Chennai:

K. Sundar Natesh of D.A.V. School, Gopalapuram, secured the first rank among the top 10 MBBS aspirants, according to a list released by health minister Dr C. Vijayabhaskar on Saturday. Like last year, only one MBBS aspirant from the city could make it to the top 10. Schools in Namakkal secured six ranks out of the top 10.

“I’ve been dreaming of joining MMC for many years, and hopefully, that dream will come true on June 18 when I will be given admission,” said Natesh. Till Class 10, S. Abhishek, the second rank holder in the MBBS rank list, studied in a Chennai school, but shifted to Sri Vidya Mandir in Krishnagiri as his father hoped he would secure good marks in that school. “My cousin studied in the school and scored well. I too worked hard for two years and now I’m happy that I could join the prestigious MMC and go to college from my home in Chennai,” said Abhishek.

Selection Committee secretary Dr. R.G. Sukumar said that no one had applied under the freedom fighters category. There were 28 from the ex-servicemen’s cagtegory and 79 from the physically challenged.

Speaking about the number of seats available in 19 government medical colleges, officials at the Directorate of Medical Education said that 2,172 seats would be filled under the state quota in 19 government medical colleges and 993 in self-financing colleges.

“The first phase of counselling will be held till June 22 and seats for MBBS in government, self-financing and BDS in government colleges will be filled in. The second phase of counselling will start in the second week of July.

MBBS/BDS admission will be closed by September 30 as per the Supreme Court order. “The academic year will start from September 1,” said Dr. Sukumar. For details, candidates can log on to www.tnhealth.org, www.tn.gov.in.

source: http://www.deccanchronicle.com / Deccan Chronicle / Home> Nation> Current Affairs / DC Correspondent / June 15th, 2014

Chennai :

It is a double delight for Sundar Natesh of Chennai who topped the engineering counselling rank list released by Anna University on Monday.

Sundar, 18, also topped the MBBS rank list released by the Directorate of Medical Education on Saturday. “Medicine is my obvious choice, and I will opt to study in Madras Medical College,” said Sundar, who was a student of DAV Higher Secondary School, Gopalapuram.

“I expected to score centum in all subjects but I didn’t think I’ll come first in the MBBS ranking because so many of them have scored full marks in all subjects,” he said. “So, I’m surprised and excited that I topped both medicine and engineering counselling lists.”

Sunder wants to specialise on cardiology.

The chances of the names of toppers appearing on the rank lists of both streams of study is high this year as the top 132 students had scored full 200 marks in physics, chemistry, biology and math on the MBBS/ BDS rank list.

Counselling for engineering seats will begin on June 27.

source: http://www.timesofindia.indiatimes.com / The Times of India / Home> Education> News / by Divya Chandrababu, TNN / June 16th, 2014

Girl from Dooming Kuppam is school topper at St. Raphael’s. Liffy Thomas on the super achiever

Six years ago, it was a difficult decision for N. Sinduja to take. She wanted to switch over to English medium like her other classmates, but stopped herself from doing so did not make the move.

“I did not want to burden my father with more fees to pay. Also, I was not confident if I would shine equally well in English medium,” explains Sinduja.

Today, whatever lingering regrets she had about not making the switch have disappeared.

The student of St. Raphael’s Girls Higher Secondary School, Santhome, is the first Tamil medium student to top her school with 1,160 marks.

In the Dooming Kuppam fishing hamlet at Santhome, where she lives, she is possibly the first student to rack up such a high total.

Her stock has gone up among her family, friends and neighbours.

“I got centum in business maths and commerce, 199 in accounts but lost most of my marks in English,” she says, talking to us from her single-room Housing Board quarters where she lives with her father, mother and grandmother.

Her father A. Nethyanandam is a coolie and her mother N. Mageshwari, a homemaker.

“There were many financial hurdles in educating our two daughters, but her father was always particular that he met their demands even if it meant sacrificing our comforts,” says Mageshwari, adding that Sinduja would walk from her home to school. She never had to be told to study.

According to Sr. Ranjitham, headmistress of the school, 285 students appeared for the Board examination and a majority of these students are from the fishing hamlets.

A class topper through her school days, Sinduja even taught her classmates.

“That helped me a lot,” says Sinduja, who wants to pursue CA and become an auditor. In class X, she scored 427 marks. Sinduja never took tuitions and was guided by her sister Sasi Rekha, who completed her BSc in maths and accounts.

On the one hand, Sinduja is happy about her marks, but unsure of how she will pursue CA. “I will have to go for coaching and I heard that the fee is a huge,” she concluded.

source: http://www.thehindu.com / The Hindu / Home> Features> DownTown> Mylapore / by Liffy Thomas / Chennai – May 19th, 2014

Chennai :

Chennai boy Karthik Sriram, from Chettinad Hari Shree Vidyalayam, stole the limelight topping the ICSE (Indian Certificate for Secondary Education) class-10 scores in Tamil Nadu in the results announced on Wednesday. He scored 98.20 per cent. “I am thrilled. I got 98 percent in Tamil, 99 in Maths, 95 in English, 96 in science and 99 in history. I have decided to take the science group”, Karthik said.

The second rank in the state has gone to T. Venkat of the Virudhunagar TSM Manickam Nadar School in Madurai with 97.80 percent aggregate. “I am preparing for getting into the IIT”, said Venkat. While boys bagged both the top ranks in the state, the girl students did slightly better overall, scoring 99.80 percent passes while the boys got 99.42 percent passes.

Academic coordinator Shobana Balaji of Chettinad Hari Shree Vidyalayam is understandably excited, not just about Karthik’s top rank but also by the overall performances of her 51 students who took the ICSE exams this year. “Five of our children scored centum in computer science and two got centum in maths”, she told DC.

More than 2,000 students from 54 ICSE schools took the exams. ICSE chief executive secretary Gerry Aroothan said the southern region has excelled in the results and particularly, schools in Tamil Nadu did extremely well scoring 99.59 percent passes.

source: http://www.deccanchronicle.com / Deccan Chronicle / Home> Nation> Current Affairs / DC / by Pramila Krishnan / May 22nd, 2014

Elango Tamilvendan, a Plus-Two student of Valluvar Matriculation Higher Secondary School in Arakkonam, has achieved something rather different. He has secured centums in four subjects — Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics and Computer Science. He scored 179 in Tamil and 181 in English taking his total to 1,160/1,200.

“I want to be a ‘sincere’ government servant after my studies in Electronics and Communication engineering at the Anna University,”  Tamilvendan said, adding, “If I joined a multinational company with a fat salary package, I alone will be happy. But as a government employee, I can make hundreds of people happy.”

Topper Aspires CA

Maria Baptist Anitha of Auxilium Girls HSS in Vellore, who secured 200/200 in statistics with a group total of 798 and grand total of 1,181/1,200 and got State third rank in Statistics, desires to be a Chartered Accountant.

“I started working for the exam right from the beginning of the year. My parents and teachers extended full support,” said Anitha who secured 200 in Economics, 199 each in Commerce and Accountancy, 191 in Tamil and 192 in English.

source: http://www.newindianexpress.com / The New Indian Express / Home> States> Tamil Nadu / by Express News Service / May 11th, 2014