Success Stories

Many inspiring stories are coming to the fore since the CBSE Class 12 results were announced. One such special story is that of Anushka Panda. This Gurugram-based differently-abled student has scored a massive 95.2 percent in class 12 exams, the highest in the differently-abled category, according to a report by India Today. She has got 99 percent in Physics alone

An elated Anushka had earlier said, “My success mantra is consistency.” She told this to India Today after scoring an exact 489 marks (97.8 percent) out of 500 in the Class 10 CBSE Board exam. In 2018, Anushka made headlines for her stellar performance, and when asked she told she aspired to become a software engineer, NDTV had reported.

Anushka is a chess player and aspires to become a software engineer and wants to work with Google. She loves reading, painting, and most of all music. “I have been learning classical music for the last 10 years,” she said. The teen girl has Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA), a genetic condition that affects her ability to walk.

Anushka condition affects her motor nerve cells in the spinal cord. It also gives her additional problems like breathing, sitting for long hours and even writing. Therefore, studying and writing board exams was a bigger challenge for her.

She had said to The Indian Express, “Though I faced a lot of harassment, I always keep my self-esteem high to achieve success, whatever difficulties may come with life.”

“She is an inspiration for all of us. The focus that she possesses is rare to find in other children. What she has achieved many other students would not be able to achieve with all the elements,” Rupa Chakravarty, Principal, Suncity School, had earlier said.