ANIMESH BOHARA, Delhi’s topper of this year’s Joint Entrance Exam for IITs, shares with ANGElA PAlJOR the challenges he faced in cracking the exam and the years of dedication required to achieve an all-India rank of 19 in JEE
Delhi boy Animesh Bohara has made the city proud with his outstanding performance in the Joint Entrance Examination (JEE), the nationwide exam held for admission to the coveted IITs and other top engineering colleges. His all-India rank (AIR) is 19, higher than last year’s Delhi topper Anjishnu Bose, who had an AIR of 26. A students of KIIT School, Pitampura, Animesh garnered a score of 94 per cent in his class XII Board exams.
Animesh says that his heart was set on engineering for a long time. It was his keen interest in Science and Mathematics that groomed him for the dedication and seriousness needed to top the State. “I was quite sure of my preparation. So, I did not keep a second option,” says Animesh, relaxed after cracking the exam dreaded by many. While many appear for papers like this, there are a few who are able to balance out the stress and the time required, something that Animesh excelled at.
For this meritorious performer, studying is just the beginning. Testing himself further is the next step. “Managing time was the hardest aspect,” he tells you. However, he was able to overcome it after taking a series of mock tests. These tests boosted not only his performance but also his confidence.
“I started my coaching from the IX standard. I wanted ample time to cultivate my knowledge and crack the pattern of the paper. FIIT JEE was able to provide the guidance needed for the JEE preparation. It became a platform to get my fundamentals strong along with a continuous elevation of my knowledge in a particular subject,” Animesh tells you.
Most aspirants tend to give up due to the huge stress as the examination nears. Sometimes, they start to lose their drive to keep studying dedicatedly. But Animesh’s parents provided a strong source of motivation, constantly encouraging him to keep going and doing his best.
Ask him what he did when he needed to relax a little or take a break from his hectic study schedule, he tells you, “I planned my schedule in such a way that I was able to go out to play twice a week and spend quality time listening to music. I even managed to play computer games and go outside to play with my friends, albeit the last being a little less frequently.”
Getting to the 19th rank among 2 lakh students competing for 11,000 seats in the IITs is no mean feat. But Animesh is too grounded a person to be carried away by the enormity of his achievement. Right now, Animesh has his eye only on one goal — to go to IIT Bombay and do his BTech in Computer Engineering. He says that he is all set to experiment and ready to find out what lies ahead for him in this field.