Details of 15 days Academic Program for students

 The 15 days academic program (i.e. PIP+PEGP+PSDP+PEDP) shall be applicable for all
students who have completed their Executive Program (i.e. passed both/all modules of
Executive Program) on or after 25th August, 2015.

 The break-up of 15 days academic program exposure is as under:

i) 2 days = Professional Induction Program (PIP)

ii) 3 days = Professional e-governance Program (PEGP)
iii) 5 days = Professional Skill Development Program (PSDP)
iv) 5 days = Professional Entrepreneurship Development Program (PEDP)

 Applicability:
i. 15 days Academic program is applicable to every student who is successfully completing
Executive Program (whether already undergoing training or not) of ICSI, on or after 25th
August, 2015.
ii. PIP & PEGP are to be completed within 3 months of passing Executive programor within
2 months of commencement of their 15 months/1 year/2 years training, whichever is
earlier. If, any student is already undergoing training on the date of passing the Executive
program, in such case 2 months criteria is not applicable to him/her.
iii. PEGP is to be commenced only after PIP is completed.
iv. PSDP is to be completed only after completing PIP & PEGP but, in any case within 7
months from the passing of Executive program.
v. PEDP is to be completed only after completing PIP, PEGP & PSDP but, in any case
should be completed atleast3 months prior to the completion date of their 15
months/1year/2 years training.
vi. Students failing to complete the above requirement will not be allowed to fill up the
admission form for undergoing MSOP (or by whatever name called).

 Exemption from 15 days academic program :

Exemption from 15 days academic program may be granted to the students who are having
adequate working experience on case to case basis. Internal guidelines for granting exemption
from the same are being prepared and after approval of TEFC of the Council, same would be
circulated.

The complete details and programme structure of the proposed 15 days academic programme
is as under:

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 Details of the structure and modalities of Academic programmes

Sl.
Particulars PIP PEGP PSDP PEDP
No.
1 Duration 2 days in 3 days in 5 days in 5 days in
continuation continuation continuation continuation
(preferably on Friday
& Saturday with no
embargo on other
days)
2 When to To be completed To be completed To be completed To be completed
undergo within 3 months of after successfully only after only after
passing Executive completing PIP, completing PIP completing PIP,
program or within 2 but within 3 & PEGP but in PEGP & PSDP but
months of months of passing any case within in any case should
commencement of Executive program 7 months from be completed
their 15 months/1 or within 2 months the passing of atleast3 months
year/2 years training, of commencement Executive prior to the
whichever is earlier. of their 15 program. completion date of
If, any student is months/1 year/2 their 15
already undergoing years training months/1year/2
training on the date whichever is years training.
of passing the earlier. If, any
Executive program, student is already
in such case 2 undergoing training
months criteria is not on the date of
applicable to passing the
him/her. Executive program,
in such case 2
months criteria is
not applicable to
him/her.

3 Fees payable Upto Rs.1500/- per Upto Rs.3000/- per Upto Rs. 4000/- Upto Rs.4000/- per
by Student student for entire student for entire per student for student for entire
duration of 2 days duration of 3 days entire duration duration of 5 days
training, including training, including of 5 days training, including
the cost of serving the cost of serving training, the cost of serving
working lunch, tea, working lunch, tea, including the working lunch, tea,
biscuits/snacks etc. biscuits/snacks etc. cost of serving biscuits/snacks etc.
working lunch,
tea,
biscuits/snacks
etc.

4 Leaves No leaves allowed. If No leaves allowed. If any student is If any student is

allowed to any student is absent If any student is absent on some absent on some
students on any day he/she absent on any day days, he/she will days, he/she will
during will be required to he/she will be be required to be required to

