Endless toil & hustle bag Anahat No. 1 spot

Ludhiana: Taking a huge leap towards her dream of joining the judiciary, Anahat Gill of Sat Paul Mittal Public School, Dugri has topped Class XII Indian School Certificate board examination with a 98% score in the humanities stream.
Over 2,000 students from the city had undergone the examination, whose result was declared on Tuesday. Once again, girls have outshone boys by securing top positions in the district.
This time, more than hundred students have secured above 90 per cent marks across the various streams of Class XII. Anahat bagged full marks in political science, 99 in sociology, 98 in History and 95 in English by following a strict studying schedule.
“I am overjoyed with my result and had worked really hard for it. For the whole academic year, I kept away from all social networking sites and concentrated on studies. I relied on self-study while my teachers and parents provided their full support,” said Anahat.
“My dream is to become an IAS officer or join the judiciary to give relief to the people struggling to get justice in court rooms. My success mantra is to follow a daily studying schedule, revise the syllabus as many times as possible and increase the sitting hours,” Anahat told TOI.
In the medical stream, Hassrat Kaur of Sat Paul Mittal Public School has bagged the top position with 97.25%. The daughter of a city-based doctor, she secured a perfect score in English along with 96 in both physics and chemistry, and 97 in physical education.
Besides excelling academically, Hassrat is a national-level swimmer and has represented the Punjab swimming team on several occasions. She has also clinched a gold and silver medal in the recently concluded state swimming championship.
She credits her success to early morning studies. “My success mantra is to devote proper time to both studies and sports as both are essential in one’s life. Moreover, I used to raise my doubts until they were clear to me. I want to become an endo-psychologist and work for the betterment of the society,” said Hassrat.
In the commerce stream too, it is a girl student of Sacred heart Convent School, Sector 39, Chandigarh Road, Parneet Kaur, who has emerged as the topper with 97.25 per cent marks in the final Class XII exams.
Parneet, whose mother is a military engineer, secured 98 marks in English, 99 in business, 99 in physics and 93 in accounts.
“Studying for eight to nine hours daily is the main reason for my good performance. I would like to appeal to the youngster to not get affected by the stressed while undergoing the exams, and instead channelize it to work even harder and remain confident. Also, one must always take out time for extra-curricular,” advised Hassrat.
Adheesh Aggarwal of Sat Paul Mittal School was the only boy from the city to clinch the first position with a 97.5% score in the non-medical stream.
Adheesh has proved himself as an all-rounder through his performance in both academics and sports. He bagged 98 marks in all three subjects of maths, physics and physical education by striking a perfect balance between the two.
A national-level lawn tennis player, Adheesh recently represented the state in the National School Games.
“My success mantra is very simple – Clear all your doubts and study hard throughout the year. One will always succeed if he/ she is eager to learn,” he said.
Adheesh preferred late-night studying and credited her mother for supporting him and sometimes even staying up late with him. “I want to be a software engineer and develop advanced applications to safeguard people’s personal information,” he said.