NAGPUR: Jee-Mains results were declared late on Tuesday night for which approximately 10 lakh students appeared in both India and abroad. In Nagpur, Ifrah Khan with AIR 93 is the probable topper followed by Sai Poreddiwar (AIR 228) and Parth Kasture (AIR 529).
TOI uses the word ‘probable’ for sorting out toppers at city/district level because the exam conducting body, National Testing Agency (NTA), releases details of tops scorers only at national and state-level.
For IIT admissions, students will now have to appear for JEE-Advanced exam.
Ifrah, who wants to pursue computer science in a top IIT, said, “My teachers at the Indian Olympiad School helped me to prepare for this crucial exam after my initial foundation for the test was laid at ICAD and KDM coaching institutes.”
Sai and Parth, both students of Allen Career Institute, too want to take up computer science at a top rated IIT. Parth said, “I would prefer IIT-Bombay, but any of the top seven institutes would also do.”
Sai could not be reached over the phone. Staff at Allen said he too would prefer a high rated IIT.
The examination consists of two papers of which Paper-1 is for the engineering entrance and is the most competitive. Paper-2 is for those seeking admission in architecure courses.
JEE-Mains being a completely online exam is held multiple times in a year and students have the option of appearing for all. In such cases, the best score is taken as the final one.
JEE-Mains was conducted in 925 centers in 334 cities. A central control room was opened to monitor and facilitate the smooth conduct of the examination on the ground. Two national coordinators, six regional coordinators, 287 city coordinators, and approximately 800 observers were present during the conduct of the exams.
As per details provided by NTA, 44 candidates have received scored 100 percentile.
Live CCTV surveillance had been planned in all examination centres to curb malpractices in the examination. The NTA also made arrangements for live viewing of remote locations and recording CCTVs systems of all examination centres from the control room located at the NTA premises of New Delhi.
PROBABLE CITY TOPPERS
Ifrah Khan || 99.9946420 percentile || AIR-93
Sai Poreddiwar || 99.9853615 || AIR 228
Parth Kasture || 99.9617140 || AIR 529
