Jamshedpur boy tops ISCE with 99.25%

JAMSHEDPUR: Little did Ayush Banerjee expect that Saturday would be a red-letter day in his life. The national Indian School Certificate Examinations (ISCE) topper, said he was completely surprised on hearing the news. The Loyola School, Jamshedpur, student, who scored 99.25%, said that though he was expecting a good result, he never expected that he would rank first in the country. "Although I was expecting to get a good rank, topping the country is a bif surprise for me," he said. Son of Pradeep Kumar Banerjee, chief researcher at Tata Steel's R&D department, Ayush said: "Three hours of studying everyday was sufficient for me."