Meet Vaishanvi Ballal, the multi-faced talent, who scored 100 in 5 subjects

Mangaluru, May 25: Vaishnavi Ballal is one of the most diverse, multi-faceted young talents the coastal city of Mangaluru has ever produced. It would be no exaggeration to say that becoming one of the state toppers in II PU examinations (science stream), was mere a small achievement in her vibrant and meaningful life.

Vaishnavi, who completed her PU in city based Expert PU College, has scored a perfect 100 marks in five subjects, i.e., Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics, Biology and Sanskrit.

She doesn't know why and how her score in English dipped to 90. Hence she has decided to apply for revaluation hoping that her score may jump from 590 to at least 596, the score of present State topper.

“I had expected more marks in English. I don't understand where I lost 10 marks. Anyhow, I am happy and will apply for revaluation of the English paper,” Vaishnavi told Coastaldigest.com while expressing her desire to become a neurosurgeon.

The only daughter of city-based general surgeon Dr Rajesh Ballal and artist Vasundhara Ballal, the 18-year-old girl has already reached several noteworthy milestones of her student-life.

In 2011, when she was just 14-year-old Class VIII girl, she was honoured with Outstanding Talent Award meant for young achievers by the Dakshina Kannada district administration on behalf of Karnataka government for her achievement in the field of education.

She became the first person from Dakshina Kannada district to be crowned the National Champion in the grand level of the competition organised by UC MAS (Universal Concept Mental Arithmetic System) in Chennai in 2010, when she was a Class VII student.

In the same year Vaishnavi emerged the first runner-up in the Grand Level of the 16th UC MAS Abacus and Mental Arithmetic International Competition held in Malaysia's Kuala Lumpur.

Vaishnavi is also known as a spelling queen of Mangaluru, as she had emerged champion in the 'Spell Bee - India Spells 2013' Season 5 in 2013, when she was a Class IX student.

Since her childhood she involved in extra-curricular activities though no one pressurised her to take up anything. She is a keen singer and dancer, being trained in Carnatic classical music and Bharatanatyam for several years. She had a successful Rangapravesha about six years ago.

Her multi-faceted personality is expressed by the fact that she is also a drummer with years of training to boost her. She also paints, skates and is proficient in extempore, elocution and essay writing. She enjoys the activities she does. She attributes her achievements to her grandfather Dr C R Ballal, parents, teachers and friends.

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