Ahmedabad girl tops CS Foundation exam in India

AHMEDABAD: Ahmedabad-based commerce student Khushi Sanghvi topped the company secretary foundation exams by securing the all-India first rank.
Sanghvi, a second-year student at city-based RJ Tibrewal Commerce College, who put in over 12 hours of preparations daily, says she was surprised beyond words. “When I checked the results, I could not believe that I topped the exams at the national level and I rechecked it.This is the happiest moment of my life,” said Kushi, who secured 358 marks out of 400.
The 19-year-old said she aims to do equally well in the CS exams at executive and professional levels and eventually pursue CS.
Girls have outshone boys in the results for the foundation course exams of Company Secretary (CS) declared on Thursday. Two girls from Ahmedabad – Khushi Sanghvi (AIR 1) and Nishi Shah (AIR 5) – have made it to the top 10 in the country. According to the Institute of Company Secretaries of India (ICSI), out of top 25 students, 10 were from Ahmedabad chapter. Of these students, four girls from Ahmedabad chapter made it to the top 25.
When asked about her journey, Khushi said, “I studied for about five hours over and above the coaching classes. The results were absolutely unexpected and yet a pleasant surprise, and I am determined to work harder to keep up the results in the upcoming stages as well because I want to start company secretary practice professionally.” Nishi, who scored 348 marks in the CS Foundation exams is also learning karate. “Honestly, I did not expect to score an all India rank and the result came as a total surprise. But it just told me that I am on the right path,” said Nishi, who is a second year BCom student at a city-based commerce college.
For some of the students, the journey was not as easy and yet they managed to clear the exams with flying colours. “Whatever I studied, I immersed myself in it and revised it with complete focus. This helped me get through the exams. I used to attend coaching classes for about eight hours and used to travel by bus from Nikol to Paldi to study. Time was a constraint, but I always ensured I used it wisely so that I could devote maximum time towards studies,” said Priti Kumawat, a student of Government Commerce College, who secured all India rank 24 in the exams.
Out of a total of 233 students who took the CS Foundation exams, some 147 passed.