Surat: Two students from Surat city secured a place among the top 50 in the country in the chartered accountant final exam whose results were announced on Monday. The exam was held in January 2021 for those students who could not appear in November 2020. The majority of the students who appeared in January were living in the containment zone or under quarantine.
Gayatri Belwal secured 24th rank with 520 marks out of 800, while Manish More secured 26th rank with 518 marks. Belwal could not appear for the exam since her family was quarantined after her father’s colleague, an officer in railway police had died due to Covid-19 infection.
As one from More’s family had died just before the exam in November last year, his family too quarantined.
“The students have worked hard despite all odds and secured good marks,” said Ravi Chhavchharia, their tutor.