Inspiring Success Stories of CA Students-

Believe me, you are born to win

Failure is the highway to success. Tom Watson said, “If you want to succeed,
double your failure rate.” If you study history, you will find that all stories of
success are also stories of great failures. But people don’t see the failures.

They only see one side of the picture and they say that person got lucky: “He
must have been at the right place at the right time.”

There is a general opinion that it is very difficult to pass Chartered

Accountancy (C.A.) examination conducted by Institute of Chartered
Accountants of India. Few students also discontinue the course after finding it
very difficult to pass the examination. Failure is the stepping stone for
success. Some may not realize that they are very near to the success but
leaving the course.

If you take some good basic steps, then, you cannot be a failure in this Nobel
course.

You need not be a super genius to become a CA, even an average candidate
with hard working can also be a CA. It is touching to know about success
stories of students who have passed CA examination after overcoming
several obstacles. Let me share some inspiring stories of success of students
in these stories will inspire aspiring students to achieve similar success in the
examination.

“Successful people don’t do great things; they only

do small things in a great way.”
India’s first visually challenged CA
Rajni Gopal is India’s first visually impaired woman to become a Chartered
Accountant. Currently working with India’s leading software companies, it has
taken Rajani immense grit, perseverance and patience to reach where she
stands.

Several students with normal health struggle to pass the examination despite
the best of professional coaching and excellent support provided by their
family. It is inspiring to know that Rajani Gopal, a visually challenged girl has
cleared the exam during 2002 to become India’s first visually challenged
woman to pass CA examination.

She was prescribed penicillin tablets for common cold by a doctor when she
was nine years old. This was given without test dosage and this resulted in an
allergic reaction which in medical terminology is known as “Steven Johnson
Syndrome”. Her vision started deteriorating gradually and she lost her vision
in the right eye by the time she completed B.Com degree course.

She found it difficult to get a job due to her disability. She thought of pursuing
CA course to improve her chances of getting a job. With a lot of determination,
she joined CA course as there is not much need to attend regular classes like
other courses. She started using the screen reading software and learnt how
to use computers. She got all the materials converted to soft copy and started
studying in a focused manner. After facing lot of difficulties, she successfully
passed the CA examination and is now well placed in a reputed firm.

Rajani Gopal has proved that it is possible to pass the CA examination if one
prepares in a focused manner in spite of any physical handicap. When a
physically challenged person passes the tough course, no excuse can be
accepted from a person enjoying normal health.
Office boy who became CA
Students also blame financial problems as an excuse for not passing the CA
examination after several attempts. They claim that they are not able to afford
specialised coaching provided by reputed coaching institutes.

Shailesh who worked as an office boy in a private firm has cleared CA

examination though he lacked financial support.

Shailesh, youngest son of housemaid Nirmala and textile loom worker Arun,
studied in Sarvajanik High school in Marathi medium. He lived in a 12×25
room in a slum in Limbayat with a family of five.

Shailesh, youngest son of housemaid Nirmala and textile loom worker Arun, a
migrant Maharashtrian family, studied in Sarvajanik High school in Marathi
medium and did BCom from IGNOU. While doing BCom he came in touch
with Jay Chhaira, his tutor, and employer, running the Institute of Professional
Studies in Athwalines. He joined the institute as a student-cum-office-boy so
that he doesn’t have to put any financial burden on his father and elder
brother. He joined CA course and used to study in office during his spare time.
He did lose heart in between and left studies completely for two years, only to
return with more vigour and cleared every exam.

Ultimately he passed CA examination successfully and started his own

consultancy firm. In spite of his financial difficulties, he has successfully
cleared CA examination.

There is no need to worry about financial difficulties and the examination can
be passed by overcoming such difficulties.

Cleared CA, ICWA, CS at 23 years

Many students struggle to pass the CA examination even though they study
only CA course exclusively.
23-year-old Pallavi Sachdeva from Delhi cracked three exams CA (Chartered
Accountancy), CA (Cost & Works Accountancy) and CS (Company
Secretary). It is really a great achievement as she has cleared all three
professional exams simultaneously without any difficulty. The better
understanding of basic concepts and proper planning has helped Pallavi to
accomplish this achievement.

