Chennai:
Hyderabad boy Pallerla Sai Sandeep Reddy topped the Joint Entrance Examination (Advanced) this year with the all-India first rank. Suraj Narayan from Chennai stood first in Tamil Nadu with 433 of 2,500 who appeared from the state clearing the exam. There are 630 girl students who have qualified for counselling in IIT Madras this year, a larger number than last year.
Speaking to DC on Friday, Prof R. Sarathi, chairman, IIT-JEE organising committee, Chennai zone, said about 1.2 lakh students from various parts of the country wrote the JEE (Advanced) of which 18,000 qualified to sit for counselling. “There are 9,885 seats available in 16 IITs and Indian School of Mines, Dhanbad. Students should select as many courses as possible on the counselling website, which will be kept open from June 23 to 30. A top-ranking student missed his IIT seat last year as he had filled in fewer options,” he said.
Pointing out that 36 students from the IIT Madras zone figure in the top 100 rankers’ list, Prof Sarathi said, “The number of those clearing the exam is certainly higher than last year. As many as 3,652 candidates have qualified to take up counselling for a seat in IIT, Madras. Counselling will take place between July 4 and 8 at individual IITs,” he added.
There are 48 students from the SC and ST categories who have been shortlisted for the one-year preparatory course on the basis of further relaxation of admission criteria. IIT Delhi, the JEE organising institute, decided to release the results on Friday itself (rather than June 23) to give students time to decide on courses.
About1.5 lakh students were short-listed from JEE (Main) for the advanced test. This year, the IITs had devised a new method whereby students needed to be on the top 20 percentile of their board.
AP students top IIT
Two students from Andhra Pradesh have topped IIT’s Joint Entrance Examination (advanced) and city boy Sooraj Narayan has scored the highest among students in Tamil Nadu.
While Andhra Pradesh students Sai Sandeep Reddy and A. Ravichandra scored 332 and 330 out of 360 marks, Sooraj scored 287. The results announced on Friday were not a let down for the city as 36 students from the IIT-Madras figure among the top 100 rankers and 18,000 students have qualified for counselling beginning on July 4, going by Prof R. Sarathi, chairman, IIT-JEE organising committee, Chennai zone.
As many as 433 candidates from Tamil Nadu have cracked the entrance test this year and 48 SC and ST students have been shortlisted for the preparatory course of one year following further relaxation of the admission criterion. IIT -Delhi, the JEE organising institute, had planned to release the results on June 23 but later decided to announce them on Friday for the convenience of students.
IIT toppers share their dreams
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It was a memorable day for city boy Sooraj Narayan, as he stood first among students who took IIT’s joint entrance examination (JEE-advanced) from Tamil Nadu. Sooraj who secured all India 54th rank had scored 287 out of 360 marks in the entrance examination.
“I will pursue mechanical engineering,” said an ecstatic Sooraj, who cleared with a score of 411 out of 450. “I spent four hours daily to prepare for JEE,” Sooraj said, but later clarified that was after reaching home by 6.00 pm.
But it was a different case with Aravind Akshan (AIR- 91) who was from a matriculation school, at Madurai, and shifted to a CBSE school here, in Chennai. “I felt the CBSE education easier than the matriculation pattern,” he said.
Another topper who gave up Facebook for the exams was R. Ajay Kumar (AIR- 420). “I would now prefer electrical or mechanical in IIT,” he said adding that it was tough reaching the top.
“Staying away from distraction was a tough task,” said V. Kannan (AIR- 453) but added “But I had enough of entertainment in my class 9 and 10 and hit the saturation, which helped me study with ease.”
source: http://www.deccanchronicle.com / Deccan Chronicle / Home> News> Current Affairs / DC / by N. Arun Kumar / June 22nd, 2013