Company Secretary or CS course is provided by the Institute of Company Secretaries of India (I.C.S.I). CS foundation course is an eight months duration course which is the first level study on the path of becoming a Company Secretary.
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The Institute of Company Secretaries of India has released new syllabus for the Company Secretary (CS) Foundation Program. CS Foundation Study Materials have been incorporated with all recent amendments, circulars, and notifications.
Below, we are providing the Study Material of CS Foundation latest editions applicable for Dec 2017 exams. Interested students, please download the CS Foundation Syllabus Pdf from the below-stated links.

- 1 CS Foundation Syllabus 2017 Brief Details
- 2 Company Secretary Foundation Course Syllabus
- 3 Syllabus for CS Foundation Examination
- 4 Paper 1: Business Environment and Entrepreneurship
- 5 Paper 2: Business Management, Ethics and Communication
- 6 Paper 3: Business Economics
- 7 Paper 4: Fundamentals of Accounting and Auditing
CS Foundation Syllabus 2017 Brief Details
Organization Name | Institute of Company Secretaries of India (I.C.S.I) |
Programme Name | CS Foundation |
Category | New Exam Pattern and Syllabus |
Official Site | www.icsi.edu |
Company Secretary Foundation Course Syllabus
The CS Foundation Syllabus contains four subjects and covers the study of subjects and topics such as, labour laws, legal aspects of taxation accounting, corporate law, auditing or financial analysis etc.
The following are the subjects of CS foundation course.
- Business Environment & Entrepreneurship
- Business Management, Ethics and Communication
- Business Economics
- Fundamentals of Accounting and Auditing
Syllabus for CS Foundation Examination
Following are the subjects in different stages of cs course. see the company secretary course subjects below.
Paper 1: Business Environment and Entrepreneurship
Part A: Business Environment
- Business Environment
- Forms of Business Organization
- Scales of Business
- Emerging Trends in Business Concepts, Advantages and Limitations
- Business Functions
Part B: Business Laws
- Elements of Company Law
- Elements of Law relating to Partnership
- Elements of Law relating to Contract
- Elements of Law relating to Sale of Goods
- Elements of Law relating to Negotiable Instruments
Part C: Entrepreneurship
- Entrepreneurship
- Entrepreneurship
- Growth & Challenges of Entrepreneurial Venture
Paper 2: Business Management, Ethics and Communication
Part A: Business Management
- Nature of Management and its Process
- Planning
- Organization
- Human Resource Management
- Direction and Coordination
- Controlling
- Recent Trends in Management
Part B: Business Ethics
Business Ethics
Part C: Business Communication
- Business Communication
- Essentials of Good English
- Business Correspondence
- Administration
- Interdepartmental Communication
- Preparation of Press Releases
- E-Correspondence
Paper 3: Business Economics
Part A: Economics
- Nature and Scope of Economics
- Theory of Demand and Supply
- Theory of Production, Costs and Revenue
- Forms of Markets and its Equilibrium
- Money and Banking
- Basic Characteristics of Indian Economy
- Selected Areas of Indian Economy
Part B: Elementary Statistics
- Statistics: An Overview
- Collection and Presentation of Statistical Data
- Measures of Central Tendency
- Mathematics of Finance
- Probability
- Index Numbers and Time Series Analysis
Paper 4: Fundamentals of Accounting and Auditing
Part A: Fundamentals of Accounting
- Theoretical Framework
- Accounting Process
- Bank Reconciliation Statement
- Depreciation Accounting
- Preparation of Final Accounts for Sole Proprietors
- Partnership Accounts
- Introduction to Company Accounts
Part B: Fundamentals of Auditing
- Auditing
- Audits and Auditor’s Reports