The success story of Mumbai's two top HSC scorers is bittersweet; both Harshad Chavan and Akshay Gandhi lost their uncles recently. Kranti Vibhute reports
The success story of Mumbai's two top HSC scorers is bittersweet; both Harshad Chavan and Akshay Gandhi lost their uncles recently. Kranti Vibhute reports
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Apart from their victory, tragically bothu00a0 lost their uncles recently.
While Harshad's uncle died 10 days ago, Akshay lost his uncle in January. Both have dedicated their success to their uncles.
Harshad's story
Harshad, who topped Mumbai with 96.67 per cent, is a student of Swami Vivekanand Junior College, Chembur. Not a believer in the early morning or late night study schools of thought, he instead focused on concentrating whenever he picked up a book. Said Harshad, "I feel concentrating on your studies and without frequent breaks helped me top. But that said, it wouldn't have been possible to score well without the extraordinary guidance from my professors. I now plan to study computer engineering and am awaiting my CET results."
Harshad's father, Prakash Chavan, said, "I lost my cousin brother last week, so we don't want to celebrate on a large scale. We will wait for two more days for the mourning period to be over before going to Siddhivinayak temple."
Akshay's story
The Chavans' story was being echoed at the Gandhi residence. Akshay, who scored 96.33 per cent, lost three family members in a period of one-and-a-half-year his grandfather, grandmother and uncle.
The SIES College of Arts, Science and Commerce, Sion, student said, "I used to study from 11 pm to 4 or 5 am. I found that time the most peaceful, which made it easier to concentrate. I now plan to pursue engineering and am waiting for my CET results. I miss my uncle, grandfather and grandmother. They always wanted me to top my exams." Rohit Gandhi, Akshay's father, said, "Akshay was very close to his grandmother. Despite the loss, he came second. He also topped in FYJC last year."
Though the Gandhis are not planning any grand celebration either, Akshay got a gift for all his hard work even before the results were out. His parents gifted him a trip to Australia. They now plan to give him a laptop.
Get help
The Maharashtra state helpline number, 27893756, will be available for three days for students who have any problem with the results.
Failed by mistake!
While her peers were celebrating clearing their HSC exams yesterday commerce student Rinkal Gala of Vani Vidyalaya Junior College, Mulund, was paying the price of someone else's mistake. She was marked absent for one of her papers despite appearing for it.
Rinkal could not believe that a mistake in the marksheet had led her to failure."I was shocked to see I had failed. I was marked absent in my Secretarial Practice paper, but I have proof on my hall ticket the signature of the supervisor that I was present."
Basanti Roy, secretary, Mumbai state board of education, said, "Let the student come to the board office with the mark sheet and her proof. We will look into the matter after that."
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