19-year-old boy becomes youngest Chartered Accountant in India

19-year-old​ Nischal Narayanam has become the youngest person in India to clear the Chartered Accountancy exam, The Hindu reports. The Common Proficiency Test is considered one of the toughest exams in the country.

Despite clearing the exam, Narayanam cannot enrol in the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India this year as they don't allow members below the age of 21 years.

Padmavathy, his mother first saw his talent with numbers when Narayanam was nine years old. “He was passionate about numbers and I was amazed at his skills” she told The Hindu. To hone his skills, Padmavathy sought out mentors from around the world. "He has mentors from across the world and is trained in methodologies of several countries in Mathematics and Memory,” she told the newspaper.  She herself has a Ph.D in Sanskrit from Osmania University.

Narayanam is also the youngest graduate in Osmania University, from where he received his B. Com and M.Com degrees.

He has to credit other titles as well including the youngest 'Double Guinness World Record holder' in the category of memory and the youngest World Memory Champion. He is recognised by the National Geographic Channel one of the '7 brilliant brains of the world'.  

If that's not enough, he has been invited as a special invitee and speaker at the Global Conference in Shanghai by Deloitte International, the audit firm where he did his articleship for CA.