This story is from January 3, 2021

Nine students get perfect CAT percentile, 8 are engineering grads

The Common Admission Test threw up no surprises with nine candidates from the country scoring a perfect 100 percentile, all of whom are male and eight are engineers. Of the nine, five have an IIT education and the remaining four candidates are from IIM Indore, integrated programme in management (IPM), BITS Pilani, Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology, and YMCA institute of Engineering, respectively.
Nine students get perfect CAT percentile, 8 are engineering grads
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MUMBAI/JAIPUR: The Common Admission Test threw up no surprises with nine candidates from the country scoring a perfect 100 percentile, all of whom are male and eight are engineers. Of the nine, five have an IIT education and the remaining four candidates are from IIM Indore, integrated programme in management (IPM), BITS Pilani, Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology, and YMCA institute of Engineering, respectively.
“The lockdown and the comfort of my home gave me the luxury to ace the test,” said Aaryan Kapoor from Garhshankar, Punjab, one of the nine who aced the test.
Kapoor (21), a final-year student of electrical and instrumentation at BITS Pilani, scored 172.59. A resident of Jaipur, An IITian, Jitesh Mittal graduated in civil engineering from IIT Gandhinagar in 2020 and is eyeing a career in finance post his MBA from IIM-Ahmedabad.
The cent percentile scorer says India’s economy will recover faster than developed nations due to its human resource and reforms introduced by the consecutive governments in the economy. “Also, I believe the farm laws which are facing opposition by a section of farmers are radical but are a reformatory measure aiming to double the income of farmers,” said Mittal who has been a meritorious student throughout his academics. Besides, an NTSE scholar, he has qualified for KVPY. In future, he would like to design a program for undergraduates to provide them training in interpersonal skills.
From Mumbai, an educator with a coaching institute, who prefers to be identified as Scrabbler, also scored cent percentile, albeit not for the first time. “This is the 11th time I have managed it, and the seventh in a row. I don’t really have advice for aspiring managers as such, as I myself am more of an educator than a manager at heart,” he told TOI.
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