CS Professional Secretarial Audit Compliance Management & Due Diligence (SACMDD/Due Diligence) | CRACKER | Virtual Book

This book is prepared exclusively for the Professional Level of Company Secretary Examination requirement. It covers the questions (topic/sub-topic wise) & detailed answers strictly as per the old syllabus of ICSI.

The Present Publication is the 7th Edition for the CS-Professional | June 2024 Exam. This book is authored by CS N.S. Zad & CS Divya Bajpai, with the following noteworthy features:

• Coverage of this book includes
• Fully-Solved Questions of Past Exams; Topic-wise, including:
• Solved Paper | Dec. 2023 | Suggested Answers
• [Arrangement of Questions] Questions in each chapter are arranged 'sub-topic wise'
• [Important Additional Questions] with Answers are provided
• [Marks Distribution] Chapter-wise marks distribution from June 2019 onwards
• [Past Exam Trend Analysis] from December 2019 onwards
• [ICSI Study Material Comparison] is provided chapter-wise

The contents of this book are as follows:

• Compliance Framework
• Compliances
• Documentation and Maintenance of Records
• Search and Status Report
• Know Your Customers (KYC) Guidelines
• Signing and Certification
• Segment-wise Role of Company Secretaries
• Audits
• Secretarial Audit
• Internal Audit
• Concepts and Principles of Other Audits
• Audit Engagement
• Audit Principles and Techniques
• Audit Process and Documentation
• Forming an Opinion and Reporting
• Secretarial Audit – Fraud Detection and Reporting
• Quality Review
• Values, Ethics and Professional Conduct
• Due Diligence – I
• Due Diligence – II

About the Author

N.S. Zad

N.S. Zad obtained his Commerce degree from Shivaji University, Kolhapur, and cleared the CS Final Exam in June 2005, conducted by the Institute of Company Secretaries of India. He has been teaching for the last ten years and has extensive teaching experience in various professional courses, including CA, CS, and CWA, at the IPCC/Executive and Final Levels. He has practical experience working with medium and large-sized organisations and firms of practising company secretaries.

He has written the following books, which TAXMANN publishes:

• CRACKERS for all subjects of the CS Executive Examination
• MCQs on Financial & Strategic Management Accounting for CS Executive
• Securities Laws & Capital Market for CS Executive

Divya Bajpai

CS Divya Bajpai is a distinguished Practising Company Secretary with a Commerce degree from Banaras Hindu University (BHU), Varanasi. She successfully cleared the CS Final Exam in June 2016, administered by the Institute of Company Secretaries of India (ICSI). In 2019, she was an active member of the Women Empowerment Committee of the Northern India Regional Council of ICSI.

CS Divya Bajpai is also a certified Trademark Attorney with extensive experience working with listed entities and organisations of varying sizes. She is a partner at MSD & Associates, a renowned firm of Practising Company Secretaries based in New Delhi.

Understanding the evolving needs of CS students under the new ICSI syllabus, she has authored several books for the CS Executive and Professional levels, as well as the CA IPCC and CA Final levels. Additionally, she has contributed numerous articles to the Corporate Professional Magazine, published by Taxmann.