Guntur :

A student of Guntur, M Vaishnavi, has been selected for the prestigious national award – Sultan Chand Memorial Prize, instituted by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI). Vaishnavi got the award for emerging topper in professional competence course (PCC) at national level. Vaishnavi is also proficient in nine Indian languages.

In a letter to Mattupalli Mohan, director of a local training institute, ICAI deputy secretary Mahendra Kumar said that Vaishnavi had been selected for the top prize as she was the 1st ranker at the All India level in the PCC-2012. The award will be presented to Vaishnavi at a function in Delhi in the third week of February.tnn Expressing happiness over a Guntur student hitting the headlines for yet another time by grabbing a prestigious award in the commerce stream, Mattupalli Mohan complimented the girl’s father Jagadeesh for braving all odds to see his daughter at the top.

Vaishnavi is eldest of Jagadeesh’s three daughters. “He came all the way from Behrampur in Odisha to Guntur to get her daughter admitted to the best training institute to realize her dream of becoming a chartered accountant

She has brought laurels to her parents and the institute by winning the prestigious prize even before clearing the final,” said a jubilant Mohan here on Saturday.

Jagadeesh of Behrampur in Odisa, is a vendor of computer peripherals and encouraged all the three daughters to pursue the courses of their interest. While Vaishnavi is doing CA in Guntur, his second daughter Vaishali joined medicine stream and the youngest daughter Vaisakhi is in her class IX. Meanwhile, the students of the training institute took out a bike rally in the city to celebrate Vaishnavi’s success in getting the award.

source: http://www.m.timesofindia.com  / Home> City> Hyderabad / TNN / February 10th, 2013