CHENNAI: Of all regions, IIT Madras region has topped with 29 students featuring in the top 100 this year.
The region also has the highest qualifying candidates with 10,240 students qualified through JEE (Advanced) exams.
IIT Delhi region has 26 students in top 100 and IIT Bombay has 25 students. IIT Roorkee has 10 students among the toppers while IIT Kanpur, IIT Kharagpur has 6, 4 students respectively.
Among the qualified students, IIT Bombay and IIT Delhi are closely following the IIT Madras region with 9893 and 9207 students qualifying in the exam.
Arjun Bharat, who passed out from the National Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS), has come out as the state topper with the 26th rank in Joint Entrance Exams (Advanced).
The results of the gateway entrance test to prestigious IITs were released on Sunday. Sarvesh Mehtani from Panchkula is the All India topper with 339 marks out of 366 in the exam.
More than 50K students make it to rank list in all categories
Arjun Bharat has scored 318 out of 366 marks. “I will take up B.Tech. Computer science in IIT Madras,” he said. The topper did his schooling up to class 10 in Sishya school in Adyar. But he chose open schooling to do his class 11 and 12, which is very rare.
“I wanted more free time to prepare for the competitive exams. So, I chose to study my higher secondary through NIOS,” he said. Under the NIOS, one can study from home. The only condition is there has to be a two-year gap between class 10 and 12.
“Whenever you feel you are ready you can take the exam. NIOS is recognised by the government and syllabus is similar to CBSE board. So, there won't be any problem in getting admissions," he added. He secured 96% in his class 12 exams. His father Bharat is a captain in the merchant navy and his mother Amritha is a housewife.
U.Gautham from PSBB Senior Secondary School in KK Nagar has secured 40th rank in JEE exams. He scored 315 out of 366 marks. “I want to pursue science and want to be a researcher. I am planning to join at IISc in Bengaluru and study physics,” he said.
Gautham had lost both his doctor parents Umashankar and Kalpana to an electrocution accident in 2006. He was studying in second standard during that incident, after which his grandparents raised him. “I would like to thank my grandparents and family who are the main reason for my success,” he said. He also stressed the need to learn the subject thoroughly not prepare for a particular exam.
M. Nandagopal who has secured 93rd rank also wanted to join IISc in Bengaluru. Another topper Pranav Ramakrishnan who had secured 136th rank said he wanted to study B.Tech. Computer science in either IIT Delhi or IIT Madras. He said the award of bonus marks has made the rank list more competitive compared to last year.
Of 1,59,540 candidates who appeared for JEE (Advanced exams), 50,455 have made it to the rank list in all categories. Among these eligible candidates, 84% are boys and 14% are girls. This year the minimum aggregate marks are 128 out 366 for general category.
