Hyderabad :

Two days after the University of Hyderabad secured fourth place among the best educational institutions in the country, a student, B Prasuna, brought laurels to the varsity, bagging first rank in the CSIR-NET exam on Wednesday. This is not the first time 21-year-old Prasuna has passed the exam with good rankings. She had bagged the 64th rank when she first took the exam in December 2014.

One might think the young student would have immersed herself neck-deep into books preparing for the exams, but Prasuna said that she spent time engaging in discussions with mathematicians from across the country at the Annual Foundation School in Pune, rather than deciphering a mathematical problem or understanding a formula.

And this, perhaps, is the formula to score the first rank at the national level in the CSIR-NET exam. The result came as a surprise to the integrated Masters student from the UoH.
“I didn’t expect a place among the top ranks, let alone the first rank. But I surely knew that I wrote better than the last time.” She solved the paper to score 158 out of 200.

Prasuna has no secret formula for her success. “I didn’t prepare specifically for the exam.

In fact, around the same time, (December 2015), I was in Pune to attend a programme at the Annual Foundation School. It is a school where students pursuing Mathematics go for advanced training. I was busy there,” recalls Prasuna.

“Those discussions helped me the most. It was more about understanding the subject rather than practice for the exam. That is also what my professors always told me,” she added. Prasuna’s advice to those preparing for the exam is the same. “Don’t study particularly for the exam,” she opined.

Prasuna loves to read fiction, non-fiction and autobiographies. She would pursue PhD at Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR) and hopes to become a professor.

An integrated Masters student from UoH, B Prasuna, scored all India first rank in CSIR-NET exam conducted in December-2015

She bagged 64th rank when she took the exam for the first time in December -2014

source: http://www.newindianexpress.com / The New Indian Express / Home> Cities> Hyderabad / by Express News Service / April 07th, 2016