Students of Jharkhand proved their mettle once again and came out with flying colours after the declaration of JEE Advanced 2016 result. Hundreds of students anxiously awaiting results of the JEE Advanced examination 2016 took a sigh of relief after the declaration of results on Sunday.
A large number of students from Ranchi, Jamshedpur, Bokaro, Dhanbad and other cities had cleared the Mains examination to appear in JEE Advanced 2016. From Ranchi alone, more than 1,300 students had appeared in the Advance examination, said sources.
R Sudarsanan of Ranchi bagged first position in Jharkhand by clinching All India Rank (AIR) 88 in JEE Advanced exam followed by Vinayak Trivedi, who got 147th rank in India in the prestigious examination. The third position was grabbed by Shantanu Kumar, who got 196 rank.
Escalated with the success, R Sudarsanan, said, "This is unbelievable, I was expecting good result but getting all India rank 88 is simply unbelievable. With my sincere efforts and teachers' guidance, I have achieved the target in my first attempt."
Stating about his future plans, Sudarsanan, added, "I am interested in pursuing computer science engineering and my preference will be either IIT-Delhi or IIT-Mumbai for the course. After completing my B.Tech programme, I would further like to go for research work rather than opting for civil services or any management programme."
Hailing from a middle class family, Sudarsanan used to engage himself in various co-curricular activities, which kept him motivated and inspired. "I never used to study according to any set timetable. I just used to ensure that I devote at least 6 hours in studying on regular basis. Apart this, I used to play cricket and football regularly to keep myself rejuvenated and it really helped me to cope up with the pressure."
Sudarsanan's mantra of success is not mere hard work but believing in oneself and targeting the goal determines the future of candidates who take exams of all India level competition. "My only suggestion to the aspirants is to first keep the entire concept clear and believing in oneself gives you the desired results," Sudarsanan pointed out.
As many as 123 candidates from FIITJEE, Ranchi cleared the JEE Advanced exam. Several students from Champ Square, Brothers Academy, including other technical coaching institutes, were also successful in grabbing decent positions in the JEE Advance exam.Similarly, 150 students from Jamshedpur cracked the JEE Advance proving their merit.
Around 1,000 students appeared for the exam from here. Siddhartha Shankar Kahali, a student of DAV Public School, topped the city grabbing all India rank 322. Kahali, student of little Flower School, was an ICSE topper in 2014.
The second closest rank was scored by Kanishk from Vidya Bharati Chinmaya Vidyalaya who scored 852nd rank. Expressing his views on this year's JEE result Pramod Dubey, Director of Prerna Classes, one of the premier coaching institutes in the city, said that he is satisfied with the overall result but was expecting much better numbers. "We are happy with the overall performance. The trend was a bit different and easy going this time," he added.
As per the trend, most of the students who cleared the JEE Advance exam are inclined towards pursing computer science engineering. "With the ranks available, we are eyeing the five topmost IITs of India. However, wherever I go, I want to opt for computer science engineering. let's see what happens," said a student of Vidya Bharati Chinmaya Vidyalaya who cracked JEE Advance exam.
The cut-off marks this year was 100 for general category while the cut off marks for OBC reached 70, the cut-off marks in the Scheduled Caste (SC) category was 52 and for Scheduled Tribe (ST) 48. The marks of a candidate in JEE Advance Paper-I and Paper-II have been taken into consideration for calculating the ranks.
The JEE Advance rank holders are eligible for admission in leading Government and private technical institutes in the country, including the National Institutes of Technology (NIT). The offline exam was conducted State's students shine in JEE Advance 2016 examon April 3 whereas the online examination was conducted on April 9 and 10, respectively. Now, all the candidates who have cracked the JEE Advance will appear for counseling and accordingly the rank holders will be allotted the technical institutes.