JEE toppers from Amritsar: On top of the world

Tribune News Service
AMRITSAR, MARCH 9

Chaitanya Gupta became the district topper by securing 99.95 percentile in the Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) Main phase-1 results which were announced by National Testing Agency (NTA).

A student of DAV Public School, Chaitanya has been preparing at Aakaash Institute’s three-year classroom.

Clearing four phases of the JEE Main will qualify them for admissions to the NIT, IIIT and many other colleges.

Having secured a cut-off score in the first four phases of the JEE Main will make them eligible to appear in the JEE Advanced on the basis of which they will be admitted to the IITs.

Hailing from a business family, he will be the first to join any engineering institute in his family. He wishes to pursue a career in mechanical engineering by gaining an admission at IIT Mumbai. A studious bloke primarily, he likes to watch cricket in his idle time.

Manav Goyal of Shri Ram Ashram Public School, who secured 99.76 percentile, aspires to tread the IIT campus. The only mantra to crack JEE, according to him, is to get hold of relevant books and listen to teachers. “There is no shortcut to success and hard-work, regular study is necessary,” he told.

Many students from the city have cracked the JEE Main which was held in February. The students have been waiting for the result making them eligible for its next four stages. Clearing four phases of the JEE Main will qualify them for admissions in NIT, IIIT and many other colleges. Having secured a cut-off score in the first four phases of the JEE Main will make them eligible to appear in the JEE Advanced on the basis of which they will be admitted to the IITs.

Dinesh Paneri, centre head of FIITJEE, Amritsar, said, six students of FIITJEE Amritsar centre from long-term classroom programmes have scored more than 99 per cent and 26 students scored more than 90 per cent in general category. Six major scorers were Manav Goyal 99.76 percentile, Vaibhav Sobti 99.73, Aashish Rampal 99.63, Abhinav Jain 99.07, Sparsh Goenka 99.02 and Vanshita 99.

Lakhs of students from across the country tested their skills in the JEE Main which had been conducted digitally last month.