Love for subjects helped me score, says HS topper

His target was set! All he was waiting for was the mid-fielder to pass on the ball to give him the desired impetus to score the goal and take a lead in the game!

No, we aren't discussing football here but about Archisman Panigrahi, whose love for subjects helped him top the Higher Secondary examination; just the boost he needed to pursue his education in science, his childhood love.

Panigrahi wants to pursue a career in physics. On Tuesday, the West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Education announced his name as the topper in this year's examination across the state.

"I want to study Physics (Honours) and shape my career accordingly. Though I concentrated on joint entrance curriculum while studying for higher secondary, now I have decided that Physics is the subject that I should pursue," said Archisman, while talking to Millennium Post.

The first boy said, solving question papers from test papers helped him a lot. "The future candidates of Higher Secondary should

concentrate on solving questions from test papers. It will definitely help them to get good marks in the examination," said the first boy.

Archisman studied for 5-6 hours a day. "I used to study for 5-6 hours a day and attended classes in tuitions. It was not possible for me to study more than 5-6 hours after

attending classes in tuitions. But I usually increased the duration of my study on days when there were no tuition classes," he said.

Panigrahi said his love for science subjects helped him to secure good marks. He thoroughly enjoyed the

syllabus and his teachers helped him a lot.

"You cannot perform well in the examination if you do not love your subjects. Love for the subjects and hard work together can bring about success," he added, pausing at times to acknowledge accolades being showered on him by his kith and kin.

Arghya Panigrahi, the proud father of Archisman also believes that love for subject is most important to achieve good marks in the examination.

"I am a teacher. I know how love for subject is important to perform well in the examination. If a hard-working student finds interest in his subjects, then only can he get good marks in the examination," Archisman's father said.

His father also said that he encouraged Archisman to take subjects of his choice. "I taught Archisman till Madhyamik examination. But I never tried to impose my opinion on him and always advised him to take his own decision regarding his study," said his father, who is an associate professor of Jhargram Raj College.

Meanwhile, the teachers of Hooghly Collegiate School are extremely happy with the performance of Archisman. "He is really a humble boy. He is not among those boys who only studied hard. He loved sports and often indulged in singing as well," said a senior teacher of his school.