CS Executive Registration 2026: Eligibility, Fee and Cut-off Dates

Registering for the CS Executive Programme is a separate step from enrolling for an examination, and the difference matters. Registration admits you to the stage for five years and costs Rs 18,900 if you passed CSEET or the old Foundation, or Rs 23,900 by direct admission. Enrolment is the per-session exam form, at Rs 1,500 per group. How early you register decides the first session you can sit, and ICSI applies four fixed cut-offs. Since 2025 there are also two things to finish before the exam form opens to you: the pre-exam test and the three-day orientation programme (TDOP). ProSyllabus is an independent study site. We are not affiliated with, or endorsed by, the Institute of Company Secretaries of India (ICSI); every rule below is quoted or summarised from ICSI's published documents, and ICSI decides every individual case.

ICSI fee schedule, Company Secretaries Regulations (Regulation 21) and ICSI cut-off dates 2026.

There are two routes, and ICSI's documents describe them separately. The CSEET route: the Regulations require a pass in the senior secondary (10+2) examination or equivalent, plus CSEET or an exemption from it. A CSEET result stays usable for registration for one year. Passing CSEET is covered in our CSEET passing-marks guide. Direct admission is for those exempt from CSEET: graduates and postgraduates, ICAI Intermediate passes, ICMAI Final passes, and students of a five-year integrated programme who have passed the sixth semester. Students appearing in the final year or final semester of a degree, or in the sixth semester of an integrated programme, can register provisionally (ICSI fee schedule and course slides). Direct admission does not bring any paper exemption, except for LLB and CMA Final holders; see our exemptions guide.

ICSI accepts registrations all year, but a registration counts for a session only if it is accepted by the cut-off for that session. The cut-offs are fixed and, per the 2026 calendar, do not move when they fall on a holiday.

What that means today (our reading). The December 2026 cut-offs have passed. A registration accepted by 30 November 2026 lets you sit both groups in June 2027; one accepted by 31 January 2027 lets you sit one group in June 2027 (that date follows ICSI's standing rule; the 2027 calendar was not yet published on 30 September 2026).

The two TDOP documents overlap rather than conflict: the December 2026 announcement makes TDOP a condition of enrolment for everyone registered from 1 February 2025, and the January 2026 announcement adds a three-month deadline for those registering from 1 January 2026. ICSI tells students to book a TDOP batch through their nearest regional office or chapter early rather than waiting for the deadline.

An Executive registration is valid for five years from the month in which it is accepted (Regulation 21). If it expires before you finish, you can seek registration de novo: Rs 2,000 within two years of expiry, Rs 3,000 within five. ICSI's FAQ says renewal only extends validity; your syllabus, group passes and exemptions already granted stay as they are. For December 2026, de novo had to be done in time to enrol by 10 October 2026. After passing the Executive stage, Professional Programme registration is a separate Rs 20,000 (fee schedule).

ICSI lists concessions on the Executive registration fee, among them 50% for SC/ST students, registration fee only for physically handicapped students, and 50% at Executive registration for students with an EWS certificate and family income up to Rs 3 lakh, plus categories for defence personnel and their wards, several regions and districts. The schedule is the authority on who qualifies and on which fee heads; check it before you pay.