Shrishti Acharya, a Class XI student of the Delhi Public School (DPS), Kalinga here, has topped among the Odia students in the 5th International English Olympiad (IEO) by securing 59 out of a total 60 marks.
Over a million students from around 1,400 cities from India and abroad took part in the IEO-2015 in January this year under the auspices of the Science Olympiad Foundation.
Daughter of Odisha High Court senior advocate Pitambar Acharya and Political Science Reader Bandita Acharya, Shrishti passed her Class-X examinations earlier this year with flying colours with A-1 grades in all subjects. A debater par excellence, Shrishti aims to be a lawyer in future.