Tura, July 30: A young Saurav Modak of Don Bosco College, Tura, was the only student from Garo Hills region to find a berth in the state’s top ten list of the Higher Secondary School Leaving Certificate (HSSLC) examination for Science, Commerce and Vocational stream, results for which were announced by MBoSE on Friday.
Barring Saurav Modak, all remaining top positions in the state went to schools from Shillong and Khasi-Jaintia Hills.
Saurav Modak, hailing from the Higher Secondary Section of the Don Bosco College, Tura, bagged the 8th position in the state with a total of 462 marks. He also topped the Physics and Mathematics subject with an individual best of 96 and 99 marks, respectively.
St Anthony’s Higher Secondary School, Shillong was the biggest winner securing 7 top spots in the Science stream.
List of toppers in Science
1st Position – Rachoita Das (St. Anthony’s Higher Secondary School, Shillong)
2nd Position – Akash Paul (St. Anthony’s Higher Secondary School, Shillong)
3rd Position – Luigi Dalian Paswet (North Liberty Higher Secondary School, Jowai)
4th Position – Abhinav Dey (St. Anthony’s Higher Secondary School, Shillong)
5th Position – Rahul Paul (St. Anthony’s Higher Secondary School, Shillong)
6th Position – Dimarkithmu Gayang (St. Anthony’s Higher Secondary School, Shillong)
7th Position – Pratik Das (St. Anthony’s Higher Secondary School, Shillong) and Bamedari Palei (St Edmund’s Higher Secondary School, Shillong)
8th Position – Saurav Modak (Don Bosco College, Tura)
9th Position – Shouvik Ghosh (St. Anthony’s Higher Secondary School, Shillong)
10th Position – Vakkalagadda Drishti Rao (St Edmund’s Secondary School, Shillong)
List of toppers in Commerce
1st Position – Debraj Nag (Laban Bengalee Boys’ Higher Secondary School, Shillong)
2nd Position – Sanjana Singhania (St. Anthony’s Higher Secondary School, Shillong)
3rd Position – Roshan Tiwari (Adventist Higher Secondary School, Thadlaskein)
4th Position – Gaurav Paul (Nongthymai Nepali Higher Secondary School, Shillong) and Sweety Paul (St. Anthony’s Higher Secondary School, Shillong)
5th Position – Vidhita Chetri (St. Anthony’s Higher Secondary School, Shillong)
6th Position – Arifful Sheikh (St. Anthony’s Higher Secondary School, Shillong) and Raj Deb (Umshyrpi College, Shillong)
7th Position – Aman Rai (Nongthymai Nepali Higher Secondary School, Shillong)
8th Position – Avneet Kaur Tedwal (St. Anthony’s Higher Secondary School, Shillong) and Elfie Wanniang (Anderson Higher Secondary School, Upper New Nongstoin)
9th Position – Nathaniel Elizer Nongkynrih (St. Anthony’s Higher Secondary School, Shillong) and Hame Datei Skhem Lawai (St. Edmund’s Higher Secondary School, Shillong)
10th Position – Ekta Sharma and Gayatri Sapkota (St. Anthony’s Higher Secondary School, Shillong).