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India.com
7 days ago
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- India.com
Meet Janak Agrawal who cracked IIT-JEE, got AIR 2 in JEE, went to IIT Bombay, rejected Tesla's offer; today he is..., at 22 years old...
Success story: IIT JEE is one of the toughest exams in the world, and every year, thousands of Indian students take this exam to realise their dream of becoming a civil servant. A large number of them begin to prepare for the civil services exams right after Class 10 examinations. Those who perform exceptionally well in the UPSC or IIT JEE exam prefer to take admission into the prestigious IIT, and from there, they get good jobs with world-famous and prestigious multinational companies at high packages. Who is Janak Agrawal? To clear IIT is not an easy task. It requires loads of hard work, determination, and focus. Today, we will tell you about an IIT graduate, Janak Agrawal, who secured All India Rank (AIR) 2 in the JEE Advanced 2015. Janak Agrawal hails from Indore, Madhya Pradesh, from where he finished his Class 12 education at ILVA Higher Secondary School. He secured an impressive 91% in his board examinations. Janak was equally good at JEE, BITSAT, and KVPY. How did Janak Agrawal prepare for his examinations? Janak attended coaching classes for two years to prepare for the JEE at an Indore-based institute. He would do self-study on his own for six to eight hours every day. Later, he earned a in Computer Science and Engineering from IIT Bombay, following which he graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) with a Bachelor of Science (BS) and a Master of Engineering (MEng) in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. What is Janak Agrawal doing today? Today, Janak is a co-founder of San Francisco, California-based Outspeed. Before that, he worked with a number of organisations, such as Pierx S24 and Climate Change AI. However, he left many people shocked when, at the age of 22, he declined an offer from Andrej Karpathy and the Tesla Autopilot team. He shared a LinkedIn post that read, 'At 22, I did the unthinkable: I turned down an offer from Andrej Karpathy and Tesla's Autopilot team. Bold move or just plain crazy? You decide. It was June 2020. COVID was at its peak, toilet paper was the new currency, and every company was laying off people faster than ever. Startups were disappearing like free donuts in the break room. I had 2 full-time offers – one from Tesla and another from a not so well known startup, AutoGrid. For anyone in their right mind, this would be an easy decision. But I couldn't imagine myself as another cog in Tesla's high-speed machine. So, naturally, I took my chances on AutoGrid.'
India.com
30-04-2025
- India.com
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 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.
