Lankan creates history at CIMA

Twenty-two-year old Surath Chandrasena created history at CIMA by being the only first ever student ever to receive Sri Lankan/world prizes for all six papers at Managerial Level examinations conducted by CIMA under its current syllabus.

Surath who completed the foundation course of CIMA within six months whilst awaiting entrance to the University, is an undergraduate currently reading for a Bachelor of Business Management at Bangalore University, India under a Scholarship awarded by the Government of India and is reported to have completed the second year with the highest aggregate in the batch.

He took his first CIMA world prize at Managerial level in the Financial Accounting and Tax Principles paper in the May 2007 examinations and was placed joint-second in the world and First in Sri Lanka for Financial Analysis in the November 2007 examinations. He was placed third in the world and first in India for Management Accounting, Performance Evaluation whilst securing first in India for Organisational Management and Information Systems.

He was also adjudged first in Sri Lanka for Management Accounting Decision Management and Integrated Management.

Surath who took the initial step of embarking on CIMA although he was confident of entering a university speaking on his achievement and recognition said, "I am delighted to know that I'm the first student to get prizes in all six subjects of the Managerial level.

CIMA is a challenging course but it's a challenge which I enjoy meeting as it's not just an accounting course but a course that helps to understand the intricacies of business."