Hundreds of students anxiously awaiting results of the JEE Mains examination 2016 today took a sigh of relief as the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) on Wednesday declared the results of the students who have appeared in JEE Mains 2016.
A large number of students from Ranchi, Jamshedpur, Bokaro, Dhanbad and other cities cleared the examination to appear JEE Advance. From Ranchi alone, more than 1,300 students cleared the examination, said sources.
Rahul Barnwal of Ranchi got maximum marks in Jharkhand by securing 294 out of 360 in JEE Mains 2016 followed by Ashish Mandal who scored 283 out of 360 in the examination. The third position was grabbed by Aditya Abhishek of DPS, Ranchi who scored 282 out of 360. From Jamshedpur, Rohit Kumar scored 281 out of 360 holding the top rank in steel city while Abhinash Kumar from DPS Bokaro secured 262 marks.
The Students of Delhi Public School, Ranchi proved their mettle once again and came out with flying colours in JEE Mains 2016. Approximately, 150 students from the school have qualified the exam. Dr Ram Singh, Principal of DPS, Ranchi, congratulated the students and appealed to the successful candidates to maintain same tempo for further JEE Advance exam.
Similarly, as many as 105 students of DAV Jawahar Vidya Mandir Shyamali have qualified for JEE Advance exam. Principal of JVM, Shyamli AK Singh congratulated the successful students and asked them to toil hard for JEE Advance examination.
As many as 382 candidates from FIITJEE, Ranchi cleared the JEE Mains this year. Several students from FIITJEE were successful in grabbing the position in top 100. More than 300 students have qualified for IIT-JEE Advance exam 2016 from Brothers Academy coaching institutes in the city.
On the other hand 87 students of newly established Champ Square were successful in clearing the JEE Mains examination. Out of 93 students from Champ Square 87 candidates will appear in JEE Advance this year.
The rank of the students have been prepared by adding 60 per cent marks secured by them in the JEE Main examination and 40 per cent marks weight age has been given to their plus two result.
This year approximately, 12 lakh candidates took the JEE Mains exam from across the country. The JEE Advance rank holders are eligible for admission in leading Government and private technical institutes in the country, including the National Institute of Technology (NIT).
As many as 11 thousand students from Ranchi had appeared for JEE Mains exam. The offline exam was conducted on April 3 whereas online examination was conducted on April 9 and 10 respectively. Now, all the candidates who have cracked the JEE Mains examination are gearing for JEE Advance slated on May 22. The final result will be declared on June 12 and accordingly the rank holders will be allotted the technical institute.