Gaya weaver's daughter Kashish Kumari secures AIR 8,910 in OBC category
Patna: Silent struggles, quiet perseverance and undying hope — if these words could define someone, it would be 17-year-old Kashish Kumari who hasn't let Bihar's "IIT factory" down.
The girl, who hails from Patwa Toli, a small settlement of weavers in Gaya district — often called Bihar's "IIT factory" — secured an All India Rank (AIR) of 8,910 in the OBC category and 30,943 in general in JEE (Advanced)-2025, the results of which were out on Monday.
Born to a weaver family, Kashish now aims to get admission to IIT-BHU or IIT-Kharagpur to pursue civil engineering. "It was my first attempt at JEE, and I am pleased with my result.
My mother is very proud of me, and my siblings look up to me as their role model. I want to set an example with my hard work," she told this newspaper over phone.
But was not an easy task as the girl had her fair share of struggle.
Kashish lost her father Jitendra Prasad at a very young age, when she was just in Class III, after which she and her family faced both emotional and financial hardships. Fortunately, a local non-govt organisation (NGO) came to her help by providing her free education, books, food, lodgings and clothing.
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The local NGO also gave her mother Krishna Devi a job of cook in their organisation. She now earns up to Rs 8,000 a month.
"My father was a weaver, and my mother used to help him. When I was in Class III, my father died of a heart attack. Since then, a non-govt organisation has helped me in my studies and provided me with free education in schools. They are also providing free education to my siblings," said Kashish, who completed her Class X from a CBSE school and scored 90.8%. She completed her intermediate this year from Gaya College and got 85.4%.
Her younger sisters are in Class XI and VIII, and brother is in Class II.
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