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CA (SA) was not Mariam’s plan – it was destiny and now she is Chief Officer at Vodacom Financial & Digital Services

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Millenial CFOs: Why this CA in his mid 20’s moved from a Big 4 to take up leadership roles in companies just starting out in India

Corporate career
Millenial CFOs: Why this CA quit his Big 4 job to become a CFO at age 26 of a bootstrapped content studio

Corporate career
How CA Vandana Dodhia established her own firm in the 1990s and pivoted her career with no funds

InPractice
From an IT Auditor to a tech driven CFO: How CA M P Vijay Kumar played a key role in the transformation of Sify Technologies

Digital Transformation
How this CA struggled to find a niche specialization and eventually built a name for himself in Indirect Taxation

InPractice
Samantha tells how she failed undergrad and CTA, and then fell pregnant during articles, but eventually became a CA (SA)

Inspiration
After three failed startups this millenial CA started his own firm Daftery & Associates and eventually found success

InPractice
Meet Philani Maphanga a CA(SA) who went from extreme poverty to becoming a Partner at PwC, South Africa

INSPIRATION
From the CFO of Puma India and now at Bata: How Vidhya Srinivasan is evolving in this technology-driven world

Digital Transformation
This Head of Finance qualified as a CA at the age of 33 after failing multiple times

Inspiration
This Indian Advocate, CS & US CPA convinced a US based Attorney to set up My CPA Expert, today serving 100+ clients globally

Business and Startups
Founded by CAs, how this BSE listed NBFC is revolutionizing unsecured micro business loan segment by leveraging technology

Digital Transformation
The CFO of ITP Aero India shares his role as a finance professional to embracing digital transformation

Digital Transformation
This Chartered Accountant worked at a Big 4 firm for a few years and eventually started his own CA practice. Did it pay off?

Business and Startups
This President of an AMC which manages assets worth INR 1 Lakh crore reveals how he manages his own personal finances

Money and Me
How this mid sized CA Firm with a 125+ team developed multiple in house technologies from scratch & is digitally very advanced

Digital Transformation
This CA & his team who took the entrepreneurial leap at 25 were questioned for lacking experience, today has 300+ clients & no regrets

Business and Startups
The Partner and COO at Grant Thornton Bharat shares how the 5000+ people firm has embraced Digital Transformation

Digital Transformation
Why this Indian CA based in India upskilled himself with CPA (US) & how it opened doors to opportunities both in India and USA

Students Section
How this South African Chartered Accountant became a Partner at Big Accounting Firm in Australia

Finance leader
The CFO of Housing.com shares his Digital Transformation journey and the evolving CFO role

Digital Transformation
How this Millennial CA at age 24 established a CA firm serving 500+ clients in less than 6 years

Business and Startups
How this CA(SA) went from struggling with Financial Accounting to becoming a CFO: Meet Yusuf Bodiat

Corporate Career
How this 700+ employee accounting firm embraced technology early on and managed its own Digital Transformation

Business and Startups
How this boy from Delhi prepared for CA Finals during the COVID pandemic securing an AIR-46 in Nov'20 attempt

Students Section
After quitting CA midway this man restarted his CA journey with the support of his wife & qualified at the age of 32

Inspiration
How this CA Firm went from a team of 2 to 20+ in a span of 4 years offering more than 70 services

Business and Startups
Meet the former CFO of Burger King India & now Spencer Retail & Nature’s Basket who shares his Digital Transformation journey with us

Digital Transformation
How this CFO of Adama India a $300 MN company is driving digital tranformation & embracing technology

Digital Transformation
How this CA from South Africa quit her corporate job and used all her savings to start an Auditing & Consulting firm

Business and Startups
This Angel Investor in Dubai Shares What She Looks For When Investing in Startups

Business
How this CA fresher from New Delhi dealt with CA Final Exam postponement from May'20 to Nov'20 due to COVID-19 Pandemic

Students Story
Why this Indian CA in Sydney believes in upskilling & how CPA Australia played a role in defining his career

Career Overseas
From a mid-sized accounting firm to becoming the CEO at KPMG India: Meet Richard Rekhy

Chartered accountancy
How serial innovator CA Shailesh took Haribhakti & Co, from a 20 to 1000 member team

InPractice
How this newly qualified CA declined several job offers & co-founded a thriving CFO service company in Capetown

Business
From WooCommerce to Conversio: Meet this entrepreneur who took the CA(SA) route but quit to establish two multimillion businesses

The CA Story

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Millenial CFOs: Why this CA quit his Big 4 job to become a CFO at age 26 of a bootstrapped content studio

Corporate career
How this CA built a rewarding corporate career in forensic investigation and ethics & compliance

Forensic Accounting
The Road From Accounting & Audit To Corporate Finance

Corporate Career
How this CS took the startup route with LetsVenture - an online platform that facilitates angel investing in start-ups

Inspiration
Why CA Abhijit Sanzgiri joined the corporate world after 21 years of running a well established CA practice

Business & Startups
How this CA & corporate strategist worked in multiple industries & later built a successful career in the aviation sector

Finance leader
Meet Arpinder Singh, Partner with EY, whose bold move of returning to India paid off in the burgeoning forensic accounting field

Forensic Accounting

Inspiration

26th September, 2020

Born with limited resources CA Robin Banerjee reveals how he went from a trainee to CFO to CEO of listed companies

Finance leader
19th July, 2021

From struggling to have one meal a day to becoming a CEO: Meet CA Nitin Jain, who did not find success on a silver platter

INSPIRATION
7th March, 2021

How this father of two qualified as a CA at the age of 38 after 16 years of not giving up. Here is his story.

