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Jaipur: ICAI Result May 2018 was declared yesterday by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India on icai.exam.icai.org, caresults.icai.org. Atul Agarwal from Jaipur, with overall 618 marks out of 800 emerged as the topper of the CA final result 2018. After having cracked what is called to be one of the most difficult examinations, Atul now wants to clear another, the UPSC Civil Services examination and serve the nation. He told TOI that he aspires to be a politician following in the footsteps of his role model, UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath.

At the age of 21, he plans to study for the examination alongside practising Chartered Accountancy. “I want to work for the development of country’s social sector and will work hard to be an IAS officer,” said Atul according to an Express report. Atul told Express, “After the Class 12, I am quite focused in the competitive examination, so I do not go for the regular courses and completed my graduation in B. Com from Indira Gandhi National Open University, IGNOU.”

Other than AIR 1, 11 students from Jaipur made it to the top 50 All India Merit list, proving Jaipur to be the breeding ground for CAs in the country, yet again. Gunjan Garg secured the AIR 6, also hailing from the city. Reportedly, this year Jaipur showed the best performance over the past few years. In 2009, 9 students had grabbed the top spots.

Giving credit to his parents, Santosh and Manju Agarwal for his success, Atul said, “I did not score very well in the board exams but today I cracked one of the toughest examinations of the country, the tribute goes to my parents as they never forced me to run after marks or success.” Atul had scored 86 per cent marks in Class 10 and 85 in Class 12.