T. Nadu incentive for exam toppers

Chennai (PTI): The Tamil Nadu government on Thursday disbursed Rs 64,000 as incentive to five students of the state who had opted for Tamil as one of the subjects and bagged top honours in the Government exams for Class 12 which were held in March and whose results were announced last week.

The Government also promised to bear the educational expenses of all the five students irrespective of their choice of course and college, a State Government release here said on Thursday.

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Karunanidhi gave away cheques for Rs 15,000 each to R Tharani of Namakkal and M Rajesh Kumar of Kancheepuram, who had top scored with 1182/1200 marks.

 

A Ramya of Erode and R Thalapathi Kumara Vikram of Namakkal were presented with cheques for Rs 12,000 for securing second rank with 1181 marks while K Deepa of Rasipuram was awarded Rs 12,000 for scoring 1180 marks and bagging the third rank at the state level, the release said.

Tharani had earlier been honoured by the Chief Minister in 2006 for topping the Class X results, by scoring 491 out of 500 marks, the release said.