Meet Ramkumar Raman Youngest Chartered Accountant from India

RAMKUMAR RAMAN, THE YOUNGEST BOY FROM INDIA STUDIED IN DUBAI AND BECOMES CHARTERED ACCOUNTANT AT THE AGE OF 18

 

Raman has been recognised by Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA), the global professional accounting body in the Gulf, as the youngest affiliate ever registered with them.

As for many candidates, Chartered Accountancy course is a nightmare and most of the students start their degree courses at the age of 18,but this young boy not only finished his Chartered Accountant course , but also became the youngest CA in the world at the age of 18.

Ramkumar Raman, the 18-year-old Indian boy from chennai started his CA education in december 2012 at The Indian High School in Dubai, managed to successfully clear all the 14 papers of the course in the very first attempt.

Initially, he decided to study for Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) because he wanted to gain more knowledge in the field of accounting and finance. But he did not know that he would end up clearing it so fast.

Raman managed his CA studies along with his school and college studies. He usually took an average of 3.5 months to study for each exam which is held every June and December.

According to Khaliji Times, Raman, hailing from a family of chartered accountants, used to get up at 6:00 am every day to study – even on holidays.

And also Raman believes that his superstition helped him to achieve this feat. He would wear the same pair of pants, shirt, vests, socks and shoes and ate the same type of curries and rice before every Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) paper from December 2012 to June 2015.

Many students fail to clear this exam even after repetitive attempts, but Raman managed to pass all of his papers in the first attempt itself. He will now be working for three years as a CA to become a full-fledged ACCA member.

The London-headquartered ACCA has over 1,78,000 members and 4,55,000 students in 180 countries. While most of the ACCA candidates only start their journeys at 18 years of age, Raman has shown exceptional performance in the field.

Now he wants to obtain an MBA degree from the United states of America, and eventually wants to follow a career in the field of investment banking.