Mumbai, Jan 25:
Maharashtra
Governor K. Sankaranarayanan today felicitated Prema Jayakumar for
topping the Chartered Accountancy final examination in the country.
While
congratulating Prema, the Governor announced an award of Rs 1 lakh for
her as a token of appreciation, an official release said.
Dhanaraj
Jayakumar, younger brother of Prema who also passed the CA final
examination this year, and Ancy Jose, Principal of Nagindas Khandwala
College of Commerce, where Prema studied, were also present, at the
function held at Raj Bhavan here.
The Governor advised Prema to choose her career carefully and to take best care of her parents.
Surmounting
all odds, Prema Jayakumar, daughter of a Mumbai-based auto-rickshaw
driver, topped the all India Chartered Accountancy (CA)
examination.
Residing in a crammed
one-room chawl in suburban Malad with her parents and brother, the
24-year-old secured the first rank in the examination conducted in
November 2012 by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India,
results of which were announced on January 21.
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