The Institute of Company Secretaries of India (ICSI) invites applications for the Merit-Cum-Means Assistance Scheme, 1983, for financial aid to 25 eligible students pursuing the Professional Programme. Applicants must have passed both modules of the Executive Programme in the December 2024 exam in the first attempt without exemptions. The annual income of self-employed applicants must not exceed ₹2,40,000, while dependent applicants’ family income must be within ₹3,60,000. The application form and scheme details are available on the ICSI website. Incomplete or late applications submitted after May 25, 2025, will be rejected.
THE INSTITUTE OF
Company Secretaries of India
IN PURSUIT OF PROFESSIONAL EXCELLENCE
Statutory body under an Act of Parliament
(Under the jurisdiction of Ministry of Corporate Affairs)
File No.205:Exams:D-2024
Dated, the 24th February, 2025
ANNOUNCEMENT
No. ICSI/02/2025
MERIT-CUM-MEANS ASSISTANCE SCHEME, 1983
In pursuance of para 13 of the “Merit-cum-Means Assistance (Company Secretaryship Course) Scheme, 1983”, as amended upto 81h August, 2023, applications are invited to reach the Institute in the prescribed form on or before 25th May, 2025 for award of 25 numbers of financial assistance for pursuing Professional Programme of the “Company Secretaryship” from students who fulfil the eligibility criteria laid down under the said scheme.
According to the scheme, a candidate applying for assistance should have passed Both Modules of the Executive Programme examination without exemption in any paper, at one sitting, in the first attempt in CS December, 2024 examination. The total income of such an applicant, if employed or is having an independent source of income, should not be more than Rs. 2,40,000/- per annum and if he/she is dependent on his/her parents/guardian/spouse whether partially or wholly, the combined gross income from all sources should not be more than Rs.3,60,000/- per annum.
Prescribed application form together with a copy of the Merit-cum-Means Assistance (Company
Secretaryship Course) Scheme, 1983 can be downloaded from the Institute’s Website at location www.icsi.edu – Examination – Merit cum Means Assistance — Application Form.
Applications not made on the prescribed forms and/or without supporting documents, incomplete applications, applications not fulfilling the eligibility criteria laid down under the scheme or applications not reaching the Institute on or before 25th May, 2025 are liable to be summarily rejected.
BY ORDER OF THE COUNCIL
(CS ASISH MOHAN) SECRETARY
New Delhi — 110 003
(Republished with amendments)
