Raksha Gopal of Amity International School, Noida has topped the CBSE Class 12th 2017 examinations with 99.6 per cent. She is an arts student.
Bhumi Sawant De from DAV, Chandigarh is second in the list with 99.4 percent followed by Aditya Jain from Bhawan Vidyalaya, Chandigarh with 99.2 percent and Mannat Luthra from Bhawans Vidya Mandir, Chandigarh with 99.2 percent.
Talking to ABP News, Raksha said she's delighted with her performance.
"I was confident of securing good marks but never thought I would be India topper. My strategy was to focus on all the subjects and solve as many papers as possible. My school helped a lot in this," she said.
Raksha's mother said she was not under any kind of pressure of securing good marks.
"I have been an emotional support and helping her in whatever way I could. She's very systematic in her work," she said.
HRD Minister Prakash Javadekar has spoken to CBSE Class XII toppers in all three streams of Science, Commerce and Humanities.
About 10,98,981 students appeared in the class 12 examinations this year, according to the board. A total of 6,38,865 boys and 4,60,026 girls appeared for the Class 12 examination held between Martch 9 to April 29.
Overall pass percentage is 82 percent, while it was 83 percent last year. Around 11 lakh students have appeared for the CBSE Class 12 exam.
Recently, the CBSE decided to not to move the apex court to challenge the Delhi High Court instructions stating that evaluation for the class 10 and 12 board exams this year should be done as per the grace marks policy.
Interestingly, with the aim to check high cut-offs in colleges, the CBSE had scrapped the moderation policy under which grace marks are given to the students in exams for difficult questions.
However, in a reply to plea filed by parents and some students, the High Court of the national capital had instructed the board to follow its 'moderation policy'.
Under it, students are awarded up to 15 percent extra marks in certain papers if the questions are deemed to be difficult.