Daughter of Auto driver who scored first

rank
Prema Jayakumar, the 24-year-old daughter of a migrant Tamilian Jayakumar
Perumal, an autorickshaw driver has topped her

Chartered accountancy examination by scoring 607 out of 800 marks (75.8

per cent).She secured all India First rank in her first attempt. Prema studied in
Tamil medium till Class VIII from a Tamil medium municipal school. She
switched over to English medium only during ninth standard. It is really a great
achievement that she could score such high marks despite difficulties faced
by her.

Her brother Dhanraj aged 22 years also appeared in the CA examination and
passed it in his first attempt. Dhanraj worked in a call centre to support his
studies.

CA after 32 attempts
Normally students lose interest after continuous failures and discontinue the
course. They tend to join some other course or take up some employment.
But untiring efforts has enabled

Kailash Narayan Purohit of Jodhpur to pass CA after making 32 attempts

spread over a period of 20 years. He was determined to pass the examination
despite repeated failures.
Tea Stall owner’s Daughter cracks CA Final
Exams
The girl who didn’t have fees to pay CA course fees worked on her father’s
tea stall and crackers CA Final Nov 2012 exams. She proves success
quotation ‘Where Determination is great,

Nothing is great’. She had determined a goal to be a CA and she works hard
to fulfil her dream even after toughest difficulties in her life.

Confined to Wheelchair, but passed CA

Neha Bansali was confined to the wheelchair when she hurt her spine. Neha
Bansali shares her experiences in her own words.

“I was born in Delhi and grew up there. I belong to a middle-class family. I

have a younger brother and a younger sister. When I was playing with my
friends my spine received a minor injury. But because of infection, the entire
spine got affected.

As a result, I could not sit up and get confined to the wheelchair. Except for
my right hand, I could not move any part of my body. I had to depend on
others to attend to the daily ablutions. I wanted to commit suicide. The support
given by my father and mother, my sister and brother kept me up, I took the
+2 exam. I scored 92% in the exams. This achievement gave me confidence
and encouragement. I took the chartered accountant’s final exam and stood
tenth in the national ranking.

This success made me live and I grew up from then on. I, who has confined
always to the wheelchair with an ability to move only one hand, developed a
great urge to achieve something notable. I could secure a job as a chartered
accountant in a firm and became the chief accountant.”
Born with cerebral palsy, but cleared CA
Ajit Shekhawat was born with cerebral palsy and underwent treatment for two
years at a Mumbai hospital at the age of five. His treatment continued in
Gandhinagar later on and Ajit continued his studies and completed his
graduation in commerce from Gandhinagar. He then started preparing for his
CA examination at home and cleared it.

Train blast victim who passed CA

Chirag Chauhan was an average student and it was only in the tenth standard
final examination that he managed a first class. Chirag Chauhan was among
the survivors of the serial train blasts on July 11, 2006, which claimed over
180 lives. That day he had left for home early when a bomb exploded in the
suburban local at Khar Road station. His spinal cord was damaged due to the
explosion and some particles are still embedded in his chest and close to the
trachea.

Despite his debilitating injuries, he pressed on with his course and completed
it on July 12, 2008. He lost his father when he was 18 and was faced with the
prospect of looking after his sisters and mother, something he can proudly do
now.

Chirag Chauhan, now wheelchair-bound, is a full-fledged CA working as a

senior manager.

These success stories prove that it is possible to achieve success in CA

examination despite physical challenges and financial hardship.

Failures who become first Rankers

Yes, it’s true, if you failed in this exam then don’t worry you can get rank in
next examination if you prepare hard with confidence to crack exams with a
rank. Here I have given examples of peoples who were failed in their first
attempt but got rank in next exams.

1. Nitin Gupta – Failed in CA Final, May 10 – Got Rank 1 in CA Final Nov ’10
2. Sujoy K. N. – Failed in CA Final, Nov ’09 & May 10, Got Rank in CA Final
Nov 10
3. Sonia Rakheja – Failed in CA Final, Nov 09 & May 10, Got Rank in CA
Final Nov 10
Do you consider these people failures? They succeeded in spite of problems,
not in the absence of them. But to the outside world, it appears as though they
just got lucky.

All success stories are stories of great failures. The only difference is that
every time they failed, they bounced back.

This is called failing forward, rather than backward. You learn

and move forward. Learn from your failure and keep moving.
Always Remember “SUCCESS DELAYED IS NOT SUCCESS
DENIED.”