Raised as orphan, girl from Satyagala village secures 10 gold medals in MA

NT Correspondent

Mysuru: Raised as an orphan, Tejaswini V, a MA Kannada student who studied at Kuvempu Institute of Kannada Studies, bagged 10 gold medals and four cash prizes at the 104th convocation of Mysuru university here on Sunday.

The girl hails from Satyagala village of Kollegal taluk in Chamarajanagar district.

She said she lost her mother while studying in the fourth standard and her father during PUC studies. Tejaswini had also secured eight gold medals in her BA course during the 102nd convocation.

“With the help of my relatives, friends, teachers like Sowbhagya and Shashikala, I was able to achieve this rank.My teachers who identified my talent, encouraged me to take up higher education. I prefer to be a civil services officer”, she said.

Another girl Meghana HS from Turuvekere town of Tumkuru district, whose father is a government school teacher bagged 15 gold medals and five cash prizes in MSc Chemistry.

She studied at University of Mysore campu. Her father Sundar Rao is a teacher and Mother Sudharani is a homemaker.

“My aim is to become a professor”, she said. N Pooja, who secured 16 gold medals in M Tech in Urban and Regional planning, studied at the University of Mysore and is the daughter of an IAS Officer.

Her father is Central Excise Superintendent in Mysuru while her mother is a home maker.

“Like my father, I prefer to be an IAS officer involved in urban planning and smart cities projects” she said.

Ajitha Guleria who came to the city from Himachal Pradesh as a yoga instructor, secured seven gold medals and four cash prizes in M A Philosophy.

Jaina M Haran who secured eight gold medals and three cash prizes in MA economics prefers to be an economist and a professor.