JEE Main: No toppers from Delhi, two grab 99.99 percentile

The second session of JEE Main was conducted in July. Students who appeared in session one could also appear at the next one to improve their scores.

While no student from Delhi has scored a 100 percentile in the Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) (Main) exam this year,the highest scorers from the Capital continue to be Ashmit Nangia and Hemanshu Garg with a percentile score of 99.998.

Hemanshu Garg and Ashmit Nangia continue to be the highest scorers from the Capital with a percentile score of 99.998. (Sourced)

While Nangia did not appear for the second JEE (Main) session, results of which were announced by the National Testing Agency (NTA) on Monday, Garg did. Both continue to be the top scorers from Delhi.

Last year, for the first time, JEE (Main) was conducted four times to offer students more opportunities and to give them more chances to improve. The agency shifted back to the usual two sessions this year, which were conducted in June and July.

The second session of JEE Main was conducted in July. Students who appeared in session one could also appear at the next one to improve their scores.However, candidates who appeared in session two could not secure a higher percentile than the top scorers in session one.

Garg said that he appeared for the second session because he wanted to improve his performance. “While I may have scored the same percentile, my performance was better in the first attempt. Right now, my goal is to score well in the upcoming JEE Advance examination. I am aiming for the top rank in JEE Advance,” Garg said. The 18-year-old added that he’d prefer to study at IIT Delhi or IIT Bombay.

To be sure, the performance of a candidate in JEE (Advanced) forms the basis for admission to the bachelors, integrated masters, and dual degree programs in all the IITs. Candidates need to qualify for the JEE (Main) for them to be eligible for JEE (Advanced). Candidates who secure a rank in JEE (Advanced) become eligible to participate in the Joint Seat Allocation process through which seats are allocated across various IITs and NITs.

Garg’s father is an engineer while his mother is a doctor. He graduated from Pragati Public School, Dwarka. Sharing his strategy for exam preparation, Garg said that he tried to strike a balance between studies and extracurricular activities. “I tried to follow a flexible study routine to ensure that the syllabus was covered on time. Instead of having a fixed schedule with a particular number of study hours in a day, I kept my timetable flexible,” Garg, who also attended coaching classes to supplement his preparation, said.

Nangia, a student of Delhi Public School, RK Puram, also hopes to secure the top rank in the Advance examination. “I did not appear for the second session and I am focusing on the preparation for JEE Advance. I want to study computer science at either IIT Delhi or IIT Bombay,” Nangia said. He scored 100 in physics and math and 99 in chemistry.

The 17-year-old lives with his family in Dwarka. While his father works with a private automobile company, his mother is a computer science teacher at a private school in the city. Nangia enrolled in a three-year coaching programme for preparation. “I started preparing for the exam when I was in Class 10. Regular mock tests and practice sessions helped me prepare,” Nangia said. He added that scoring the highest in Delhi was humbling and he hoped to repeat his performance in JEE Advance.