CFAL Students are Toppers in Biology Olympiad Camp & CMI Entrance
Shreyas Pai -topper in India at the Biology Olympiad Camp held at HBCSE, Mumbai. Samarth Bhat among top ten in CMI (Chennai Mathematical Institute) entrance.
“Dream is not that which you see while sleeping; it is something that does not let you sleep.”
– A.P.J. Abdul Kalam
Mangaluru: When CFAL was founded way back in 2009 little did we know that our students would reach great heights and bring glory to us and the city in a big way this soon. We today stand out as one of the top institutions in India. Since its inception, CFAL has been scaling new heights of success year after year and our success story continues to grow by leaps and bounds. It may be recalled that CFAL has produced magnificent results in the past few years in the KVPY, NEET, IIIT-Hyderabad, JEE Main and JEE Advanced, IISER, BITSAT, K-CET exams. However, this year we have tasted tremendous success as many of our students have successfully reserved their seats not only in the top institutions of the country but in the world.
2019
• Our student Shreyas Pai is the Biology Olympiad topper from India. He has his seat approved by 10 of the top Universities in the US and UK. In India, he has the seat in the best institute of the country for basic sciences i.e. Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore(Enclosures on his achievement is attached).
• Samarth M Bhat, a student from CFAL, has secured fabulous results in various competitive exams and is one among the top ten students at the CMI (Chennai Mathematical Institute) entrance exam. He is a KVPY scholar and will hence receive the scholarship in addition to a free seat at CMI.
• Aneesh Hebbar was a part of the Math Olympiad Camp for 2 years and has got a seat for himself at the Indian Institute of Science apart from a seat at the CMI. He is eligible for KVPY scholarship as he had secured AIR 92 in the said exam.
• Ankush Moger has secured a seat at I.I.Sc, Bangalore; He is eligible for KVPY scholarship and has excelled in the JEE Main & Advanced exams as well.
• Vishnu Bharadwaj has secured an AIR of 426 in AIIMS, AIR 220 in JIPMR and AIR 1859 in NEET. He is eligible for seats in several top Medical colleges in the country. He was AIR 35 in KVPY 2019 and also selected in Biology Olympiad (NSEB).
• Suraj Samaga is the JEE Advanced, 2019 topper from CFAL and is planning to join an IIT at Mumbai/Delhi/Chennai.
• Shravan Singh Mehra is AIR 226 in KVPY and is yet to decide between IISc, IIIT, BITS Pilani.
• Vignesh Ravichandra is thinking of joining IIT though he has many other options.
• ChaithanyaShyam is yet to decide between IIT, IIIT-Bangalore, and NIT.
• Agney Gautham Raj, a student of 10th was a part of the Biology Olympiad Camp at HBCSE competing with 11th& 12th Standard students, which is a great feat for a boy of his age. He has two more years to try his luck at the International Olympiads.
Many other students have options for joining 4-5 best institutions of the country. The final allotment is expected soon.
Shreyas Pai
Our alumnus is a testimony to the top-notch training we provide for competitive STEM related exams like Olympiads, KVPY, JEE (Main+Advanced), NEET, BITSAT, IISER, IIIT, K-CET etc. The hard work put in behind every individual student and the passion of the entire CFAL team is evident in the success rate of our students. 126 of our students have been selected for IIT entrance exams from 2011 to 2019. To name a few of our other celebrated students:
• Sumith was Karnataka State Topper in JEE Advanced 2014, B.Tech at IIT Bombay, Now M.S. P.hd at Stanford, USA.
• Prathyush Poduval, now studying at I.I.Sc Bangalore, won a silver medal at the International Astronomy Olympiad in 2018
• Adithya Prakash, now studying in Chennai Mathematical Institution, represented India at IMO-2017
• Joel Martis after his B.Tech in IIT-Madras is pursuing his MS-PhD at Standford University – USA
• Raksha Pai our student from first batch is pursuing MS in computer science at University of Texas at Austin and the list goes on… What is noteworthy is the fact that all the seats obtained by students are merit seats.
Samarth Bhat
Vishnu
We have a team of highly qualified and competent faculty dedicated to students’ performance. CFAL provides knowledge and assistance and creates an atmosphere that not only leads students to the path of success but also encourages them to make out and discover their own potential. We are proud that we are nurturing students who are passionate about pure sciences and aspire to be scientists and contribute to the country through their research. With so many feathers in our cap, CFAL is scripting history and is sure to add many more episodes of splendid achievement in the years to come.
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The Biology Olympiad Topper in India is CFAL Student Shreyas Pai
Having topped the nation in the biology olympiad, Shreyas Vasudev Pai looks forward to a new adventure at one of the world’s leading institutions – Trinity College, University of Cambridge.
Shreyas Pai, son of doctors Vasudev and Praveena Pai, started his journey with the Centre for Advanced Learning (CFAL) in class 9. Traveling from his home in Manipal to Mangalore every weekend, his perseverance and endeavor allowed him to crack the below prestigious exams:
• National Talent Search Examination (NTSE) in class 10
• All India Rank of 116 in the Kishore VaigyanikProtsahan Yojana (KVPY) in class 11giving him a seat in India’s top science institute, the Indian Institute of Science (IISc)
• Shreyas improved on his KVPY rank the following year, achieving AIR 68 in KVPY SX (class 12)
Unlike most of his peers, Shreyas wasn’t one to follow firmly established paths into engineering or medicine; instead, he found his calling in life sciences and research. On the way to this dream came his turning point – the biology Olympiad in class 11 itself, Shreyas cleared both national level exams,
• The National Standard Examination in Biology (NSEB)
• The Indian National Biology Olympiad (INBO), becoming one among the top 36 in the nation to attend the Orientation-cum-Selection Camp (OCSC) for the International Biology Olympiad.
• In class 12, he took this to a new level: topping Karnataka state in NSEB and making it through INBO, he was determined to make a mark on the camp.
• With a dedication to match his tenacity, Shreyas came first in the 2019 All India Camp and won the Special Award for ‘Best Performance in Experimental Component’.
Over the years that he was at CFAL, Shreyas didn’t just limit himself to STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Medicine). An avid reader, he instantly fell in love with quizzing and won multiple regional and national level quizzes. He also secured prizes in debate competitions and Model United Nations conferences. Pushing the boundaries, he grabbed a bronze medal in the Panini Linguistics Olympiad (PLO) Camp 2019 and was part of the winning team in the Team Challenge Contest.
Having secured a place in IISc in 11th itself, Shreyas wanted more.
• With a score of 1590/1600 on the SAT and
• Scores of 800/800 in four SAT Subject Tests(Biology, Physics, Chemistry, & Mathematics Level 2)
Shreyas applied to multiple universities in the USA and UK. Due to the combination of these scores, his extra-curricular activities, and several essays, he was offered a place by several of the world’s best colleges:
• Trinity College – University of Cambridge
• University of Pennsylvania (part of the Ivy League)
• University College London (UCL)
• Imperial College London
• University of Edinburgh
• University of California Los Angeles (UCLA)
• University of California San Diego (UCSD)
• University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
• Boston University
Pursuing the Natural SciencesTripos at Cambridge, Shreyas hopes to one day be a prominent biologist and contribute to the humankind.
