Chennai lad bags top rank in CA final

City-based James John Britto R has bagged the all India top rank in the Chartered Accountants final examination conducted in November, securing 74.38 per cent.
Britto secured 595 out of 800 marks with 74.38 per cent the first rank, Tirupati-born Nagolu Mohan Kumar was ranked second for securing 71.50 per cent 572/800, followed by Avinash Sancheti from Kolkata who got 566, securing 70.75 per cent, a press release from the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India said today.
A total of 9,764 candidates passed in Group I final examinations out of the 77,442 candidates who had appeared, it said announcing the results.

In Group II examinations 9,084 candidates passed out of 75,774 candidates. While of the 42,469 students who took both Group I and II, a total of 2,440 candidates passed, it said.
In the Common Proficiency Test that were held in December, a total of 99,077 candidates appeared while 34,129 students passed, the release said.