Meet Janak Agrawal who got AIR 2 in JEE, studied from IIT, MIT, now lives in...
Meet Janak Agrawal who got AIR 2 in JEE, studied from IIT, MIT, now lives in...
If you want to touch the heights of success in life, then you need to work hard continuously in that direction. Such is the story of a person who has secured All India Rank 2 in JEE exam. Along with this, he has scored 453 out of 504 marks in JEE Advanced. It was not easy for him to achieve this feat, he has achieved this position by doing self study for 6-8 hours daily. The person we are talking about is Janak Agrawal.
Janak Agrawal, who performed well in JEE Advanced, is originally from Indore, Madhya Pradesh. He has secured rank 2 in JEE Advanced 2015 exam. He completed his class 12th from ILVA Higher Secondary School, Indore. He scored 91% marks in the 12th board exam, which further strengthened his academic background. Apart from JEE Advanced, Janak also performed brilliantly in other competitive exams like BITSAT, KVPY.
Janak, who has studied from IIT and MIT studied with full dedication for the last two years to pass the JEE exam. Along with this, despite taking guidance from a coaching institute in Indore, he used to do self-study for 6 to 8 hours every day, which was the biggest key to his success. After passing the JEE Advanced exam, Janak has obtained a B.Tech degree in Computer Science Engineering from IIT Bombay. According to his LinkedIn profile, after this he received the degree of Bachelor of Science – BS, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science and Master of Engineering – MEng, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
After completing BTech from IIT Bombay and BS, Master of Engineering from MIT, he is currently the co-founder of a company called Outspeed in San Francisco, California, USA. Before this, he has worked in many companies including Pierx S24, Climate Change AI.
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