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Ahmedabad shines in JEE Advanced: 4 students in Top 100
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Ahmedabad: Four students from Ahmedabad made it to the Top 100 in All-India Rank (AIR) in the IIT-JEE Advanced result announced on Monday. Mohit Agrawal scored 315 marks and is AIR 12, followed by Mann Patel at AIR 43, Rishabh Iyer at AIR 48, and Shiven Toshniwal at AIR 58.
Out of the total, only Shiven was among the Top 10 in IIT-JEE Mains.
Ellis Patel at AIR 155 is believed to be the state topper among girls.
Mohit had secured AIR 90 in JEE Mains. "I was hoping for even better marks, but I made a few mistakes which cost me. I want to pursue either computer science at IIT Bombay or a mathematics course at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bengaluru," said Mohit, son of a chartered accountant father and homemaker mother.
A regular at Olympiads, Mohit wishes to pursue a career in research. "Maths has always been my favourite subject that motivated me to take up engineering," he added.
Mann Patel scored 299 marks to get AIR 43. He secured AIR 274 in JEE Mains. A student of Utkarsh High School in Bopal, Mann is the son of a scientist at the Institute of Plasma Research (IPR). His father, Hitesh Patel, told TOI that for the past three years, Mann prepared for the exam without any break.
"He would not even attend family functions. The hard work paid off. He hopes to get admission in the computer science course at IIT-B," he said.
From AIR 165 in JEE Mains, Rishabh Iyer improved to AIR 48 in the Advanced exam. A student of Divya Jyot School, Rishabh was preparing for the exam for the past three years. "My parents are doctors – a paediatrician and a physician – but I always gravitated towards mathematics, which motivated me to take up engineering.
My parents have also supported my decision wholeheartedly," said Rishabh, adding that he is hopeful of getting computer science at IIT-B.
Shiven Toshniwal at AIR 58 is sure of getting computer science at IIT-B. "The counselling will start soon, and it is a dream come true as I will be pursuing the course with some of my friends from the city," said Toshniwal, who was AIR 9 in JEE Mains. "I shifted base from Anjar in Kutch to Ahmedabad when I was in Class 9. My parents are a paediatrician and an orthopaedic surgeon, but they always helped me pursue my dream to get into IIT.
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