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ICAI CA Final November 2023 Results: Rishi Malhotra scored 590 (73.75 per cent) in the ICAI CA Final November 2023 exam and bagged the All India Rank (AIR) 3. He has shared this position with another boy from Jaipur, Tikendra Kumar Singhal.
This was Malhotra’s first attempt at the CA Final exam in which he appeared for both groups. When he started preparing for his CA journey in 2019, little did he know that he would have to face so many difficulties. “I lost my father, grandfather and my grandmother to Covid within a week. This was when I was doing my articleship at E&Y, Delhi office. All of this happened so quickly that I had to rush back to Jaipur to be there for my family. Since both my elder sisters are married, I decided to quit E&Y, and got an internship at KPMG, Jaipur,” he shared with indianexpress.com. Rishi still works at the same company.
During the second pandemic wave, the 22-year-old was admitted to the hospital due to Covid. Even though it was difficult for him to bounce back to normalcy, he did not give up hope. “When I started my CA journey in 2019, I wanted to go to one of the top three Delhi University colleges, but since I didn’t get through, I decided to at least bring laurels in Chartered Accountancy. I knew I had to make my family proud, and losing my three beloved family members in the Covid reminded me of my goal. Those three are my guiding angels and it is because of them that I got the strength to achieve this rank today,” he reminisced.
Rishi’s mother currently works as a director at the Pension Office of the Rajasthan Government, and his sisters work at Siemens AG (Pune) and Dell Inc (Bengaluru). The three women gave him strength and support to continue this journey, he added.
Even though Rishi took coaching classes during his CA journey, he wrapped up those classes a year before appearing for the Final exam and concentrated on his revision. What helped him the most, he says, is the notes that he prepared on his own.
“I had a target of having only three registers of notes for each attempt. Irrespective of how many books the ICAI has prescribed, I ensured that I maintained only three registers keeping the last day revision in mind. I knew that I wouldn’t have the time to go through so many pages a day before the exam, so I shortened everything. I would write the important concepts, and then under that cut and paste the questions from books, and then write the answer myself. This technique helped me understand and remember concepts and questions properly,” he explained.
ICAI CA Final November 2023 Results | AIR 1- Madhur Jain | AIR 2- Sanskruti Atul Parolita | AIR 3- Tikendra Kumar Singhal
Rishi added he relied on the ICAI study material to prepare his notes.
Another thing that Rishi believes is important to ace the CA final exam is mock tests and revision. The Jaipur boy claims he solved 4-5 test series repeatedly, which ultimately totalled to nearly 20 revisions in the last year. He ensured that he stayed focused and disciplined when it came to revision.
“Attempting mock tests and doing multiple rounds of revisions helps you understand your strengths and weaknesses. It helps you realise which part of the syllabus and question paper will take more time and which is the part that you can solve quickly. With nearly 20 rounds of revision, I could remember exactly what the page of the book looked like as soon as I saw the question. So, it is important to do multiple revisions on your own if you want clarity on concepts, basics and a good score,” he added.
