Sikkim girl Devanshi Agarwal scores 97.8 % in class xii exams

Devanshi Agarwal, a daughter of Singtam studying at Ecole Globale International Girl’s School, Dehradun has brought laurel to her state of Sikkim. She has scored 97.8% in her class XII board examinations. She was among the Humanities Stream toppers with History (99 marks), English (98 marks), Political Science (97 marks), Psychology (95 marks), Geography (92 marks) and (100 marks) in Painting.

Speaking on the occasion, the proud Devanshi Agarwal says, after the entire pandemic mishap, this wouldn’t have been possible without the immense support of my parents. It feels amazing to be a part of the Toppers’ List and I wish to do even better in the near future.

She is the daughter of Sanket Agarwal and Sonia Agarwal; granddaughter of Raghubir Agarwal and Nirmala Devi Agarwal.

She has given what I had always expected from her, definitely very happy and super excited. I hope that she carries a great performance in the future as well!, shares excited Sanket Agarwal, her father. Sonia Agarwal, her mother added she has always made us proud at every endeavour and this time she has given an outstanding performance, couldn’t be any happier!

For others, Devanshi Agarwal is a shooting talent who had won 35 medals at different national-level shooting events in the last four years. She had also represented India in the Czech Republic and Germany. Many many congratulations to Devanshi. Singtam and Sikkim are proud of your achievement.

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