Girls have bagged the top position in Commerce and and boy tops in Science in the intermediate examination whose results were declared on Saturday by Jharkhand Academic Council.
Mukesh Kumbhkar of Karim City College topped with 412 marks in science while Neetu Kumari Sharma of Jamshedpur Women’s College topped in commerce with 386 marks. Guddi Acharya of Jamshedpur Women’s College and Saurabh Kumar of Karim City College were the second and third topper in Science.
In commerce Deepika Kumari of Jamshedpur Women’s College and Sonika Rao of RP Sarangi Inter College, Chakradharpur bagged the second and third position.
Officials of Jamshedpur Women’s College said it is satisfied with the overall performance of the students though it was expecting little better than what has come out today. “I am satisfied with the overall performance of our girls hopefully, we will improve our performance next year,” said Dr. Sumita Mukherjee, principal, JWC.
"It is a proud moment as I have been able to make my parents proud. I would like to pursue engineering and help my parents who have earned every bit for me. We have faced several difficulties but my efforts have been paid with the result," said Mukesh Kumbhkar.
Kolhan topper in Commerce, Neetu Kumari Sharma of Jamshedpur Women’s College said she wants to become a Chartered Accountant and work for a Multi National Company. “I have managed to do well. I give the credit to my teachers and my parents who inspite of all odds have supported me this long. I have always studied by borrowing books from my friends," said Neetu.
“I am not at all happy with my performance. I was expecting more than 70 per cent marks but I had to satisfy with 50 per cent,” said Shuvra Mukherjee, a student of JWC. On the other hand Somnath Sinha of ABM College has emerged as his college's commerce topper with 369 marks. Son of a civil worker mom and daily wage earner father, Somnath has proved his mettle.
Meanwhile, Ashit Mahato of ABM College scored 345 in commerce and was the second topper of his college, while Chandan Kumar of the same college secured 344 in commerce and was the third topper.
Priyanka Rai of Tinplate Mahila College who scored 320 marks in Science was the college topper; Akansha Kumari of the same college with 310 marks was second while Deepika Sharma also of the same college was third with 300 marks. “I am very happy with the result and would like to pursue nursing,” said Priyanka Rai.