SAMASTIPUR, March 23 -- In a remarkable achievement, Aditya Prakash Aman, a meritorious student from Dalsinghsarai in Bihar's Samastipur district, has secured the first rank in the Intermediate Science examination conducted by the Bihar School Examination Board (BSEB), topping the state.

Aditya topped the science stream with a score of 481. He is a student at Pandh Higher Secondary School, Samastipur. He scored 98 marks each in Chemistry and Biology, 96 marks each in English and Physics. He also scored 93 marks in Sanskrit and 89 marks in Math. He scored 96.20%, topping the state in the 12th-grade science stream.

Son of schoolteacher Harendra Kumar and Rinku Kumari, residents of Mukhtiyarpur Salkhanni, Aditya attributed his success to c...