Kumar Devesh of DBMS English School tops Jamshedpur in JEE Advanced results, ranked 339th at AI level

Jamshedpur, Oct. 5: Kumar Devesh of DBMS English School emerged city�s topper with AIR 339 in the JEE (Advanced), the results of which were declared on Monday morning. He is a resident of Adityapur.

�I am thankful to my parents, teachers in school for achieving this feat.  I want to pursue a career in the field of computer science. I want to become a software engineer,� said Devesh, son of businessman Sandeep Agarwal and mother Seema Agarwal.

�We never knew he would top the city. Devesh was confident of entering into IIT and had been working hard with his hard work that has brought the result ,� said Sandeep.

Meanwhile, Supreeti Kumari, a student of Rajendra Vidhaylaya stood second with 393 rank.

Expressing views on this year�s results Shyam Bhushan, director of Narayana IIT , one of the premier coaching institutes of the city, said that he is satisfied with the overall result but he was expecting much better numbers.  ” A total of 40 students have registered a stellar performance in the exam. We are happy with the overall performance. The trend was a bit different and easy going this time ,” said Bhushan.

Despite various career opportunities emerging in the field of education, engineering still rules the roost among the students of the city. Every year, the toppers of ISC and CBSE examinations feel that engineering from a premium institute that is Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) is their only choice.

The Steel City has a fair track record of IIT. Every year about 300 students crack the IIT entrance examination, which is considered to be toughest in the country. The performance rate of the students can be gauged from the fact that Abhinav Kumar of Loyola School secured 1st All India rank during the 1996-1997.

Even this year students of the Steel City proved their merit in the IIT- JEE (Joint Entrance Examination). About 500 engineering aspirants out of 8000 from Jamshedpur qualified to appear in JEE Advanced.

City-based tutor Rajesh Tiwary that it has become crucial for a student here to select such a college and institute that help him to frame a successful professional career. He further added that the city has bright brains and a culture of technical education. This is the reason why every year scores of students crack IIT every year.