SSLC toppers in DK, Udupi aim high

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May 17, 2016

Mangaluru, May 17: The Karnataka SSLC results-2016 brought with them much reason for good cheer as a large number of students in Dakshina Kannada and Udupi districts scored above 610 marks. Coincidentally, most of the top scorers from the twin coastal district hail from a humble background.

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(from top left) Bindya Shetty(620), Sushruth (624), Rakhi Shet (609), Lakshmikant (617), Supreetha (618), Ramya Shree (623), Aditya (623), Chinmay (619), Renisha (615), Riya Jeshma (608), Sanjana (622) Meghana (622), Shilpa (621), Vivek Pai (622), Venkatesh (622), Deepthi (617), Chennaveeresh (617), Faaiza (610), Chaitra (622), Sohan (622).

Dakshina Kannada district topper Sushruth UK (624/625), a student of St Mary's English Medium High School, Laila, in Belthangady, has already started preparations for his further studies. Either entering the field of medicine or becoming an IAS officer was his dream since his childhood. Read more about Sushruth: Village boy who scored 624/625 in SSLC gives all credit to mom.

Aditya Kamath of Subrahmanya Kumaraswamy School has scored 623/625. He said he had expected to score 620 marks, and was surprised to see his marks as expected. “I used to study daily. My parents and teachers played a vital role in my success. I want to become a doctor or a scientist,” said Aditya.

Ajay KP of Canara High School (Main) in Mangaluru has secured 622 marks. He reads English literature and general knowledge books. He also likes to play shuttle. He wants to become an IAS officer after completing MBBS. He is the son of Shaila K N, lecturer at Balmatta First Grade College.

For Meghana Pai, a student of SVS English Medium School from Bantwal, 622/625 was a pleasant surprise as she had expected only 610. Daughter of G Krsihnanada Pai and Nandita Pai, the 16-year-old girl is all set to enter commerce stream as her dream is to become a successful Chartered Accountant.

Bindya Shetty, another topper from the district, has scored 620/625 marks. She is the student of Sri Mahalingeshwara English Medium School, Surathkal. “I was serious in my studies from Day One of my 10th standard. I did not leave my extra-curricular activities especially Bharathanatyam and Yakshagana, which helped me relax my mind and concentrate on my studies,” said Bindya and added, “I will take up Commerce in PU and will decide on my career later.” She is the daughter of Leeladhar Shetty and Sujatha Shetty.

Toppers in Udupi

In Udupi's Kundapur taluk three students have secured 622 out of 625. None of them went for coaching classes but did self-study.

Venkatesh Puranik B., a student of Government High School, Basrur, said that he had expected only 620 marks. But he was overjoyed to get 622 marks. “But my parents had expected me to do even better,” he said.

Son of Subrahmanya Puranik, a priest, and Annapurna Puranik, a homemaker, the boy used to study about four hours a day. “My aim is to become a Chartered Accountant. I have still not decided which college I should join for pre-university course,” he said.

U Chaitra Shanbhog, a student of S.V. English Medium High School, Gangolli, said that she had not expected to get 622 out of 625. It was a surprise for her. “My aim is to study Astronomy and become a space scientist,” she said.

Chaitra, daughter of U. Ravindra Shanbhog, an accountant at Gangolli Tiles Factory, and U. Geetha Shanbhog, a teacher at Sanjay Gandhi High School at Ampar, is learning Hindustani classical vocal. She loves playing shuttle badminton and ball badminton. In fact, she represented her school in shuttle badminton tournament.

H. Vivek Giridhar Pai, a student of V.K.R. Acharya Memorial English Medium School, Kundapur, said that he was delighted over getting 622 out of 625 marks. His aim was to do MBBS and become a paediatrician, he said.

Vivek Pai, son of Giridhar Pai, officer in Karnataka Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC), and Gayatri Pai, Head of the Department of Botany in Bhandarkars College, Kundapur, said that he used to study for three-four hours a day. He has already taken admission at S.R. College in Hebri for pre-university course.

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Swathi
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all the best everyone, do something for our country rather to be a part of foreign..

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Bengaluru, Jan 23: Karnataka government on Thursday notified the much-hyped anti-superstition law that aims to prevent and eradicate "inhuman evil practices".

According to Social Welfare principal Secretary G Kumar Naik, the state social welfare department has issued a gazette notification and The Karnataka Prevention and Eradication of Inhuman Evil Practices and Black Magic Act, 2017, that intends to protect the common people against "evil" and "sinister" practices, shall come into force with effect from January 4 2020, the government notification issued earlier this month read.

The act seeks to combat and eradicate such inhuman practices propagated and performed in the name of "black magic" by conmen with the sinister motive of exploiting the common people, thereby destroying the social fabric of the society.

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January 23,2020

Mangaluru, Jan 23: With the results of Joint Entrance Examination (JEE-Main) out, it is celebration time at CFAL (Centre for Advanced Learning), Mangalore’s top training institute as 12 of its students have secured above 99 percentile, out of 120 students who appeared at the prestigious national examination held in January this year. The students are: Kaustubh Rao (99.79), Ujwal Kumar (99.77), Dheeraj Kamath (99.74), Pramod Rao (99.68), Santhosh M (99.59), Mohan Nayak (99.49), Rihan D’silva (99.43), Rishan D’silva (99.41), Pranav Rao (99.41), Aamod BK (99.29), Anmol J Shetty (99.22) and Madhura Sabhahit (99.083).

Apart from the above students, 8 students have scored above 98 percentile, the details of the students are: D.K. Goutham (98.67), Tejah S.S. (98.49), Akash Shetty (98.4), Tejas Bhat K (98.34), Ninaad PS (98.31), Shreepoorna Rao (98.3), K. Annapoorna Prabhu (98.3) and Rakshith Sajjan (98.2). The results of many more students are awaited.

A total of 8,69,010 students had appeared in the said exam from across India. The students who have attempted the JEE Main exam in January can attempt the exams again in April to better their percentile. Students who clear JEE Main qualify for JEE Advanced and are eligible for seats at the NIT’s and other top institutions of the country.

JEE – The most challenging undergraduate admission test

Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) conducted this year by National Testing Agency (NTA) is a national level examination for students to qualify and pursue engineering degree at under graduate level. Paper 1 is held for BE/B.Tech admissions and Paper 2 for B. Arch/B. Planning. JEE Main is a critical criterion for admission in India’s most prestigious and elite universities like IITs and NIT’s.

Those students who clear JEE Main can take the JEE advanced – which is a pre-requisite requirement for admission in the Indian Institute of Technology and Indian School of Mines (Dhanbad)

CFAL – The first name in training

The training at CFAL consists of defined hours of classes, tests and mock exams, unique course material, experienced professors and hence is the first choice for students appearing for STEM examinations including JEE, NTSE, KYPY, OLYMPIADS etc.  The centre was established with the intention of giving students of Mangalore information, guidance and tools required to qualify the competitive exams. However, the main aim of CFAL is to inculcate passion for Math and Science learning among students and to encourage research and innovation in the subjects.

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