Hyderabad :
Andhra Pradesh again bagged the top position in the country in the JEE (Main) exam, with Pramod Vakacharla scoring 355 of a total 360. Last year too, 16-year-old M Viswa Virinchi, a resident of Kukatpally in city, secured the first rank with 345 marks.
In second position this year were Mohammad Akram Khan, also from Andhra Pradesh and Krishlay Raj from Jharkhand at 350. While Vakacharla hails from Sullurapeta in Nellore district, Khan’s family is from Adilabad district but now lives in Kothagudem. Incidentally, both are classmates at Narayana Sri Chaitanya IIT Academy, Vijayawada, and bagged nearly the same score in their Intermediate exams. Both want to enroll in the computer science engineering course in IIT-Bombay.
“I was confident of a good score but was pleasantly surprised to hear I that I had bagged the top spot. I would like to pursue computer science engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology in Mumbai,” said 17-year-old Pramod.
K Vinod Reddy studying at Hanmakonda secured 3rd position along with some others scoring 345.
While most top scorers were boys, girls too made their presence felt. “I had to put in about eight hours of study to score well. I’d love to study computer science at one of the IITs and then work for Isro,” said Manisha Bandi who hails from Pulivendula in Kadapa district.
The cut-off for the entrance test to the Indian Institutes of Technology is a tad higher this year, at 115 for general category candidates compared to 113 last year. For OBC candidates, it stands at 74, compared to 70 in 2013, at 53 for scheduled caste students and 47 for scheduled tribe candidates. A total of 13.57 lakh students registered for JEE (Main) this year across the country.
Students qualified in JEE (Main) are eligible for admissions to NITs, IIITs and other private institutions besides being eligible to sit for the JEE Advanced examination scheduled for May 25 for admission to IITs.
source: http://www.timesofindia.indiatimes.com / The Times of India / Home> Education> Entrance Exams / by Hemali Chhapia Shah, TNN / May 04th, 2014