Jaipur’s Aman Bansal tops JEE (Advanced)
Yash Goyal & Shiv Sharma
Jaipur/Yamunanagar, June 12
Aman Bansal of Jaipur got the first rank in the Joint Entrance Examination (Advanced) for 2016, the results of which were declared on Sunday. Bhavesh Dhingra of Yamunanagar in Haryana bagged second position.
In the highly competitive exam on the basis of which admissions to the prestigious IITs and other top engineering colleges are granted, Jaipur boy Kunal Goyal secured third rank, while Gaurav Didwania, also from Jaipur, bagged ninth position.
The three Jaipur boys who figured in the top-10 undertook coaching at same institute in the city.
Having undertaken two-year coaching at a private institute in Pink City, Aman (17) said he always took pressure in a positive way. “I never studied under stress. I strictly followed teachers’ instructions in school and guidance of parents at home.”
Yamunanagar’s Bhavesh Dhingra who scored 312 marks out of 372 wants to take admission in IIT-Mumbai and pursue computer engineering. “I have keen interest in computers since childhood and want to make a career in computer engineering,” said an elated Bhavesh.
“I had expected to be among the top-10 but didn’t think that I would get second all-India rank,” said Bhavesh.
Son of a retired bank manager Inderjeet Singh, Bhavesh studied at Sant Nishchal Singh Public School up to class 10 and did his 10+2 from Vishva Bharti Public School in Yamunanagar.
Aman (17), who has no significant hobby or any other interests besides studies, wants to join computer engineering course in IIT-Mumbai. “I want to do such a work that my country feels proud of me. I will try to work in India to improve and develop the education system in computers right from school level and in rural areas.”
Son of an Executive Engineer in Public Health and Engineering Department of Rajasthan government, Aman did his schooling from Jayshree Perwal School in Jaipur. His mother is a homemaker.
Kunal Goyal (18), who bagged third rank, wants to be a software engineer and would prefer to study in IIT-Mumbai. Kunal, said he would try to create job opportunities in software engineering, like startups, in India to check brain drain.
“I wish Indian students get opportunities in India and they don’t have to go to US or Europe,” said Kunal, who likes to play basketball and takes up swimming in his spare time.
Gaurav (18) who bagged ninth all-India rank studied at Cambridge Court High School in Jaipur. He also desires to pursue computer science (software) at IIT-Mumbai.
Gaurav who likes to play cricket in his colony in his spare time said, “The education system up to class 10 is not satisfactory. Students feel the burden in classes 11 and 12 and there is immense pressure when they join coaching classes whether it’s for medical or the engineering stream.”
“I would like to work in India, especially to improve school education system,” Gaurav said.
Ashish Arora of Allen Institutes claimed this was the first time that a Rajasthan boy had got first rank in JEE.
Of the 1,050 students of the institutes appeared in the JEE (Advanced), exam, 350 have qualified and seven are among top 100. It is for the first time there are three rank holders among top-10, Arora said.
Vice-president of the Institute CR Choudhary told a press conference that a cash prize of Rs 21 lakh would be given to Aman, Rs 11 lakh to Yamunanagar boy who scored second position and Rs 5 lakh each to third and ninth position holders as scholarship.
Of the 1,55,948 students across the country who took examination 36,566 qualified. Of those who qualified, an overwhelming number —31,996 — were boys.
Kota’s Riya Singh scored the highest among female candidates — she bagged 133rd rank.
Seats to 23 IITs — including the four new ones — will be allotted on the basis of the exam. Results of the examination will also be taken into account for admission to other institutes such as Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Petroleum Technology (RGIPT), Rae Bareli; Indian Institute of Petroleum and Energy (IIPE), Visakhapatnam; and Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology (IIST), Thiruvananthapuram. — With PTI inputs
