The Institute of Company Secretaries of India (ICSI), functioning under the aegis of the Ministry of Corporate Affairs, has decided to move fully to the online registration from 1st January 2014. Earlier, the Institute had moved to online enrolment for examination from 1st October 2013. So, from 01.01.2014 these two services i.e. ‘enrolment for examination’ and ‘registration’ will be available only on online mode.

A student interacts with the Institute mainly for two purposes. First, he seeks ‘registration’ for any one of the 3-levels of the course (Company Secretaryship), namely, Foundation, Executive and Professional Programme. Second, he seeks ‘enrolment to examinations’ for various modules of each of the 3- levels. With a view to provide efficient and any time service to students, the ICSI has been leveraging information technology to provide these two services, namely, registration and enrolment, to students online. Now with this latest decision, the entire process has been made online. Animated help to do online registration is available on: www.icsi.edu before student proceeds for online registration.

The Institute of Company Secretaries of India is a premier national professional body established under the Company Secretaries Act, 1980 to develop and regulate the profession of Company Secretaries. It has on its roll over 35,000 Members (both in Employment and in Practice) and over 4 lakh students.

Online registration and enrolment required for company secretary course access; students must apply through the institute's portal. The Institute requires exclusive use of its digital portal for online registration and online enrolment for the Company Secretary course; registration for Foundation, Executive and Professional levels and exam enrolments must be processed through the Institute's online system, supported by animated online help to guide students in completing the procedures.