Girls clinch 31 out of 52 gold medals

PATNA: Until recently, girls used to opt for humanities and social sciences while pursuing higher studies at graduate and post-graduate levels. But the situation has changed completely today, with girls not only opting for the science stream but also faring well in "dry" subjects.
The results of 2005 and 2006 examinations of Patna University clearly show that girls are far ahead of boys even in science subjects.In most of the subjects, the top ranking students are girls.
As many as 31 out of 52 gold medals awarded to the toppers of different postgraduate examinations at the PU convocation held at S K Memorial Hall here on Sunday were clinched by girls.
The list of gold medal awardees is as follows:2005 & 2006 examinations:
Rinki and Jyotsana Jyot (physics), Sindhu Kumari and Priti Sinha (chemistry), Mamta Priyadarshi and Divya Mohan (zoology), Rupa Tiwary and Shruti (botany), Pushpendra Kumar Pravin and Pawan Kumar (geology), Krishna Kant Ojha and Ravi Shankar Chaudhary (mathematics), Subhas Chandra (statistics), Sushila Kumari and Gitanjali Patel (biochemistry), Shruti Jaitly and Dinesh Kumar (commerce), Minu Manjari and Sindhu Suman (Hindi), Sharanya Thakur and Anandita Srivastava (English), Rohit Ranjan and Navneeta (Sanskrit), Istiak Ahmad and Sekhar Ghosh (Bengali), Md Arshad and Md Fazle Karim (Arabic), Md Rashid and Sayeeda Amaan (Persian), Arzinda Habib and Md Akmal Khursheed (Urdu), Kumari Sweta and Kumari Priyanka (home science), Bidhu Kumar and Poonam Kumari (history), Archana and Rajnish Kumar (political science), Md Zlaul Hassan and Pooja Bharti (philosophy), Ranjit Kumar and Shahbaz Shakib (ancient Indian history), Talat Shabab and Manish Kumar (sociology), Ajeet Kumar Chaudhary and Sujata Kumari (economics), Sadiya Sami and Sita (psychology), Indrani Roy and Seema Kumari (geography), Ekta Das and Nisha Sinha (labour and social welfare) and Pratibha Kumari (M Ed).