CA at the age of 51
Her journey to becoming a Chartered Accountant :
Uma was a postgraduate in English Literature and a graduate in Chemistry. After completing her post-graduation she taught high school students for 14 years. Then, when Uma's husband got transferred to Chennai, Uma thought of taking a break from school-teaching. Uma started working as a resource person in the Hindu NIE program and at the same time, she also started working as an online tutor, and an essay grader for the US students.
Uma's husband had his own company so he suggested her to go for Company Secretary Course. She was from a science background and she had done her post-graduate from literature. She had absolutely no clue about the course.
She started her journey as a student again after 16 years as a CS executive student. She was unaware of the course so she could appear for only the first module in Dec 2012 and when the results came out, Uma cleared all the papers with exemption.
Around that time ICAI made announcement of Direct Entry Scheme and graduates with the required percentage could register for inter directly. Uma felt that after completing CS, it will be a bit difficult for her to get into a corporate company. So she thought that CA would be a much better option for her. Uma started pursuing CA when she was about 45 years old then.
Uma started her CA articleship in February, She didn’t know that she had to register for articleship in January to write Inter exams in November. So she was preparing for the CS module at that time. She was able to score well in 2nd module as well with more than 60 marks in all subjects with self study.
As the sayings go, "Man Proposes, God Disposes". When Uma was preparing for CA inter, she got diagnosed with diabetes in November and also had a hairline fracture on her right arm. However, she had a passion for studies. So, she started her preparations, wrote CA inter in May ’14. The exams were postponed due to Lok Sabha elections, so she got some 3 weeks extra time. She cleared CA inter in her 1st attempt with 9 months preparation.
It is very shocking and motivating factor that a person who didn’t know what debit and credit means, got the award for the highest marks in Advanced Accounts – scored 77 marks. Yes Uma proved that, "Hard work pays off".
After completing CA inter, a major incident happened in Uma's life which made her skip 2 attempts of CA final. Her dad passed away in May 2017, also her mom was suffering from cancer so she had to travel a tough time.
Then after May-18, Uma gave CA final and passed group 1 exams in the Nov-18 attempt. She thought she have to clear the 2nd group also in the first attempt, then she switched on to the New syllabus and cleared it in May-19.
1. Dreams of a woman do not have an expiry date.
Uma's message to the CA students:
I did this at the age of 51! I don’t have a good memory like young students in their twenties have. I have more responsibilities as a wife, as a daughter, and as a mother. The young students do not have such responsibilities. So, if you work really hard, then with determination and perseverance, you can achieve all your dreams.
That's all about the journey of CA Uma Krishna. Hope you enjoyed reading this article. Don't forget to share!
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