- MAHE Dubai celebrates record-breaking ACCA success, with multiple UAE national honours for its BCom ACCA students.
- Sisters Sarah and Samaira Atique Sayed make history, with Sarah named UAE Top Affiliate and Samaira winning the UAE Prize for Advanced Audit & Assurance.
- ACCA felicitation event 'The Accounting Profession Redefined' saw senior ACCA leaders commend MAHE Dubai’s role in shaping future-ready finance professionals.
Manipal Academy of Higher Education (MAHE) Dubai is celebrating a record year for its Bachelor of Commerce (BCom) ACCA programme, with students garnering multiple UAE national honours. Among the winners are sisters Sarah and Samaira Atique Sayed, who joined the same batch and both received national honours in the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) exams. Sarah was made UAE Top Affiliate for the May 2025 exam – the first time that a MAHE Dubai student has achieved this award which is given to the candidate who has the top average mark in all Strategic Professional papers. Her younger sister Samaira topped June 2025 Advanced Audit & Assurance to become a UAE Prizewinner.
In addition to the Sayed sisters, the 2024-25 batches of MAHE Dubai BCom ACCA programme brought forth numerous other national prize winners. Jyothikeerthana Selva and Aditya Bhattacharjee both received UAE Prizewinner honors in Advanced Performance Management in December 2024, whereas Preeti Peter earned two UAE Prizewinner awards, one in Advanced Taxation in May 2024 and the other in Strategic Business Leader in December 2024.
The cohorts’ collective success demonstrates the strength of MAHE Dubai’s ACCA programme in developing top-performing finance professionals. Dr Sunitha Prabhuram, Chairperson of the School of Business at Manipal Academy of Higher Education Dubai, said this year’s successful results demonstrates the programme’s impact: “Seeing students from our programme sweep top honours says everything about the effectiveness of our approach. We aren’t just preparing them to pass exams, we’re shaping resilient, globally competitive professionals. All our prizewinners prove that when disciplined students are supported by rigorous academics, personalised mentoring and industry exposure, they can set new benchmarks for success”.
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To recognise these achievements, MAHE Dubai hosted 'The Accounting Profession Redefined' felicitation ceremony. Senior representatives from ACCA's Middle East office were present, such as Kush Ahuja, ACCA Head of Eurasia & Middle East. Kush Ahuja congratulated the students and discussed how technology, sustainability and ethics are changing the accounting profession. He commended MAHE Dubai for creating an ecosystem that makes students futureready leaders, nimble minds who will not only enter the profession but define it, and who have a global mindset that is crucial to the accounting profession's digital, sustainable future.
Kush Ahuja, ACCA Head of Eurasia & Middle East, stated, "Every day, the world of finance is being redefined by AI, by changing markets, and by changing expectations of what finance professionals can do. The UAE is particularly well-positioned as a cross-road between East and West, providing young graduates there with an early start on a genuinely global career.". What sets future leaders apart is not just technical knowledge but the willingness to learn continuously and take bold, calculated risks early on. The achievements of MAHE Dubai’s students show that with the right mindset and ecosystem, the next generation is ready to lead this transformation”.
MAHE Dubai School of Business incorporates ACCA preparation within the BCom course with computerbased exam practice, mock tests, revision boot camps and one-to-one mentoring. Faculty mentors accompany students to plan studies and conduct remedial sessions. The campus is also open to guest lectures and industry collaborations that expose students to professional practice.
