Twenty-year-old I. Siva of Koothadivayal village near Aranthangi in Pudukottai district, is ecstatic over getting the opportunity to study medicine.
The young lad has emerged on top in the 7.5 % special quota for government school students in the State, for admission to medical colleges.Encouraged by his teachers and motivated by his parents, Siva says he had prepared studiously and took the NEET exam last year scoring 514 marks.
