Chandigarh boy tops JEE Advanced 2018
Pranav Goyal, 17, from Chandigarh topped the JEE Advanced 2018 — the examination held for admission to the Indian Institutes of Technology — the results showed on Sunday. He secured All India Rank (AIR) 1, scoring 337 out of 360 in the examination.
Sahil Jain from Bundi in Rajasthan ranked second in the examination. He topped in the IIT-Delhi zone, scoring 326 marks out of 360. Kailash Gupta from Delhi ranked third.
Meenal Parekh from Kota in Rajasthan is the topper among women. She ranked 6th, scoring 318 out of 360 in the examination.
Pranav is an alumnus of Bhavan Vidyalaya in Panchkula that produced the national topper last year too.
He had scored 97.2% in the CBSE Class 12 exams in non-medical and had All India Rank 4 in the JEE Mains, scoring 350 out of 360 marks. He did his coaching from Sri Chaitanya Institute in Chandigarh. An avid reader of Indian mythology, Pranav, son of business couple Pankaj Goyal and Mamta Goyal, said, “If you focus well, your study hours won’t really matter. So just stay focused, maintain balance and be calm.”
“Have faith in your teachers and their guidance, and always ensure that your knowledge is conceptually sound,” he added. “Solving previous year papers helped me a lot in getting an insight into the pattern of the examination,” said Pranav.
He used to study five hours every day and had devoted the entire year in studying for the JEE Advanced.
He said, “Clearing the JEE Advanced was the target, so I had studied for it throughout the year and prepared for the Mains, a month before the exam.
Rejoicing over Pranav’s success, his father said, “My son has always been a topper and has worked very hard for the past two years to achieve this rank. We are very happy with his performance.”
His mother said, “Pranav has proved that with hard work, anybody can reach the sky. I am really proud of him.”