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Company Secretary

कंपनी सचिव

Keeps a company on the right side of company law — running board meetings, filings and governance, and advising directors on compliance.

See when you could start working, and what it could pay

Estimated pay in India, from job sites

₹6.2 lakh a yearAverage on PayScale India.

Also see Glassdoor India(opens in a new tab) · AmbitionBox(opens in a new tab).

These are job sites' estimates from salaries people report there, across experience levels. They aren't official figures and aren't a promise of pay; starting pay is usually lower, and pay varies a lot by city and employer. We re-read each figure on the site's page before showing it (last checked 20 Oct 2026).

Class 11–12 stream
Commerce
Key subjects
Business Studies, Accountancy, English
Often valued in this work
Stability, Leadership & recognition, Earning potential

What the work looks like

  • Preparing board and shareholder meetings and their records
  • Filing returns and documents with regulators
  • Advising management on company law, securities rules and governance

The realities

Detail-heavy, deadline-driven work with real legal responsibility. Listed and larger companies are required to appoint a company secretary, and qualified members can also practise independently.

The usual route in India

ICSI route: CSEET after Class 12, then the Executive Programme, then the Professional Programme alongside 21 months of paid practical training, leading to associate membership (ACS). Graduates can register for the Executive Programme directly.

Entrance exams and tests

  • CSEET

Other ways in

Students from any stream can register. Many combine CS with a B.Com or a law degree.

Colleges with courses for this career

From courses we've collected from official college websites. Not a ranking, and not every college that offers it.

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Sources and checks

Not yet expert-checked: Written by the Edukrish team and not yet reviewed by a counsellor or subject expert. Verify important details with official sources.

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Your future as a company secretary

When you could start working, what the work could look like by then, and what it could pay.

No reliable pay data yet
Where are you now?

Pay data for

You could start working
2032in about 6 years · as company secretary (newly qualified)
Pay in India
We show India pay only where there's an official public figure, such as government pay scales. This career doesn't have one yet.

How we work this out

Your pay over the career

Shown only where reliable data exists.

No reliable pay data for India yet

  • India's official survey data (PLFS) can be used commercially only under a licence, and salary websites don't allow reuse. Rather than show a guess, we leave India pay out until there's a figure we're allowed to use.

Your path from today

CSEET, the Executive Programme, then the Professional Programme alongside 21 months of paid practical training.

  1. Today

    Class 10 · 2026–27

  2. Finish Class 12

    May 2029

  3. CSEET

    May 2029 – Jul 2029

    Taken after Class 12.

  4. CS Executive Programme (two modules)

    Jul 2029 – Jul 2030

    Estimate. Exams are held in June and December.

  5. Executive Development Programme

    Jul 2030 – Aug 2030

    15 days online and 15 days in class, after passing the Executive Programme.

  6. Long-term practical training

    Aug 2030 – May 2032

    Paid a stipend. The Professional Programme exams are taken during this period.

  7. Corporate Leadership Development Programme

    May 2032 – Jun 2032

  8. First role: Company secretary (newly qualified)

    Jul 2032

  9. Growing in the role

    2037 (5 years in)

  10. Senior roles, for some

    2042+ (10 years in)

  • The Executive Programme length is an estimate: ICSI sets exam windows (June and December), not a fixed course length.
  • Not passing an exam at the first attempt adds about six months each time.

A plan, not a promise: a repeated year, a break or a change of course moves these dates.

How we work this out: sources, assumptions and limits

Why “no reliable pay data yet”

  • India's official survey data (PLFS) can be used commercially only under a licence, and salary websites don't allow reuse. Rather than show a guess, we leave India pay out until there's a figure we're allowed to use.

Timeline assumptions

  • Today is in the 2026–27 school year (April to March).
  • One class per year, with no repeated year.
  • Class 12 results arrive around May; college intakes start on the months shown.
  • Admission in the first year you apply.
  • Courses take their standard length; a failed year or a break adds time.
  • The first job starts about a month after the last stage ends.

Sources

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