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Mangaluru: Dakshina Kannada district has bagged first place in the state in overall PU results but, the coveted position of state topper was taken away by Kruti Muttagi of VVS Sardar Patel PU College Basaveshvaranagar in Bengaluru. She has bagged 597 out of 600 marks in science stream. Meanwhile, the second has been taken by Mohan SL from Master PU College, Hoysalanagar, Hasan and Ankitha P from Govind Das College, Surathkal, Dakshina Kannada with 595 marks has been placed third.

In the commerce stream, Varshini M Bhat from Vidyamandir PU College Malleshwara, Bengaluru and Amritha SR from ASC PU College, Rajajinagar, Bengaluru stood first with 595 marks. Poovitha R from Mount Carmel College Vasanthnagar, Bengaluru has bagged 594 marks.

Meanwhile, Bellari district shined bright as far as art stream is concerned as all the three state toppers hail from a single college in Bellari. Swathi S from Indu PU College, Kotturu in Bellari bagged first place with 595 marks, followed by Ramesh SV with 593 marks and Goravara Kavyanjalai with 588 marks.

In Dakshina Kannada Neha P Mane, student of Experts PU College, Mangaluru has secured 100 per cent in four subjects- Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics and Statistics – and scored 588 out of the grand total of 600. MM Chanchal from Experts PU College Kodialbail totaled 589 out of the grand total.