December 1, 2009
Win a Samsung Galaxy i7500 in TATA DOCOMO Geek Enuf Contest
http://ageekthing.tatadocomo.com/geek-enuf.aspx
The javascript hack works in Chrome, was not working in firefox for some reason I cannot fathom.
It works by running a javascipt in the address bar.
And the trick is :
Once the test starts, copy-paste and press “Enter” the following javascript code in the address bar.
javascript:(sec=9999);
- Step 1 : Join the TATA DOCOMO community in Orkut, follow TATA DOCOMO on twitter and/or be a TATA DOCOMO fan on Facebook.
- Step 2 : Take the Geek Enuf quiz using any of your Facebook, Twitter or Orkut Profile.
- Step 3 : Get a positive score and enter the Geek Hall of the Fame. The person with highest score wins the Samsung Galaxy i7500 everyday!
July 30, 2008
Happy Independence Day Vanuatu
 Vanuatu, a Pacific island nation, is celebrating its Independence Day today.
Full Name Republic of Vanuatu
Capital City Port Vila (on the island of Efate)
Area 860,000 sq km, 332,046 sq miles
Population 200,000 +
Time Zone GMT/UTC +11 ()
Languages Bislama (official), French (official), English (official)
Religion Christian (84%), animist (16%)
Currency Vatu (VT)
Electricity 230V 50HzHz
Electric Plug Details Three Pin (Flat)
Country Dialing Code +678
The Republic of Vanuatu is an island nation located in the South Pacific Ocean. The archipelago is located some 1,750 km east of Australia, 500 km north-east of New Caledonia, west of Fiji and south of the Solomon Islands. It was named New Hebrides during its colonial period.
Vanuatu is only 2.5 hours flying time North East of Brisbane and 3.5 hours from Sydney, Australia. It’s a little over 2 hours from Auckland, New Zealand.
There are regular flights from New Zealand, Honiara, Australia, Noumea and Fiji.
History
Many of the islands of Vanuatu have been inhabited for thousands of years, the oldest archaeological evidence found dating to 2000 BC. In 1605, the Portuguese explorer Pedro Fernández de Quirós became the first European to reach the islands, believing it to be part of Terra Australis. Europeans began settling the islands in the late 18th century, after British explorer James Cook visited the islands on his second voyage, and gave them the name New Hebrides.
In 1887, the islands began to be administered by a French-British naval commission. In 1906, the French and British agreed to an Anglo-French Condominium on the New Hebrides.
During World War II, the islands of Efate and Espiritu Santo were used as allied military bases. In the 1960s, the ni-Vanuatu people started to press for self-governance and later independence; full sovereignty was finally granted by both European nations on July 30, 1980. It joined the UN in 1981, and the Non-Aligned Movement in 1983.
Politics
The parliament of Vanuatu is unicameral, and has 52 members; these are elected every four years by popular vote. The leader of the main party in the parliament is usually elected Prime Minister, and heads the government. The head of state, the President, is chosen every five years by the parliament and the presidents of the six provincial governments.
Provinces
Since 1994, Vanuatu has been divided into the six provinces of Malampa, Penama, Sanma, Shefa, Tafea and Torba. The main Islands within these provinces include:
Banks and Torres (Torba), Espiritu Santo (Sanma), Maewo and Pentecost (Penama), Malekula, Ambrym (Malampa), Epi, Efate (Shefa), Erromango, Tanna and Aneityum (Tafea)
Geography
Vanuatu is an archipelago of 83 islands, of which two — Matthew and Hunter — are also claimed by the French overseas department of New Caledonia. Of all the 83 islands, 14 have surface areas of more than 100 square kilometers, from largest to smallest: Espiritu Santo (3956 km), Malakula (2041 km), Éfaté (900 km), Erromango (888 km), Ambrym (678 km), Tanna (555 km), Pentecôte (491 km), Épi (445 km), Ambae or Aoba (402 km), Vanua Lava (334 km), Santa Maria (328 km), Maéwo (304 km), Malo (180 km) and Anatom or Aneityum (159 km).
