Five students from the city have secured ranks within the top 100 in the JEE (Advanced) exam, which will enable them to get admission into an Indian Institute of Technology (IITs).
A student of Maharishi Vidya Mandir, P. Girinath, has secured the 51st rank. “I’m very keen on studying in IIT-Madras and hope to pursue either electrical or mechanical engineering,” he said.
Stating that while he had started with coaching in Class VII, he had been a part of the integrated programme of the FIITJEE.
Online exam
R. Raghu Raman, who has secured the 56th rank, said that for the first time this year, the JEE (Advanced) was fully online. “It was important that we got to know the online pattern ahead of the exam since many of us did take the offline test for JEE(Mains). We did several online practice exams and students taking up the exam this year too should familiarise themselves with the format,” he said.
Aniswar Srivatsa Krishnan, a student of Devi Academy, who bagged the 21st rank in the JEE (Mains), performed well in the JEE (Advanced) as well and secured the All India 67th rank. C. Shriram, a student of Maharishi Vidya Mandir also found a place among the top 100 with 74th rank.
Stating that time management and practice in solving longer questions were key to cracking the JEE (Advanced), Andrews George Varghese, a student of Maharishi Vidya Mandir who secured the 91st rank, said that the paper this time was lengthy.
“It is important that students work out lengthy problems as well as keep calm during the exam so that they can manage their time well,” said the student, who hoped to get into IIT-Bombay and study either computer science or electrical engineering.
He had gone through the FIITJEE integrated programme as well from Class IX.
Toppers felicitated
FIITJEE had organised an event to felicitate toppers in the JEE, NEET and Class XII board examinations. The students who had bagged top ranks in the JEE (Advanced) were given cash awards.
As many as 18,138 candidates have qualified in the JEE (Advanced) after scoring above the cut-off and a total of 11,279 seats are being offered in the IITs across the country. This is an increase of 291 seats compared to last year. Nearly 1.55 lakh candidates had appeared in both the papers of the JEE (Advanced) after having qualified in the JEE (Mains) exam. From the IIT-Madras zone (comprising Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Karnataka, Kerala and Puducherry), 3,595 students have qualified.
