An Odisha student, Nipun Chandra, bagged fourth rank in the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) entrance examination for MBBS course, the results of which were published on Thursday.
The students who cleared the AIIMS entrance are eligible for admissions into AIIMs colleges at New Delhi, Patna, Bhopal, Jodhpur, Bhubaneswar, Rishikesh and Raipur.
Nishita Purohit (18) of Surat (Gujarat) secured the All India topper rank in the test.
Nipun, a student of the DAV Public School, Chandrasekharpur, had earlier topped the medical entrance examination conducted by the Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research (JIPMER), Puducherry, by securing 99.9987 percentile. Chief Minister had felicitated him recently.
Nipun, also a National Talent Search Examination (NTSE) and Kishore Vaigyanik Protsahan Yojana (KYPY) scholar, has cleared Class XII examination with 95 per cent marks.
The results are available on www.aiimsexams.org and official websites of all the seven AIIMS. Counselling for admission is scheduled to begin on July 3.