Most of the islands are mountainous and of volcanic origin, and have a tropical or sub-tropical climate. The nation’s largest towns are the capital Port Vila, which is situated on Efate, and Luganville, on Espiritu Santo. The highest point in Vanuatu is Mount Tabwemasana, at 1879 m (6158 ft), on the island of Espiritu Santo. There are several active volcanoes in Vanuatu, including Yasur on the island of Tanna, one of the world’s most accesible volcanoes, as well as several underwater ones.
Ecology
Vanuatu is recognized as a distinct terrestrial ecoregion, known as the Vanuatu rain forests. Vanuatu is part of the Australasia ecozone, which also includes neighboring New Caledonia and the Solomon Islands, as well as Australia, New Guinea, and New Zealand.
Economy
The economy is based primarily on subsistence or small-scale agriculture, which provides a living for 65% of the population. Fishing, offshore financial services, and tourism (with about 60,000 visitors in 2005), are other mainstays of the economy. Mineral deposits are negligible; the country has no known petroleum deposits. A small light industry sector caters to the local market. Tax revenues come mainly from import duties and a 12.5 percent Value Added Tax (VAT) on goods and services.
Demographics
Vanuatu had a population of 205,754 (July 2005 estimate from the CIA World Factbook). Most of the population is rural, though Port Vila and Luganville have populations in the tens of thousands. Most of the inhabitants of Vanuatu (98.5%) are native Melanesian, or Ni-Vanuatu, with the remainder made up of a mix of Europeans, Asians and other Pacific islanders. A few of the islands are Polynesian outliers. About 2,000 Ni-Vanuatu live and work on New Caledonia.
Land, from the perspective of native New Hebrideans, was not something that could be owned. And therefore it could not be sold. It is held in trust by families, from one generation to the next, as has been the tradition for many since before Christ was born. One might give away, or sell the use of land, but not the land itself.
Europeans, however, take an entirely different viewpoint. By the mid 1960’s European settlers claimed ownership of almost 30% of the county’s land mass. There are places around Santo where more land was claimed than existed – unless one measured a fair distance underwater.
Settlers had, for the most part, cleared land to grow coconuts – copra being the mainstay of the economy for some time. But as the price of copra fell, planters began to look at alternatives. With the idea of expanding into cattle production, planters began clearing jungle adjoining their properties. This led to immediate protests in Santo and Malekula from local villagers who objected strongly to yet more of their ‘custom’ land being pilfered.
The objections grew and natural resentment that started at the end of W.W II sparked the formation of political parties. One the one hand were French backed parties such as the supposedly custom-oriented Nagriamel movement. Led by the colourful, Charismatic Jimmy Stevens, it claimed to protect Melanesian’s claim to traditional lands. On the other hand, in 1971 when Stevens petitioned the U.N. for early Independence of the archipelago, the Anglican Minister Father Walter Lini formed the Anglophone backed Vanua’aku Party.
As the country became more politicised, the (minority) Anglicans joined the Vanua’aku Party, but the (majority) French fragmentised. Many mixed race and educated Melanesian Francophones considered themselves more French than Melanesian and were adamantly opposed to the British declared aim of early Independance. Some wanted the Condominium to remain, whilst others simply wanted the British out and France to annex the country entirely. This division amongst the Francophones and the added confusion of Jimmy Stevens push for Santo autonomy (with Malekula and Tanna making similar overtures) was the stage upon which the first general election was set.
After enough wrangling and accusations to fill several books, in November 1979, Father Walter Lini’s Vanua’aku Party emerged the clear winner. But being the winner did not mean everyone agreed. It should be remembered that the archipelago is made up of over 80 islands and over 113 languages.It is one of the most culturally diverse countries on earth. Trying to govern it had given the Condominium more grief than it could have imagined. With virtually no preparation for Independence under the British/French rule, Father Walter Lini was not going to have an easy time of it.
The French are notoriously possessive about their colonies, but despite their objections, Independence was set for mid 1980. However in May of that year, just a few weeks prior to the end of Condominium rule, an insurrection on Tanna split the island in two. One faction supported the new government while the other supported the French. In Santo, Jimmy Stevens seized the opportunity to blockade the airport, run the police from their small station and declare Santo independent of the about to be born country of Vanuatu, and raised the flag of the independent country of Venerama.
