City students make a clean sweep

Gurvinder Singh

Tribune News Service

Ludhiana, June 17

City students have proven their mettle in commerce, notching top positions in the Panjab University BCom third year examination. Nine students among the top 10 rankers in the university are from city colleges.

Students of the Sri Aurobindo College of Commerce and Management (SACCM) bagged the top three positions in the examination while a total of five students from the college figure in the top ten in the university.

Taruntej Singh, student of SACCM, secured the first position in the university with 1,565 marks out of 1,800, securing 86.94 per cent. Vani Jhanjhi stands second in the university with 1,558 marks securing 86.55 per cent and Pratibha stood third in the varsity with 1,554 marks securing 86.33 per cent. Meanwhile, Savar Gupta has secured the fifth position in the varsity scoring 85.22 per cent from the college.

Also, Sanjli Dhir from Arya College has secured the seventh position in the university securing 84.61 per cent while Navin Sethi from Aurobindo College with 84.55 per cent has secured the eighth position. Upasna Mittal from the Government College for Girls has also secured the eighth position in the university. Ekta from Arya College has secured the ninth position in the university scoring 84 per cent marks while Simranpreet Kaur from the Government College for Girls has secured the tenth position securing 83.9 per cent marks.

Toppers’ success mantra

Speaking with The Tribune, university topper Taruntej Singh said he wants to pursue MCom to become a professor as both his parents were in teaching profession. His father Paramjit Singh is a professor and mother Surjit Kaur is a schoolteacher. “Another reason I want to become a teacher is that I want the students to learn the concepts and not study at surface level. I believe that there aren’t many teachers around making the concepts clear to students,” he added. He used to study for four hours regularly and has won the second prize in a quiz contest at Zonal-Level Youth Festival.

Vani Jhanjhi, who stood second, is already pursuing MBA (Finance) at Christ University. She also wants to become a professor, but after gaining some work experience in corporate sector for some time, she added. Her father Vijay Kumar is an advocate while mother Meenakshi is a schoolteacher. Vani said she used to study for four to five hours regularly and did not take any coaching.

Pratibha Jain, who stood third, wants to pursue her career in Actuarial Science which she has been pursuing since Class XII from the Institute of Actuaries of India. She devoted one to two hours regularly for BCom studies. Her father Sanjeev Jain is a businessman while mother is a housewife. She wants to pursue her career in Actuarial Science and join a company in this sector. She said time management had helped her perform well in the BCom exam and while pursuing Actuarial Science as well.