Women win big at Chartered Accountants final, intermediate exams

Women have dominated the Chartered Accountants final and intermediate examinations held in November, the results of which were announced on Tuesday by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI).

Two of the top three ranks in the final exam have been taken by women. While Harsh Choudhary from New Delhi topped the final exam, scoring 618/800, Shikha Jain from Indore and Ramyashree from Mangaluru tied for second place scoring 617/800. Mansi Agarwal from New Delhi came in at third place, scoring 613/800.

Two of the top three rank holders for the intermediate examination are women, too. Diksha Goyal from Karnal and Tulika Shrawan Jalan from Mumbai came in at first and second place, scoring 693 and 677 respectively, out of 800. Saksham Jain from Jaipur came in third place, scoring 672.


The intermediate and final exams were held in November last year.

A total of 65,291 candidates appeared for Group 1 of the final exam out of which 13,969 passed, and a total of 64,775 candidates appeared for Group II of the final exam out of which 12053 passed.

A total of 100,265 candidates appeared for Group 1 of the intermediate exam out of which 21,244 passed, and a total of 79,292 candidates appeared for Group II of the intermediate exam out of which 19,380 passed.