Maharashtra boy tops JEE exam

Maharashtra boy tops JEE exam

Pune: Kartikey Gupta from Ballarpur in Chandrapur district of Maharashtra makes a grand entry in the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT). Gupta has topped the Joint Entrance Exam (JEE) Advanced 2019 with all-India rank (AIR) first. 

The results of JEE Advanced 2019 was declared by the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Roorkee on Friday. In all, 1,61,319 candidates had appeared in both papers I and II of the JEE Advanced. Around 38,705 candidates have qualified in the JEE (Advanced) 2019. 

Gupta has obtained 346 marks out of 372 marks. He was also among 15 toppers in the country, who had scored 100 percentile in the JEE Mains. “?I didn’?t expect the rank I got. Although I had scored well in Mains JEE Advanced paper is way different from the Mains and is more difficult. I had mainly revised the syllabus for the Advanced exam and focused on the weaker topics and chemistry subject,”? said Gupta, who wants to make a career in computer science. Gupta had scored 93.69 per cent in the Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) exam. 

Himanshu Singh of Allahabad secured AIR second and Archit Bubna of New Delhi got AIR third. Shabnam Sahay from Madhapurin, Hyderabad with 308 marks has topped among 5,356 females and has secured AIR 10. 

City students shine 
Over 300 students from Pune managed to secure IIT ranks this year. 

City-based Raj Aryan Agrawal, who had scored 100 per cent in JEE Mains, is once again among the toppers from the city. 

Agrawal has got AIR 55 this time. 

He has completed his schooling from the Rajiv Gandhi Academy of e-learning school and wants to pursue a career in computer science. 

Another city-based topper Mustafa Chasmai secured AIR 91. 

“My brother has passed from IIT Bombay in computer science. He has been my aspiration to start preparing for IIT from Std IX itself. Even I wish to pursue computer science from IIT Bombay,” said Chasmai, who scored 89 per cent in HSC. 

Speaking about his study routine, Chasmai said that he only studied for four-five hours a day. 

“I focused on the gap between State Board and JEE syllabus. I had very good teachers, who always explained and cleared my doubts whenever required,” he said. 

“Besides studies, I would also concentrate on extra-curricular activities such as cycling, which is my favourite physical activity. I like to read as a refreshment whenever I get spare time from studies,” said Chasmai. 

Founder of IITian Prashikshan Kendra Durgesh Mangeshkar said that the JEE Advanced 2019 paper was one of the toughest and lengthiest papers in the past 14 years. 

“But students have beaten the odds and done well,” he said.

“The marks-ranks matrix has worked out similar to JEE Advanced 2018 with the cut-off for common merit list (CML) to be 93 marks out of 372 marks (25 per cent),” he further informed. 

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