Visakhapatnam  :

City boy Satti Vamsi Krishna Reddy has topped the APEAMCET 2016 in engineering stream by scoring of 158 marks out the total 160.

As the results were out in the evening after several announced delay on the publication of the results, celebrations began at Vamsi Krishna Reddy’s home at Lalithanagar.

Jubilant parents of Vamsi Krishna Reddy distributed sweets in the locality as congratulations flowed in through texts, WhatsApp and in persons. But, Vamsi said Eamcet was not his ultimate goal, but IIT.

“I have been dreaming for IIT since I was in class seven. That was precisely why I shifted from Delhi Public School to Sri Chaitanya Techno School. I want to pursue computer science in IIT Mumbai,” he said.

Asked about the Eamcet, he said,”I am elated. I expected to be in the top 10, but Rank 1 definitely a surprise. My mother Bharathi Jyothi has been my inspiration all through.”

Vamsi, who studied intermediate in Sri Chaitanya Narayana Junior college, has got NTSE (National Talent Search Examination) scholarship in class VIII and KVPY (Kishore Vaigyanik Protsahan Yojana) scholarship in class XI.

His father Sudhakar Reddy is an AGM in the Visakhapatnam Steel Plant and mother Bharathi Jyothi is a home maker.

source: http://www.newindianexpress.com / The New Indian Express / Home> States> Andhra Pradesh / by Sri Lakshmi Muttevi /May 10th, 2016