If pandemonium was thought to exist during the Condominium, then it reigned sovereign for the next few weeks. France would not agree to British troops intervening and French troops did nothing. Jimmy Steven’s men were armed with only bows and arrows yet they held the about to be born country to ransom. Father Walter Lini was given virtually no support from the exiting colonial powers, except verbal sympathy and assurances that all would be taken care of. With Independence Day fast approaching, Lini was clearly at a political impasse. Officially he could do nothing because Vanuatu was not yet his to govern. However, he asked the politically and racially nuetral Papua New Guinea troops to step into what the world farcically began to call, the Coconut War.
There are many in depth political treaties and historical documents written on the Coconut War. Although it was not an amusing situation for an ill prepared country struggling with the pangs of birth, the events surrounding this ‘War’ are perhaps best understood in the light of recent colonial history and Melanesian culture. A short, witty and very readable account, by Sydney journalist Richard Speers titled the “The Coconut War” is available through Penguin books or from most libraries.
It was a strange war, of words and diplomatic double talk, bows and arrows and Francophone shrugs. It ended suddenly when Steven’s son was shot and killed as hesat in the rear of a utility that ran through a PNG troop roadblock. Following Steven’s statement that he had meant no-one to be harmed, he surrendered and was arrested. Documents came to light that clearly indicated the French administration had played a double game. Whilst officially backing Lini as the duly elected representative of the people of Vanuatu, they had secretly supported the secessionist citizens and Jimmy Stevens.
On midnight June 1980, the French and British flags were lowered for the last time, amidst tears and brave salutes and the flag of the Republic of Vanuatu was raised in celebration at the birth of a new nation, finally freed of the colonial yoke. The vast majority of French nationals left Vanuatu, who were compensated by their lost lands by the French Government, and land ownership reverted entirely to indigenous ni-Vanuatu.
Today, land is leased long term (60 years or so) to expatriates wishing to develop it. Those plantation owners who stayed found that little had really changed, for they were given first option on tland they already occupied, at very resonable prices. A residential block lease in Port Vila, for example, costs about A$60.00 per year. The economic gap left by the Colonial governments and French settlers was soon filled by other nationalities and new economic aveneues such as tourism. And perhaps most importantly, at least for the people of Vanuatu, they are now able to take pride in traditional cultures that had long been downtrodden by Colonial authority.
July 18, 2008
Mosquito needle for painless injections
Indian IITÂ professor Suman Chakraborty (from Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur) and Kazuyoshi Tsuchiya of Tokai University in Kanagawa have developed a painless microneedle that can be used medically.
It can be used for giving painless drug injections, to take blood for testing and forthings like a wristwatch-type diabetic glucose monitor.
A female mosquito sucks human blood by contractng and relaxing some muscles in its long needle-like thingie called proboscis. This creates suction (or negative pressure) that draws blood into its mouthparts. Contrary to popular belief, a mosquito bite does not hurt. It is the anticoagulant saliva that the creature injects to stop your blood clotting that causes inflammation and pain.
In the new design, sucking action is provided by a micro electromechanical pump, which works using a piezoelectric actuator attached to the needle.
In contrast to previous microneedles, which were made of silicon dioxide, the new device is robust because it is made of stronger titanium and related alloys, which dramatically reduces the risk of it snapping during injections.
The needle is also strong enough to penetrate as far as 3 millimetres into skin and reach capillary blood vessels.
Its size compared to earlier models also means that surface tension effects are exploited further, and the same capillary flow that draws water up into trees helps draw blood into the microneedle.
The researchers have calculated that their needle can extract 5 microlitres of blood per second. This volume is sufficient for measuring blood-sugar levels in diabetics using a glucose sensor that can be attached to the needle in a “wristwatch” design.
