurance Law and Practice; Capital, Commodity and
Money Market; Intellectual Property Rights – Law and Practice; and International
Business – Law and Practice; Launched PMQ course in Competition Law and Restructured
PMQ Course in Corporate Governance.
Ø The Institute has also launched a Course on Valuation.
Ø The workshops on
Capacity building of professionals under the new Company Law are being
organised by the Institute across the country.
Ø The Corporate Laws Committee has identified
topics for conducting Capacity Building Workshops on various aspects of the New
Company Law. These topics are Secretarial Audit, NCLT, Restructuring and
Insolvency, Valuation, Annual Return and
e-forms.
INVETSOR EDUCATION & PROTECTION
FUND (IEPF)
·
The
Institute is organizing Investor Awareness Programmes through Regional
Councils, Chapters and Resource Persons in coordination with Regional
Directors/Registrar of Companies, MCA.
PLACEMENT PORTAL
·
The Portal
provides “24X7” free of cost online platform for placement
service to the corporates members.
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