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Telugu students shine in JEE Main
Telugu students continued their dominance in the Joint Examination Entrance-Main, the results of which were announced by the Central Board of Secondary Education on Wednesday.
​Hyderabad: Telugu students continued their dominance in the Joint Examination Entrance-Main, the results of which were announced by the Central Board of Secondary Education on Wednesday.
Talluri Sai Teja of Hyderabad scored all India first place by securing 345 marks. K Vighnesh Reddy got 340 marks and stood all India second. All India third place with a score of 330 marks was shared by two Telugus, S Sai Aditya and M Prasanth Reddy. In all, 43 Telugu students scored marks above 300.
Speaking to The Hans India, an elated Sai Teja, who appeared in the offline mode of JEE Main, said he did expect a top 10 score in the examination.
“I will repeat the same success in the JEE Advanced. I want to pursue computer science engineering at Indian Institute of Technology-Mumbai,” he added.
Delighted with her son’s success, Teja’s mother Jayalakshmi said they had given freedom to their son. “He used to study for 12 to 14 hours in a day. We did expect a good score. He already told us that he wanted to go in for computer science engineering. We are hoping that he will do well in the JEE Advanced too,” she said.
Vighnesh Reddy, who also appeared in offline mode of JEE Main said he had scored 985 in the recently announced intermediate public examinations. “I will continue the same performance in the Advanced examination. I want to become a rocket scientist with Indian Space Research Organisation,” he added.
The CBSE also announced the cut off mark for appearing for appearing JEE advanced. For general category, the cut-off mark is 100, 70 for other backward class, 52 for Scheduled caste and 48 for Scheduled tribes.
Of the total qualified in the entrance test, two lakh students would be eligible to sit for JEE Advanced scheduled on May 22. All eligible candidates have to register online at http://jeeadv.nic.in from April 29 to May 4 and admit cards can be downloaded from May 11 to May 22.
The results of JEE Advanced will be declared on June 12. The JEE Advanced is conducted for admissions into Indian Institutes of Technologies.
The CBSE will declare separate ranks list of JEE main for admissions into BE/BTeach, BArch/BPlanning in the National Institutes of Technology and centrally funded technical institutes other than Indian Institutes of Technology on or before June 30.
The ranks are calculated by taking 60 per cent of JEE Main and normalized score (40 per cent weightage) of intermediate public examinations.