June 16, 2008
JIPMER UG Entrance exam – Individual marks released – [FM82380-0]
JIPMER UG Entrance exam – Individual marks released
If you appeared for the JIPMER MBBS Admission examination, you can check your marks here. Please enter either your full name or the 5-digit roll number that you got when you applied for the examination.
http://www.jipmer.edu/trs/mbbsres/
Earlier only the toppers list was released, now everyone who appeared for the exam can check their marks.
Please note that there might be errors there too .
Disclaimer: JIPMER is not responsible for any inadvertent error that may have crept into this information being published on the World Wide Web.
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June 12, 2008
JIPMER MBBS UG Entrance exam results announced – Medical College, Pondicherry, India
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
JAWAHARLAL INSTITUTE OF POST GRADUATE MEDICAL
EDUCATION AND RESEARCH, PUDUCHERRY-605 006
(Directorate General of Health Services)
ACADEMIC SECTION
No. Edn.1(6)/2008 Dated: 10th June 2008
Results of Entrance Examination for Admission to MBBS Course – 2008 Session
The following is the list of candidates in order of merit under various categories who had appeared in the JIPMER MBBS Entrance Examination held on 8th June 2008.
Inter-se merit of the candidates who have obtained equal marks in the Entrance Examination has been decided by defusing the tie as per procedure laid down in Page 15 Point 5 of the Prospectus for MBBS course-2008
The number of students to be admitted has been increased by the Ministry of Health, Govt. of India from 75 to 100 from this Academic Session implementing in part the reservation to OBC in Central Educational Institutions (Reservation in Admission) Act, 2006.
This is only a merit list and not a selection list. The selection list of candidates under the various categories will be notified in due course.
Allotment of seats through counseling is on 10th July 2008 (Thursday) and course starts on 14th July 2008. Counseling carries no marks.
DEAN
JIPMER, PUDUCHERRY – 605 006
MBBS ENTRANCE EXAMINATION MERIT LIST 2008
UNRESERVED CATEGORY (UR)
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S.No. ROLL NO NAME TOTAL ===============================================
1. 41881 KEVIN JOHN JOHN 172
2. 64293 VRISHKETAN SETHI 171
3. 51155 VIKRAM SINGH 169
4. 51074 DEVASHIS MUKHERJEE 168
5. 50120 ADITYA GAUTAM 168
6. 40987 V.ASWIN CHANDRAN 165
7. 40516 RAHUL. R. 164
8. 40336 VARSHA MATHEWS 163
9. 40436 AMBILY JOSE 163
10. 41654 DEEPA SATHEESAN 163
11. 50965 ANKITA DEY 163
12. 42506 AISHWARIYA P. K. 162
13. 50515 SHALINI SARKAR 162
14. 42399 GEORGE P JOLLY 161
15. 20963 SHWETA SINGH 161
16. 50358 SOHAM BHATTACHARJEE 160
17. 60336 SAHIL SAREEN 160
18. 10944 VIGNESH C 160
19. 12129 GAYATHRI BHUVANESWARAN 160
20. 63185 ABHISHEK SAINI 160
21. 60510 JIGISH ARVIND RUPARELIA 160
22. 31608 V. S. VIJITHA 160
23. 20947 HARIKEERTHAN RAGHURAM 159
