Shivam tops city with 99.6% in CBSE Class X

Ludhiana: Shivam Gupta, a student of Kundan Vidya Mandir School, has topped the city with a score of 99.6% in Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) Class X, the result of which was declared on Tuesday.
Harman Khattra, Jhanvi, also of KVM School, and Sukhmanpreet Kaur of Guru Nanak Public School, Sarabha Nagar, are second with 99.2%.
Arushi Sharma of KVM School and Arkita from Jesus Sacred Heart School, South City, share the third rank with 99%.
Most of the students have passed the exam with “more than expected” marks.
Shivam is now pursuing non-medical in Class XI. He has also cleared NTSE Stage-1 with state rank of 4th. He aspires to study computer engineering from an IIT. His success mantra: be regular with your studies. A cricket aficionado, he would watch and play the game to destress himself. “I am preparing for JEE. My sister Divya Gupta, who is pursuing BTech from NIT, Jalandhar, my cousin Ishit, who is in IIT-Bombay, and my schoolteacher Gurveen ma’am are my inspiration,” he said.
His father, Deepak Gupta, is a businessman and mother Ruchika is a homemaker. “He is always relaxed while studying, but he is focused and dedicated,” said his proud mother.
Jhanvi, a resident of Krishna Nagar, has opted for medical in Class XI as she wants to be a surgeon. Her father, Tanbir Singh Kular, is an advocate and mother, Narinder Kaur, is a teacher at New GMT School, Jalandhar Bypass. “One should be consistent in studies and work hard. Music and reading would help me unwind,” she said.
Arkita, too, has chosen medical stream. She has scored cent per cent in Punjabi and Maths, 99% in science and 98% in social studies and English. She aspires to be a cardiologist. Her father, Rajesh Kumar Lekhi, is an elementary teacher at Government Primary School, Adda Dakha, and mother Jyoti Rani is a headteacher at the same school. “Music and books brighten me up after long hours of study,” she said.
Arushi, also a medical student who aspires to be a surgeon, has scored a perfect 100 in Punjabi, maths, English and Hindi, 98 in science and 97 in social studies. Her father, Anil Kumar Sharma, is a chemistry teacher at KVM school and her mother, Anjana Sharma, is a homemaker. “Self-study helped me clear the doubts. When not studying, I like to draw and read,” she said.
Paramjeet Kaur, CBSE city coordinator and principal of BCM Arya School, Shastri Nagar, said, “As no board exams were held this year due to Covid-19, schools compiled the results on the basis of the performance of students in all the tests. The schools have calculated marks on the basis of five main subjects, and not on the basis of the best five.”
Shivam Gupta: 99.6%
Harman, Jhanvi and Sukhmanpreet Kaur: 99.2%
Arushi Sharma, Arkita: 99%