Hassan boy tops Karnataka state in NEET; bags 36th rank nationally
Sunitha Rao R | TNN | Jun 5, 2019, 18:19 IST
Phaneendra DR, 17, from Hassan has emerged as the state topper in NEET examBENGALURU: Phaneendra DR, 17, from Hassan has emerged as the state topper in the National Eligibility Entrance Test (NEET) results announced Thursday. He has bagged the 36th rank nationally.
Phaneendra studied his class 12 from Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalala (JNV), Pune, after he was chosen for the free special coaching by NRI-sponsored Dakshana Foundation to train for NEET.
Teachers provided by Dakshana were immensely helpful, Phaneendra said, adding that he qualified for the special training programme for NEET in 2017 when he was studying class 10 in Mavinakere JNV near Hassan. Given that Dakshana provided NEET coaching for boys only at JNV Pune, he migrated there.
“I was always curious about what’s there beneath the human skin,” Phaneendra told TOI. He said that his cousin, a doctor currently pursuing MD in Biochemistry in Bengaluru had influenced him throughout.
“She used to tell me about cockroach dissection that was included in the pre-university syllabus earlier and by the time I studied, the syllabus changed. Biology and medical science in particular had always made me curious,” he said.
Despite securing within 50 ranking in NEET, Phaneendra is waiting for the results of All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi, which had a separate entrance exam. “I am keen on joining AIIMS and that has been my dream,” he says.
From his middle school days, Phaneendra has been away from home studying in boarding school in JNV. During his JNV days in Pune classes would go on till midnight as the self-study was limited then.
“Gradually, the self-study hours increased and I would make sure studying what was taught in class the same day. The focus was on clearing NEET in good rankings right from the time I joined JNV Pune,” he adds.
During the last two years, Phaneendra had no access to phones and so far he does not had a social media account. His self-imposed discipline also helped him, he says. His father, Ramesh DB, is a high school teacher in Hassan, while his mother, Madhura KS, works with KPTCL, Ramanathapura, near Hassan.
Phaneendra studied his class 12 from Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalala (JNV), Pune, after he was chosen for the free special coaching by NRI-sponsored Dakshana Foundation to train for NEET.
Teachers provided by Dakshana were immensely helpful, Phaneendra said, adding that he qualified for the special training programme for NEET in 2017 when he was studying class 10 in Mavinakere JNV near Hassan. Given that Dakshana provided NEET coaching for boys only at JNV Pune, he migrated there.
“I was always curious about what’s there beneath the human skin,” Phaneendra told TOI. He said that his cousin, a doctor currently pursuing MD in Biochemistry in Bengaluru had influenced him throughout.
“She used to tell me about cockroach dissection that was included in the pre-university syllabus earlier and by the time I studied, the syllabus changed. Biology and medical science in particular had always made me curious,” he said.
Despite securing within 50 ranking in NEET, Phaneendra is waiting for the results of All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi, which had a separate entrance exam. “I am keen on joining AIIMS and that has been my dream,” he says.
From his middle school days, Phaneendra has been away from home studying in boarding school in JNV. During his JNV days in Pune classes would go on till midnight as the self-study was limited then.
“Gradually, the self-study hours increased and I would make sure studying what was taught in class the same day. The focus was on clearing NEET in good rankings right from the time I joined JNV Pune,” he adds.
During the last two years, Phaneendra had no access to phones and so far he does not had a social media account. His self-imposed discipline also helped him, he says. His father, Ramesh DB, is a high school teacher in Hassan, while his mother, Madhura KS, works with KPTCL, Ramanathapura, near Hassan.
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