State of Success: 14 Raj students in NEET-UG top 100, including AIR 1
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Jaipur: Rajasthan once again reaffirmed its dominance in national-level competitive exams, with 14 of its students securing spots in the top 100 of NEET-UG 2025, including All India Rank 1 holder Mahesh Kumar from Nohar town in Hanumangarh district.
The result, declared on Saturday, marked the state's second national topper in just 12 days, following Rajit Gupta of Kota, who clinched AIR 1 in JEE Advanced on June 2.
According to the National Testing Agency (NTA), Rajasthan stands second only to Delhi (NCT), which had 17 students among the top 100.
Besides Kumar from Hanumangarh, other top rankers from Rajasthan include Tanay (AIR 13), Somya Sharma (14), Manvendra Singh Rajpurohit (15), Daulat Singh Gurjar (24), Abhijeet Kulhari (25), Tanisha (29), Harsh Tilotia (30), Robin (32), Ankit Saini (34), Manu Sharma (43), Devyansh Arora (66), Himanshu (86) and Aditya Yadav (91).
Jaipur featured with two of its students among the top 100—Somya Sharma (14) and Devyansh Arora (66).
The trend of NEET qualifiers emerging from rural and small-town Rajasthan is also on the rise, with success stories this year coming from districts such as Barmer, Jaisalmer and remote tehsils like Nohar.
Despite the stellar performance at the top, Rajasthan's overall NEET success rate dipped slightly this year. In 2024, 1,74,800 candidates appeared from the state, compared to 1,76,181 this year.
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However, the number of qualified candidates fell from 1,21,166 (2024) to 1,19,865 (2025).
Rajasthan has 30 govt medical colleges, including AIIMS Jodhpur, offering a total of 4,455 MBBS seats.
Jaipur: Rajasthan once again reaffirmed its dominance in national-level competitive exams, with 14 of its students securing spots in the top 100 of NEET-UG 2025, including All India Rank 1 holder Mahesh Kumar from Nohar town in Hanumangarh district.
The result, declared on Saturday, marked the state's second national topper in just 12 days, following Rajit Gupta of Kota, who clinched AIR 1 in JEE Advanced on June 2.
According to the National Testing Agency (NTA), Rajasthan stands second only to Delhi (NCT), which had 17 students among the top 100.
Besides Kumar from Hanumangarh, other top rankers from Rajasthan include Tanay (AIR 13), Somya Sharma (14), Manvendra Singh Rajpurohit (15), Daulat Singh Gurjar (24), Abhijeet Kulhari (25), Tanisha (29), Harsh Tilotia (30), Robin (32), Ankit Saini (34), Manu Sharma (43), Devyansh Arora (66), Himanshu (86) and Aditya Yadav (91).
Jaipur featured with two of its students among the top 100—Somya Sharma (14) and Devyansh Arora (66).
The trend of NEET qualifiers emerging from rural and small-town Rajasthan is also on the rise, with success stories this year coming from districts such as Barmer, Jaisalmer and remote tehsils like Nohar.
Despite the stellar performance at the top, Rajasthan's overall NEET success rate dipped slightly this year. In 2024, 1,74,800 candidates appeared from the state, compared to 1,76,181 this year. However, the number of qualified candidates fell from 1,21,166 (2024) to 1,19,865 (2025).
Rajasthan has 30 govt medical colleges, including AIIMS Jodhpur, offering a total of 4,455 MBBS seats.
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