Bag top positions in JEE Advanced | Had grabbed headlines in Sept, too, when JEE Main results were outUjjwal, Avval add another feather to their cap
Aakanksha N Bhardwaj
Tribune News Service
Jalandhar, October 5
Ujjwal Mehta and Avval Amil from the city have another reason to cheer.
Reason: Both have bagged top positions in the JEE Advanced, the results of which was declared on Monday morning. While Ujjwal Mehta secured the All-India Rank (AIR) 68, Avval Amil secured AIR 83.
In September, too, both had grabbed headlines, when the results of JEE Main was out and Ujjwal had scored 99.995 percentile and AIR 27, followed by Avval Amil of Apeejay School, who became the district’s second topper by securing 99.998 percentile and AIR 43.
Ujjwal Mehta, a resident of Jalandhar, started taking coaching in Class IX with an aim to enter IIT Bombay for computer science. In Class X, he left for Patiala and started taking coaching there. After celebrating at home in Jalandhar, Ujjwal said he was now leaving for Patiala. He said: “I knew I would secure a good position. My first exam didn’t go well, but I was confident about my second exam. On top of it, the pressure of Covid was also there. But, I am glad to have made my parents and my elder brother proud, who has been a constant support in my life,” he said.
Ujjwal said he was inclined academically and never participated in any extra-curricular activity, but would play table tennis and badminton to keep himself refreshed after hours of studying.
Navin Mehta, Ujjwal’s father who works at a private company, said he was getting congratulatory messages and calls ever since the results were declared.
“My elder son is pursuing MBBS from AIIMS and my younger son is following into his footsteps by securing positions. Now, he will be an IITian. What else do I need? My both sons are naturally gifted academically. They have given me immense joy,” he said. Avval Amil was aspiring for IIT Delhi. He is a football lover and an avid reader. “He reads a lot and is a good football player too,” Tulika Sinha, Avval’s mother, said. Tanish Gupta from Jalandhar secured AIR 89.
