S Sriram from Salem district in Tamil Nadu has bagged the top honours at the recently held Chartered Accountants Final examination.

In a release, The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI), announced the names of successful candidates of the CA Final examinations that were held in May.

Sriram secured first rank with 76.63 per cent marks, followed by Kantheti Naga from Vijayawada (76.25 per cent), the release said.

Yash Manoj Kumar Goyal hailing from Jamnagar, Gujarat came third with 74.88 per cent.

A total of 37,194 candidates appeared for the Group I exams out of which 5,382 passed. For Group II examinations, of 36,906 candidates who appeared, 7,864 passed.

"Chartered Accountancy is a highly sought after professional course. Making the CA professionals as future managers with core competencies is our primary aim at ICAI," ICAI President M Devaraja Reddy said.

In the Common Proficiency Test held last month, 41,727 candidates of the 1,07,058, who appeared, passed.