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

• Meet Aekansh Jain, a qualified Chartered Accountant who cleared his CA Final Examination in November 2020 and secured AIR-46.
• He started preparing for his CA during high school and was aiming to become a Chartered Accountant since then.
• Aekansh says – My initial attempt was in November 2020, so, I wasn’t too rattled by the postponement of my exams. But it worried me a lot thinking that the November attempt would be more difficult for me as I only studied for five months while my peers prepared for over 10 months.
• Here is CA Aekansh Jain’s experience of preparing for CA final exams.

Mindset during the nationwide lockdown

I was having a meeting with a client in the office and then I came to know from my colleague that a lockdown has been imposed across India. This was on 21^st March 2020. I wasn’t too surprised about the lockdown since it was imminent considering the rising number of COVID cases.

However, I was definitely concerned about what would happen next as we were watching the news and staying updated. Initially, the lockdown felt like a relief to me since we didn’t have to travel and go to the office. So, I thought I would rest for some days but of course, we didn’t have that luxury as we soon started working from home.

The work-from-home situation had its own problem. For instance, there were no set working hours, and the fact that we were at home, it was taken for granted that we would be available any time of the day. This was definitely problematic and I could see the work hours and pressure increasing on us.