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 training repeat the entire required to repeat attend the attend the missed
program training of 2 days the entire training missed sessions sessions in any of
once again to get the of 3 days once in any of the the subsequent
completion again to get the subsequent batches to get the
certificate. completion batches to get completion
certificate. the completion certificate.
certificate.
5 Where to CCGRT, RCs & all Chapters.
undergo
6 Venue If comfortable seating arrangement and other basic infrastructure required for
conducting training program is available at RCs / Chapters, the program can be
organised at the premises of RCs / Chapters itself. Otherwise, outside suitable venue
can also be hired by the respective RCs / Chapters.
7 Mode of Full time in-house Program
training (Tentative 8 hours per day, including 1 hour for lunch break, & 1 hour for 2 tea
breaks of 30 minutes each on every day)
8 Attendance Attendance to be taken two times every day (incoming/outgoing, time with
signature of student)
9 Exemptions Exemption from 15 days academic program may be granted to the students who are
from having adequate working experience on case to case basis. Internal guidelines for
undergoing granting exemption from the same would be issued by the HQ after approval of the
training TEFC of the Council.
program
10 Brochure A brochure containing brief content about all topics / subject to be covered during
the program will be prepared by the Institute which will be provided to all faculty
and students.
11 Course No separate Course materials/books/modules shall be provided. If later on it is
Material decided that Course materials/books/modules may be given, accordingly it will be
informed and adhered to.
12 Status of Trainer may grant leave to the concerned students for specific duration to undergo
leave taken the above programs but for that duration his/her training will get extended.
by students
during his
MT/AT to
complete
above
programs
13 Duration and Broad guidelines have been provided herein below on the basis of the emphasis to
sub-structure be laid on the subject. It is an indicative guidance. RCs and Chapters may draw an
of the topics inference from the same.

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Program Structure of PIP: (Professional Induction Program)
Day 1
Session Plan Timings
Inaugural session 1 hour
ICSI:Training structure and Compliance 1 hour
 Complete training structure of ICSI
 Expectations of trainer from trainees
 Various compliances during training
(The trainer shall give a detailed information about the training structure, its
requirements including the expectations of trainer from trainees)
Work place management 1 hour
 Office culture
 File management
 e-filing (overview)
(The session shall be structured to cover the basics like office culture, file
management and an overview of e-filing at various platforms)
Interview skills 1hour
 CV enhancement
 Do’s & Don’ts of Interview
(The trainer shall teach the students about preparation of CV and also take
mock interviews of students for better preparation)
Corporate etiquettes 1 hour
 Dressing sense
 Behavioural issues
(The trainer shall endeavour to make the session alive so that the students
shall be aware of dressing sense and also touch the behavioural issues)
ICSI online services like placement portal, e-library, knowledge portal etc. 1 hour
(The trainer shall inform and guide the participants about the various
technology initiatives taken by the Institute for better servicing of
stakeholders.)

Day 2
Companies Act, 2013
 Introduction and Overview 2 hours
 Role and Opportunities for CS & Challenges for CS 1hour
(The sessions are expected to deliberate on the issues in Companies Act and
the role of Company Secretaries etc.)
Drafting of Notice, Agenda, Minutes, Resolutions, Application/petition before 1 hour 30
NCLT & NCLAT minutes
(The session has been structured to cover practical aspects of drafting of
notices, agendas, resolutions, application and petitions)
Profession, Professional & Professionalism 1 hour 30
(The session shall be on various facets of profession, how to become a minutes
professional and etiquettes to be followed in professional life)

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Program Structure of PEGP: (Professional E Governance Program)
Day 1
Session Plan Timings
IT Act, 2000 (Overview) 30
(The session has been structured to give an insight into IT Act, its provisions minutes
etc.)
Use of Digital Signature 30
(The session has been structured to cover the types of digital signature, how to minutes
use digital signature)
Licensed software Vs. Pirated software 30
(The session shall deliberate on a brief on software, licensed and pirated) minutes
e-governance & electronic filing initiatives of GOI 1 hour
(MCA forms, VAT returns, TDS returns, Trademarks etc.)
(The session shall cover the digital India initiatives taken by GoI, MCA21,
ACES, CBDT and various e-filings)
XBRL- Overview and filing 1 hour 30
minutes
Exposure to MS Office
 Advanced features of Power point presentation
 Advanced MS Word
 Advanced MS Excel 2 hours
(The session is expected to give practical training of MS Office covering
mainly the shortcut keys and other advanced tools etc.)

