Chandigarh, May 1 -- Securing a stellar 99.4%, Akshara Saini from Little Flower Convent School, Sector 14, Panchkula, has emerged as the tricity topper in the Class 10 Indian Certificate of Secondary Education (ICSE) exams.

A resident of Sector 20, Panchkula, Akshara has chosen the non-medical stream for Class 11 and aspires to pursue engineering at one of the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs).

Her father, Pradip Saini, is a superintending engineer with the Haryana Electricity Board, while her mother, Jaswinder Kaur, is a homemaker. Akshara credited her success to her father, who, she said, would patiently teach her despite long hours at work. The family bonds over their shared love for cricket and has been closely following the on...