he was minor. He left studies to earn money for the family. Prajakta recalled the hardship faced by her father and said, “I have fulfilled his dream by achieving the numbers.”

A student of Pandit Bachharaj Vyas Vidyalaya, Rambagh, Prajakta told ‘The Hitavada’ that she preferred to study till 2 am everyday as there was a relative calm in night hours in her locality as compared to noise in day hours.

Prajakta secured 494 out of 500 marks in all subjects and clocked 100 out of 100 marks in Mathematics and Sanskrit while 98 each in English, Science and Social Science. From the starting of the academic year, her focus was on textbook reading. “Textebook reading and revision were my focal points which gives me an ability to solve each and every question,” she stated.

Around seven test series were solved by her and secured around 95 per cent in each. Mathematics and Science are her favourite subjects for which she also joined tution classes to sharpen her skills. Her mother Rekha is a housewife and younger brother Darshan is in Xth standard. His future dream is to crack the Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) to become an engineer.