Nine topper girls serve as officers for a day in Jhansi

JHANSI: Nine meritorious girl students who had topped in the board exams were made top administrative officers of various departments in Mauranipur tehsil of Jhansi district for a day on Saturday.
The event, a brain child of SDM Mauranipur Ankur Srivastav, was initiated under the ongoing ‘Mission Shakti’ programme for empowering women.
Sunaina Mishra got the chance to serve as SDM, Nancy Gupta as CO, Diksha Ahirwar as tehsildar, Vanshika as agriculture officer, Kritika as education officer, Kumkum as SHO, Anjali Gupta as BDO, Aashi Gupta as CHC head and Kanchan Agarwal as EO.On Saturday morning, the nine girls who had topped in various schools, were brought to their respective offices from their home in official vehicles and given the opportunity to serve as officers for the day.
They discharged their official duties for the entire day under the guidance of the officers who were present to help them. The girls were seen passing orders and marking applications of complainants to the departments concerned with instructions.
Sunaina, who was serving as SDM told TOI that she is very excited handling the work. Daughter of a journalist, Sunaina had topped in class X in the tehsil and was second topper in class XII. Though she is preparing for NEET, and after her experience of serving as an SDM, she said she would now definitely appear in civil services examination after completing her MBBS.
Nancy Gupta who was CO for the day was also excited after her day’s assignment. Nancy, daughter of a shop owner, was a school topper. She is doing BSc and is aiming to do a PhD.