Humanities has three toppers, commerce two

Ishrat S Banwait

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, May 28

With competition in academics getting tighter each day, the number of toppers has increased. No one seems to want to be second best and hence there is a tie in commerce as well as humanities stream in the tricity. Humanities stream has a three-way tie with Kritika Chaudhary, Pragati Sharma and Noor Kumar scoring 98.2 per cent apiece. Kritika and Pragati are from Bhavan Vidyalaya, Sector 27, Noor Kumar is a student of Carmel Convent School, Sector 9. In commerce, there is a tie between Aditya Jain and Mannat Luthra.

While non-medical topper is Bhoomi Sawant with 99.4 per cent, medical topper is Kaashvi of Bhavan Vidyalaya, Panchkula, with 98.4 per cent. She is the lone topper from Panchkula in the tricity with all other top positions being bagged by students of Chandigarh’s schools. Kaashvi had taken up medical as well as non-medical subjects for the love of it. She is appearing for entrance exams of MBBS as well as engineering and is yet to decide what to choose.

Kritika Chaudhary

98.2%

HUMANITIES

Claim to fame: Tricity rank 1 in humanities

Aim: IAS officer

Success mantra: 6-7 hours of study each day starting three months before exams

Hobbies: Yoga, meditation and badminton

Noor Kumar

98.2%

HUMANITIES

Claim to fame: Tricity rank 1 in humanities

Aim: Economist

Success mantra: Balance between studies and extracurricular studies

Hobbies: Yoga, meditation and badminton

Pragati Sharma

98.2%

HUMANITIES

Claim to fame: Tricity rank 1 in humanities

Aim: Studying at Delhi University

Success mantra: Hard work and no stress

Hobbies: Playing guitar, sketching

Kaashvi Gupta

98.4%

Medical

Claim to fame: Tricity rank 1 in medical stream

Aim: Teacher

Success mantra: No cramming and regular study

Hobbies: Sketching and music