13 teens bag world ranks in board exams

27 students from city have also emerged India toppers in maths, science and psychology

MUMBAI: As many as 13 students from the city were declared world toppers in this year’s Cambridge International Examinations (CIE), the results of which came out on Tuesday. This is the highest number of world toppers from Mumbai in the last two years.

While 11 have scored the highest marks in the world in International General Certificate of Secondary Education (IGCSE) — the Class 10 equivalent — two students have been declared world toppers in the AS level ( Class 11 equivalent) and A level (Class 12 equivalent) exams that were held in November 2012 and June 2013. These students will receive the Outstanding Cambridge Learner Award for their exceptional performances.

Three world toppers in the IGCSE exams held in November 2012 were from Utpal Shanghvi School, Juhu. While Banka Aastha Sunit topped in accounting, Mehta Dhruvin Ketan was the world topper in combined science and Sule Nimish Navneet in economics. Takshama Pandit from Prabhavati Padamshi Soni International Junior College, which is run by the same management, topped business studies in the A level exam in November 2012.

“In the last five years, we have seen nine world toppers and 36 India toppers. This shows that students

AMEYA RANE, 15 “The tricky part about environmental management was that the subject needed a lot of general knowledge and the questions were not predictable. However, my teacher helped in the preparation process and I also solved papers from past years. Now, I would like to pursue engineering.”

are adapting well to the curricula of international boards,” said Abha Dharampal, CEO of the school and junior college.

With six world toppers, Dhirubhai Ambani International School, Bandra Kurla Complex, has also performed well. While Yash Agrawal topped in mathematics

(without course work) in the IGCSE November exams, Armaan Valvi, Devansh Jalota and Garvit Rajkumar Pugalia topped additional mathematics. Pranav Mehta topped in Hindi as the second language. Jalota also topped in Physical Education in the IGCSE June 2013.

“This record-breaking performance

is a testimony to their aspirations to excel and their extraordinary hard work. It also demonstrates the remarkable commitment and dedication of our teachers. This superb performance, once again, strengthens our position as one of the top IGCSE schools globally,” said Nita M Ambani, founder

and chairperson of the school.

Ameya Rane from Billabong High International School, Juhu, also topped the world in environmental management in the IGCSE November exams and Amaya Aditya Mangaldas from NSS Hill Spring International School topped in French in the IGCSE June exams. Further, Aishwarya Sridhar from Dr Pillai Global Academy, New Panvel, topped in Business Studies in the AS level June exams.

Twenty-seven students from city schools were India toppers in subjects such as physics, mathematics, chemistry, biology and psychology, among others.