GATE 2018: Farmer’s son tops India in chemistry
A farmer’s son from Lucknow, Prashant Gupta, has secured the All-India Rank one in chemistry in the Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE 2018) examinations, the results of which were declared on Friday. He secured 71.67% marks out of 100. Prashant graduated from BHU in 2015, and then completed his post-graduation from IIT-Delhi in 2017.
LUCKNOW: A farmer’s son from Lucknow, Prashant Gupta, has secured the All-India Rank one in chemistry in the Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE 2018) examinations, the results of which were declared on Friday. He secured 71.67% marks out of 100.
“My aim was to score under AIR 10. But I never expected that I will top in chemistry,” said the 24-year-old, who likes to read books and play cricket. Prashant wants to pen a book on cracking the GATE examination as he says there are not enough books on this subject.
“I do not want other GATE aspirants to suffer. After what all I had gone through, I decided to write a book that will be a ready reckoner for aspirants on how to crack the examination,” said Prashant who completed Class 10 from a UP board school in Bakshi Ka Talab area of Lucknow.
“It gives me immense satisfaction that despite being a passout of UP Board, I was able to top in the chemistry exam,” he said.
Prashant graduated from BHU in 2015, and then completed his post-graduation from IIT-Delhi in 2017.
“Though my father is a farmer, he wholeheartedly supported my dream to pursue higher studies. I shall remain grateful to him. It’s time for me to celebrate this moment of joy with him and the rest of my family members,” he said.
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“I do not want other GATE aspirants to suffer. After what all I had gone through, I decided to write a book that will be a ready reckoner for aspirants on how to crack the examination. PRASHANT GUPTA, GATE topper in chemistry