An atmosphere of festive celebration was at the residence of Shukla’s in Sai lok Colony situated on GMS road. The reason- Vatsala the daughter of Dinesh Shukla and Sandhya Shukla had topped the state in class XII board examination of Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE). A student of Asian School, Indira Nagar Dehradun, Vatsala got 98.4 percent marks in humanities stream and secured 12 rank in the region. An elated father of the topper, Dinesh Shukla who works in Uttarkhand Jal Vidhyut Nigam limited (UJVNl) told The Pioneer that the all the family members were hopeful that Vatsala would get very good marks as she used to study more than eight hours a day. “She is a hard working girl. It was in her daily plan to revise what is taught in school and read the chapter in advance what the teacher intended to start.
She is also fond of drawing,’’ he said. Vatsla plans to have a crack at prestigious IIT and serve the country as an engineer. She got perfect 100 in English while in mathematics she got 99 marks. Vatsala got 98 marks in Chemistry and 97 marks in Physics.
Expressing happiness at the achievement of Vatsala, the founder of the Asian school and Ecole Globale School Amarjeet Singh Juneja said that she has brought laurels for the school. He said that it is matter of great pride that Vedika Agarwal of Ecole Globale School got 98 percent marks to top Dehradun. He congratulated the teachers of both schools and said that their hard work has got reflected in the performance of the students.