Bachelor of Commerce with specialization in Corporate Secretaryship is a  degree course that offers broad look to the students in many aspects of corporate governance with strong foundation in the areas of secretarial practices and company laws. The courses focuses on corporate management practices, by studying investment management, economic legislations, etc…

The course is also intended to create knowledge on overall functioning of industries and businesses by learning all management functions like personnel, production, marketing, finance, etc… It also enables the students to gain knowledge on management accounting, key cost concepts, accounting, etc… Bachelor of Commerce is a popular course in India and this course is offered in different specializations like computer applications, E-Commerce and Corporate Secretaryship. This is a three-year degree course offered by many colleges in India and the names of government colleges offering this course in different states of the country are given below:

• Avvaiyar Government College for Women, Pondicherry

• Bharathidasan Government College, Pondicherry

• Government Arts College, Nandanam, Chennai, Tamil Nadu

• Government Arts College, Paramakudi, Tamil Nadu

• Government Arts College for Women, Ramanathapuram, Tamil Nadu

• Government Arts College for Women, Tamil Nadu

• Sri Subramaniaswami Government Arts College, Tamil Nadu

• Government Arts College for Men, Chennai, Tamil Nadu

Eligibility requirement:

For getting into the B. Com (Corporate Secretaryship), candidates must have completed their higher secondary from a recognized board of education in any stream of education preferably in commerce stream.

Core and allied subjects in the course:

B. Com (Corporate Secretaryship) course includes several core and allied subjects and the list of core subjects offered by most the institutions are:

• Indirect Taxes

• Income Tax Law

• Business Law

• Cost Accounting

• Financial Accounting

• Industrial Law

• Human Resource Management

• Investment Management

• Economic Legislations

• Secretarial Practices

• Company law

Some of the allied subjects offered in the course are:

• Computer Fundamentals

• Statistics

• Business Economics

Most of the institutions have language papers in the B. Com (Corporate Secretaryship) only in the first two semesters of the course, the remaining four semesters will have only main and allied subjects, and there will not be any language paper in the second and third year of this course.

Higher Studies after B. Com (Corporate Secretaryship):

The knowledge gained in the B. Com (Corporate Secretaryship) will be relevant for the candidates to pursue higher studies in management and business and specifically candidates with B. Com (Corporate Secretaryship) degree can go for professional courses leading to Chartered Company Secretary. The higher studies options available for these graduates are listed below:

• ACS

• MFT

• Master of Financial Management

• ICWA

• CA

• Master of Human Resource Management

• Master of Business Administration

• MCS

• Master of Commerce

Job prospects after B. Com (Corporate Secretaryship):

After completion of B. Com (Corporate Secretaryship) course, candidates can find job placement in positions like:

• Public Relations Officer

• Accounts/Accounts Officer

• Personal secretary

• Corporate Secretary

• Administrative Assistant

• Office Secretary

They can find job placements in the field like banking, insurance, financing and marketing and many banks recruit B. Com (Corporate Secretaryship) graduates for fields like accounts, law, finance and merchant banking. The course is becoming popular among the students because of the excellent job opportunities with lucrative pay packages offered to B. Com Corporate Secretaryship graduates.

Therefore, candidates with commerce background in the higher secondary level can go for B. Com Corporate Secretaryship after completion of their higher secondary course since the course can offer better higher secondary options and future job prospects as well to the aspiring candidates.