Daughter of school van driver tops in Udupi

May 01, 2018 01:20 am | Updated 06:34 pm IST - UDUPI

 Sathyashree with parents at Ankadakatte on Monday.

Sathyashree with parents at Ankadakatte on Monday.

A student of II PU from Kundapur in Udupi district has topped the Science stream in the district.

She studies at the same institution where her father works as a school van driver.

Sathyashree Rao, daughter of Ramesh and Lalitha Rao, and student of Sri Venkataramana PU College has got 593 out of 600 marks. Her combination of subjects is Physics, Commerce, Mathematics and Computer Science.

Her father has been serving as the driver in the same institution.

Ms. Sathyashree told The Hindu that she was expecting above 590 marks.

“While my father was happy with my marks, he was not surprised as he too was expecting it. He is satisfied by my performance in the exams,” she said.

Ms. Sathyashree, who lives in Ankadakatte, said that she would take up engineering and she would like to take up either Computer Science or Electronics and Communications.

“Routinely I used to study about two to three hours. During the exam holidays I used to study the from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. But I did not pressure myself,” she said.

Ms. Sathyashree’s hobbies are classical and film dancing.

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