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An orphaned tribal student from a remote village in Gajapati district's Mohana block secured admission to study MBBS at the government-run Sri Jagannath Medical College and Hospital in Puri.
Nira Mallick (21) of Dumiguda village in Adava panchayat secured a state rank of 3,856 in the general category and 72 in the Scheduled Tribe (ST) category in NEET-2025. He was allotted a seat in the first round of medical counselling after clearing the entrance in his second attempt.
According to The Times Of India, Nira's path to medical education was marked by hardship. A former student of Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya (JNV), he passed Class...