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NEET toppers appeared for JEE to excel in physics & chemistry

Chennai: In a new trend, medical aspirants are appearing for the Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) to excel in physics and chemistry questions in the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET). All six students from Tamil Nadu who featured among the top 100 rankers in NEET this year appeared for the JEE as well. Three of them did so well that they secured seats in top IITs, including IIT Madras, IIT Kanpur and IIT Dharwad. Tamil Nadu topper Soorya Narayanan S, who achieved the all-India 27th rank in NEET, had secured the all-India rank of 388 in the JEE (Advanced) exam this year. "My son got a seat in electrical engineering at IIT Madras in the first round. However, he wanted to pursue medicine. He is interested in studying either at JIPMER Puducherry or AIIMS New Delhi," said M Sankara Subramanian, Soorya Narayanan's father, who works as a Chief Ticket Inspector in railways. S Pugazhendi, who secured an all-India rank of 61 in the NEET exam, is undecided about whether to join AIIMS New Delhi or IIT Kanpur. He secured a seat in electrical engineering. Rakesh A J, another top ranker who secured an all-India 78th rank in the NEET exam, is planning to join AIIMS New Delhi or JIPMER in Puducherry. "I got a computer science engineering seat at IIT Dharwad. But, I am interested in medicine," he said. Nagaraj, the father of Abhineet, who achieved an all-India 50th rank in NEET, said, "Those who prepare for JEE will be well-versed with physics and chemistry questions. Those questions are more tricky. Those students tend to do well in NEET." His son also scored 99.54 in the JEE (Main) exam. This year, those who practised for JEE got higher scores in NEET as the physics and chemistry questions were lengthy and difficult. Some medical aspirants attempted only the physics and chemistry questions in the JEE exam. Follow more information on Air India plane crash in Ahmedabad here . Get real-time live updates on rescue operations and check full list of passengers onboard AI 171 .