Surmounting all odds, Mr. Prema Jayakumar, daughter of a Mumbai-based autorickshaw driver, has topped the all India Chartered Accountancy (CA) examination. Jayakumar Perumal, moved to Mumbai 25 years ago from Periyakolliyur in Villupuram district of Tamil Nadu in search of a better life.
Residing in a crammed one-room chawl in suburban Malad with her parents and brother, the 24-year-old told on recently she was ecstatic to have secured the first rank in the examination conducted in November 2012 by the ICAI (Institute of Chartered Accountants of India), results of which were announced on Monday.
Her family, originally from Tamil Nadu, is settled for the last many years in Mumbai where her father Mr. Jayakumar Perumal drives an auto-rickshaw for a living. Who lives in a chawl in Malad, Mumbai.
Ms.Prema has topped the nationwide Chartered Accountancy examination in her first attempt.
Ms. Prema, who secured an impressive 607 marks out of 800, credits her parents for the success & now wants them to live a life of comfort.
Prema, who did her articleship with Kishore Seth and Company.Her 22-year-old brother, Dhanraj who also cleared the tough CA examination with her.
Displaying academic excellence earlier too, Prema had stood second in her B.Com Third year examination conducted by Mumbai University, securing 90% marks.
The tenement that she calls home is all of 280 square feet. where she and her family live. But she is excited by the sudden elevation of her social status, which will be soon be followed by financial uplift.
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