Ekam tops Ludhiana district with 99% in ISC Class XII exams

Shivani Bhakoo

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Ludhiana, July 24

The Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations (CISCE) declared the Class XII results today.

Ekam Saran from Sacred Heart Convent Senior Secondary School, Sahnewal, has scored 99 per cent marks in non-medical stream and has stood first in the district.

Schools have expressed happiness over the results and have congratulated toppers for scoring excellent marks. Around 3 pm, the schools were informed that the results will be declared by 5 pm. Over 1 lakh students from across the country had appeared for the Class XII exams this time.

Non-medical

Ekam Saran from Sacred Heart Convent Senior Secondary School, Sahnewal, aced in the district with 99 per cent marks in the non-medical stream. Tahira Grewal from Sat Paul Mittal School scored 98 per cent marks while Khushal Malhotra from Sacred Heart Convent School, Chandigarh Road, bagged 97.5 per cent marks.

Medical

In medical stream, Gopika Makhija from Sat Paul Mittal School and Gurnoor Kaur Grewal from Sacred Heart Convent Senior Secondary School, Sahnewal, got 97 per cent marks.

While Nazampreet Kaur from Sacred Heart Convent Senior Secondary School, Sahnewal, scored 96.5 per cent marks, Hardil Singh from same school bagged 96.3 per cent marks in medical stream.

Commerce

While in commerce, the first three positions are bagged by students of Sat Paul Mittal School. Bhargav Singla topped with 98.5 per cent marks, Vanshika Singal and Aarushi Kaur jointly secured the second position with 98 per cent and Innaayat Jain secured the 3rd position with 97.5 per cent marks.

Humanities

In humanities also, Sat Paul Mittal School students showed a brilliant performance by bagging the three top positions. Punya Khurana topped with 98.2 per cent, Nimrat Kaur secured the 2nd position with 96.75 per cent and Purva Sabharwal secured the 3rd position with 96.2 per cent marks.

Ekam Saran from Sacred Heart Convent Senior Secondary School, Sahnewal, who scored 99 per cent marks in non-medical stream, wants to pursue a degree in computer information from the IIT. She used to study for at least 5-6 hours daily after school hours. Her father is a landlord while mother is a housewife. Reading and listening to music are her hobbies.

Commerce topper Bhargav Singla from Sat Paul Mittal School wants to become an IAS officer, He got all the support from his mother, who is a housewife, and sister, an architect working with Hafiz Contractors, Mumbai. He used to study for 4-5 hours daily. He played drums to beat the stress during studies. He also plays basketball and pawn tennis.

Gurnoor Kaur Grewal from Sacred Heart Convent Senior Secondary School, Sahnewal, wants to become a cardiologist. She used to study for at least 5-6 hours daily. Her hobbies include gardening, reading books and playing badminton. Gopika wants to do research for which she intends to go abroad for further studies. Her father is a businessman while mother is a homemaker. She says she maintained balance between the studies and friends and enjoyed a lot while studying. She remained focused. Her hobbies include art and craft.

Punya from Sat Paul Mittal School is the topper in humanities. She wants to be a poet. She used to study 4-5 hours daily. Her father works at Government Dental College, Patiala, while mother is a professor at GCG, Ludhiana. She loves to read and write.

Missing my parents today, says Gurnoor

One of the two toppers in the medical stream, Gurnoor Kaur Grewal, who has scored 97 per cent marks, is missing her parents, especially today, when she proved her mettle in the exam results, despite losing them.

Gurnoor while talking to The Tribune in a choked voice said: ”I am missing my parents. Had they been alive, they would be on top of the world today. We are twin sisters. Arshnoor scored 87 per cent marks. We lost our mother when we were only 10 while the father died in 2021 due to Covid.”

Both of the girls stay with their maternal uncle and aunt. “The relatives are pillar of strength now. All uncles and aunts are contributing so that we can study and be self-dependent. We are thankful to them”, said Gurnoor, adding that today she celebrated the success with her sister.