In India, a company can be incorporated as one person company, public limited company and private limited company.

The birthplace producer companies roots back to the committee meeting chaired by renowned economist Y.K Alagh.

All supporting documents including photograph should be certified by the Indian Embassy or a notary in the home country of the applicant or by the practicing chartered accountant or company secretary or cost accountant.

DIN (Director Identification Number) is a distinct Identification Number which is allocated to an individual who is either the present director of the company or intends to be one in the future.

The Companies Act, 2013, requires companies to change its name, as well as the address of its RO outside its every office, or division where the business is carried out.

Intellectual property is all about fortifying time, money and the toil that one put’s for the augmentation of his/her business as these assist the long-term success of the business.

Therefore, to sign the documents digitally for authentication, one needs to have a Digital Signature Certificate (DSC), a digital code, which can be attached to an electronic document to verify the applicant’s identity.

It must be drafted at the time of incorporation and must include six clauses revealing the company name, registered company address, its limited liabilities, share capital, company objects, and association of the shareholders and other stakeholders with the company.

Why set up a Public Company?

To set up a Public Limited Company, one needs to: Choose a name Have a company address Appoint at least three directors Have at least seven shareholders Create an agreement containing details of all initial shareholders – known as Memorandum of Association Have the by- laws of the company - known as Article of Association Apply for DIN by filling DIR-3 File INC 29 to register the Public Limited Company with MCA Obtain Certificate of Incorporation from ROC File INC-22 for verification of Registered office address Choosing a Name The name of the company is its trade name or brand name along with its principal activities, and this company name is a registered name by which an incorporated company is identified.