Ludhiana, June 18 -- A 23-year-old from Ludhiana centre has secured an All India Rank (AIR) 38 in the chartered accountancy (CA) final examination.

Manvi Goyal, an alumna of Greenland School, Jalandhar Bypass, and Government College for Girls, emerged as the city topper after scoring 415 marks in the results declared by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) on Thursday.

According to city-wise statistics released by ICAI, a total of 338 candidates appeared from the Ludhiana centre, out of which 79 successfully cleared the exam.

Hailing from Talwandi Bhai, Manvi is the first CA in her family. The daughter of a businessman, she had scored 97.8% marks in Class 12 and said her success was the result of consistent hard work ...