Haryana s Sarvesh Mehtani tops JEE Advanced exam

New Delhi June 11 (IANS) Sarvesh Mehtani from Panchkula in Haryana topped this year s Joint Entrance Examination (Advanced) the results for which were declared on Sunday.

Mehtani was followed by Pune s Akshat Chugh and Delhi s Ananye Agarwal who secured the second and third spot in All India Ranks (AIR). Kerala s Shafil Maheen topped the South Zone.

According to a statement from the Indian Institute of Technology Madras a total of 1 59 540 candidates appeared in the JEE (Advanced) 2017 held on May 21. Of those 50 455 made it to the rank-list across all categories.

The gender ratio of the successful candidates stands at 43 318 boys and 7 137 girls (86 per cent boys and 14 per cent girls approximately) it added.

Category-wise 23 390 students qualified under General 9 043 under OBC-NCL 13 312 under SC and 4 710 under ST categories.

These candidates are now eligible to apply for seats in various IITs.

--IANS
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