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The Council of the Institute of Company Secretaries of India, the apex body for regulating the Company Secretary Profession in India has approved the eligibility criteria for grant of exemption from undergoing Student Induction Programme (SIP).

The following candidates are exempted from under going SIP:

(i) Candidates having one year of working experience as assistant or any other post equivalent thereto by whatever name called or any other higher grade thereto in the field of Finance, Secretarial, Human Resource, Marketing, General Administration, Teaching, Research etc. in any body corporate, government body, statutory or autonomous body, public undertaking, financial institution, banks, consultancy firms, Law firms or any other organization/institution which in the opinion of the Council provides scope for adequate exposure for exemption from Students Induction Programme (SIP),

(ii) Candidates possessing professional qualification e.g CA, CWA, LL.B, BE/B.Tech/B.Arch, MBBS, Post Graduate Degree/Diploma in Businesses Administration/ Management, MCA or any other qualification as approved by the Council from time to time.

Students seeking exemption may apply within six months from the date of registration in the Executive Programme.

The students who were enrolled on or after 1st September 2009 and yet not undergone the SIP may also apply for the exemption.

Source: icsi website.