Mysore/Mysuru, April 10 -- Despite seeing an improvement of 10.5 percent in pass percentage in II PUC exams, Mysuru district has been pushed to 18th position with overall 84.80% pass rate this year, when compared to 12th spot achieved with 74.30 % pass rate achieved in previous year.

D.S. Dhanvee, a Science student of Sadvidya Semi-Residential PU College, Vijayanagar 2nd Stage in city, emerged as the district topper and third topper in the State. She is among a total of 19 students in the State, who have secured 597 marks out of 600.

What is further intriguing is, Dhanvee's parents - Kusuma and Sudhanva are Physics lecturers in Chinmaya PU College, Jayalakshmipuram and Sadvidya Semi-Residential PU College, Vijayanagar respectively.

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