Activity on “Role of Practising Company Secretary”

The Department of Accounting and Taxation organized a “Role of Practising Company Secretary” for the Professional Students pursuing CS. The activity was conducted on 5^th February, 2020 in the Aditya hall of IIS (deemed to be University).

The activity was organized as a part of the curriculum of CS Professional Course, wherein the students of B.Com (Hons.) (Professional CS) were given a case on “Role of Company Secretary in Practice during incorporation of company”. Total seven students participated in the role play. Each student was asked to prepare an individual role like narrator, company secretary, managing director, independent director and so on. A period of one month was given to them to prepare for the activity taking into consideration the various legal, ethical and factual aspects of the case.

On the day of the activity, an artificial boardroom was created in the Aditya Hall and two faculties of Accounting & taxation Department namely Dr. Monty Kanodia and CA Priya Jain were called to judge the performance of the students. The play took around 30 to 45 minutes to present their respective roles. Judgment was done on important criterion like; the in-depth study of the situation, legal language used, legal aspects considered, ethics followed, dress code, etc.

It was a great learning experience for the students as they encountered the actual situation face while incorporating a company.