Mysuru: Trainee police constable bags four gold medals in BA economics

MYSURU: A trainee woman police constable from Chamarajanagar who joined the department two months ago with the idea of financially supporting her family, secured four gold medals and seven cash prizes in her BA degree in the 100th convocation of the University of Mysore (UoM) held on Monday. She now aspires to become a police officer, and planning to write the KPSC examination.
Kaveri B secured all these gold medals and cash prizes, for scoring the highest marks in economics in her BA.She secured 909/1,000 in economics in six semesters of her BA studies, which is the highest in the university.
“Since my childhood I have dreamed of joining the police force. So I joined the department now. I will write examinations for senior posts and the KPSC gazetted probationers examination,” she told TOI.
“I joined the job immediately after graduation, as there was a need to financially support my family,” said Kaver,i who is presently serving in the superintendent of police’s office of Chamarajanagar.
Hailing from Kudlapura village in Nanjangud, Kaveri pursued her BA from Government First Grade College, Nanjangud. Her father Bella Shetty is a farmer while mother Mallligamma is a homemaker. She is the first person from her family to get a government job. Chamarajanagar superintendent of police Divya Sara Thomas felicitated Kaveri for her exceptional performance. “We advised her to pursue her higher education and career by writing various examinations. She is a very intelligent student,” Divya told TOI.