Adding to his achievements is his recent feat: clearing the IIT JEE exams. He now awaits a call for counselling and has opted for Chemical Engineering in the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay.

He has also won several state and inter-school competitions in table tennis, football, cricket and volleyball. All these games however could not dull his eagerness for sports as he is now taking lessons in squash. “Sports is one activity that keeps you fit and teaches you team spirit and helps you accept challenges in life,” says Pritish.

Apart from having participated and won various inter-school debates and declamation competitions, he was also one of the three members of the school team that participated in the Euro-Environment Quiz in Delhi where their team came second.

Says his mother, Dr A Chakravarty, an anaesthetist, “My boy has immense willpower as he met with a major accident when he was in class XI that had him bed-ridden for six months and was on crutches for another six months. But seeing his fight against fate, even we got strength from him.”

As far as future plans are concerned, Pritish has already decided what he wants to do after his B Tech. “I want get into Mathematics research,” says Pritish.

He has a liking for music too and has been playing the guitar and the pipeline since the last two years. Playing ‘Hotel California’ by The Eagles is his favourite hobby.