Shivalik Public’s Siddhant tops in Mohali with 98.4%

MOHALI : Siddhant Rawat, a student of Shivalik Public School, Phase 6, Mohali, emerged the topper of the district with 98.4% marks as the CBSE Class 10 results were announced on Wednesday. He was followed by Barsa Chatterjee from Dikshant Global School, Zirakpur, with 98% and Rithika Walia of Manav Mangal Smart World, Zirakpur, who secured 97.6%.

Siddhant was 0.4% shy of last year’s district topper Aashima Batla, who had scored 98.8%. However, he did better than 2018’s topper Gayatri of Lawrence Public School, Sector 53, who had got 98%.

With 492 out of 500 marks, Siddhant said he wants to take his interest in astronomy and hobby for stargazing and turn it into a career as an aerospace engineer, which he wants to pursue at one of the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITS). “I own a telescope which I use for stargazing so it would be great to pursue this interest of mine. My parents motivated me,” he said.

Barsha who scored 490 out of 500 marks attributed her success to her parents and teachers.

“I used to study very systematically and only for a few hours. I prepared for exams strictly from the NCERT books and didn’t even go through any reference books. I depended on my teachers for guidance and they helped explain the difficult topics to me,” said the 16-year-old.

Daughter of Debrath Chatterjee, logistics consultant, and Alka Chatterjee, yoga instructor, Barsha said she will opt for a commerce stream in order to achieve her goal of becoming an accountant.