Nagpur: The Maharashtra State Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education declared SSC results on Friday and Nagpur too got its fair share of top notchers. Among the toppers include Ketki Rajurkar and Pranali Titre who scored 98.6%.
Nagpur Today caught up with Ketki Rajurkar and Pranali Titre to dig deeper into secrets of their remarkable success. Talking to NT, Ketki Rajurkar shares, “Smart work, along with hard work gave me success, I was not hoping that I would be the topper from the school”. Her father Vijay Rajurkar passed away when she was in Class 1st.
Overcoming the sorrow of losing father at the tender age, Ketki went on to concentrate more on her studies and eventually reached this level in SSC exam. Ketki aims to appear for JEE Mains and want to pursue Engineering from IIT Bombay.
On the other hand, sharing her success mantra Pranali Titre said, “I was never under any kind of pressure and was always in a free mind while studying. I was always constant in my studies and studied for 7-8 hours. I wish to pursue CA in future”. She said she remained away from social media and was never an active user.
Vikas Chute Pandit Bacharaj Vyas Vidyalaya stood as second topper in SSC exams as he scored 98.20%. He said, “From 9th Standard itself I started my preparations and use to study for 4-5 hours daily. My teachers always helped me out in my difficulties and lent me full support”. Vikas aspires to become a teacher and nurses a dream to study in IIT Bombay. He want to teach Maths in the future. Vikas’ father who works in a railway canteen was happy about his son’s achievement. He said that this is a dream come true and his hard work paid off.