Students Story
23rd February, 2021

How this CS took the startup route with LetsVenture - an online platform that facilitates angel investing in start-ups

Inspiration
18th January, 2021

How this CA(SA) paved her own career path against all odds

Corporate career
30th November, 2020

Meet Philani Maphanga a CA(SA) who went from extreme poverty to becoming a Partner at PwC, South Africa

INSPIRATION
6th July, 2021

How this CA struggled to find a niche specialization and eventually built a name for himself in Indirect Taxation

InPractice
14th June, 2018

This CA from Guwahati failed engineering entrance exams twice but cleared CA all three levels in first attempt

Inspiration
22nd December, 2020

At 60 this CA discovered his passion for Forensic Accounting & soon started a blog to share knowledge on financial frauds

Forensic Accounting
1st April, 2021

From a CPA to an Academician to an award-winning FilmMaker: Meet Kelly who is pushing forensic accounting in exciting new directions

Forensic Accounting
27th January, 2020

This CPA Moved From Finance to Recruitment and Now Helping Other CAs Find Jobs in Canada

INSPIRATION
25th November, 2018

Inspite of several challgenges this Indian CA built a successful career and is now in Canada

INSPIRATION
3rd July, 2021

Samantha tells how she failed undergrad and CTA, and then fell pregnant during articles, but eventually became a CA (SA)

Inspiration
5th July, 2021

After three failed startups this millenial CA started his own firm Daftery & Associates and eventually found success

InPractice
17th July, 2019

How this Chartered Accountant Stands Tall Despite a Short Height of 3 feet 8 Inches

Inspiration
28th June, 2021

This Head of Finance qualified as a CA at the age of 33 after failing multiple times

Inspiration
6th January, 2021

This CA took 11 attempts to pass CA Final exams & is now the Financial Controller at PayPal India. What is stopping you?

Inspiration
23rd November, 2020

How this 31-year old CA quit his well paying job in Qatar for a purpose driven career in the education sector in India

Inspiration
7th April, 2020

This CS and semi qualified CA tells us how he pivoted his career when he kept failing his CA Final exams

Inspiration
24th May, 2020

Losing my Hand in an Accident Did Not Stop Me from Living my Life and Becoming a Chartered Accountant

Inspiration

Business and startups

27th November, 2020

How serial innovator CA Shailesh took Haribhakti & Co, from a 20 to 1000 member team

InPractice
15th July, 2021

How CA Vandana Dodhia established her own firm in the 1990s and pivoted her career with no funds

InPractice
25th April, 2021

How this CA revolutionised conventional Tax practice by launching a digital platform for faceless assessments & appeal

Business & Startups
20th April, 2021

Why this mother left her job as a CFO and built the first Safe Media platform for children

Business & Startups
15th April, 2021

How two Chartered Accountants launched a crowdfunding startup to connect NGOs to potential donors.

Entrepreneur Story
27th March, 2021

How this CS & Investment banker sold his house to bootstrap a profitable cloud kitchen business

The CS Story
17th March, 2021

After 15 years in the corporate world this CA and Head of Credit & Risk established his own practice during the lockdown

Business & Startups
10th March, 2021

This CA & ex-Paytm VP is a self-taught mobile app developer who quit his CA firm to venture in the startup world

Business & Startups

Career Overseas

24th November, 2020

How this 26 year old Indian CA moved to Canada amidst the pandemic and managed to get a job in 1.5 months

Career Overseas
14th July, 2020

How this CA from Dubai moved to India and overcame the challenges of finding a job back home

Inspiration
24th November, 2020

This CS from India moved to Canada on a study visa and is now a CPA. Here is her story.

Career Overseas
24th May, 2020

Losing my Hand in an Accident Did Not Stop Me from Living my Life and Becoming a Chartered Accountant

Inspiration
4th March, 2021

How this Indian Company Secretary moved to Dubai and Built a Successful Career in Secretarial, Legal & Tax

Career Overseas
24th November, 2020

How this 26-year-old Chartered Accountant immigrated to Canada and struggled to find a job but eventually made it!

Career Overseas

Corporate Career

24th November, 2020

How this 26 year old Indian CA moved to Canada amidst the pandemic and managed to get a job in 1.5 months

Career Overseas
14th July, 2020

How this CA from Dubai moved to India and overcame the challenges of finding a job back home

Inspiration
24th November, 2020

This CS from India moved to Canada on a study visa and is now a CPA. Here is her story.

Career Overseas
24th May, 2020

Losing my Hand in an Accident Did Not Stop Me from Living my Life and Becoming a Chartered Accountant

Inspiration
4th March, 2021

How this Indian Company Secretary moved to Dubai and Built a Successful Career in Secretarial, Legal & Tax

Career Overseas
24th November, 2020

How this 26-year-old Chartered Accountant immigrated to Canada and struggled to find a job but eventually made it!

Career Overseas

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