Chandigarh, May 14 -- As the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) released the Class 12 result on Tuesday, based on the data compiled by schools and shared with HT by evening, Shreya Garg of KBDAV Senior Secondary Public School, Sector 7, Chandigarh, emerged as the leader across the four streams, with a sparkling score of 99.4%.

A resident of Sector 9, Panchkula, Shreya aspires to become a chartered accountant.

Possessing an innate aptitude for commerce, she landed a perfect 100 in business studies and accountancy.

She had switched from Saupin's School, Panchkula, which is an ICSE board school, to CBSE in Class 11: "Contrary to what many say, I found the CBSE pattern tougher than ICSE. It was all about consistency for me - I gav...