Ahmedabad: A 17-year-old from the city, Shiven Toshniwal, has emerged as one of the 24 students nationwide in the 100th percentile in the JEE Main second session results announced by the National Testing Agency (NTA) late on Friday night.
The Shela-based school student, who moved from Kutch to Ahmedabad in Class 9 to crack JEE, attributes his success to consistent preparation since his early teens. “I had been devoting nearly half of my day to JEE preparations since Class 9,” says Toshniwal, whose parents are both doctors — his father an orthopaedic surgeon and mother a paediatrician. Comparing the two sessions, Toshniwal noted that while he performed equally well in both attempts, the second session paper was relatively easier. “Chemistry required additional effort as it went beyond the CBSE syllabus for this exam, but the strategy for mathematics and physics exams remained the same,” he said.
Gujarat showed strong performance with two students in the 100th percentile, one from Ahmedabad and another from Vadodara. According to city-based coaching institutes, at least three other students from the region are among those who are in above-99.9th percentiles.
Toshniwal now has his sights set on JEE Advanced, which will be held next month, and aims to pursue computer engineering at IIT Bombay. The second session saw participation from 10.61 lakh students, with many first-session candidates reappearing to improve their scores. The best of the two scores is considered for final merit.
Ahmedabad: A 17-year-old from the city, Shiven Toshniwal, has emerged as one of the 24 students nationwide in the 100th percentile in the JEE Main second session results announced by the National Testing Agency (NTA) late on Friday night.
The Shela-based school student, who moved from Kutch to Ahmedabad in Class 9 to crack JEE, attributes his success to consistent preparation since his early teens. “I had been devoting nearly half of my day to JEE preparations since Class 9,” says Toshniwal, whose parents are both doctors — his father an orthopaedic surgeon and mother a paediatrician. Comparing the two sessions, Toshniwal noted that while he performed equally well in both attempts, the second session paper was relatively easier. “Chemistry required additional effort as it went beyond the CBSE syllabus for this exam, but the strategy for mathematics and physics exams remained the same,” he said.
Gujarat showed strong performance with two students in the 100th percentile, one from Ahmedabad and another from Vadodara. According to city-based coaching institutes, at least three other students from the region are among those who are in above-99.9th percentiles.
Toshniwal now has his sights set on JEE Advanced, which will be held next month, and aims to pursue computer engineering at IIT Bombay. The second session saw participation from 10.61 lakh students, with many first-session candidates reappearing to improve their scores. The best of the two scores is considered for final merit.