****State toppers roll in wealth****

[Nikkar Narayana]

Toppers in Andhra Pradesh net not only top scores but apparently also a fat bank balance. By the end of the result season, toppers of SSC, HSC, Inter, Eamcet and the all-important IIT-JEE are richer by Rs 1 lakh to Rs 20 lakh, depending on their rank and the exam they have excelled in. The moolah comes in for a small ethical compromise: lending their names to institutions they have never been to.

Take for example, IIT-JEE topper I Prudhvi Tej. As many as six educational institutions __ four schools and two private colleges__staked claim to his success included those where he completed his primary and secondary education in Gudiwada, Krishna district. Two junior colleges too claimed that Prudhvi Tej coached with them.

Tej obliged each of them, lending his pictures and donning their uniforms to pose for their advertisements. He says he was aware that all the six institutions were using his name for endorsements but promptly adds that he has no qualms about it. "I did it for free,'' he claimed.

Topper factories in the state pay a price ranging from Rs 1 lakh to Rs 20 lakh, to students who make it to the top ten ranks in various competitive entrance examinations including IIT-JEE to endorse their brand.

The rate chart for toppers goes like this: Class X toppers lend their names for Rs 1 lakh to Rs 5 lakh. For an Intermediate topper the price hovers around Rs 7 lakh and the most expensive of all, IIT-JEE toppers are paid anywhere between Rs 10 lakh to Rs 20 lakh for a brand endorsement. This year's SSC topper P Venkata Sai too had his name used by two educational institutions.

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[chowdary9]

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[PMREDDY19]

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Kasta Padi chadivith ey 10th class nundey sampadinc hukovachu  e rojullo..

Corp Education System you rock ...
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