in a first soyeb aftab from odisha has created history by achieving a perfect score in the national eligibility cum entrance testundergraduate neetug 2020 this is the first time that a student has achieved 100 marks in neet a native of odishas rourkela soyeb had achieved 96 marks in class x and 958 in class xii boards he initially wanted to make a career in the it sector but changed his mind while selecting his stream in class xi after choosing the science stream with a combination of physics chemistry and biology he moved to kota to prepare for neet i never aimed for a perfect score but always made sure that i understood all the concepts thoroughly i used to wake up at 6 am and used to devote at least 23 hours to selfstudies apart from school and coaching classes soyeb tells education times he has been in kota since 2018 with his mother and younger sister and did not even go back to his hometown amid the coronavirus outbreak my motto in life is to never lose focus while most students went back to their homes in march 2020 i have not been to my home in odisha even once since 2018 soyeb says his father sheikh mohammad abbas owns a construction business and his mother sultana rijia is a housewife soyeb aspires to be a cardiologist and conduct research in the field of cancer treatment his immediate plan is to join aiims delhi which he feels will give him better opportunities to enter the research domain apart from studies soyeb enjoys playing mobile video games and pubg was his favourite during neet preparations