Lucknow :
It is said that children who do not have parents lack guidance and are unable to excel in their academic career. But 22-year-old Shashwat Mishra who just completed his engineering from Indian Institute of Technology-Kanpur has proved this wrong. He is among few in the country who have scored 99.99 percentile in the Common Aptitude Test (CAT) 2014, results of which were declared by Indian Institute of Management Indore on Saturday. While Shashwat’s father died of an illness two years back, his mother met with an accident when he was four years of age.
A Lucknow boy, Shashwat is a chemical engineer who is presently working in an analytics firm in Noida. On his success, he said, “Since past two decades, I have Iived with my uncle in Lucknow and my aunt has been like mother to me. They have guided me everywhere. I am indebted to them for bringing out the talent in me.”
When TOI called him around 7.30pm, he was bubbling with happiness. “I was shocked when my teacher called me to inform. I was expecting a good percentile, but not 99.99. I am on cloud nine today,” said Shashwat speaking on phone from Delhi. He was heading towards a cousin’s place for a bigger celebration.
He said, “It was very difficult to get to a webpage as the CAT website was crashing every minute.”
Though he is not sure of the specialization, Shashwat is inclined towards marketing and operations from IIM-Ahmedabad. When asked why Ahmedabad, he said, “IIM Ahmedabad is the best.”
Shashwat did his schooling from City Montessori School, Rajendra Nagar and then St Anjani’s Public School, Lucknow. He scored 94.3% in class X and 91.6% in class XII.
He started prepare for CAT when he was in final year engineering. “It was tough to balance the two. But it was not impossible. Final year, there was not much pressure from college,” he said. After graduating from IIT in April, he joined a management coaching for test series. “Students serious for CAT should identify their own weaknesses and strengths. Mock tests help in analysing the grey area which you can improve on,” said Shashwat.
source: http://www.timesofindia.indiatimes.com / The Times of India / Home> City> Lucknow / TNN / December 28th, 2014