Udaipur boy tops JEE-Main, scores 100%

new delhi — Kalpit Veerval, hailing from Udaipur in the north Indian state of Rajasthan, has topped the Joint Entrance Examination (JEE)-Main with a perfect 100 per cent score.

The results of the exam conducted for admission to various engineering colleges, including the premier Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs), were declared by the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) here on Thursday.

Kalpit, who has scored 360 out of 360 in the JEE-Main, had earlier topped the Indian Junior Science Olympiad and the National Talent Search Examination (NTSE).

Over 1.2 million students had appeared for the exam at 1,781 centres across the country. The examination was held on April 2 (offline) and April 8 and 9 (online).

Candidates clearing the JEEMain will be eligible to appear in the JEE-Advanced exam, 2017.

The JEE is conducted for admission to B.Tech, BE and B. Arch programmes offered at IITs, NITs, IIITs and other government-approved engineering institutes.