Day 2
Electronic maintenance of statutory register 1 hour
(The session shall cover the practical approach to be adopted in electronic
maintenance of various registers)
Advanced google search 1 hour
(The session shall cover how to use the advanced functions of Google, and/or
specialised search engines to get participants more specific search results so
they don't have to look through irrelevant results, and may find specifically
relevant information that otherwise may not be available.)
ICSI website (all student related sections and Apps) 1 hour
(The session shall be structured in a manner that the student be able to better
understand how to collect information from ICSI website, and related Apps)
Sensitization and familiarization with following websites:*
 MCA 3 hours
 SEBI
 RBI
 CCI
 Income tax
 CBEC
 Registrar of Trademarks
 BSE/NSE
(The sessions shall be structured in a manner that the participants be aware of
how to use the websites of various regulatory bodies, how to collect
information etc.)
*Any three of the above websites

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Day 3
E- voting- Provisions & Process 2 hours
(The session shall cover the detailed procedure of e-voting, its provisions &
processes, how to appoint a scrutinizer and how to handle an e-voting with
special emphasis on practical problems being faced regularly)
E-commerce (popular sites, process & legal aspects) 1 hour
(The session is expected to cover various legal aspects of e-commerce, the
rights available with consumers, duty of professionals etc.)
Submitting online application for PAN 30
(The session shall cover online application of PAN, how the payment can be minutes
made, how to rectify information in a PAN, double PAN and its punishment
etc.)
Preparing your own website (issues related with domain registration, server, 1 hour 30
database, language consideration etc.) minutes
(The session shall cover various languages, how to purchase space,
registration of domain, use of server, various copyright related issues in
developing own website)
Utilisation of various gadgets (in professional services) like: 1 hour
 Tablets
 Cell phones (Smart phones)
 Laptops and PCs
(The session shall deliberate upon optimum utilization of electronic items
mainly various gadgets)

Program Structure of PSDP: (Professional Skill development Program)

Day 1
Session Plan Timings
Interpersonal skills
 Group dynamics 30
 Negotiation skills minutes
 Leadership 1 hour
 Emotional intelligence 1 hour
(The sessions shall be structured in a manner that various interpersonal skills 30
of participants be developed. The trainer is expected to ensure participation of minutes
all participants in the session through practical exercises)
Communication skills
 Public speaking 1 hour
 Group discussion 1 hour
 Gestures and body language & Presentation skills 1 hour
(The sessions shall cover the facets of verbal and non-verbal languages, how
to make a public speech, reading gestures and body languages, how to opt
best gestures and body languages, preparing for group discussion and
enhancing presentations skills. The trainer is expected that the sessions shall
cover various other skills of communications other than written)

Day 2
Writing skills- Business writing skills

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  Press communiqué 1 hour
 Inter-office communication 1 hour
 Email etiquettes 30
 Business letters minutes
 Agenda and Minutes 1 hour
 Proof reading and editing 1 hour 30
(The sessions shall emphasize on various writing skills. The trainer is minutes
expected to cover the practical aspects of business writings to help enhancing 1 hour
the writing skills of participants)

Day 3
Advocacy skills
 Drafting 1 hour
 Pleading 1 hour
 Right to Legal Representation under various corporate legislation 30
 Court Craft minutes
 Advocacy Etiquettes 1 hour
 Dressing Etiquette 30
minutes
 Communication Etiquettes
30
 Duty towards the Court, Client and Opponent
minutes
(The sessions shall cover the advocacy skills. The trainer shall provide the
30
guidance on drafting, the art of pleading, various court crafts and advocacy
minutes
etiquettes etc.)
1 hour

Day 4
Interpretation skills
 Objectives of Interpretation 1 hour
 Essentials of Interpretation of a Statute 1 hour
 Principles of Interpretation 1 hour
 Different Aids to Interpretation 1 hour
 Primary and Other Rules of Interpretation 1 hour
 Case study 1 hour
(The sessions shall cover the interpretations skills. The trainer shall lay
emphasis on the basics of law of interpretations, its type, essentials,
principles, rule of interpretations etc. Use of case laws in a case, various case
studies and practical interpretation of some laws etc.)
Day 5
Professional skills
 Time management 1 hour
 Positive attitude 1hour
 Self motivation 1 hour
 Professional ethics 1 hour
 Business etiquettes 1 hour
 Balancing board room 1 hour
(The session shall help in developing various professionals skills. The trainer
is expected to demonstrate/model how a participants might develop greater
initiative, increased independence, and self-reliance)

