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Two Surat boys among AIR top 100
Surat: Two students from Surat showcased exceptional performance in the Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) for admission to the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) and other premier institutes across the country.
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Aagam Shah secured All India Rank (AIR) 17, while Kalp Shah achieved AIR 86. Both aspire to pursue their degrees at IIT Mumbai.
Aagam, whose father is a businessman and mother a homemaker, has an elder brother currently studying at another IIT. He prepared rigorously with coaching from two institutes.
Notably, Aagam improved his rank significantly from AIR 87 in the IIT Main exam to AIR 17 in the final JEE Advanced.
Kalp is originally from Valsad and his father Dr. Hetal Shah, is a pediatrician, and his mother, Dr. Samiksha Shah, is a dermatologist.
Other notable performers from Surat include Mashrit Patoliya, who secured AIR 167; Tirth Jogani of PP Savani School, a Gujarati medium student who secured AIR 308; and Moksh Bhatt, who achieved AIR 219.
