Kendrapada girl Prarthana Dash topped JEE Advanced 2018 in Jharkhand and was ranked 1975 in the All India Rank list of JEE Advanced 2018. Prarthana is the daughter of Mr. Saroj Kumar Das and Kumkum Das. Father Saroj works as Director of the Institute for Integrated Rural Development (IIRD), New Delhi and her mother is a housewife.
The family as well as villagers of Nuagaon, the Aul block of Kendrapara district. But they are stays at Jamshedpur in Jharkhand. Prarthana, who was a student of Sacred Heart Convent School of Jamshedpur, secured 98.4 percent in Class X and was Jharkhand state topper in ICSE 2016. She was the topper in Class XII exams of the state. She scored 100 percent in Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry and Computer Science.
Prarthana already appeared for NEST, IIT-Hyderabad, BITSAT, ISI-Kolkata, IISER & IISC-Bangalore and has qualified in all tests. Prarthana 's dream is to join IAS, said Prarthana’s father.
The family as well as villagers of Nuagaon, the Aul block of Kendrapara district. But they are stays at Jamshedpur in Jharkhand. Prarthana, who was a student of Sacred Heart Convent School of Jamshedpur, secured 98.4 percent in Class X and was Jharkhand state topper in ICSE 2016. She was the topper in Class XII exams of the state. She scored 100 percent in Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry and Computer Science.
Prarthana said,“I am interested in studying in one of the five top IITs of the country”.also she said "Concentration and hard work are the mantras for my success. I am not a bookworm. I used to study six to seven hours a day, but when I study I concentrate on it".
Prarthana already appeared for NEST, IIT-Hyderabad, BITSAT, ISI-Kolkata, IISER & IISC-Bangalore and has qualified in all tests. Prarthana 's dream is to join IAS, said Prarthana’s father.
