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Shimla resident Amrit Kaushal has clinched the top spot in the JEE-Mains 2024 among students from Himachal Pradesh, with the results of the engineering entrance exam unveiled on Wednesday (April 24, 2024). His parents, Dr Ankur Kaushal and Dr Sonia Kaushal, run a private clinic in Shimla. Having completed his schooling at St Edward’s School for matriculation and JCB School for his 12th grade, Amrit aspires to pursue engineering at an IIT.
A total of 56 students have achieved a perfect 100 percentile in the JEE-Mains 2024. Among them, two girls stand out: Shayna Sinha from Delhi and Sanvi Jain from Karnataka. The notable achievers also include Aarav Bhatt and Shivansh Nair from Gurugram, Haryana; Aditya Kumar, Yashnel Rawat, Ishaan Gupta, Akshat Chaplot, and Himanshu from Rajasthan; Rachit Agarwal and Adeshveer Singh from Punjab; Vedant Saini from Chandigarh; Himanshu Yadav from Uttar Pradesh; and Madhav from Delhi. Tanya Jha, Ispit Mittal, Bhavesh Ramakrishnan Karthik and Arash Gupta are also in the ranks of those achieving a perfect 100 percentile.
In the third gender category, Bhumika Saha from West Bengal has achieved a percentile of 56.67. The National Testing Agency disclosed the JEE-Mains 2024 merit scores late on Wednesday evening, amalgamating the best performances from the January and April examinations. The January session witnessed 11,79,569 candidates while the April session saw 10,67,959 candidates participating.
The JEE-Mains 2024 was held in 13 Indian languages, including Hindi and English, across 571 examination centres spread across 391 cities in India and 22 cities abroad. With the release of the JEE-Mains 2024 merit list, students who secured the top 2.5 lakh scores are now eligible to appear in the JEE-Advanced examination for admission to IITs.
