Aurangabad lad tops CA Final, two from city bag AIR 3 & 4

Time of India

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Mumbai: Aurangabad woke up to a reason to celebrate as Rajan Kabra, son of a chartered accountant, emerged as the national topper in the CA Final examination. Not far behind was Kolkata's Nishtha Bothra, followed by Manav Shah from Mumbai's NM College of Ghatkopar, who clinched the third spot.
At all India rank 4 was Mumbai's Suhani Maheshwari.
In the Intermediate exam, the list of achievers stretched across geographies — Mumbai's Disha Gokhru and Aurangabad's Sandeep Devidan shared the second rank, while Yamish Jain (Jaipur) and Nilay Dangi (Udaipur) tied for third.
For the first time, the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India declared the results of all three levels — Foundation, Intermediate, and Final — on the same day.
Toppers for the foundation examination include Vrinda Agarwal of Ghaziabad, Mumbai's Yadnesh Narkar as AIR 2, and Thane's Shardul Vichare as rank 3.
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Of the 99,446 who appeared for the daunting Final exam, some chose to tackle just one group; others braved both. Group 1 saw a 22.4% pass rate, Group 2 fared slightly better at 26.4%, but only 18.8% managed to clear both — a statistic that improved as the ICAI altered its examination strategy.
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Rajan Kabra's journey to the top unfolded in the room of Andheri-based Rajasthan Vidyarthi Gruha — a charitable hostel in Mumbai that has quietly nurtured generations of dreamers. Here, Kabra pieced together his preparation, seeking mentorship from different faculty members for each subject.
Kabra earlier topped the country at the Intermediate level too. Close on his heels was Manav Shah, a student of NM College in Mumbai's Ghatkopar.
"Confidence and consistency" was his formula for success. Both Kabra and Shah cracked the exam in their first attempt.
The Intermediate exams saw 1.6 lakh candidates take the exam. In Group 1, just 14.7% made it through; Group 2 had a clearance of 21.6%. But the true grit lay in the 13.2% who cleared both groups. In the case of those starting out, 96,538 candidates took the first exam — the foundation exam — and 15.09% cleared it.
To some, it may seem like a stumble at the starting line. To CA Jinesh Shah, a member of the ICAI's western region academic committee, it's a sign that the institute is deliberately tightening the funnel. "The 15% pass rate at the foundation level shows that ICAI is filtering at the entry stage," he said, urging aspirants to stick to the ICAI's own study material and mock exams.
Manoj Jariwala, senior faculty at JK Shah Classes, said, "The ICAI has shifted gears. Like IIT-JEE or NEET, students must now prepare intensely for the entry level itself." He concluded, "In CA, we can now say — entry is difficult, exit is easy."