AHMEDABAD: Five from Gujarat have found spots in the Top 100 All India Ranking (AIR) in the Joint Entrance Examination (JEE), Main 2021, the results of which were declared on Wednesday. Four candidates from Ahmedabad and one from Surat are in the Top 100 AIR list.
Ananth Kidambi was the topper from Gujarat with AIR of 10 followed by Raghav Ajmera (AIR 31), Parth Patel (AIR 55), and Dhir Banker (AIR 57). These four students are from Ahmedabad.
Maurya Aryan S, also from Ahmedabad (AIR 295), said he has been placed in the 99.98th percentile for all the three subjects.
“I am placed in the 100th percentile in mathematics. I got 285 marks overall. I used to study eight to ten hours daily. In the JEE Main, the maths papers are usually lengthy so I worked on physics and chemistry first,” Maurya said. “That helped me get enough time to complete maths later. I focused on the NCERT syllabus for organic and inorganic chemistry. I aim to clear JEE (Advanced) in October in a good percentile and wish to pursue computer science at IIT-Bombay.”
More than 30,000 students had taken the exam of whom 6,000 qualified, said sources.
“I started my preparation for JEE Main and Advanced two years ago when I was in Class 11. I am thankful to all my teachers and mentors for putting in so much effort in online teaching during the Covid-19 pandemic,” said Sahil Mehul Danayak of the city. His AIR is 170. He added: “Attending online classes was a blessing in disguise as I saved a lot of travelling time and used it fruitfully.”
The country’s biggest engineering entrance exam, JEE Main-2021, was conducted on August 26, 27, and 31, and September 1 and 2 in 334 cities in India and abroad. There were 925 examination centres.
In all, about 9.39 lakh took the examination held in the fourth phase of JEE Main.
This year, 44 students have been placed in the 100th percentile and 18 share AIR 1. The National Testing Agency (NTA) announced the results.
