By Express News Service HYDERABAD: Sri Chaitanya IIT Academy added another feather to its cap as Pranav Goyal, a student from the academy’s Chandigarh branch secured All India Rank 1 in the JEE(Advanced) exam, for admissions into the Indian Institute of Technology, whose results were declared on Saturday. Out of the top 100 ranks, the academy’s students secured 22 ranks. “Winning the prestigious exam with such exemplary ranks speaks a lot about the leadership of the institution, as a result of which Sri Chaitanya clinched top ranks in JEE(Advanced) with highest number of ranks”, said Sushma, Academic Director of Sri Chaitanya Educational Institutions in a media release.<doc-sep>Tirupati: Sri Chaitanya students have created a record of sorts in the IIT-JEE Advanced entrance test securing the first, second, seventh and ninth ranks. Under all categories, the educational group students bagged 50 per cent of the ranks. Tirupati branch students secured 560th rank and 798th rank and brought fame to the Rayalaseema region. Some other coveted ranks the Sri Chaitanya students got at the all-India level are: 178, 227, 258, 560, 798, 755, 1772 and 4419. In all, 28 students got ranks below 10,000. In fact, 43 of the Tirupati branch students, who received IIT coaching, got ranks that will fetch them admission in IITs. The success is attributed to study material. Directors of the educational group Sushmasri and T Nagendra Kumar congratulated the rankers.<doc-sep>Pranav Goyal, 17, from Chandigarh topped the JEE Advanced 2018, the examination held for admission to the Indian Institutes of Technology, the results showed on Sunday. He secured All India Rank (AIR) 1, scoring 337 out of 360 in the examination. Sahil Jain from Bundi in Rajasthan ranked second in the examination. He topped in the IIT-Delhi zone, scoring 326 marks out of 360. Kailash Gupta from Delhi ranked third. Meenal Parekh from Kota in Rajasthan is the topper among women. She ranked 6th, scoring 318 out of 360 in the examination. An alumnus of Bhavan Vidyalaya in Panchkula, Pranav was on his way to Hyderabad with his family on Sunday after the results were declared. He had scored 97.2% in the CBSE Class 12 exams in non-medical and had All India Rank 4 in the JEE Mains, scoring 350 out of 360 marks. He did his coaching from Sri Chaitanya Institute in Chandigarh. An avid reader of Indian mythology, Pranav, son of business couple Pankaj Goyal and Mamta Goyal, said, “If you focus well, your study hours won’t really matter. So just stay focus, maintain balance and be calm. Have faith in your teachers and their guidance, and always ensure that your knowledge is conceptually sound.” Also read: IIT JEE Advanced Result 2018 declared at results.jeeadv.ac.in Live: Meenal Parakh is topper among women “Solving previous year papers helped me a lot in getting an insight into the pattern of the examination,” Pranav shared his success mantra. He used to study five hours every day and had devoted the entire year in studying for the JEE Advanced. He said, “Clearing the JEE Advanced was the target, so I had studied for it throughout the year and prepared for the Mains, a month before the exam. Rejoicing over Pranav’s success, his father said, “My son has always been a topper and has worked very hard for the past two years to achieve this rank. We are very happy with his performance.” His mother said, “My son has proved that with hard work, anybody can reach the sky. I am really proud of Pranav.” Pranav said he loves playing chess, watch television and spend time with his grandfather for relaxation. He used to watch cartoon and read books as a stress buster. Sharing his future plans, he said, “My next aim is to take admission in IIT-Mumbai. After that, I will pursue MBA and go for entrepreneurship. My father is my inspiration, my role model. He has supported me throughout my career. Following him, I too want to be a successful entrepreneur.” Pranav is a Kishore Vaigyanika Protsahan Yojana (KVPY) scholar, National Talent Search Examination (NTSE) scholar and had cleared the Indian National Mathematical Olympiad (INMO) with AIR 5 in Class 11. He had also cleared Indian National Physics, Astronomy and Chemistry Olympiads with AIR 2 in class 12. His teachers too expressed happiness over the performance. “In the initial months, Pranav used to struggle like any other kid. However, he eventually grasped the different aspects of learning Physics with his sound intuition,” said Amarnath Joshi, his Physics faculty. Animesh Verma, his Chemistry professor at the institute, said, “Chemistry was one of his strongest subjects. He focused on all concepts of chemistry, rather than just memorising the reactions. His clear conceptual clarity helped him go a long way. He devoted at least one hour daily studying NCERT, especially for chemistry.” Over 1,50,000 students across the country appeared for the first-ever completely computer-based Joint Entrance Examination Advanced (JEE-Advance) held on May 20. As many as 1,55,091 appeared for the second paper. The next step is the admission process for the IITs, Indian School of Mines, National Institutes of Technology. The allotment of seats is expected to start from June 27. The final allotment for the seventh round will be announced on July 18. Check your results at https://www.jeeadv.ac.in/<doc-sep>
Over 18,000 students qualify JEE Advanced HYDERABAD: Two students from Andhra Pradesh made it to top 10 in Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) Advanced 2018, results of which were declared on Sunday. A Telangana boy secured 11th rank in Common Rank List (CRL).MSK Manohar from Vijayawada secured All-India fifth rank. K V R Hemant Kumar Chodipilli from Visakhapatnam secured seventh rank. Gosula Vinayaka Srivardhan, who bagged 11th rank in CRL, was topper from Telangana. Srivardhan had secured 10th rank in JEE Main. Suraj Krishna B, who was JEE Main all-India topper, secured 49th rank this time.“I made some silly mistakes in JEE Mains . This time, I maintained my composure and got a positive result,” said Manohar (59th rank in Mains).Son of a tailor, Manohar said studying at Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya (JNV) till class 10 helped him think independently. He attributed his success to the JNV education system.A total of 18,138 students, from among 1,55,158, who appeared for the exam, have qualified for entry into IITs. This is more than 1.6 times the number of seats being offered. However, compared with last year’s figures of 50,455, few candidates have qualified in the advanced examination this time.“We got 22 ranks in the top 100 in the unreserved category, including Pranav Goyal, a fulltime student at our Chandigarh branch. Hemant Kumar, who secured seventh rank in CRL, too, is our student,” said Sushma Boppana, academic head, Sri Chaitanya Group of Educational Institutions.The institute secured many ranks in the reserved category, too, he said.Apart from Sri Chaitanya students, four students of FIITJEE from Telangana and AP also featured in the top 100 national list, including south India topper Manohar.In reserved categories, Narayana Educational Institutions said their students secured 13 ranks in top 10 (in various categories) and 65 ranks in top100. Aayush Kadam, who secured all-India first rank in SC category is, also, a student from Telangana.Of the total qualified candidates, 8,794 got through under general category, 3,140 under OBC category, 4,709 under SC, and 1,495 under ST category.