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Watch | From a hut, boy from Tamil Nadu's Tirupathur sets out to become a doctor

  (Source: C. Venkatachalapathy)

Meet 18-year-old S. Govindaraj from Periyakannalampati. He recently got admission to the Tiruvannamalai Medical College through the 7.5% quota announced by the Tamil Nadu govt.

Govindaraj is among the few govt. school students from Tirupathur dist in Tamil Nadu who got a medical seat through the horizontal reservation. He relied on the free coaching given by the govt and secured 240 out of 720 in NEET.

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