BALANGIR: Balangir has topped the annual High School Certificate (HSC) examination-2011 conducted by the State Board of Secondary Education (BSE) this year, the results of which were declared on Saturday. While three students of the district were in the Top-10 list and two secured 11th and 15th ranks. All students of Saraswati Sishu Mandir, Sarthak Pradhan is the topper with 97.98 per cent. He scored 586 out of 600 marks. Sarthak, a resident of Tulsinagar here, is son of a teacher Birat Keshari Pradhan. Attributing his success to his teachers and parents, Sarthak said he got the rank that he deserved. “I am content with the result. I slogged for 10 to 12 hours daily,” said Sarthak who aspires to become a doctor. The seventh rank holder Sambhrant Das is, however, unhappy with the result. He scored 578 marks and was expecting the first rank. His father Subash Das, a gynaecologist, said he was happy to see his son in the Top-10. “He will pursue his Plus-II in DAV, Bhubaneswar, and then enter IIT,” said Subash. He said that Sambhrant wants to join the coveted Indian Foreign Service. Samir Sahu secured the ninth rank. Though hailing from a nondescript Sikabehenga village, he used to come to the Saraswati Sishu Mandir in Balangir town from his village, about 10 km away, everyday.Samir scored 574 marks. Son of a schoolteacher, he too aspires to become a doctor like Sarthak. The other two rank holders are Ritu Rajeswari Dalai (11th) and Anjan Patel (15th). School principal Dilip Kumar Padhi said organised study schedules helped the students excel.
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