Aparna Murlidhar

Aparna Murlidhar has topped the Class X, CBSE results for the Chennai Region with a whopping 99 per cent.The Chennai region comprises Tamil Nadu,Kerala, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Daman and Diu.As soon as she learnt of her results, Aparna threw her hands up in the air, jumping in joy, says her beaming father, B R Murlidhar, an engineering consultant and entrepreneur.The Bangalore girl has shared the limelight with Jahnvi Dhar, who has also scored 99 per cent .A student of Kendriya Vidyalaya, ASC Centre, Aparna has scored 100 in Maths, Sanskrit and Social Studies, followed by 99 in Science and 96 in English, aggregating 495 out of 500.The only person missing out on the celebrations was her mother, R Jyothi, a maths teacher in KV, ASC Centre who was away in Mysore for an in-service course.It was Jyothi who coached Aparna at home.Aparna has plans to switch to the state syllabus and take up PCMB in her PUC.