Brenda of Manipur tops NEIGRIHMS-MBBS Entrance Examination 2012

Topper Brenda with her mother.

Imphal: Potsangbam Brenda , the daughter of Dr.Potsangbam Latsaheb Singh who is an Orthopaedic surgeon and Commandant medical, SSB and Sharmila Latsaheb of Heirangoithong Bazar, Imphal has topped in the NEIGRIHMS (Indira Gandhi Institute of Health andMedical Sciences) MBBS entrance exam held on July 22, 2012.

Brenda did her schooling from Kendriya Vidyalaya, Tezpur, Assam. Besides, Brenda Latsaheb, 11 other Manipuri boys and girls also featured in the top 20 position of the NEIGRIHMS MBBS entrance 2012 .

They are Thingujam Joshila Devi (2nd position), Thokchom Rakesh Singh (4th position), Kongkham Merina (5th position), Nirvana Thangjam (8th position), Mercy Ngairangbam (9th position), Monika Nahakpam (10th position), Sonia Moirangthem (12th position), Moirangthem Sangita (13th position), Sheikh Farheen Chisti (15th Position), Dinesh Achom (18th position), Chitra Devi Khumanthem (20th position) .Interestingly, of the 128 candidates who qualified, 68 are from Manipur and 67 of them are From Manipur.

Of the128 who qualified, only one tribal boy from Manipur,S Micheal Kom qualified. He was placed in the 101st position. No other tribal students from other states of North East, including Meghalaya have managed to secure the qualifying 50% benchmark set up by NEIGRIHMS.