Latest news with #NationalEligibility-cum-EntranceTestUG
New Indian Express
13 hours ago
- Health
- New Indian Express
Snehasis Das tops Odisha in NEET-UG, bags all-India rank 60
BHUBANESWAR: Snehasis Das has emerged as the state topper in the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test UG (NEET-UG)-2025, results of which were declared by the National Testing Agency (NTA) on Saturday. With a percentile of 99.997, Das has secured an all-India rank (AIR) of 60. Rajasthan's Mahesh Kumar secured AIR-1 with a percentile of 99.9999547. Kumar was closely followed by Utkarsh Awadhiya of Madhya Pradesh (99.9999095) who bagged the second rank while Krishang Joshi of Maharashtra was ranked AIR-3 with a percentile of 99.9998189. National Capital Territory (NCT) Delhi's Avika Aggarwal with a percentile of 99.9996832, who secured AIR-5, was the topper among women candidates. Das is a student of DPS-Kalinga and this was his first attempt at NEET-UG. The 18-year-old is keen on joining the All India Institute of Medical Sciences at New Delhi. 'I used to give six to seven hours everyday towards self-study and also went through coaching here. The mock test analysis was an important part of my preparations,' he said. Keen on pursuing medical science from an early age, Das said he had started his preparations after clearing Class X. Five other students from Odisha have also bagged ranks in different categories. Pabitra Sethi has scored 99.99 percentile to secure a NEET rank of 180. He is among the top-10 in SC category nationally. Similarly, two differently-abled girls Baishali Moharana and Saima Mirza have secured first and fifth ranks respectively in the list of top-5 female candidates in Persons with Benchmark Disabilities (PwBD) category in the country. While Baishali has scored 99.05 percentile with NEET rank of 20,496, Saima got 98.45 percentile and a rank of 33,389.
The Hindu
a day ago
- General
- The Hindu
73,328 qualify NEET UG in Kerala
As many as 73,328 candidates in the State have qualified the NEET UG (National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test UG) 2025 for admission to undergraduate (UG) medical institutions. The National Testing Agency announced the results on Tuesday. As many as 1,21,516 students had appeared for the examination this year. Last year, 86,713 of the 1,36,974 students who sat for the exam qualified. There were no students from the State in the top 100 this year. Deepniya D.B. who scored 99.9949306 percentile to secure NEET UG rank 109 is the State topper. Shehin K.K. with 98.5352034 percentile and NEET rank 31,622 was ranked third among the top five Persons with Benchmark Disabilities. As many as 481 students appeared for the examination in Malayalam this year, down from 958 last year. As many as 22.09 lakh students had appeared for the NEET UG across the country. Mahesh Kumar of Rajasthan with a score of 99.9999547 secured the first rank. Avika Aggarwal of Delhi who secured the fourth rank was the female topper with a score of 99.9996832 percentile.
