The Asian Age

Kalpit Veerwal, son of an Udaipur compounder, scores 100% in JEE

Son of compounder, Kalpit secures 360 out of 360 to clinch top rank

- AGE CORRESPOND­ENT

Udaipur boy Kalpit Veerwal has created history in JEE Mains by obtaining 100 per cent. Son of Pushkar Lal Veerwal, a nursing staff in a government hospital in Udaipur, and Pushpa Veerwal, a school teacher, Kalpit secured 360 out of 360 to clinch the first rank. The cut-off for the Common Rank List stands at 81.

A student of MDS Senior Secondary School, Kalpit has also been a student of Resonance Udaipur over the last 5 years.

Kalpit scored a 100 per cent at the IIT JEE Mains 2017, taking his performanc­e in competitiv­e examinatio­ns near to the zenith.

This achievemen­t has now made history, as this is the first time that a candidate has scored 360/360 at JEE-Mains.

CBSE chairperso­n R.K. Chaturvedi personally called Kalpit to deliver the news.

Kalpit’s extraordin­ary feat is in line with his past performanc­e in competitiv­e exams. A throughout topper, he topped at national-level in Indian Junior Science Olympiad when he was in Class 9. The following year, he was a topper in National Talent Search Examin-ation and once again when he was in Class 11, he was a topper in Kishore Vaigyanik Protsahan Yojna.

The 17-year-old boy wonder said that he had never thought about the rank although he had worked hard and prepared well for the exams. “Getting 100 per cent marks was beyond imaginatio­n. It has boosted my confidence. I will now concentrat­e on JEE advance,” Kalpit said.

According to him, Physics is his favourite subject, but he regularly studied all the three subjects and focused on clearing concepts. “I used to clear all my doubts in the class, but self-study, that too regularly, is very important if one wishes to get a top rank.”

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