24. 60282 HARPREET KAUR ARORA 159
25. 11599 G AMIRTHA 159
26. 40281 SHABANA 158
27. 50603 PAMALI MAHASWETA NANDA 158
28. 30133 NIYOTI REDDY 158
29. 41283 ANTONY GEORGE FRANCIS T 158
30. 32737 M V V PAVANNKEDAR 158
31. 51570 PREETESH PARIJAT 158
JIPMER, PUDUCHERRY – 605 006
MBBS ENTRANCE EXAMINATION MERIT LIST 2008
OTHER BACKWARD CLASSES (OBC)
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S.No. ROLL NO NAME TOTAL
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1. 31608 V. S. VIJITHA 160
2. 20947 HARIKEERTHAN RAGHURAM 159
3. 40281 SHABANA 158
4. 42607 NIKHIL RAJAN 157
5. 62904 SUMEDHA VIKRAM 157
6. 20127 RASHMI.C 154
7. 10188 DHAYAGURUVASAN M 153
8. 62074 SHEKHAR ANAND 152
9. 12109 R.SHRIVARTHAN 152
10. 40364 ANUJ A 151
11. 22251 H.NAREN 151
12. 41402 SREYA S PRASAD 151
13. 50350 RAGHVENDRA BHARTI 151
14. 42540 NIDHEESH CHANDRAN.R 150
15. 42500 SAMEER ABDUL SAMAD 150
16. 41594 SHABNA SULAIMAN 150
17. 31787 SOUMITRA MANWATKAR 150
18. 62459 GAURAV 149
19. 41112 HASNA P P 149
20. 40712 AJAY S. KRISHNAN 149
21. 40757 SHAMIM HYDER KALENCHIRA 149
22. 42160 SUMAYYA ABDUL KALAM 148
23. 60487 PREETI PRAKASH 148
24. 22043 ELVIS SENTHIL 148
JIPMER, PUDUCHERRY – 605 006
MBBS ENTRANCE EXAMINATION MERIT LIST 2008
SCHEDULED CASTE (SC)
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S.No. ROLLNO NAME TOTAL
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1. 21791 K.P.PRIYADHARSHAN 154
2. 51740 SUNNY KUMAR 154
3. 63371 DEEPAK KUMAR BAHMANIA 152
4. 32634 GAUTHAM SURYA TEJ KOLA 149
5. 50214 TAMAL PRIYA BARMAN 149
6. 63539 SHATRISHNA 148
7. 63702 SUNNY R K SINGH 146
8. 64296 ANKIT GAUTAM 144
9. 30322 PALLAVI SAMARIYA 144
10. 65029 KAMLESH KUMAR RATRE 142
11. 62393 ABHIROOP VERMA 142
12. 63452 SANNI DEYOL GAUTAM 142
13. 61528 ADITYA GRIWAN 140
14. 50434 MADHUPARNA MAJUMDAR 140
15. 60418 BHAVNA 140
16. 50179 KRITIKALPA BEHERA 140
17. 64987 MANMOHAN SHAKYA 139
18. 30875 AMIT BHASKAR KHILLA 139
19. 41086 APARNNA SUDHAKAR 139
20. 20201 ASMITA CHANDRAMOHAN 139
21. 50207 DEBARCHAN BARMAN ROY 139
JIPMER, PUDUCHERRY – 605 006
MBBS ENTRANCE EXAMINATION MERIT LIST 2008
SCHEDULED TRIBE (ST)
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S.No. ROLLNO NAME TOTAL
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1. 62515 SAPANA RANI 147
2. 60246 ARUN KUMAR 145
3. 60769 SURESH KUMAR MEENA 143
4. 60777 PARUL THAKUR 143
5. 62298 MAHADEV MEENA 141
6. 60220 MANOJ KUMAR MEENA 141
7. 64182 BABLESH MEENA 140
8. 60633 LOKENDRA SINGH 139
9. 62799 DALCHAND MEENA 138
10. 61975 RAKESH KUMAR MEENA 137
11. 65193 VINOD KUMAR MEENA 137
12. 61355 VIJAY KUMAR MEENA 137
13. 30491 BABY SWETHA DUNGAVATH 137
14. 62585 RAMAWATAR MEENA 136
15. 60566 SUBHASH CHANDRA MEENA 135
16. 20458 SAUVIK KUMAR GOHAIN 135
17. 32156 BHARATH KUMAR ALAM 135
JIPMER, PUDUCHERRY – 605 006
MBBS ENTRANCE EXAMINATION MERIT LIST 2008
ORTHOPEDIC PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED (OPH) CANDIDATES
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S.No. ROLLNO NAME TOTAL
