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NEET UG: Sayan Pradhan (18) not only cleared the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test but passed it with flying colours. He scored 715 out of 720 and his all India rank was 12.

An MBBS student at the Institute of Post-Graduate Medical Education and Research and Seth Sukhlal Karnani Memorial Hospital (IPGMER and SSKM Hospital), Kolkata, he wants to study medicine in future. He chose IPGMER and SSKM hospital as he wanted to live in Kolkata during his undergraduation and move out during post-graduation.

A resident of Kolkata, Pradhan is a day scholar. His father is a supervisor at the ITI and his mother is a homemaker. Pradhan talks to newnfacts.com and shares how he was able to crack NEET UG in his first attempt.

When did you decide to become a doctor?

I decided to become a doctor when I was in Class 10. It is because it was my mother’s dream and I had an interest in Biology. I want to study medicine and work at a hospital as a radiologist, general physician or paediatrician.