The Hindu : SSC topper's hour of glory

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Friday, May 02, 2003

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Southern States - Andhra Pradesh-Hyderabad

SSC topper's hour of glory

By Our Staff Reporter

HYDERABAD May 1. The SSC topper, G. Vijay Kumar, a student of Nalanda Vidya Bhavan, Vengalraonagar, has attributed his success to hard work, guidance from teachers and encouragement of parents.

"I expected to be in the top 10 but not the topmost,'' said Vijay, who hails from Mahabubabad in Warangal district. Seven students from the Nalanda Educational Institutions figured in the top 10 scores while five students from the Brilliant Grammar High School, Dilsukhagar, also figured in the top 10.

The Nalanda institution's students shared third, fifth, sixth, eighth, ninth and 10th highest scores of the State. K. Alekhya, who secured the fifth highest score, said she wanted to join the IIT and dedicated the rank to her mother whose dream was to see Alekhya secure a State rank. The sixth highest scorer, Sree Harsha Varma, wants to become an automobile engineer.

Interestingly, Vineela Rekha (eighth highest score), Lakshmi Kumuda (ninth), Rakesh (10th) and P. Chandana (10th) want to study medicine.

The rankers gave credit to teachers and the Nalanda institute chairman, M. Suryanarayana Raju, who incidentally never went to school.

The Brilliant school students were B. Keerthi Iyengar (580 marks), G. Sreekar (580), B. Pratyusha (578), V. Rasika (576) and J. Vamshidhar Reddy (575), according to K. Narayan Reddy, correspondent of the school.

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