From Udaipur to Qatar, CA Rukkaiya Pachisa has built an inspiring global career in finance, entrepreneurship, and community leadership. Along the way, she has balanced a successful corporate career with her passion for sports, music, mentoring, and empowering others through resilience and lifelong learning.

CA Rukkaiya Pachisa, currently serving as the Partner-Finance at Price Anderson Consulting in Qatar, is a proud Indian at heart who originally hails from the beautiful city of Udaipur in Rajasthan.

Describing herself as a rebellious and tomboyish child who always loved sports and preferred taking unconventional paths, she grew up to become a remarkably dynamic professional. Today, residing in Doha (after initially moving to Dubai), she expertly balances her demanding corporate duties with a profound love for life. Beyond her financial expertise, she is a serious golfer holding an impressive 15 handicap and a passionate classical musician who enjoys playing the Sitar.

Her professional and leadership progression in the Middle East has been nothing short of stellar. She joined the Executive Committee of the ICAI Doha Chapter in 2015 and was proudly elected as its Chairperson in 2019, successfully organizing Continuous Professional Education (CPE) seminars globally and significantly honing her leadership skills.

Further expanding her impact, she served on the Executive Committee of the Indian Sports Centre under the Embassy of India in Qatar from 2021 to 2023. Taking on the dual roles of Head of Finance and Head of Golf, she actively trained and introduced enthusiastic young Indians to the sport, perfectly blending her sharp professional acumen with her immense passion for community building.

Her professional trajectory initially saw her working as a Finance Manager across a couple of industries before she boldly ventured into entrepreneurship. Although she faced multiple business failures during this phase, she harbors absolutely no regrets, viewing those experiences as profound and necessary learning opportunities.

Today, she successfully serves as a Director at Price Anderson, a UK-based consultancy firm handling international finance operations. Collaborating with a dedicated team based in the UK that manages on-the-spot financial submissions, she finds immense satisfaction in operating globally. Recognizing that the consultancy is in its startup phase—just three years old—she consciously chooses to pace herself, working comfortably from home and thoroughly enjoying this stage of her life without unnecessary pressure.

Rukkaiya Pachisa found her ultimate professional inspiration in her eldest brother, a highly successful Chartered Accountant. Listening to his stories about the sheer power, prestige, and financial independence associated with a CA's signature deeply motivated her during her school days to firmly decide on following his exact professional path.

Tragically, she recently lost this beloved brother after his brave three-year battle with cancer, but his amazing personality and lasting impression continue to guide her life. Her visionary father also played a crucial role in shaping her mindset, constantly emphasizing that higher education is the most fundamental tool to equip a child to successfully face the world and move ahead in life.

After enduring the hard work required to complete her CA, she realized that Udaipur offered limited professional opportunities at the time. Driven by fierce ambition, she made the bold decision to relocate to Dubai, where her brother had already established himself. In a massive testament to her dedication, she moved there alone for a year to independently build her career, making the incredibly tough choice to temporarily leave behind her one-year-old daughter and nearly five-year-old son. She credits this successful transition to her highly supportive husband, a surgeon who currently works in a government hospital in Doha, who stood firmly by her side until she could finally reunite with her children.

Reflecting on her early academic path, she notes that roughly 30 years ago, she moved from Udaipur to Bombay ( now Mumbai) to complete her graduation. At a time when young women were rarely granted the freedom to relocate for their studies, her father actively pushed her to pursue her ambitions, a blessing for which she remains deeply grateful to her father. Following her graduation and subsequent marriage, she moved to Dubai. She courageously spent her first year there without her children to establish her career, relying on a rock-solid support system comprising her husband, in-laws, parents, and siblings. After three years in Dubai, she relocated to Doha, which has proudly been her home for the last 19 years.

When talking about her role models, she consistently points to her father and her late brother, fondly remembering her brother not just as a professional colleague, but as a dedicated marathon runner, a yoga practitioner, and a man with a brilliant sense of humor. Furthermore, she firmly believes in having specific role models tailored to different life situations, often asking herself how a particular admired individual would react to a given challenge. An avid reader who also finds great comfort in listening to a wide variety of music—including her favorite English songs—she constantly seeks to expand her knowledge and embrace all the different emotional experiences life has to offer.

Drawing a profound parallel between sports and real life, she uses her favorite game, golf, to impart a vital lesson. Holding up a dimpled Titleist golf ball, the exact one she used to score an incredibly rare hole in one, she explains that one bad shot does not define the entire game. Even if a person missteps or fails due to circumstances entirely beyond their control, they must never get nervous or disheartened because they can always recover with their very next shot and still achieve their ultimate target. Acknowledging the harsh reality that life is fundamentally unfair, as people inevitably lose loved ones, money, and health, she urges everyone to still enjoy their existence and make the absolute best out of whatever resources they have, always remembering that there is a second chance.

Redefining conventional metrics, she asserts that true success is not merely about reaching the top of the corporate ladder or becoming the CFO of a massive company; rather, it is measured by looking at where a person started, where they are now, and the profound path they traveled in between. She firmly believes that the ultimate goal for students and professionals alike should simply be happiness, as true joy naturally brings out inner confidence. To achieve this state of happiness, she offers three highly practical steps.

First, practice immense gratitude; if one has a roof over their head, food on their plate, clothes, and a loving family, they must always express their thanks and say Alhamdulillah.

Second, engage in daily exercise or sports, as physical activity releases dopamine, which heavily boosts self esteem and equips an individual to fight life's inevitable difficulties.

Third, build a diverse support system of friends and family. Since one cannot find everything in a single individual, she advises having different friends for different emotional needs, whether for times of sadness, moments of celebration, or spiritual guidance, which ultimately provides the required strength to face the world and boosts overall morale.

Addressing the younger generation, she strongly encourages them to never stop trying, keep reading, and stay fully abreast of global events. She urges them to step out and meet new people without any fear or embarrassment, reminding them that people quickly forget awkward moments and that mistakes are simply valuable lessons. Stressing the massive importance of taking bold risks and stepping completely out of the comfort zone, she advises taking unconventional paths to gain fresh perspectives, noting that while the worst possible outcome is a lesson learned from a failure, the best outcome can completely change one's life.

Partner-Finance at Price Anderson Consulting in Qatar, CA Rukkaiya Pachisa concludes with a powerful message about resilience: people must try everything and never fear setbacks, as failure is the ultimate stepping stone to success. Instead of merely reading the polished success stories of great personalities, she strongly advises studying their failures, the different perspectives they gained, and the struggles they endured. She emphasizes that absolutely no one in the world achieves true greatness without failing first.

Pachisa ends her deeply inspiring message with a beautiful poetic couplet:

"वक्त की गर्दिशों का गम न करो, हौसले मुश्किलों में पलते हैं।

अभी से पाँव के छाले न देखो, अभी यारों सफर की इब्तिदा है।"

She translates this to mean that one must never complain about current hardships, because true courage and enthusiasm are born precisely within difficult situations. She asks the youth not to count the blisters on their feet, as this is merely the very beginning of their grand expedition in life.