Auto-rickshaw driver's girl from Mumbai tops CA exam

January 22, 2013 16:01

Surmounting all odds, Prema Jayakumar, daughter of a Mumbai-based auto-rickshaw driver, has topped the All India Chartered Accountancy examination.

Residing in a crammed one-room chawl in suburban Malad with her parents and brother, the 24-year-old said she was ecstatic to have 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 Monday.

"It's my lifetime achievement. For me, the key to success is hard work," an elated Prema said.

Her family, originally from Tamil Nadu, is settled for the last several years in Mumbai where her father Jayakumar Perumal drives an auto-rickshaw for a living.

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