Company Secretary is an in-house legal expert and a compliance officer who is held responsible for corporate governance and strategic management of the company.

After the completion of the courses of Foundation, Executive program examination and the Executive Development Program, a person is eligible to undergo CS Articleship, which is a training session for practical knowledge and experience of the course. The articleship for CS students is typical of 12-18 months of duration. There are a lot of parameters to be considered in order to do a CS articleship in company.

Firstly, Where the articleship for CS could be done?

To answer that, there are 3 categories where the CS articleship could be done at –

• Under a Practicing Company Secretary
• At a Consultancy Firm
• At Corporate

And there are various other factors which need to be considered like the articleship stipend for CS, the training procedures and experiences to be considered. The Firms are usually the best when considered for articles when compared to CS articleship at companies. The firms consist of mostly consultancy services, hence have a lot of Company secretaries in it and also it has a more focused training procedure which complies with the standards of “The Institute of Company Secretaries”.

Best CS Articleship Firms In India

The articleship for CS students is typical of 12-18 months of duration. Here are the TOP 4 firms for CS Articleship in India –

Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Limited  

Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu, popularly known as just “Deloitte”, is probably the biggest professional service organization in the world. The firm was founded by William Deloitte in 1845. It gives you a great all round exposure and oweing to it’s status teaches you to handle every challenge which comes your way along

Ernst &Young

Ernst & Young is a global organization of member firms in more than 140 countries. The organization also values knowledge and skills development, helping around 170,000 employees achieve their potential through professional training and career growth programs. Ernst & Young offers assurance, advisory, tax, and specialty services. However, the work done could be quite aggressive, so if you like your life on the edge, hop on!

Price Waterhouse Coopers (PWC)

PwC is one of the world’s largest providers of accounting services. It employs 180,000 professionals in 159 countries around the world. The company was formed by the merger of two large accounting firms — Price Waterhouse, and Coopers & Lybrand. These are independently owned and managed firms, like other international companies, share common values and standards. PwC provides excellent assurance, consulting, and tax services. For someone considering to apply to this company, it is quite a catch as it’s quite employee friendly and has a variety of work to learn from.

Klynveld Peat Marwick Goerdele (KPMG)

KPMG is a global network of accounting firms providing audit, tax, advisory, special interest and industry-specific services. The organization was formed in 1987 through the merger of Peat Marwick International and Klynveld Main Goerdeler. Like other professional service organizations, KMPG places great value on its people and quality of service. It has been known to pay a higher stipend than the above three firms. The work quality generally depends on the capacity of the person employed. The experience and training here is quite valuable

These are the Best CS articleship Companies in India. Best has always been a relative term, and there are more firms around the country which could be better and not included in this list. Even the best of firms have a limit on the number people they can employ and train. The CS articleship vacancy can be found in a lot of Indian companies.

Hence, here is the list of other companies offering Articleship for CS students :

Other CS Articleship Firms In India:

S. NO	Company Name
1	Cummins India Limited
2	Chandrasekaran Associates
3	Goods and Service Tax Network
4	RPG Life Sciences Limited
5	RSJ Associates
6	Singh & Associates
7	Aricent Technologies (Holdings) Limited
8	Sapient Consulting Private Limited
9	Nishi Talwar & Associates
10	Satin Creditcare Network Ltd
11	MA & Associates
12	Khyati Shah & Co.
13	Corporate Professionals Capital Pvt. Ltd
14	National Handicapped Finance and Development Corportaion
15	Soma Isolux Kishangarh Beawar Tollway Private Limited
16	Hindustan Salts  Limited
17	Poddar Global Limited
18	NHDC Ltd
19	Shridhi Jain & Asso.
20	PCS Rajesh Mittal
21	PCS Sapna Khandewal
22	Godfrey Phillips India Limited

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Also Read:

Company Secretary Course Details | How To Become A CS

CS Executive Previous Year Question Papers

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