Girls will take home top honours at the 18{+t}{+h}annual convocation of the Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences (RGUHS), which will be held here on April 5. Of the total 115 gold medals and cash prizes, female students from the varsity have bagged as many as 90, announced RGUHS Vice-Chancellor K.S. Ravindranath on Saturday.
Walking up to the stage to collect the highest number of gold medals – 10 – with an 80.89 per cent aggregate in MMBS will be Nisha B. Jain from the Kempegowda Institute of Medical Sciences (KIMS), Bengaluru.
“I have also got the first rank in the university. I can’t believe that I am on this all-toppers’ list. This is an impetus for me to take up MS,” said the 23-year-old, who is currently interning at KIMS.
Having always been a college topper and a regular winner at State competitions, Ms. Jain, who will also be receiving a special Appreciatory Gold Medal from Apollo Hospital, said, “Sixty percent of my course work was practical lessons at hospitals.”
Her father, Bramhasury, added, “Nisha etched her path in medicine through her passion from the very first year.”
Another topper is Samatha Honavar of Kalabhyreshwara Ayurvedic Medical College in Bengaluru. The three gold medals and two cash prizes that she will receive at the convocation means a lot to the 23-year-old, who has secured 79 per cent in her final year.
Planning to do her MD in Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Ms. Honavar, born and brought up in Honavar in North Karnataka, said Ayurveda for her was “not just a form of medicine, but a holistic science that deals with life.”
Aishhwarrya Umeshchandra G., of M.R. Medical College, Kalaburagi and Vidhyasri M. of Kalabhyreshwara Ayurvedic Medical College, Bengaluru, have bagged four medals each. Aishhwarrya is also the ‘Best outgoing medical student of 2015-16.’
“I used to study for 10 hours a day, and it has been all worth the effort,” says Aishhwarrya, who wants to do MD, and has secured 82.3 per cent.
