Like many students who had appeared for IIT-Joint Entrance Exam (JEE) advanced test, Aman Bansal was not sure of getting the top spot in the final result declared on Sunday. Bansal, who hails from Jaipur, ranked first out of 36,566 successful students selected for 23 IITs, including the four new ones. Riya Singh from Kota is the topper among girls with an all-India ranking of 133. Riya belongs to Chapra in Bihar and was studying in Kota.
In the highly competitive exam for admission to the prestigious IITs and other top engineering colleges, the second position was bagged by Bhavesh Dhingra of Yamuna Nagar, while Kunal Goyal, also of Jaipur, stood third.
In all 1,55,948 candidates had registered for the exam and 1,47,678 appeared for the test. Out of 36,566 qualified, 31,996 are boys and 4,570 are girls. Seats to all premier institutes of technologies will be allotted on the basis of this test which was organised by IIT Guwahati this year.
Commenting on the feat, Bansal said that believing in oneself and studying consistently helped him achieve his goal. “I studied for 5-6 hours daily for success in JEE advanced test. Students should clear their doubts immediately...during classes,” said Bansal, who has scored 320 marks to clinch the top slot.
The success of Bansal has once again proven that the Kota model of education is turning out to be the new success mantra among IIT aspirants hoping to crack the prestigious engineering entrance exam. Last year, Satwat Jagwani had topped the JEE advanced test. Jagwani had taken coaching classes from a Kota-based institution.
Apart from IITs, admissions on the basis of this exam are granted to other institutes like Rajiv
Gandhi Institute of Petroleum Technology (RGIPT) at Rae Bareli, Indian Institute of Petroleum and Energy (IIPE) at Visakhapatnam, and Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology (IIST) at Thiruvananthapuram.
Of the candidates who have qualified the JEE (Advanced), 25 belonged to Persons of Indian Origin (PIO) category, while two of the 18 foreign candidates cleared the exam.
In OBC-NCL category, Duggani Jeevithiesh of Vijayawada has secured the top position while Chinmay Awale of Navi Mumbai topped in the SC category. In ST category, Mude Chaithanya Naik Punganur emerged topper. Kalluri Hari Prasad of Guntur has topped in persons with disabilities category. In the academic year 2016-17, four new IITs – IIT Chhattisgarh, IIT Goa, IIT Jammu, and IIT Karnataka – will take admissions.
According to an official summary of results, zone wise, IIT Chennai zone had 5 candidates in the top 10, while IIT Mumbai zone has 3 candidates. IIT Delhi and IIT Roorkee zones have one candidate each among the top 10 candidates. Out of the total qualified, IIT-Bombay has the highest number of successful candidates, followed by IIT-Madras and IIT-Delhi.
Success Stories
Aman Bansal, who hails from Jaipur, tops IIT-JEE (advanced)
Bansal has scored 320 marks to clinch the top slot
Riya Singh from Kota is topper among girls with all-India rank 133
Out of 36,566 qualified, 31,996 are boys and 4,570 are girls
A total of 1,55,948 candidates had registered for the exam and 1,47,678 had appeared for the
test
Seats to all 23 IITs, including four new ones, will be allotted on the basis of this test which was organised by IIT Guwahati this year