The Institute of Company Secretaries of India is soon to introduce its Open Book Examination (OBE) that will be conducted for 5 elective subjects as follows:
on a trial basis in June 2014. Before launching out full-fledge OBE programme for all subjects, the ICSI President, R Sridharan has announced that in the beginning the OBE will be conducted only on Trial bases.
From June 2014, the computer-based exam for its foundation students will be introduced and students from then on will be assessed through multiple-choice questions.