The Institute of Chartered Accountancy India (ICAI) announced Chartered Accountancy (CA), Common Proficiency Test (CPT) and CA Final 2017 Results on January 17 on its official website. In CA Final Exam, Karnal’s Mohit Gupta from Haryana secured All India Rank (AIR) 1, followed by two Delhi boys Prashant and Aditya Mittal holding the second position. Mohit Gupta scored 587/800 marks.

CA Nilesh S. Vikamsey President of ICAI congratulated the rank-holders. “I congratulate all rank-holders and successful candidates for their hard work and results. However, I would like to convey to all candidates who could not qualify despite their hard work, to plan and study efficiently and work harder which will eventually help them in achieving success”, said CA Nilesh.

Mohit is currently working in a leading company in Gurgaon and is thrilled by his achievement. While studying for CA course, he had also been pursuing his Bachelor of Commerce followed by two years of Masters in Commerce at Delhi. The CA Finals topper told media that he is planning to visit his parents residing in Karnal to celebrate his success. In Group I the pass percentage is 15.91% while in Group II the pass percentage is 15.11%.

A total of 39,328 candidates appeared Group I exam out of which 6257 cleared the exam. On the other hand, 39,753 students have written Group II exam out of which 6006 have scored the exam. ICAI will issue the All India Merit List for the candidates securing a minimum of 55 percent and above marks and up to the maximum of 50th rank holders for CA Final Exam.

According to the notifications shared by the Institute, the results of both CA CPT and CA Final were supposed to be declared on Wednesday at 8:00 pm. However, the results were declared on its official website prior than the scheduled time.

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