Top ranks elude TS, AP in JEE Advanced
Telugu students have not excelled in the IIT Advanced results announced on Sunday. Students of Andhra Pradesh who have excelled in IIT-JEE examinations earlier, have failed to get high ranks this time.
Vaddela Ashrut of Vijayawada is the only student to have made it to the top 25, with an all-India rank of 17. Nine candidates from AP have made it to the top 50.
Satvik Ambati from Secunderabad has secured 27th all-India rank. Lukka Govinda Siva Nagadev from Gudivada in Krishna district was ranked fifth in the OBC category and 28th in the all-India category. The performance in reserved categories, though, has been striking with six rankers in the all-India Top 10.
Rohan Abhishek secured the all-India 3rd rank in the Scheduled Caste category with a score of 286. “I would always solve papers given to me by my faculty and I owe this result to my teachers and parents. I hope to establish a software company in the future,” said Rohan.
Around 12,000 students appeared for the examination held by IIT Madras, and 9,000 have cleared it.
The dreams of many students ride on the JEE Advanced results.
Therefore the authorities’ decision to grant 18 marks as grace for ambiguous questions in subjects like math, physics and chemistry, after consultation with IIT experts, was met with a lot of disapproval and discontent from students and parents alike.
Dr. Ananda Raman, the director of FIITJEE says, “This decision that was announced last week has crushed the dreams of many students. Students expecting a rank amongst 500, will now be shocked to see their ranks amongst a 1,000 or so. Students who attempted these ambiguous questions and got it right are naturally upset. You cannot overwrite their hard work and grant free marks to students who didn’t do the same.”
“With this move, they are stepping over the dreams of many deserving students who had worked hard for their marks and even attempted the ambiguous questions with sincerity. Most students had already calculated their marks on the basis of the answer key that was released last week. This decision has come as a surprise. It is already a tough examination and this just ups the competition level as even those who didn’t complete these questions secure the same marks,” says an upset parent.