The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) – Muscat Chapter felicitated the students of Indian Schools who secured the top three positions in the Commerce stream in the CBSE Class XII examinations held early this year, at a ceremonious function held at Indian School Al Ghubra on 28 August 2019.

Mr. Bhavani Prasad, Finance Director of the Indian School Board presided as the Chief Guest of the event and Mrs. Ashwini Sawrikar, Chairperson, ICAI Muscat Chapter, was the Guest of Honour. Members of the Indian School Board, Members of the CA Fraternity from Oman- Muscat Chapter, Principals, Teachers, students aspiring to pursue Chartered Accountancy as their career and their parents attended the function, which was organized under the auspices of the Board of Directors, Indian Schools in Oman.

The recipients of the prestigious ICAI Muscat Chapter Award 2019 are Adveteeya Ganti (ISG – 96.6%), Kenvin Thoms K. (ISWK – 96.4%), and Alisha Shereef (ISM – 96.2%), Ian Francis V (ISD – 96.2%) & Stephy Ann Zachariah (ISD – 96.2%). The Award consisted of a Certificate of Appreciation, memento and cash prize.

In his inaugural address, Mr. Bhavani Prasad lauded the great initiative of the ICAI Muscat Chapter in promulgating CA as a profession and he hoped that the award would encourage and inspire many students to take up this profession.

Mrs. Ashwini Sawrikar, Chairperson, ICAI – Muscat Chapter enumerated the salient aspects and prospects of Chartered Accountancy as a career. The ICAI Chairperson thanked the Board of Directors and the management of Indian School Al Ghubra for providing a platform for organizing the award function. Muscat Chapter of ICAI operates in Oman under the sponsorship of CBFS.

The award function was made memorable by the motivational speech delivered by Mr.Arjun Sethunath, a renowned entrepreneur and motivational speaker.

Ankur Hamlai, Ankeet Hamlai, Vibha Ojha and Makwana Avani Kiritkumar, former students of Indian School Salalah who completed CA in the last academic year were also felicitated on the occasion. Students of Indian Schools who won consolation prizes in the ICAI Commerce Wizard – a Talent Search Test – were also recognized for their commendable achievement. They were Kenvin Thomas K, Shankar Sreedhar and Varun Santhosh from Indian School Al Wadi Al Kabir, Hanna Najeem from Indian School Al Seeb and Sanjana Kawatra from Indian School Al Ghubra.

Queries posed by the parents and students were answered by the ICAI Managing Committee consisting of Mr. Ramananda Prabhu, Vice Chairman; Mr. Sanil Varghese, Secretary; Mr. Ravi Deora, Treasurer; Management committee members Mr. Manish Jain, and Mr. Shahnawaz Khan.