Anish Chaurasiya with his family. Pic/Sneha Kharabe

For Vakola's Durga chawl resident Anish Chaurasiya, the day he received his Joint Entrance Examination – Main results, was the best of one his life. Having successfully cleared the examination with a score of 224/360, this 18-year-old has proved once again that there is no substitute for hard work. The son of a taxi driver, Anish is now determined to clear the JEE – Advanced examination and take admission to the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), for which he has been preparing for the past two years.