Though the IIT aspirants of the State failed to secure a place in the top 100 this year, many of them managed positions in the top 200 list. According to sources, around 8,000 to 9,000 examinees in the State had qualified for the JEE Advanced examination 2015.Akash Kumar Dutta of Jamshedpur’s Bhalobasa locality made it to the state topper’s position with 144 All India Rank. Chitwan Saharia of Bokaro became the second state topper with 148 All India Rank (AIR).
Meanwhile, Saket Jhunjhunwala and Ribhu Nirek were the city toppers of Ranchi. Saket got 180 AIR while Ribhu got 198 AIR.
Interestingly, except Ribhu, all the other toppers had no specific strategy regarding their preparation for the IIT entrance examination. They utilized social media and e-mails to clarify their doubts on the subjects related to the Mains and Advanced phases of JEE.Similar to 2014, a large number of passed students had joined the Special Classroom, Two Year or Four year coaching programmes of FIITJEE.
Archeology department Deputy Director Amitabh Kumar’s daughter Pragya securing 10309 AIR said Mathematics was comparatively difficult than Chemistry and Physics at the Advanced level. “In Mains examination, the questions of all the subjects were from NCERT but in Advanced the questions were from the materials provided in FIITJEE,” she said. Among the reputed schools of the state capital, five students of Jawahar Vidya Mandir, Shyamali clinched the city topper’s rank including Ribhu. More than 50 students from Delhi Public School, Ranchi passed the exam successfully.