Nine pairs of twins triumph in NEET

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Nine pairs of twins triumph in NEET

Bharat.Yagnik@timesgroup.com

Ahmedabad: 07.12.2020

The medical colleges of Gujarat have seen not one or two but nine ‘judwaa jodis’ making entry for MBBS studies this year.

For twin brothers Pinkesh Bapodariya and Prince Bapodariya, as well as for their parents, it was a dream come true.

While Pinkesh has got admission in Surat Medical College after scoring 630 marks in NEET exams, his brother Prince has got admission at GMERS Medical College, Patan.

For their proud father Jayesh Bapodariya, the going hasn’t been easy though. A diamond polisher in Surat, he had to sell family jewellery to pay for their coaching class fees to crack NEET exams.

With a monthly income of about Rs 10,000 Bapodariya says he had to borrow from friends and relatives to pay the Rs 3 lakh fees for securing his son’s admission in the medical college at Patan. The twins completed their schooling from Jeevan Bharati Education School, Surat.

“Prince wanted to become a software engineer. I told him to choose a career in medicine looking at his excellent academic performance in the past. The other son always wanted to be a doctor,” said the father of the twins.

The number of twins getting entry in medical colleges together has risen in the last few years. About two years ago, there were barely a couple of such cases. Last year seven twins secured admission in medical colleges in Gujarat.

Like these twin brothers, the twin sisters Krina Dobariya (NEET score: 631 marks) and Kenvi Dobariya (NEET score: 574 marks) have got admission in MBBS studies at Pandit Dindayal Upadhyay Medical College, Rajkot and GMERS Medical College, Gotri.

Their father Sanjay Dobariya, a Bachelor of Ayurvedic Medicine and Surgery (BAMS) doctor could not be more proud.

“I missed making it to MBBS course by a few marks. My twin daughters have fulfilled my dream,” he said.

The two sisters, who went to Rajkot’s Premier School, constantly supported each other in their studies.

“My sister is very clever and has a better grasping power than me. She can memorize rather quickly,” said Kenvi.

Take the case of Janvi Mithapara and Janki Mithapara who hail from Gondal. While Janki (Neet score: 516 marks) bagged a medical seat at GMERS Medical College at Vadnagar, Janvi (NEET score: 563 marks) has got admission in M P Shah Government Medical College at Jamnagar. The sisters have not attended any coaching class or taken tuitions. Instead they relied on each other to solve problems for cracking NEET.

Their father, Sailesh Mithapara is a diamond polisher who says he is determined to make his daughters complete their study and pursue postgraduation, even if it meant putting in extra hours of work for him.

Sailesh Mithapara, who has four children in all, said he took a loan for paying his daughter fees for Vadnagar medical college.

For Jayesh Khatra, a labour contractor from a humble background, his daughter Devanshi (NEET score: 523 marks) was always brighter than her twin brother Devansh (NEET score: 500 marks). But his joy knew no bounds he says when they both made it to medical colleges. Devanshi has got admission in GCS Medical College while Devansh has secured admission in K Shah Medical College and Research Centre, Ahmedabad. Their father says he is looking to get benefit from some government schemes to fund his twin children’s college education.

Rahil Talati took admission at NHL Municipal Medical College despite scoring 641 marks which made him eligible to get entry into government-run medical colleges. But he chose NHL for this is where his twin brother Rushil (NEET score: 570 marks) had bagged a medical seat.

Similar to the Talati twins, Divya Prajapati, with a NEET score of 536 marks and Disha Prajapati, with a score of 529 marks, have secured admission in the same college – GMERS Medical College, Himmatnagar.

Kenvi and Krina Dobariya

Prince Bapodariya

Pinkesh Bapodariya

There are multiple cases this year, of one twin giving up a seat in a more preferred college just to be with his or her other twin sibling and study together in the same institution