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Chartered Accountant (with B.com) who has made a national record of getting AIR 1 in CA Finals at 19 yrs and AIR 31 in CA inter at 16. I started my corporate journey with PwC as an article trainee and have been part of various dynamic teams and work cultures. I have three years of experience working in Statutory audits, Group Reporting, Referred Reporting, IFRS Assignments, Tax Audits and Forensic Audits.
I have worked with BCG for 1.5 years as an Associate Management Consultant. At BCG, I’ve worked on market strategy, sales growth and implementation cases exposed to automobiles and the aviation sector. I also got an opportunity to be part of the G20 team at BCG wherein I was part of the Climate and Sustainability and G20 Empower team. 
Currently, I’m working as a Private Equity analyst.

I wouldn’t have cleared CA if I didn’t solve Mock Test Papers.

After three months of revision in CA final, I was stressed. My mock test marks were barely crossing the line - 40 in Accounts, 42 in Direct Tax, and similar in others.

I genuinely doubted whether I would clear. But I sat down, analysed every mistake, took the feedback seriously, and changed my strategy.

I went all in. Early mornings, late nights, focused revision - no shortcuts, just consistent effort.

Slowly, things started changing. My mock test marks improved, my confidence grew, and for the first time, I felt like I might actually crack it.

Then came the day I had dreamt of.
Walking out of the exam hall knowing I gave it my best.
Results came and I became a CA with AIR 1.

Even today, I think about one thing:
What if I had walked into the exam hall without writing mock tests? Where would I have been?

And that’s why I’m launching my mock test series, CA Ready, for CA Foundation, CA Inter, and CA Final students. 

A few things to know:
• All papers follow the 100-mark ICAI pattern.
• You can choose between full syllabus papers or 30-70-100% phased syllabus tests.• Every paper comes with a 360-degree analysis report.
• Evaluated copies are delivered within 72 hours
• Early bird: For the next one week, all series are available at a 20% discount. Use code: CAREADY_20OFF

If you’re preparing for the Jan’26 exams, you can explore the CA Ready mock test series here >> https://nagrawal.com/ca

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I never thought I’d get clothes delivered in 30 minutes, until I actually needed it.

The outfit I planned for an event wasn’t working, so I ordered a dress on Myntra MNow. It reached me in half an hour, got a quick alteration done in my building, and I was fully set within the hour.

A colleague had the same experience, her outfit got ruined during her commute, ordered a replacement to office, and was ready again in 30 minutes.

Moments like these show that “last-minute fashion shopping” is no longer a quirky edge case. It’s a real, mainstream behaviour now.

Here’s how the Mnow scale-up looks:
1. Launched in Bengaluru —> now present across 6 cities
2. Assortment expanded from 10,000 styles to 1,00,000+
3. 1000+ brands across fashion, beauty, footwear, accessories
4. Categories clocking 3-4x growth at peak during festive season
5. Made last-minute buying a dependable use case

But the real story sits beneath the numbers.

From a VC/PE lens, the MNow playbook is fascinating:
1. It cracked a segment long considered unviable because people assumed speed and quality assortment can’t coexist.
2. Its hyperlocal supply chain solves the toughest Q-comm challenge: unpredictable demand for highly variable SKUs
3. Instead of competing only on speed, MNow competed on discovery, speed, & quality assortment with depth, eventually helping brands unlock incremental demand without discounting.

Today I realised it's been almost a year of MNow, and it has genuinely reshaped fashion quick commerce in India.

If you’ve used MNow or any other quick-commerce fashion app, how has your experience been?

PS - This is what I got from Myntra in 30 minutes.

#quickcommerce

I made my own website, no coding!

For the longest time, I wanted a personal website but kept postponing it. Finding a developer, explaining what I wanted, reviewing versions, it always felt like a long project I didn’t have the bandwidth for.

But AI killed my excuses.

I realised I wasn’t delaying the website because it was hard; I was delaying it because it required context-switching, long instructions, and mental effort.
 
The same applied to drafting outreach mails, launching something new, publishing an article, or replying to comments. Everything felt heavier than it should.

Once I started using AI deliberately, that friction almost disappeared.

Here’s how my day actually looks now:
1. Browsers like Atlas and Comet automate small but draining workflows - searching LinkedIn profiles, drafting outreach emails, placing quick orders, and replying to comments.
2. ChatGPT handles deep work - research, analysis, structuring ideas, refining text, and planning trips.
3. Vibe coding tools like Replit and Lovable help me build simple tools and webpages without knowing how to code.
4. Gemini supports fast image creation for thumbnails, presentations, and storyboards.
5. Notion is great for summarising my learnings from book-readings. Notebook LM for summarising long podcasts on YT and then asking specific Qs.

Things that used to take hours now take minutes. And that frees up space for judgement, thinking, and the meaningful work I can’t outsource.

If you want the full list of tools I use and the exact real use-cases for each, drop AI in the comments and I’ll share it with you.

#AI #tech

My life wouldn’t look the same without AI. And especially without vibe-coding.

For a long time, I always felt that i can’t do many things without having a tech background. Today, I don’t.

- ChatGPT helps me solve anything I’m stuck on.
- Vibe-coding tools like Make , Anything, Lovable  and Morphic  help me turn ideas into products.
- Presentation tools like Gamma  turn my rough ppt structures in full formatted presentation.
- Image-gen tools like Nano Banana help me create infographics in minutes.
 What once needed a team now needs a prompt.

And because of this ecosystem, I’ve done more in three months than I did in years: • Hosted three online workshops
• Built my own website
• Launched a mock test series
• Upgraded my content • And kept building every single day

AI didn’t just make things easier. It made things possible.

