TY - GEN AU - KRISHNAN, R TI - Company secretary: A key managerial person PY - 2012/// KW - MANAGEMENT N2 - The profession of company secretary has climbed the top of the professional ladder in these last 55 years, a situation never contemplated by the founding fathers. Far from being dubbed as a subordinate officer, ha is now being elevated as a key managerial personnel along with managing director and chief executive officer superseding his recognized role as a principal officer, thanks to the proposal contained in the companies bill, 2011 which is before the parliament ER -