Excellent rating, highly effective stand: Bengal ISC topper Srijani drops surname for social justice
Kolkata, Srijani, the ISC topper from West Bengal who scored an ideal 400 out of 400, selected to not retain her surname when submitting her examination type saying the choice stemmed from her perception in a society free from distinctions based mostly on caste, creed, faith and gender.
The coed of Future Basis Faculty in South Kolkata achieved a flawless 100 in all her topics.
Regardless of the extraordinary educational schedule, she discovered time to take part within the Ladies Reclaim the Night time motion on August 14, following the rape-murder of an RG Kar medical scholar.
“As a person, it was my resolution — supported by my mother and father and sister. I consider in a society rising above divisions in caste, gender and faith, and past financial standing. For me, a surname doesn’t matter. I’ve at all times been recognized by my first identify to my pals and family members. Why carry the luggage of a surname? I’m fortunate to have the total help of my household,” Srijani, the Ranikuthi resident within the metropolis’s Tollygunge space instructed PTI on Saturday.
Her father Debashis Goswami, an Indian Statistical Institute professor and a Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar awardee, and mom Gopa Mukherjee, assistant professor of Gurudas Faculty, have been doubly proud for his or her daughter’s feat in addition to her rules and values.
“Each my daughters uphold the values and beliefs we inculcated in them since delivery. I actually do not use my husband’s surname. After we utilized for our daughters’ delivery certificates, we didn’t embrace any surname. We envision a society free from the prejudices of patriarchy and chauvinism,” Mukherjee mentioned.
Mukherjee, together with each her daughters, actively participated repeatedly throughout the R G Kar protests.
“For me, strolling with hundreds of fellow residents in search of justice for the RG Kar sufferer by no means conflicted with educational preparations,” she mentioned.
Srijani, who aspires to pursue analysis in pure science like her father, mentioned she by no means noticed herself as the standard studious kind.
“Past research hours, I’d at all times make time for adda with my mother and father, sister and shut pals,” she mentioned.
When requested about her stance on faith, she added, “I wrote ‘Humanism’ within the slot for faith on the appliance type.”
An official from Future Basis, Regent Park, famous, “We now have no difficulty if a candidate needs to choose out of a surname. That is completely inside the legislation.”
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