New Delhi: Aman Bansal of Jaipur has topped the Indian Institute of Technology-Joint Entrance Examination (Advanced) 2016. The results of the prestigious exams were declared on Sunday.
Bhavesh Kumar from Yamunanagar, Haryana, stood second while Jaipur's Kunal Goyal was at third position. All the three toppers attended coaching institutes in Kota.
These results will open the door for students to seek admission in various engineering colleges including the premier IITs.
This year IIT Guwahati had organised the exam in collaboration with the Joint Admission Board 2016. Over 1,55,948 candidates had registered for the exam and 36,566 qualified, as per the official JEE website. Of these 31,996 are boys and 4,570 are girls.
Riya Singh from Kota is the topper among girls with an all-India ranking of 133.
Seats to 23 IITs including the four new ones will be allotted on the basis of this test which was organised by IIT Guwahati this year.
Apart from IITs, admissions on the basis of this exam are granted to other institutes like Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Petroleum Technology (RGIPT), Rae Bareli Indian Institute of Petroleum and Energy (IIPE), Visakhapatnam, Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology (IIST), Thiruvananthapuram.
(With additional information from PTI)
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