Two city students among India’s Top 50

Vadodara: Two students from Vadodara featured in the Top 50 nationally as the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) declared the results of the chartered accountants (CA) final and intermediate examinations of old and new courses on Tuesday. The exams were held in November 2022.
Palash Mittal secured All India Rank (AIR) 21 while Kushal Purohit secured AIR 50 in CA final examination.
Palash, who secured 568, had started preparing for CA course right after class 12. “I had started pursuing CA along with BCom which I cleared from MS University’s Faculty of Commerce in 2021. Now, I have cleared my CA final exam in the first attempt,” said Palash.
“I am now looking forward to a job opportunity in investment banking or getting equity research profile,” said Palash, whose father Anoop Mittal is an engineer while his mother Rakhi is a homemaker.
For Kushal Purohit, it was the third time that he bagged an All India Rank. Kushal had bagged AIR 29 in CA foundation level, AIR 25 in CA intermediate level and on Tuesday, he secured AIR 50 in CA final exam.
“I completed my BCom from MSU’s Faculty of Commerce in 2021. I want to become an IAS officer for which I will start preparing for UPSC exams,” said Kushal, whose father Ratansinh Rajpurohit is in the catering business while his mother Champaben is a homemaker.
Interestingly, the results also brought cheers in city’s Shah family. “Before three years, my elder son Shrey Shah had cleared his CA final. Today, my younger son Shail Shah too has cleared CA final in first attempt,” said Sandeep Shah, who works with the quality control laboratory at GSFC.
Wheel-chair ridden Shrey, who had cleared his CA final three years ago, is currently working with Infosys, Bengaluru.
In all, 175 out of 786 students who had appeared in CA final exams cleared their exams giving 22.26% results in Vadodara chapter.
In CA intermediate level, of the 1,174 students, 307 cleared the exam giving 26.23% result.