ahmedabad the girls have pipped the boys again in academics the 59th convocation of gujarat university is likely to add salt to injury for the boys of the total 142 medal winners who will be honoured for academic brilliance at the convocation 86 are girlsa total of 45529 graduation degrees will be handed over to students along with 243 medals during the convocation on tuesday hetal parmar ma gujarati is on cloud nine having bagged six medals she is doing her mphil in gujarati with dreams of becoming a professor parmar had done her xii science with 65 per cent marks and later switched to arts these are good signs in academics like in other disciplines the girls are proving that they are equal in all respects and the girls are usually better students said parmarkinjal kothari llb third and final year has bagged seven medals a student of sir la shah law college kothari is hunting for job options with bcom and mcom degrees under her belt last year too she had bagged four medals my father is taking special interest in academic career of my sister and me he wants us to be selfreliant said kothari who loves to watch film and has a long list of hobbies designing cooking and painting studying for her is not mugging for hours together short and focused study time works for me she said