To celebrate this new builder mindset, I’m organising an AI Hackathon in Bengaluru with Ishan Sharma, who has been educating us all about AI everyday.

And here’s what truly excites me: I’m from a non-tech background. If I can build with this, so can you. Your ideas are just a prompt away from reality.

On 13th December at Polaris Tech School, Bengaluru, we build. Event Details:
1. Date & Time: 13th December, 10 AM
2. Venue: Polaris Tech School, Bengaluru
3. 300+ Participants
4. Format: Build a website / short film
5. Prizes: MacBook, Mac Mini, PS5 and more


Register for free at: https://luma.com/7uv6t3hg
See you in Bengaluru!

Today, I watched an interesting video on how clothes are literally changing your brain. 

I have felt it before, but hardly observed it consciously.

This is what I learnt:
1. Soft, familiar clothes calm your nervous system. That’s why we instinctively reach for them on burnout or low-energy days.
2. Black signals authority and control. It subtly makes you feel more decisive.
3. Yellow boosts optimism and creativity.
4. Blue helps with focus and lowers mental tension.
5. Red increases alertness, confidence, and action.
6. Even red sneakers in a formal setting can make you feel more powerful,  because breaking a “rule” signals self-trust to your own brain.
7. A study on tailoring showed that wearing a tailored pant, as opposed to one that is non-tailored, oversized, or not the right length, literally changes how someone assumes your intelligence and your income

Instead of asking, “Does this look good?”. Ask - “How do I want to feel today?”

For those who want to watch this full video, just paste "Your clothes are literally changing your brain by Ellie" on Youtube.

What was your Sunday read? 

#Sunday #Reading

To all CA Warriors, 

I’ve been getting a lot of requests for subject-wise mock test papers, so I’m introducing a more flexible option.

• You can now choose to buy a single paper or an entire group, based on what you need.
• It’s an unscheduled test series, so you can attempt any paper at your own pace.
• All copies will be evaluated within 72 hours.

We also have an early-bird discount running, and it’s available for the next two days.

If you’re appearing for the Jan’26 exams, make sure you register in time.

Link to enroll: https://nagrawal.com/ca

What if I ask you to prepare for an interview with Big 4 partner in next 4 hours ?


Most of us would say, “That’s not happening.” But with the tools available today, you can get surprisingly close.
Here are a few that actually help, depending on what you want to work on:

For behavioural questions and communication
1. Yoodli - good for practising your delivery, pace and how you structure stories.
2. ChatGPT Voice - you can set the interviewer, role and difficulty, and it feels like a real conversation.

For overall interview practice
1. VMock - helps you go through multiple mock interviews and gives basic feedback on how you sound.
2. Remasto - more role-specific, with analytics that point out what you’re doing well and what needs work.

For technical or role-based prep
1. ChatGPT with custom prompts - great for audit, accounting, valuation or consulting case questions.
2. Gemini 3 Pro - useful for running scenario-based questions when you want a deeper dive.

Each tool covers a different part of the interview process, so using a mix often gives the best results.

Have you tried any of them?

Three problems almost everyone struggles with, but very few understand the science behind them:

1. Inconsistency
2. Overthinking
3. Comparison

We keep fighting these issues on the surface, without realising what’s happening inside the brain.

1. Inconsistency isn’t a “motivation problem.” Our brain is designed to chase instant gratification.
When a task doesn’t give an immediate reward, the brain pulls us back to familiar habits. That’s why motivation fades - but habits, once built, are hard to break.

2. Overthinking kicks in when the emotional centre of your brain (the amygdala) overrides the logical centre (the prefrontal cortex).
 This usually happens when you’re stressed, tired, lonely, or mentally overloaded.

3. Comparison has its roots in evolution. We’re wired to scan where we stand in the social hierarchy, especially among people doing similar things.
 When we feel lower in that hierarchy, it triggers dissatisfaction, jealousy, and self-doubt.

I spent the last few days breaking down these behaviours from a scientific lens and it was eye-opening.

If you want to dive deeper into how your brain shapes these patterns, here are three videos that explain them clearly:

Consistency – https://lnkd.in/djqdQx5x
Overthinking – https://lnkd.in/d-Jxrgzq
Comparison – https://lnkd.in/dUtnntvf

The last 30 days before CA exams can change everything.

Not because you study the most in this phase, but because you start studying the right way.

Most students continue revising like it’s still Month 1. But the last 30 days need a different mindset:

1. Strengthen your recalling power
You already know most concepts by now. The real challenge is connecting dots across chapters, building frameworks, and identifying where you lose marks consistently.

2. Move from lengthy notes to exam-oriented material
Revision in this phase should be crisp. Short notes, highlighted questions, and past papers matter far more than re-reading full modules.

3. Do active testing
This is the part most people avoid but is the only thing that moves the needle.
Your brain builds exam temperament only by writing not by reading.

This is exactly why I’ve launched “CA Ready” Mock Test Series.

In my experience, writing even 4-6 high-quality mocks in the last month can improve your final score more than 4-6 weeks of casual revision.

If you’re entering your final 30 days:
1. Give at least 2 full syllabus mocks
2. Add 3-4 subject-wise mocks for your weak areas
3. Analyse every mistake within 24 hours
4. Build a repeatable plan for the 3-hour exam

If you want structured practice with evaluated papers, updated patterns, and targeted feedback, you can join the mock test series here: https://lnkd.in/dV7M5xd6

What’s your plan for the last 30 days?

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