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Program Structure of PEDP: (Professional Entrepreneurship Development Program)
Day 1
Session Plan Timings
Section by section practical training on Companies Act, including draft of
resolution 1 hour
 Incorporation of Company 30
 Acceptance of Deposits by Companies minutes
 Management and Administration 30
 Declaration and Payment of Dividend minutes
 Accounts of Companies 30
 Audit and Auditors minutes
1 hour
 Meetings of Board and its Powers
1 hour
 Appointment of Key Managerial Personnel
1 hour
(The sessions have been structured to cover practical training on various
30
aspects of Companies Act. The trainer is expected to provide professional
minutes
guidance to participants and also share relevant knowledge and experience
with the participants)

Day 2
Secretarial standards (SS- I) 3 hours
(The session shall cover the implementation of Secretarial Standard – 1 on
Meetings of the Board of Directors, various practical problems being faced
and posers in implementations.)
Secretarial Standards ( SS- II) 3 hours
(The session shall cover the organization of general meeting. The session is
expected to have a mock general meeting to give an idea of general meeting
and how to tackle the problems at the meetings.)

Day 3
Board reports 1 hour 30
(The session shall deliberate on the preparation of Board reports etc. minutes
Collection of various information and certifications etc., points to be taken
care while formulating Board report.)
Certification of Annual Returns, Secretarial audit 1 hour
(The session shall cover the various things that should be kept in mind while
certifying the annual returns or issuing a secretarial audit report)
Drafting and Implementation of various policies in the Companies 1 hour
(The session shall cover the policy to be formulated by a company. The
trainer is expected to explain the points to be taken care during the
formulation of a policy of the company.)
Knowledge about different Committees required in a company 1 hour
(The session is expected to discuss on various committees required to be
formed in a company i.e. Audit Committee, Stakeholder Grievance
Committee etc.)
Appointment and induction of Directors 30
(The session shall cover the methods to appoint different directors, how to minutes
induct a director, process and procedure to be followed during appointment
etc.)
Business plan presentation and evaluation 1 hour

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(The trainer shall explain how to evaluate the business plan, pros and cons
and how to present a business plan.)
Day 4
Pre-certification of forms 1 hour
(The trainer shall share his/her experience and guide the participants about
pre-certification and matters incidental to RoC
Incorporation of Company (including other entities, section 8 company, 2 hours
producer company, trust, society, partnership, all about LLP)
(The session shall be designed to give an insight on incorporation of body
corporate)
NCLT 1 hour
(The session shall explain various matters to be dealt with NCLT. The trainer
is expected to cover the ideals of appearing before non-judicial bodies)
How to set up practice 2 hours
(The session shall deliberate on various issues for setting up practice. The
trainer is expected to identify and warn the participants on potential obstacles,
help participants to develop professional networks etc.)

Day 5
Calculation of Income tax 1 hour
(The session shall make a brief on Income tax Act, different types of incomes,
and their calculation, exempted incomes and deductions available etc.)
Filing income tax return 1 hour
(The session shall cover the filing of tax return through software and by direct
filing. The trainer is expected to give a practical approach on filing income
tax return at the portal)
Tax aspects of Corporate entities 30
(The session shall cover corporate tax, minimum alternative tax, double tax minutes
avoidance agreements, exemptions available to corporate, filing of tax returns
by corporate.)

KYC 30
(The session shall explain measures to be taken before taking a client. The minutes
trainer is expected to explain the participants upon various checks & balances.
Registration of charges 1 hour
(The session shall cover the types of charges, obtaining the charge documents,
their verifications and their filing)
Contract drafting 30
(The session shall cover the basics of drafting the contracts) minutes
Joint Venture 30
(The session shall be designed to make a brief on joint ventures, steps, minutes
precautions etc.)
Banking terminologies 1 hour
(The session shall explain the banking terms etc.)
and
FEMA
(The session shall explain various provisions of FEMA and other related
issues)

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