Daijiworld Media Network - Udupi (SP)

Udupi, Jan 7: Niranjan Kumar from Manipal has cleared Common Admission Test (CAT) being conducted to pick students for the MBA courses of prestigious Indian Institutes of Management (IIM) and top business schools in the country, with top rank in the country. He scored 100 percentile marks and shared this achievement with ten others in the nation. He happens to be the only one from Karnataka to achieve this distinctive feat.

Out of 2.96 lac students who appeared for the test, only 11 passed with top percentile marks. The test, which is conducted by IIMs on rotation basis, was this time handled by IIM Kolkata during November 2018.

Niranjan is a resident of Laxmindra Nagar here. He is a final year degree student of Mechanical duel department at Indian Institute of Technology, Madras. He happens to be the son of Jayaprasad Moleyar, head of MBA department, Mangalore Institute of Technology and Engineering, Moodbidri and Keertana, professor at Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal.

Niranjan had joined IIT Madras after passing tenth and PUC second year examinations through Little Rock School Brahmavar here with flying colours.

Jayaprasad feels proud about the splendid performance of his son. He notes that Niranjan has been a brilliant student since young and he has always passed examinations with top scores. "Currently he has got placement as data analyst for a bank. He wants to pursue higher education. We are thinking about it," he said.

Preparation

Niranjan says that he began to study subjects after noting down his weak points. He then set aside time schedule for studies and time management for the examination. He used to study for two to three hours every day. He says that 100 marks each were allotted for three subjects, verbal ability over English knowledge, quantitative ability in mathematics and data interpretation and logical reasoning, and he found the test easy as he was conversant with these subjects.

Niranjan is ecstatic at his performance and said his degree education will come to an end in five to six months. He is yet to decide on continuing with technical education or choosing management education. He plans to discuss these things with his teachers and parents before coming to a conclusion. He holds former RBI governor, Raghuram Rajan and former finance minister, P Chidambaram, as his inspiration as far as analysis of economics is concerned. He says he wants to contribute to the economic progress of the country in future.