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1. 41613 GOVIND R 154
2. 63827 ANOOP KUMAR TIWARI 130
3. 60146 PURVESH RAJ SISODIA 117
4. 60098 SHUBHAM 116
5. 62663 AMARJEET VERMA 112
6. 64917 RABEESH KUMAR SINGH 110
JIPMER, PUDUCHERRY – 605 006
MBBS ENTRANCE EXAMINATION MERIT LIST 2008
PUDUCHERRY UNRESERVED (P-UR)
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S.No. ROLLNO NAME TOTAL
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1. 10944 VIGNESH C 160
2. 11599 G AMIRTHA 159
3. 10188 DHAYAGURUVASAN M 153
4. 12109 R.SHRIVARTHAN 152
5. 12241 SAMCHARLES D 148
6. 10508 ANAHITA KATE 147
7. 40029 ABHIJIT SHANKAR 146
8. 12522 SUBHASHINI P R 146
9. 12038 SHARMILA.M 143
10. 42360 ARATHI.V.NAIR 141
11. 10148 ASWIN 141
12. 40787 CHITHRA THOMAS 140
13. 11630 MOHAMED IBRAHIME ASIF A 140
14. 12080 R R AARTHI 138
15. 10130 KAVITHA. M 137
16. 12503 EESWARY S 135
17. 12363 NIMESH MISHRA 134
18. 10316 HARIHARAN S 134
19. 10132 A MARIE GILBERT MAJELLA 133
20. 12230 ANUPRIYA.K 133
21. 11387 NITHYA.R 133
22. 12552 SHRI BISWAJYOTI DAS 132
23. 12599 VIJAIKRISHNAN.M 131
24. 11816 PREETHI 131
25. 11266 AMRUTHA R 131
26. 10826 DIANA THOMAS 130
27. 11311 NISHANTHINI.A 129
28. 11111 ANANDHI D 129
29. 12140 RAMYA.R 128
30. 11620 ARUN.M 128
31. 11810 DHARANI.PRIYA.A 128
32. 22232 ARATI A KAUSHIK 127
33. 10515 SUJITHA K 127
34. 11114 SMRITI 126
JIPMER, PUDUCHERRY – 605 006
MBBS ENTRANCE EXAMINATION MERIT LIST 2008
PUDUCHERRY OTHER BACKWARD CLASSES (P-OBC)
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S.No. ROLLNO NAME TOTAL
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1. 10188 DHAYAGURUVASAN M 153
2. 12109 R.SHRIVARTHAN 152
3. 12522 SUBHASHINI P R 146
4. 10148 ASWIN 141
5. 11630 MOHAMED IBRAHIME ASIF A 140
6. 10130 KAVITHA. M 137
7. 12503 EESWARY S 135
8. 10132 A MARIE GILBERT MAJELLA 133
9. 12230 ANUPRIYA.K 133
10. 11387 NITHYA.R 133
11. 12599 VIJAIKRISHNAN.M 131
12. 11111 ANANDHI D 129
13. 12140 RAMYA.R 128
14. 10190 S.RANJITH KUMA R 125
15. 12482 R.BALAJI 125
16. 11095 EZHILAN S 125
17. 11317 S.REVATHY 124
18. 11845 V MARTINA MONFORT 124
19. 10065 ANJALA JALEEL 123
20. 11690 ANKITHA S 123
21. 12229 KAVITHA R 123
22. 10520 VIJAYANTHI 122
23. 12608 PRASHANTH P 121
24. 10283 SELVANATHAN.M 120
25. 12056 PREMA MEENATCHY DEVI V 120
26. 12520 VIDHYALAKSHMI R 120
JIPMER, PUDUCHERRY – 605 006
MBBS ENTRANCE EXAMINATION MERIT LIST 2008
PUDUCHERRY SCHEDULED CASTE (PSC)
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S.No. ROLLNO NAME TOTAL
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1. 12552 SHRI BISWAJYOTI DAS 132
2. 11311 NISHANTHINI.A 129
3. 11810 DHARANI.PRIYA.A 128
4. 10341 NAVEENEE 121
5. 11141 SATCHITHANANTHI A 121
6. 10512 ELAMATHY T G 111
7. 31190 RAVI LAKAVATH 101
8. 11077 VIDHUSHINI 100
9. 11621 SANGITHA J 99
10. 12185 VANDARKUZHALY.K 96
11. 12231 NITHYA.S 96
12. 10739 DEVANATHASARMA.P 94
13. 11097 DHIVYA M 92
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